T'Vondre Sweat

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T'Vondre Sweat
2024 Titans Rookie Mini-Camp T'Vondre Sweat (cropped).png
Sweat with the Titans in 2024
No. 93 – Tennessee Titans
Position: Nose tackle
Personal information
Born: (2001-07-11) July 11, 2001 (age 23)
Huntsville, Texas, U.S.
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:366 lb (166 kg)
Career information
High school: Huntsville (Huntsville)
College: Texas (2019–2023)
NFL draft: 2024  / round: 2 / pick: 38
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 15, 2024
Total tackles:41
Sacks:1
Forced fumbles:1
Fumble recoveries:1
Stats at Pro Football Reference

T'Vondre Sweat (born July 11, 2001) is an American professional football nose tackle for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas, winning the Outland Trophy and receiving unanimous All-American honors in 2023.

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Early life and high school

Sweat was born on July 11, 2001. [1] He attended Huntsville High School in Huntsville, Texas, where he played basketball and football. [2] He was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play college football at Texas. [3]

College career

Sweat played in all 13 of Texas's games as a freshman. [4] He recorded 22 tackles, four tackles for loss, one sack, and one pass broken up with one forced fumble and one fumble recovery as a sophomore. [5] Sweat had 22 tackles, two tackles for loss, and one sack during his junior season. [6] As a senior he was named honorable mention All-Big 12 Conference after finishing the year with 30 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, seven quarterback hurries, and four passes defended. [7] In 2023, Sweat won the Outland Trophy and was named a unanimous All-American on a defensive line that also included Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year winner Byron Murphy II. [8] [9]

Statistics
Texas Longhorns
SeasonGPTacklesInterceptionsFumbles
SoloAstCmbTfLSckIntYdsAvgTDPDFRYdsTDFF
2019 1345911000021000
2020 106162241000011001
2021 129132221000030000
2022 131020302.50000040000
2023 1418274582000040000
Career [10] 62478112817.550000142001

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split Vertical jump Broad jump
6 ft 4+12 in
(1.94 m)
366 lb
(166 kg)
33+14 in
(0.84 m)
10+18 in
(0.26 m)
5.27 s1.80 s3.03 s26.0 in
(0.66 m)
8 ft 2 in
(2.49 m)
All values from NFL Combine [11] [12]

Sweat was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the second round with the 38th overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft. [13]

Sweat made an early impact as the Titans' primary nose tackle for the 2024 season, making his NFL debut on Week 1 against the Chicago Bears. [14] [15] He made his first career sack against C.J. Stroud on a Week 12 road win against the Houston Texans. [16] Later during Week 15's game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sweat recorded his first forced fumble and fumble recovery, stripping the ball from quarterback Joe Burrow and making a wildly celebrated 30 yard return. [17] [18]

Personal life

On April 7, 2024, Sweat was arrested in Austin, Texas for DWI. He was released from jail on a $3,000 bond. [19]

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