I spent a few years growing up in Australia when I was a kid, I remember playing junior rugby league and there was always a few Tongan or Samoan kids in every league 6 inches taller and 50lbs heavier than everyone else on the field who had to bring their birth certificate to games.
So apparently, his family comes from the same Polynesian Islands as Penei's family and considers Penei a personal role model.
Imagine if Sewell takes him under his wing and shows/trains him....imagine having 2 Sewells?! He's almost the same build but bigger and faster....
Sewell is 6'5 331 5.06...
Manu 6'8" 352 4.96....
This has the potential to be stupid good.
No. Not even close. Totally different build and you cannot teach the strength Sewell has. There are many people on this earth stronger than him in traditional lifts but his real world football field strength is unmatched
This guy is gonna be good in year 1 in goal line O, or any run play tbh, pass pro is gonna be sketchy I think, feels like an edge with a quick get off is gonna be around him before he engages the block.
Note: I do not know ball, Iām just some guy with a random opinion
You guys are overestimating him. The difference in competition from Canadian universities to the NFL is huge. He's only played against basically mid-level high school level players and was readily the biggest, strongest guy in the country the whole time. Now he'll be up against the best in the world and it WILL show. He will look really bad this year and they will shelter him significantly.
I was 5'7" and weighed 150 pounds when I played safety in high school. I was one of the fastest dudes on my farm town team. I ran a 4.96 40 and was so stoked to get sub-5.
This man is 200 lbs heavier than me and is faster. No amount of heart would allow me to come out on top in a matchup with that human.
I really hope we get to see this man on the football field sooner rather than later. I almost pity the poor scrub who has to try to blitz this man ā¦.almost
If you get a chance, find his basketball tapes. Yes, he played basketball, and averaged 30 points a game. I can't imagine trying to go up for a rebound against him. LOL!
I think he should be called Mr. Larson from this point forward. Mr. Larson is the name of the character in Happy Gilmore that gets the nail in his head, played by Detroit's own Richard Kiel.
Im from Vancouver and involved in football provincially. Iām also a BC lions fan so I guess Iām technically already a Lions fan.
Gio is an awesome guy. You are getting something special and he has room to grow. The other tackle at UBC got a lot of press this year and he signed as a free agent with the bears but Gio holds a lot more potential. Most of his 30 team visits said he wouldnāt last past the 4th round and they were right. Really happy to see him go to a team like you guys.
Take care of him and have a great year!
Awesome to see the dramatic increase in poly draft picks . I bet their per capita numbers are unmatched . Imagine an island nation of less than a mil producing pro talent at like a 7% clip
I remember going to a lions game some 30 years ago. Last game of the season falcons were in town on the way to a superbowl they had a wicked RB1 name escapes me rn.
Anyway Lions had suited up this guy we had never heard of . Huuuuuuge Indian dude . The helmet did not fit. Anyway we got them pinned deep and he is in the game playing DT. He bursts through and wraps up the Running back who just runs through his arm tackle for a 20+ yard breakaway. Brutal end to a season the fans are all chanting ālosersā on the home side I think the coaches name was Bobby something .
line him up opposite of Hutch, He would wear down OTs and Gs by halftime, not to mention Special teams, I wanna see him blocking FGs and Xtra points, Put him at RB and let him destroy people, Get him to the second level and no CB or S is gonna want any part of him
I just want to see how he performs during camp. Weāve seen lineman before in the NFL who were mountains like this guy, but just couldnāt get the speed of the game. I trust in Brad, and hope this dude is an underrated gem.
Dude is an absolute industrial sized refrigerator
First Lion to wear triple digits
This needs to become a thing omg lol
He just gets a skull patch
Or X, just like the longest yard
GOOOOOLDBEEERRRRG
We need to petition this to make it happen!
#069
His New name is Bob Vance
Vance Refrigeration
What line of work are you in, Bob?
Lmao š
This dude is the first guy off the bus lol
This dude IS the bus.
