#49

Carson Schwesinger

Former linebacker at UCLA. 2024: 136 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks.

LB · UCLA · Jr. · #49

6′2″ · 225 lb · Westlake Village, CA

CFB Index 93 · #7 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceNational watchCleveland — drafted 2025, Rd 2, Pick 1, #33 overall

The story

Former linebacker at UCLA. 2024: 136 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks.

Drafted round 2 by the Cleveland in 2025.
Named All-America (AP) in 2024.
Named All-America (AP) in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at UCLA, 163 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2024) — drafted at #33 overall by Cleveland.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202412 games

All-Big Tenfirst
All-America2 selectors

2025

Drafted by Clevelandround 2, pick 33

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

UCLA

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #33

Cleveland · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 2 categories

🥇

ALL-AMERICA

Named All-American (2024)

1 selectors honored him

🥈

ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM

All-Big Ten 1st team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

2 coaches

2022–2023

Chip Kelly

UCLA

2024

Deshaun Foster

UCLA

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Chip Kelly → Deshaun Foster. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ClevelandEntering 2nd NFL season

#33Rd 2 · Pick 1

ClevelandEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022UCLA9-4HC: Chip Kelly · Run-leaning

2023UCLA8-5HC: Chip Kelly · Run-leaning

2024UCLA5-7HC: Deshaun Foster · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

93All-America level #7 of 571?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (100th percentile). Strength: tackles (100th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#1 / 2892 · 100th pct

Tackles#3 / 2892 · 100th pct

136

Tackles for loss#191 / 2892 · 93rd pct

8.5

Sacks#177 / 2892 · 93rd pct

4.0

QB hurries#397 / 2892 · 83rd pct

Passes defended#504 / 2892 · 78th pct

Interceptions#132 / 862 · 74th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	10.3	0.9	0.5	0.2
Road6g	12.3	0.5	0.2	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	10.3	1.1	0.3	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	12.3	0.3	0.3	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bob Chesney

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

National watch / fringe AA

In the All-America conversation, short of a selector's first team.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

93 · #7 of 571 LBs

Selector Grid · 2024

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN—

SI—

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	UCLA	136	90	8.5	4.0	3	2	--
2023	UCLA	12	6	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
2022	UCLA	15	13	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		163	109	11.0	5.0	3	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2024

W 20–17

vs Iowa

5 SOLO · 7 TOT · 13 YDS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With E. Garbers — 203 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 67.6 · 23 rush yds (4 car) · T. Harden — 125 rush yds (20 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 16-13@ Hawai'i	7	7	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 13-42vs Indiana	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 17-34@ LSU	12	7	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 13-34vs Oregon	13	8	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 11-27@ Penn State	15	6	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 17-21vs Minnesota	13	12	4.5	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 8	W 35-32@ Rutgers	10	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 27-20@ Nebraska	13	9	1.0	1.0	—	2
Wk 11	W 20-17vs Iowa	7	5	0.0	0.0	2	0
Wk 12	L 19-31@ Washington	17	10	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 17 tackles
Wk 13	L 13-19vs USC	12	10	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 20-13vs Fresno State	15	11	1.0	1.0	—	1
Total		136	90	8.5	4.0	2	3

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Carson Schwesinger

202412 games

2025

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

National watch / fringe AA

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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