Tommy Sweeney

#89 · TE · Sr. · Boston College6′5″ · 260 lb · Ramsey, NJ · Don Bosco Prep

Tommy Sweeney: TE · Boston College · #89.

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Tommy Sweeney

TE · Boston College · Sr · #89

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Rated a two-star prospect, with four seasons of snaps at Boston College since. A game that shows it: 61 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Virginia Tech — Week 10, 2018.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Boston College in the news

NC State fires Dave DoerenOct 29
First-ever bowl game to Puerto Rico announcedAtlantic Coast Conference Oct 22
Evan Dickens out for seasonSports Illustrated Oct 22
BC earns first win of season247Sports Oct 16

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	Boston College	32	348	10.9	3	37
2017	Boston College	36	512	14.2	4	48
2016	Boston College	26	353	13.6	3	24
2015	Boston College	5	68	13.6	0	22
Career		99	1,281	12.9	10	48

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 62-14vs Holy Cross	1	17	17.0	0	17
Wk 3	W 41-34@ Wake Forest	5	58	11.6	1	29
Wk 4	L 13-30@ Purdue	3	26	8.7	1	15
Wk 5	W 45-35vs Temple	2	9	4.5	1	7
Wk 6	L 23-28@ No. 23 NC State	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 7	W 38-20vs Louisville	5	18	3.6	0	6
Wk 9	W 27-14vs Miami	3	28	9.3	0	14
Wk 10	W 31-21@ Virginia Tech	4	61	15.3	0	37	Season-high 61 yds
Wk 11	L 7-27vs No. 2 Clemson	2	7	3.5	0	6
Wk 12	L 21-22@ Florida State	3	52	17.3	0	21
Wk 13	L 21-42vs No. 19 Syracuse	3	59	19.7	0	30
Total		32	348	10.9	3	37

Signature game

Week 3 · 2018

W 41-34

at Wake Forest

5 rec · 58 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Wake Forest on the road in a shootout.

With G. Carlson — 40.8 yards per punt · 8 punts · 4 inside the 20 · J. Smith — 6 rec · 145 yds · 2 TD · 42 rush yds (3 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 4 · Purdue · 3rd and 14 · Q1 · EPA +3.48Anthony Brown pass complete to Tommy Sweeney for 15 yds for a TD (John Tessitore KICK)
Week 13 · Syracuse · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.29Anthony Brown pass complete to Tommy Sweeney for 30 yds to the Syrac 19 for a
Week 9 · Miami · 4th and 5 · Q2 · EPA −3.22Anthony Brown pass complete to Tommy Sweeney for 7 yds to the MiaFl 21 for a BOSTON COLLEGE Penalty, Personal Foul (-15 Yards) to the MiaFl 36 for a
Week 12 · Florida State · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.99Anthony Brown pass complete to Tommy Sweeney for 16 yds to the FlaSt 38 for a
Week 10 · Virginia Tech · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.98Anthony Brown pass complete to Tommy Sweeney for 37 yds to the VATECH 38 for a VIRGINIA TECH Penalty, Defensive holding ( Yards) declined for a
Week 12 · Florida State · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.79Anthony Brown pass complete to Tommy Sweeney for 21 yds to the BC 44 for a

4 more plays

Week 5 · Temple · 3rd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +2.79Anthony Brown pass complete to Tommy Sweeney for 7 yds for a TD (John Tessitore KICK)
Week 11 · Clemson · 4th and 4 · Q3 · EPA −2.69EJ Perry pass complete to Tommy Sweeney for 1 yd to the Clem 28
Week 9 · Miami · 2nd and 12 · Q1 · EPA +2.52Anthony Brown pass complete to Tommy Sweeney for 14 yds to the BC 49 for a
Week 3 · Wake Forest · 2nd and 2 · Q3 · EPA +2.46Anthony Brown pass complete to Tommy Sweeney for 29 yds for a TD (John Tessitore KICK)

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Steve Addazio — 24-26 over that span.

2015Boston College3-9HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2016Boston College7-6HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy

2017Boston College7-6HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2018Boston College7-5HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2018 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#204 / 702 · 71st pct

74.4%

TD rate#232 / 702 · 67th pct

7.0%

EPA / target#364 / 702 · 48th pct

0.50

Explosive rate#458 / 702 · 35th pct

9.3%

Yards / catch#468 / 702 · 33rd pct

10.9

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#23 / 109 · 78th pct

Rec yards#35 / 109 · 68th pct

348

Rec TDs#27 / 109 · 68th pct

Long catch#49 / 109 · 54th pct

Yards / catch#66 / 109 · 38th pct

10.9

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

42nd → 48th percentile

Explosive rate

58th → 35th percentile

Catch rate

16th → 71st percentile

TD rate

68th → 67th percentile

Yards / catch

69th → 33rd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2018. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.7	23.0	9.6	0.2
Road5g	3.2	42.0	13.2	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.8	23.5	9.7	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	41.4	13.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Steve Addazio

Pass share

38.5%

338 pass / 540 run

Plays / game

73.2

12 games

Team sack rate

5.9%

358 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

32 catches in 11 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS tight end who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Tommy Sweeney

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Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

32 catches in 11 games

Five seasons at Boston College, drafted

2014

2019