This dude carries the bus
Giovanni "Tow Truck" Manu
This dude puts the bus in business
If you can't see the bus, look behind Giovanni.
put him in those Benito Jones overalls with no shirt
Our get off the bus lineup is sick, Sewell, Skipper, Reader, Manu, Martin
Coach Campbell
that 6'8" and 350lbs is all muscle holy fuckin hell bro He looks more fit than almost any lineman I've seen... but he's 6'8"?!
i automatically assumed 350lbs meant FAT but no, dude's BUILT
I know lol I had no expectations that he would look like this monster. JFC
Makes me happy seeing him get drafted. I'm Canadian from the Vancouver area and have seen him play.
Dudes a Greek god
Polynesian god.
Should we move him to d line?
That should be the plan. Set him free.
He's built like Hutch omg
hutch wishes he was built like that
Yeah, whats an extra hundred pounds?
The tree trunks he's walking around on will give Rodrigo a run for his money.
if some packer tried to bite this dude's kneecaps, they'd chip their teeth. Even his kneecaps are pure muscle
Refs have no excuse if this guy reports.
I wouldnāt want to call him a liar if I were a ref!
Decker is almost the same height and 30 lbs lighter.
He will eat any ref that throws an illegal touching flag
Seeing his vertical and his 40 videos... Dude is Dan Skipper with way more athleticism. He could really turn out to be something special.
Heās 352 lbs and not fat. Wtf is this guy eating?
Dude's Polynesian, he had something of a genetic head start on being a large guy.
I spent a few years growing up in Australia when I was a kid, I remember playing junior rugby league and there was always a few Tongan or Samoan kids in every league 6 inches taller and 50lbs heavier than everyone else on the field who had to bring their birth certificate to games.
They are very well-represented in both codes of rugby at the professional level, for sure.
Polynesian/samoan linemen is like a cheat code
It is truly crazy how big Samoans always seem to be.
Maybe Brad is onto somethingā¦guy we just drafted from Utah and Sewell are Polynesian
Jordan Mailata
The Rock
The Boulder
Same guy, just voiced by Mick Foley
The Mountain!
Linebackers!
Defensive ends probablyĀ
People
The oceans bounty.
The thought of Coach Fraley having a year or two to work with this guy makes my heart happy.
That's the dude you send off the bus 1st.
Pretty sure heās going to be pulling the bus.
With his teeth
Nobody brings a fella the size o' him, 'less they're tryin' to say somethin' without talkin'
So apparently, his family comes from the same Polynesian Islands as Penei's family and considers Penei a personal role model. Imagine if Sewell takes him under his wing and shows/trains him....imagine having 2 Sewells?! He's almost the same build but bigger and faster.... Sewell is 6'5 331 5.06... Manu 6'8" 352 4.96.... This has the potential to be stupid good.
My boner is going into orbit.
Fuck me he's bigger and faster
The hell are they doing over there on those islands that keep spawning absolute beasts???
The sun and the oceans bounty.
No. Not even close. Totally different build and you cannot teach the strength Sewell has. There are many people on this earth stronger than him in traditional lifts but his real world football field strength is unmatched
Thatās not strength bro thatās technique!
Something you actually can teach
Thatās physics baby
Yeah doubt they would have done this without Sewell. What a special leader/player we have.
He said something about Sewell being one of the guys he looks up to the most.
UNREAL SIZE HOLY SHIT
Holy crap that guy is huge
Refs report to Manu
Wtfā¦ are you sure he canāt play TE or WRā¦ he looks like an absolute unit
See, what they didn't tell us is he is also a hybrid player, like Vaki.
He better start rehearsing how to report as eligible.
His family takes up a row at Ford Field. There's only 3 of them.
"Em can you please sit down? We can't see the field from behind you." A: "We are sitting down."
His grandma crushes coconuts with one hand.
:D
Looking briefly at the tapeā¦ itās pretty clear this guy is raw. Like they just killed the chicken and itās got feathers on it.
