The Lions just re-signed right tackle Penei Sewell to a massive four-year extension, but starting left tackle Taylor Decker is entering the final year of a contract extension he signed in 2020.
Manu grew up in Tongo in the South Pacific and has looked up to Sewell for years, saying his island is about a 45-minute flight from where Sewell grew up in the South Pacific. He’s studied a lot of his film and has followed his journey to becoming arguably the best tackle in football.
“When I was in college I watched (Sewell’s) draft day process. It was basically a blog of his whole day being drafted and I remember he ended the blog by saying, ‘Any Polynesian kids out there and he named all the islands and I remember he said Tonga and said If you kids out there want to make it to the NFL you can truly make it if you put your mind to it.’
“I remember I was in my second year of college when he said that and I remember him saying that and it really motivated me and I told myself, ‘If one of my fellow Polynesian brothers can make it, and he’s giving me words of motivation, there’s no reason why I can’t do it either.’ He’s a true inspiration.”
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