{"id":161754,"date":"2024-02-12T10:00:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T15:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=161754"},"modified":"2024-02-11T15:29:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T20:29:47","slug":"2024-nfl-draft-tvondre-sweat-scouting-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/02\/12\/2024-nfl-draft-tvondre-sweat-scouting-report\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 NFL Draft: T&#8217;Vondre Sweat Scouting Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The interior defensive line position has seen their draft stock sway. Generally, players at that position who don\u2019t rush the passer are falling farther and farther down draft boards. Interior pass rush pressure is all the rage now. Accordingly, guys on the interior who do not consistently get after the passer sometimes get lost in the shuffle of draft season. They do not get talked about nearly enough. One of those players is T\u2019Vondre Sweat, a mammoth interior player from Texas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u201cTexas is back\u201d moniker has been shouted into the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/\" target=\"_self\">college football<\/a> echo chamber for nearly a half-decade. In 2023, Texas was actually back. The Longhorns found themselves playing in the College Football Playoff for the first time. That resurgence was sparked by a much-maligned defense finally playing close to the level of a legitimate title contender. A defensive tackle duo of Byron Murphy II and T\u2019Vondre Sweat <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/5170471\/2023\/12\/31\/texas-football-cfp-tvondre-sweat\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spearheaded the unit<\/a>. The latter, a 360-pound behemoth of a man, is one of the most intriguing players in the 2024 NFL draft.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Every T&#39;Vondre Sweat 1-on-1 from the Senior Bowl <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Yr2OeZ8RNA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Yr2OeZ8RNA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Foster (@NoFlagsFilm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoFlagsFilm\/status\/1753390558557638882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>T\u2019Vondre Sweat NFL Draft Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Position: Interior Defensive Line<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Height: 6\u20194\u201d (Unofficial)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weight: Did not weigh in at Senior Bowl, but listed at 362<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School: Texas<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024-nfl-draft-profiles\/\" target=\"_self\"><em>More NFL Draft Profiles<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>T\u2019Vondre Sweat 2024 NFL profile<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strengths<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emphatically the biggest player on the field every single game\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anchors incredibly well and is almost immovable when playing with good leverage<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">True difference maker in the run game, not just a space eater\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Routinely gets hands in the air to bat passes away when pass-rushing\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High effort player<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Routinely forces runs outside by blowing up rushing lanes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excellent two-gapper<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eats double teams and makes it hard for climbers to reach second level\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Active hands\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frequently blows up plays by driving linemen backward\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weaknesses\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inconsistent get-off at the snap, causes him to get moved backward occasionally\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pure \u201cPocket pusher\u201d in pass rush, does not try to use many moves during pass rush opportunities\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Very little quickness, but still shoots gaps<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not an explosive player off the ball, but has flashes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Non-factor in many pass rush reps, certainly stays on the sideline in the NFL on obvious passing situations\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">T&#39;Vondre Sweat really nice movement ability at 362 pounds <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kPNIbyn5c8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/kPNIbyn5c8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; mike (@bengals_sans) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bengals_sans\/status\/1753865926913445901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NFL Comparison: Michael Pierce\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Projection: Early Day two pick<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Fits: Cincinnati Bengals, Baltimore Ravens, Seattle Seahawks<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Bottom Line on T\u2019Vondre Sweat<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The nose tackle. The forgotten player. NFL teams have found themselves looking for interior defensive linemen who impact the passing game. Nose tackles are not nearly as prevalent in 2024 as they were just a decade ago. Even the players who fill those roles today are still guys who have the athleticism to get upfield in the passing game. Vita Vea may be 350 pounds, but he is also athletic enough to rush the passer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Texas\u2019 T\u2019Vondre Sweat may not be an elite pass rusher for the position, but there is still a place for him in the NFL. You simply cannot teach that combination of size and strength. He probably sees himself falling out of the first round, but whichever team drafts him should be encouraged about his presence in the run game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Image: \u00a0Aaron E. Martinez\/American-Statesman \/ USA TODAY NETWORK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Football games are won in the trenches. Texas draft hopeful T\u2019Vondre Sweat is going to help some NFL team win a lot of games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4912,"featured_media":161850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1647,54],"tags":[10073,32355,2345],"class_list":["post-161754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-draft","category-editorials","tag-2024-nfl-draft","tag-tvondre-sweat","tag-texas-longhorns"],"modified_by":"Drew Crabtree","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}