T'Vondre Sweat named a Senior Bowl midseason All-American
Texas defensive lineman T’Vondre Sweat was named a midseason All-American by the Reese’s Senior Bowl on Wednesday. Sweat was the only Longhorn to earn the distinction and was one of four Big 12 players honored by the Senior Bowl.
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Sweat, a super senior from Huntsville (Texas), was a member of the Senior Bowl’s preseason watchlist. This season, Sweat has recorded 18 tackles including 4.0 for loss with one sack. He’s been credited with four quarterback hurries and one pass breakup.
His best statistical performance in the 2023 campaign was when he had 5.0 tackles with 0.5 for loss and two quarterback hurries versus Rice.
In 54 career games, Sweat has 101 tackles with 37 of them solo, 13.5 tackles for loss, four sacks, 11 passes defended, one forced fumble, and two fumble recoveries. His career high for tackles in a season is 30, which he recorded during last year’s campaign.
Sweat elected to return for his fifth season in Austin rather than enter the 2023 NFL Draft. He’s enjoyed a fantastic campaign, garnering a team-high defensive grade of 91.1 according to Pro Football Focus.
Midseason All-American offense
QB-Jayden Daniels, LSU
RB-Marshawn Lloyd, USC
RB-Ray Davis, Kentucky
WR-Xavier Leggette, South Carolina
WR-Rome Odunze, Washington
WR-Roman Wilson, Michigan
TE-Erick All, Iowa
OL-Olu Fashanu, Penn State
OL-Taliese Fuaga, Oregon State
OL-Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia
OL-Brandon Coleman, TCU
OL-Ajani Cornelius, Oregon
Midseason All-American defense
DL-T’Vondre Sweat, Texas
DL-Howard Cross III, Notre Dame
DL-Tyler Baron, Tennessee
DL-Laiatu Latu, UCLA
LB-Tyrice Knight, UTEP
LB-Payton Wilson, North Carolina State
LB-Tommy Eichenberg, Ohio State
DB-Tyler Nubin, Minnesota
DB-Jaylin Simpson, Auburn
DB-Josh Newton, TCU
DB-T.J. Tampa, Iowa State
DB-Mike Sainristil, Michigan
