Matt Sewell

Matt Sewell
No. 59
Born:	January 26, 1990 (age 34); Milton, Ontario
Career information
Status	Retired
CFL status	National
Position(s)	OL
Height	6 ft 7 in (201 cm)
Weight	335 lb (152 kg)
University	McMaster
CFL draft	2013, round: 1, pick: 8
Drafted by	Toronto Argonauts
Career history
As player
2013	Tennessee Titans*
2014–2015	Toronto Argonauts
2016	Saskatchewan Roughriders
	*Off-season and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
	2011 Vanier Cup Champion;

Matthew Sewell is an offensive line coach for York University after having been an offensive lineman in the Canadian Football League. ^[1]

After the 2012 CIS season, he was ranked as the fourth best player in the Canadian Football League’s Amateur Scouting Bureau final rankings for players eligible in the 2013 CFL Draft and third by players in Canadian Interuniversity Sport.^[2] Sewell was drafted in the first round, eighth overall by the Toronto Argonauts, despite having signed with the Tennessee Titans of National Football League.^[3] He played college football for the McMaster Marauders and helped them to win the 47th Vanier Cup^[4] After being released by the Titans near the end of May 2013, Sewell decided to return play one more year of CIS football with the McMaster Marauders while completing his Masters of Business Administration.^[5]

On February 12, 2014, Sewell signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.

On July 2, 2016, Sewell and Mitchell Gale were traded to the Saskatchewan Roughriders for Shawn Lemon and a conditional 2018 CFL Draft pick.^[6]

Early life

Sewell graduated from the Berkshire School in 2009 before attending McMaster University.