#93

T'Vondre Sweat

Former defensive lineman at Texas. 2023: 2 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, 40 tackles.

DL · Texas · Sr. · #93

6′4″ · 362 lb · Huntsville, TX

CFB Index 69 · #98 of 418 edge rushersLow confidenceConsensus AATennessee — drafted 2024, Rd 2, Pick 6, #38 overall

On production he ranks #98 of 418 edge rushers; on reputation he is a consensus All-American. The gap between those two numbers is the story.

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 605 nationally · Signed with Huntsville

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Texas. 2023: 2 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, 40 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Huntsville in 2019.
Drafted round 2 by the Tennessee in 2024.
Named All-America (AP) in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Texas, 4 sacks, a Consensus All-American season (2023) — drafted at #38 overall by Tennessee.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20197 games

Recruited3-star out of Huntsville

202313 games

All-Americafirst · 13 selectors
All-Big 12first
Outlandwinner

2024

Drafted by Tennesseeround 2, pick 38

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#605 national

CFB

College

Texas

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #38

Tennessee · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

14 honors · 2 categories

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ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2023)

11 first-team selectors

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ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Big 12 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019–2020

Tom Herman

Texas

2021–2023

Steve Sarkisian

Texas

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tom Herman → Steve Sarkisian. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

TennesseeEntering 3rd NFL season

#38Rd 2 · Pick 6

TennesseeEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Texas8-5HC: Tom Herman · Balanced

2020Texas7-3HC: Tom Herman · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Texas5-7HC: Steve Sarkisian · Run-leaning

2022Texas8-5HC: Steve Sarkisian · Run-leaning

2023Texas12-2HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

69Quality starter #98 of 418?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (93rd percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (90th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#147 / 2842 · 93rd pct

Tackles for loss#259 / 2842 · 90th pct

7.5

Passes defended#254 / 2842 · 89th pct

Sacks#517 / 2842 · 78th pct

2.0

Tackles#865 / 2842 · 69th pct

Solo tackles#1319 / 2842 · 52nd 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

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.6	0.6	0.0	0.4
Road6g	2.5	0.5	0.3	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	0.6	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+7g	3.4	0.6	0.1	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Steve Sarkisian

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

69 · #98 of 418 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #98 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2023

AP—

FWAA1st

AFCA1st

WCFF1st

SN1st

SI1st

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Texas	40	16	7.5	2.0	5	--	--
2022	Texas	28	9	2.5	0.0	3	--	--
2021	Texas	22	9	2.0	1.0	3	--	--
2020	Texas	22	6	4.0	0.0	1	--	--
2019	Texas	9	4	1.0	1.0	2	--	--
Career		121	44	17.0	4.0	14	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 34–24

at Alabama

1 TFL · 1 SACKS · 1 SOLO

With Q. Ewers — 349 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.4 · 11 rush yds (3 car) · R. Sanborn — 50 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 56 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 34-24@ Alabama	1	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 31-10vs Wyoming	3	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 38-6@ Baylor	4	3	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 40-14vs Kansas	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 30-34vs Oklahoma	3	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 31-24@ Houston	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 35-6vs BYU	7	3	1.5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 10	W 33-30vs Kansas State	4	1	1.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 11	W 29-26@ TCU	4	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 26-16@ Iowa State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	W 57-7vs Texas Tech	4	0	0.5	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	W 49-21vs Oklahoma State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 31-37@ Washington	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		40	16	7.5	2.0	—	5

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

T'Vondre Sweat

20197 games

202313 games

2024

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Consensus All-American

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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