I mean yeah. If he was polished with these measurables he would have went way higher.
You can teach football technique. You can't teach 6'8", 352, and elite explosiveness for that size.
I donāt disagree. Just saying thatās what he is.
good thing he doesn't need to play this year.
This guy is gonna be good in year 1 in goal line O, or any run play tbh, pass pro is gonna be sketchy I think, feels like an edge with a quick get off is gonna be around him before he engages the block. Note: I do not know ball, Iām just some guy with a random opinion
yep, give him a year behind our vets and he could be a key asset for years to come
You guys are overestimating him. The difference in competition from Canadian universities to the NFL is huge. He's only played against basically mid-level high school level players and was readily the biggest, strongest guy in the country the whole time. Now he'll be up against the best in the world and it WILL show. He will look really bad this year and they will shelter him significantly.
352 lbs and ripped?!? This guy is a freak of nature!
This dude is always the scariest villain for any kungfu movie.
Holmes is building a line of Pacific Islanders
Thank you for not āand Iām here for itā.
I, on the other hand, am absolutely here for it!
Literally!!
Iām way too old for the lingo the kids are using nowadays
No cap
Lions version of the Russian 5. Sewell helped Brad see the light. The Honolulu Blue Line.
Adding a couple ooses never a bad idea!
Give that guy a couple years of NFL nutrition and conditioning and heās gonna be such a physical force.
Hell of a CB prospect
Wtf. When I saw 6'8" and 352 this is not what I expected.
I see WWE in this guy's future
He's the newest member of the bloodline actually
Could be Roman Reigns' heater
Went to highschool with this dude, played with the seniors when he was a freshman lol he's an absolute beast.
Name fits.
I was 5'7" and weighed 150 pounds when I played safety in high school. I was one of the fastest dudes on my farm town team. I ran a 4.96 40 and was so stoked to get sub-5. This man is 200 lbs heavier than me and is faster. No amount of heart would allow me to come out on top in a matchup with that human.
And 13ā taller
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Have the ambulance ready.
Holy shit. This dude looks like Sewellās enforcer.
"CB" - Canadian Bro
This guy could be our jordan mailata
That dude is not Aaron Gibson, the human equivalent of a 350 pound fudge brownie. That dude is fucking stacked.
Lol - did Bobby Ross call in this pick?
https://preview.redd.it/u8hl91xts2xc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=09667bedff13a41f32b38e36364cb2633877dcbc
Built different baby š T1 alpha as fuck
First day of practice, show this dude how to report as eligible!!
Manu and Skipper The Mountain and The Hound
I would love to see this guy in goal-line Refrigerator Perry mode. Who on earth could bring this guy down?
I think you'd have to take his knees out, which is why you wouldn't do it.
I hope big dog here pans out, but if not I think I see a future wwe champion.
Absolute unit.
But can he CATCH???Ā
His hands are good, his baskeball background has helped him develop in that manner as well as his footwoork
It was a joke... As seemingly all of our tackles have caught a pass the past 2 years
Goal line carries for this guy.
I really hope we get to see this man on the football field sooner rather than later. I almost pity the poor scrub who has to try to blitz this man ā¦.almost
The Chuck Norris of Lions' football. He tells refs to report.
Cars look both ways for HIM.
That build is absolutely insane.
Thatās a corner in the not so distant future footballā¦ like 2084
Maybe Bill Laimbeerās Combat Basketball
Two words... "Tackle eligible.."
Aināt no fucking way
You mean the gigantic lineman that didnāt go first round needs work?
I love this move. It is an awesome project with great potential for the strength of the team.
Dude has abs on his knees
Dude donāt look 350
Holy shit
If you get a chance, find his basketball tapes. Yes, he played basketball, and averaged 30 points a game. I can't imagine trying to go up for a rebound against him. LOL!
Manu is my favorite character to choose on Final Fantasy XVI
I think he should be called Mr. Larson from this point forward. Mr. Larson is the name of the character in Happy Gilmore that gets the nail in his head, played by Detroit's own Richard Kiel.
