Montez
Sweat.
Montez
Sweat.
Mississippi State· 6'6"· 260 lb· 4.41s 40
The Washington Commanders primarily employ a 4-3 defense, blending elements of a one-gap penetrating front with some two-high safety looks.
As an immediate starter, he projects as a high-upside pass rusher with the ceiling to become an All-Pro caliber defensive end.
A purely two-gap 3-4 defensive end where his pass rush ability would be significantly stifled by consistent run-stopping duties.
Sweat's elite athleticism and burst are tailor-made for a defensive end role that prioritizes getting upfield and disrupting the backfield.
Selected #26 overall in Round 1 of the 2019 NFL Draft by Washington Redskins out of Mississippi State.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.41sp50
- Vertical
- 36inp50
- Broad jump
- 125inp50
- Three-cone
- 7.00sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.29sp50
- Bench
- 21repp50
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Mississippi State | 13 | 48 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Mississippi State | 12 | 50 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 25 | 98 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Montez Sweat played four and a half seasons with the Washington Redskins/Commanders as a starting defensive end before being traded to the Chicago Bears, where he earned a Pro Bowl selection.