Almondo Sewell

Almondo Sewell  (born January 16, 1987) is an American former gridiron football defensive tackle and is the defensive line coach for the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at the University of Akron and attended Hargrave Military Academy before transferring to Trenton Central High School in Trenton, New Jersey. He has also been a member of the Edmonton Eskimos and Montreal Alouettes of the CFL and Cleveland Gladiators of the Arena Football League (AFL).

Edmonton Eskimos
Sewell signed with the Edmonton Eskimos on May 27, 2011. He started the season on the reserve list and appeared in three games before being released on August 2, 2011.

Cleveland Gladiators
Almondo Sewell spent part of the 2012 season with the Cleveland Gladiators of the Arena Football League (AFL).

Edmonton Eskimos (II)
Sewell was signed by the Edmonton Eskimos on June 4, 2012. He signed a contract extension on December 19, 2013. Sewell established himself as one of the league's top defensive linemen as he was named a CFL All-Star in five consecutive seasons (2013-2017) and a CFL West All-Star in six consecutive seasons (2012-2017). Sewell received multiple contract extensions while with the Eskimos, re-signing on December 19, 2013, December 22, 2015, and October 12, 2018. On February 2, 2021, at age 34, Sewell posted on Twitter that he would not be re-signing with Edmonton, and would become a free agent on February 9. Through his nine years with Edmonton, Sewell amassed 282 tackles and 60 sacks in 139 regular season games, and was named a CFL All-Star six times, and divisional All-Star seven times.

Montreal Alouettes
On February 9, 2021, it was announced that Sewell had signed with the Montreal Alouettes. He played in all 14 regular season games where he had 19 defensive tackles and five sacks.

In 2023, Sewell played in 16 regular season games where he had 14 defensive tackles and one sack. He later played in his second career Grey Cup, the 110th Grey Cup game, where he had two defensive tackles in the victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. With one year remaining on his contract, Sewell was released on February 8, 2024.

Coaching career
On July 16, 2024, Sewell was named the defensive line coach of the Edmonton Elks following the resignation of Nate O'Neal.

Personal life
He has a pet rabbit named Dusko. Sewell plans to join the Edmonton Police Service after his football career is over.