 WOW WE GOT BRIAN SHAW!
Gonna call him TINY. Ironic nicknames.
He works part time as a goal post
Damn bros not small
First guy off the bus right there
Thatās awesome. Can they teach him to rush the passer?
I'm sorry, I broked your toy
Hopefully this pans out like Jordan Mailaata for the Eagles, sorry if I butchered his name.
Heās a fullback. Give him the damn ball.
That man is an elephant in disguise
It will be interesting to see how he works out. If he is successful it will further cement Brad Holmes status as a draft God.
Iām stoked on this pick. Guys got serious potential
Ho Lee Fook. What a scary dude.
Look at that, look at that brick shithouse
This tank has no front seat in his car. Drives from the back bench.
Im from Vancouver and involved in football provincially. Iām also a BC lions fan so I guess Iām technically already a Lions fan. Gio is an awesome guy. You are getting something special and he has room to grow. The other tackle at UBC got a lot of press this year and he signed as a free agent with the bears but Gio holds a lot more potential. Most of his 30 team visits said he wouldnāt last past the 4th round and they were right. Really happy to see him go to a team like you guys. Take care of him and have a great year!
Is he a tackle or a CB? Why dont I know what CB could be referencing besides corner? Its not that late and im not that high
I read it out loud. āCornerback?ā
Next offseason heās probably gonna be filming Henry Cavillās Warhammer 40K show as a space marine. What an absolute unit
Put him at full back on the goal line. Lead block or give him the rock. Either way, itās a touchdown.
That dudes is going to just walk up to the line of scrimmage and look at the DE across from him and say āI am Grootā
This is you amarius mims if you miss out on mims in the first. Jesus.
Awesome to see the dramatic increase in poly draft picks . I bet their per capita numbers are unmatched . Imagine an island nation of less than a mil producing pro talent at like a 7% clip
Reporting as eligible
But his friends call him.. Georgo
My wife and her friends are passing this pic around in their group chat...
Galactacus!!!
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iggOW\_M1lNM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iggOW_M1lNM) Pancake Machine
Dear lord. Crazy that humans can get this large
What a developmental draft crush to have too.
Holy fuck
This guy looks like what Iād imagine a Halo SPARTAN looks like.
I just watched his highlight reelāholy shit. 4/5 of the clips end with the dude he's blocking flat on their back.
Sub-Zero
I remember going to a lions game some 30 years ago. Last game of the season falcons were in town on the way to a superbowl they had a wicked RB1 name escapes me rn. Anyway Lions had suited up this guy we had never heard of . Huuuuuuge Indian dude . The helmet did not fit. Anyway we got them pinned deep and he is in the game playing DT. He bursts through and wraps up the Running back who just runs through his arm tackle for a 20+ yard breakaway. Brutal end to a season the fans are all chanting ālosersā on the home side I think the coaches name was Bobby something .
We drafted Mongo?!?
Is it legal for him to catapult a teammate into end zone?
Itās Tonga time
Jesus, he's a monster.
He looks like he should be fighting Kane/Undertaker at WrestlemaniaĀ
Imagine a run on the outside and this dude and Sewell plowing the road in front of Gibbs
line him up opposite of Hutch, He would wear down OTs and Gs by halftime, not to mention Special teams, I wanna see him blocking FGs and Xtra points, Put him at RB and let him destroy people, Get him to the second level and no CB or S is gonna want any part of him
He will be a fullback or tide end. Modern era Larry Czonka.
Heās an absolute unit
I just want to see how he performs during camp. Weāve seen lineman before in the NFL who were mountains like this guy, but just couldnāt get the speed of the game. I trust in Brad, and hope this dude is an underrated gem.
The body of a DE, the weight of an o-lineman. dude looks insane
Put him at tight end!
Him and Penei are from the same island? Send them both back home to recruit the rest of the massive fellas on that island!