Cheikhe Sidy Sow (born June 10, 1998) is a Canadian professional football guard for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Eastern Michigan after playing in Canada.
| No. 62 – New England Patriots | |||||||
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| Position: | Guard | ||||||
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| Born: | June 10, 1998 Granby, Quebec, Canada | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 318 lb (144 kg) | ||||||
| Career information | |||||||
| High school: | Champlain (Lennoxville, Quebec) | ||||||
| College: | Eastern Michigan (2017–2022) | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 2023 / round: 4 / pick: 117 | ||||||
| CFL draft: | 2023 / round: 6 / pick: 48 | ||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 3, 2024 | |||||||
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Early years
editSow grew up in Granby, Quebec, Canada and attended Joseph-Hermas Leclerc High School.[1] He played football at Champlain College Lennoxville.[2]
College career
editSow redshirted his true freshman season at Eastern Michigan. He started 11 games at left tackle as a redshirt freshman. Sow moved to left guard going into his redshirt sophomore season and made all 12 of the Eagles' games.[3] He was named third-team All-Mid-American Conference (MAC) in 2020.[4][5] Sow was named first-team All-MAC in each of his final two seasons. He finished his college career as Eastern Michigan's all-time leader with 56 games played and 54 starts.[6]
Professional career
edit| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 6 ft 4+3⁄4 in (1.95 m) |
323 lb (147 kg) |
33+5⁄8 in (0.85 m) |
10+3⁄8 in (0.26 m) |
5.07 s | 1.80 s | 3.01 s | 4.69 s | 7.62 s | 32.0 in (0.81 m) |
9 ft 2 in (2.79 m) |
27 reps | |
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Sow was drafted by the New England Patriots in the fourth round, 117th overall, of the 2023 NFL draft.[9] He was also drafted 10th round, 72nd overall in the 2023 USFL draft to the Michigan Panthers and in the 6th round (48th overall) of the 2023 CFL Draft by the Saskatchewan Roughriders.[10][11] As a rookie, he appeared in 15 games and started 13.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Les grandes ambitions de Sidy Sow". Le Soleil (in French). January 8, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
- ^ Desbiens, Jean-François (March 21, 2023). "Deux Québécois repêchés dans la NFL?". TVA Nouvelles (in French). Retrieved April 20, 2023.
- ^ McMann, Aaron (March 6, 2023). "Eastern Michigan OL Sidy Sow hopes to turn Canadian dream into NFL reality". MLive.com. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
- ^ Gagnon, Jonathan (December 16, 2020). "Sidy Sow parmi les étoiles de sa conférence dans la NCAA". La Voix de l'Est (in French). Retrieved April 20, 2023.
- ^ Wickliffe, Greg (December 15, 2020). "7 Eastern Michigan football players earn All-MAC honors". MLive.com. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
- ^ "NFL.com lists Canadians Brown, Sow as players who improved NFL draft stock at combine". Yahoo Sports. The Canadian Press. March 6, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
- ^ "Sidy Sow Draft and Combine Prospect Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
- ^ "2023 NFL Draft Scout Sidy Sow College Football Profile". DraftScout.com. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
- ^ Nothaft, Patrick (April 29, 2023). "2023 NFL draft: Patriots pick Eastern Michigan lineman Sidy Sow in Round 4". MLive.com. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
- ^ Michigan Panthers [@USFLPanthers] (February 21, 2023). "With the 72nd pick of the 2023 USFL College Draft, we select OL Sidy Sow 💪 https://twitter.com/USFLPanthers/status/1628133318846971904" (Tweet). Retrieved April 24, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ "MATTHEW BERGERON TAKES TOP SPOT IN SPRING SCOUTING BUREAU RANKINGS". CFL.ca. CFL Staff. April 21, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ "Sidy Sow 2023 Game Log". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 27, 2024.