Oregon left tackle Penei Sewell has begun to pick up postseason honors and was recognized today by Pro Football Focus as their 2019 Pac-12 Player of the Year. PFF uses a play-by-play grading system and Sewell is on pace to shatter the records for an offensive lineman in both run protection and pass protection.

After picking up All-American honors from PFF earlier this week, the outlet named Sewell as the Pac-12 conference player of the year based on their grading sytem.

In 2019, Sewell has taken 420 reps in pass protection and allowed just six total pressures, giving up pressure on just 1.4% of his pass-blocking snaps, an absurd rate. Looking at it a bit further, Sewell only lost seven total reps as a pass protector, as he lost just one more time on a rep where pressure was not recorded. He was truly the nation's best tackle, and this comes a year removed from finishing the 2018 season as the highest-graded true freshman at the position that we've ever graded. In the run game, Sewell was also in a class of his own. He led the country with a ridiculous 96.1 run-blocking grade as he routinely paved the way for big gaps and even took on two blocking assignments on a single play with ease. The sky is the limit for this talented sophomore.

Halfway through the 2019 season, Sewell was featured on all eight major media outlet Midseason All-American lists (USA Today, CBS Sports, ESPN, Pro Football Focus, Associated Press, Sporting News, Athlon, and the Athletic).

Earlier this week the lineman was named to the 2019 PFF All-American team. The outlet noted that Sewell leads the country in their run-blocking grade and overall grade. Pro Football Focus even said that Sewell should be a candidate for the Heisman Trophy in 2020.

Naming Sewell to their All-American team, Pro Football Focus said,

With legitimate consideration for the Heisman Trophy, it's no shock to see Sewell here as he's pressing for the best overall grade we've ever given to a tackle in a single season. A year removed from setting the record for highest grade we've given to a true freshman at the position, Sewell's sophomore campaign has been nothing short of dominant. He's the most-represented athlete on our National Team of the Week and leads all tackles in run-blocking grade and overall grade by some margin. He's allowed just six total pressures on 436 pass-blocking snaps, not allowing a single sack all year long. Sewell has the moves of a much smaller man but the strength of a much bigger one. There is seemingly no limit to what he can accomplish, and you can bet that his junior season will have him dotting every preseason award watch list, including the Heisman in 2020.

So far this season, Sewell has been named the Pac-12 offensive lineman of the week four times and was the Outland Trophy player of the month for September. This past week, Sewell was named one of three finalists for the Outland Trophy, recognizing College Football's best interior lineman.

The recipient of the 74th Outland Trophy will be announced during ESPN's The Home Depot College Football Awards on Dec. 12, live from the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. If Sewell were to win the award, it would be the third straight sophomore to win with Alabama's Quinnen Williams winning in 2018 and Houston Ed Oliver winning in 2017. Sewell would become the first offensive sophomore to win the award.