Tyrone Swoopes

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Tyrone Swoopes
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Swoopes with Texas in 2014
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Position: Tight end
Personal information
Born: (1994-11-14) November 14, 1994 (age 29)
Stephenville, Texas, U.S.
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:254 lb (115 kg)
Career information
High school: Whitewright (Whitewright, Texas)
College: Texas (2013–2016)
Undrafted: 2017
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:2
Receiving yards:28
Player stats at NFL.com

Alphonso Tyrone Swoopes Jr. (born November 14, 1994) is a former American football tight end. He played quarterback for the Texas Longhorns and signed with the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2017. He has also been a member of the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Football Team.

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High school career

Swoopes was a highly recruited high school football player from a small town (Whitewright, TX). He played in the 2013 U.S. Army All-American Bowl, and consistently was rated among the top 10 quarterback recruits in the country. In addition to football, he played guard in basketball, in baseball, and competed in the long jump, triple jump, 4 × 400 m, 4 × 200 m, 4 × 100 m and shot put in track and field. [1] A 4-star recruit, he committed to play college football at the University of Texas over offers from Alabama, Auburn, Baylor, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Stanford, TCU, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, and UCLA. [2] [3]

College career

2013 season

In his lone season with head coach Mack Brown, Swoopes saw limited play in the 2013 season, coming in mostly for relief in six games. [4]

On November 2, Swoopes completed his first career collegiate pass against Kansas. [5] On November 28, he had his first career rushing touchdown, which came in the fourth quarter against Texas Tech. [6] On December 30, Swoopes saw time in the 2013 Alamo Bowl against Oregon. In the bowl game, Swoopes had eight rushes for 38 yards. [7]

2014 season

Swoopes entered the 2014 season with a new head coach, Charlie Strong. [8]

In the first game of the 2014 season, Swoopes entered the game only for the last series, but after a career-ending injury to David Ash, Swoopes was thrown into the unexpected role of starter for the second game against BYU. He remained the starter for the rest of the season. [9]

Swoopes described the season as one of "ups and downs." [10] Despite solid play by Swoopes, his debut game against BYU represented the worst home loss, 41–7, for Texas since 1997. [11] [12] Swoopes had another solid performance the following week against #12 UCLA, but despite a late lead, the Longhorns again came up short. [13] Swoopes led Texas to a win over unranked Kansas, [14] then a loss to #7 Baylor [15] before throwing for a career-high 334 yards in a close loss to Oklahoma. [16] That was followed by a gutsy win over Iowa State in which Swoopes, who set a career-high for total offense, led the Longhorns on a game-winning drive with only 28 seconds left, after having led them on a touchdown drive only a minute earlier. [17] The next game brought a shutout loss to #11 Kansas State. [18] Then the team won three straight over Texas Tech, [19] #24 West Virginia, [20] and Oklahoma State. [21] The highlight of the season was arguably the upset win of then #24 West Virginia, which was not a great game for Swoopes, but was a necessary one for Texas to become bowl-eligible. The next week, against Oklahoma State, Swoopes had the best game of his career, with 305 yards, two touchdowns, and a career-high quarterback rating of 170.4. In the last game of the regular season, Texas was beaten badly by #5 TCU in a game in which Swoopes threw a career-high four interceptions. [22]

Swoopes and the Longhorns went to the Texas Bowl where they met an old Southwest Conference rival Arkansas, but the offense, which struggled all season due to injury and disciplinary losses to the offensive line, was able to muster only 59 yards of offense. It was Swoopes's worst game. He produced only 25 yards of total offense (57 yards of passing and −32 yards of rushing) and registered a career low quarterback rating of 63.2. [23] His performance during the last two games of the season and his 5–7 record as a starter left analysts questioning his role in 2015. Before the bowl game, Max Olson of ESPN wrote of him "he will have to fight for his job next year." [10]

