19 Facts About Bradley Sowell

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Bradley Sowell signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as undrafted free agent in 2012, and later spent time with the Indianapolis Colts, Arizona Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks and Chicago Bears.

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Bradley Sowell was born in Memphis, Tennessee and raised in nearby Hernando, Mississippi.

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Bradley Sowell was then signed to the team's practice squad.

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Bradley Sowell began the season as the backup left tackle to Anthony Castonzo and made his professional debut on September 16,2012, against the Minnesota Vikings.

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Bradley Sowell began the season as the third right tackle on the depth chart.

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Bradley Sowell then was named backup left tackle to Levi Brown and replaced him when he was ineffective.

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Bradley Sowell ultimately performed well enough to win the starting position and the Cardinals then traded Brown to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Bradley Sowell appeared in all 16 of the regular season games on special teams and started the last 12 games of the regular season at left tackle.

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Bradley Sowell struggled throughout his first season in Arizona and was rated 76th out of 76 tackles that qualified by Pro Football Focus.

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Bradley Sowell finished his career in Arizona with a total of 48 games appearances and 12 starts.

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Bradley Sowell won the Seahawks' starting left tackle position in training camp and started the season.

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Undrafted rookie George Fant started in his place for four games and performed well enough to win the starting position once Bradley Sowell returned from injury.

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On October 12,2016, it was reported that offensive line coach Tom Cable had announced that Bradley Sowell would compete with tackle Garry Gilliam for the starting right tackle position.

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Bradley Sowell was a healthy scratch the last two weeks of the season and finished the season appearing in ten games with nine starts.

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Bradley Sowell competed against Tom Compton for a job as the backup offensive tackle, behind incumbent starters Massie and Charles Leno Jr.

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Bradley Sowell was named the backup offensive tackle behind Leno to begin the regular season, and worked as emergency long snapper while Patrick Scales was treating an injury.

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On March 12,2018, Bradley Sowell signed a two-year contract extension with the Bears.

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Bradley Sowell saw time at fullback, playing eight snaps at the position in the regular season finale against the Minnesota Vikings.

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Bradley Sowell played in the first two games of the regular season.