Week 1 of the 2021 regular season is in the books for the Detroit Lions and seven of the team’s 10 rookies made their NFL debuts. The three rookies that were inactive were second-round pick DT Levi Onwuzurike who was dealing with a hip injury, seventh-round RB Justin Jefferson, and recently signed UDFA OL Tommy Kraemer.
Let’s take a closer look at the seven rookies who were active against the San Francisco 49ers.
Penei Sewell, LT
With starter Taylor Decker landing on injured reserve, Sewell made the switch from right to left tackle, and as noted by the Lions' PR department: at 20 years and 338 days old, “Sewell (became) the youngest player in NFL history to start a game at LT and the second-youngest Lion to appear in a game (since 1950).