2015 season

Swoopes played a significant role for the Longhorns in the 2015 season. He started the season shaky in a loss in the season opener against Notre Dame; Swoopes was 7-of-22 for 93 yards and had ten rushing attempts for 17 yards. [24] On September 26, he had his first rushing touchdown of the season against Oklahoma State. [25] In the next game against TCU, he had his first passing touchdown of the season. [26] In the next game against Oklahoma, Swoopes had a passing touchdown and a rushing touchdown. [27] Two weeks later, against Kansas State, he had a career-high three rushing touchdowns to along with 50 rushing yards. [28] On November 7, Swoopes had a career-day against Kansas. Against the Jayhawks, he had 98 yards passing and one passing touchdown. In addition, he had a career-high four rushing touchdowns to along with 59 rushing yards. [29] On November 26, against Texas Tech, he had 98 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns. [30] He started at quarterback in the last game of the year at #12 Baylor. Texas won the game in an upset by a score of 23-17. In the victory, Swoopes had a passing touchdown and a rushing touchdown. [31]

Overall, Swoopes was 47-of-93 for 537 passing yards, four touchdowns, and one interception. On the ground, he had 451 rushing yards and 12 rushing touchdowns on 74 attempts. [32]

2016 season

Swoopes started the 2016 season by appearing in the game against #10 Notre Dame. He had a strong performance in the 50-47 2OT victory. He had 13 carries for 53 yards and three touchdowns, including the game-winner. [33] A few weeks later, against Oklahoma State, Swoopes had six carries for 24 yards and two touchdowns. [34] Over the course of the rest of the season, Swoopes appeared in seven games and recorded two other rushing touchdowns.

Overall, in the 2016 season, Swoopes had 54 rushes for 174 yards and seven touchdowns. [35]

College statistics

Texas Longhorns
SeasonTeamGPPassingRushing
CmpAttPctYdsTDInt Rtg AttYdsTD
2013 Texas 651338.5260055.320791
2014 Texas 1222438458.32,4091311116.51082624
2015 Texas 11479350.553741111.17445112
2016 Texas 115955.6660194.9541747
Career 4028149956.33,0381713113.525696624

Awards

Results
 Won
 Honorable mention
 Nominated
Tyrone Swoopes' college career awards
AwardDateTeam Last PlayedSource(s)
Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll Spring 2014
[1]
Awarded by own team
Shared

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 4+18 in
(1.93 m)
246 lb
(112 kg)
33+14 in
(0.84 m)
9+58 in
(0.24 m)
4.75 s1.65 s2.74 s4.36 s6.89 s35.0 in
(0.89 m)
9 ft 7 in
(2.92 m)
19 reps
All values from Pro Day [36] [37]

Seattle Seahawks

Swoopes signed with the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent on May 12, 2017. [38] He was waived on September 2, 2017, and was signed to the Seahawks' practice squad the next day. [39] [40] He was promoted to the active roster on December 30, 2017. [41]

On September 1, 2018, Swoopes was waived by the Seahawks. [42] He was re-signed to the practice squad on October 9, 2018. [43] He was promoted to the active roster on October 13, 2018 and started the game the next day against Oakland during which he had one reception. [44] He was waived on October 27, 2018, and was re-signed to the practice squad. [45] He was released on November 6, 2018, but re-signed on November 28. [46]

On January 7, 2019, Swoopes signed a reserve/future contract with the Seahawks. [47] He was waived/injured on August 3, 2019, and placed on injured reserve. [48] He was released on August 14, 2019. He was re-signed to the practice squad on October 15. [49] He was promoted to the active roster on November 22, 2019. [50] He played in 5 of the last 6 games for the Seahawks, including two starts.

Swoopes did not receive an exclusive-rights free agent tender from the team after the season, and became a free agent on March 18, 2020. [51] Swoopes had a tryout with the Arizona Cardinals on August 14, 2020, [52] and with the Jacksonville Jaguars on August 20, 2020. [53]

Philadelphia Eagles

He visited the Philadelphia Eagles on August 23, 2020 [54] and was signed by the team on August 25. [55] He was waived soon after on September 3, 2020. [56]

Washington Commanders

On December 23, 2020, Swoopes was signed to the Washington Commanders's practice squad. [57] He played one game for Washington that season. Swoopes re-signed with the team on January 11, 2021, [58] but was released after failing to report to training camp. [59]

NFL career statistics

YearTeamGamesReceiving
GPGSRecYdsAvgLngTD
2017 SEA 1000000
2018 SEA 1112323231
2019 SEA 5215550
2021 WAS 1000000
8322814231

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