New Draft Pick Inspired by Penei Sewell, Willing to Give Back…
Giovanni Manu played his college ball in Canada and was a relatively unknown player until late in the NFL Draft process.
The Lions caught wind of a workout he conducted, and they liked what they saw so much that they wound up trading up to land him in the fourth round of the 2024 NFL Draft.
Manu’s story is an interesting one. Though he didn’t have the acclaim of Lions’ franchise tackle Penei Sewell, who recently inked a four-year, $112 million contract extension to remain in Detroit through 2029, he came from a similar background having grown up in Tonga.
