Sweat Will Attend NFL Draft In Nashville
April 09, 2019 | Football
by Brandon Langlois, Associate Director/Communications
STARKVILLE – College football's most feared edge defender during the last two seasons, Montez Sweat is among 23 players who will attend the 2019 NFL Draft in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 25, it was announced Tuesday during NFL Network's "Path to the Draft" program.
A consensus projected first-round draft pick, Mississippi State's Sweat turned heads at the NFL's annual scouting combine on March 4. At 6-foot-6, 260 pounds, Sweat was clocked at 4.41 seconds in the 40-yard dash, a modern record by a defensive lineman. He was faster than all but two of 23 running backs who ran the 40 and he was 0.12 seconds faster than Jadeveon Clowney's time at the 2014 combine.
Sweat also finished fourth among edge players in the broad jump (11 feet, 2 inches) and three-cone drill (7 seconds flat) and was sixth in the vertical jump (36 inches).
ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. has Sweat projected as the No. 2 defensive end in the draft and the No. 8 player overall in his latest mock draft.
Sweat had 11.5 sacks and 14 tackles for loss last season after posting an SEC-best 10.5 sacks and 15 tackles for loss in 2017. He earned back-to-back first-team All-SEC honors and first-team All-America honors by the FWAA and Sporting News in 2018. His 22 career sacks were the second most among Power 5 players across the last two seasons.
Heading into the 2019 NFL Draft on April 25-27, MSU aims to break the school record for most players selected in a single NFL Draft (six in 1995).
Below is the full list of expected prospect attendees:
Josh Allen, LB, Kentucky
Deandre Baker, DB, Georgia
Nick Bosa, DE, Ohio State
Marquise Brown, WR, Oklahoma
Brian Burns, DE, Florida State
Devin Bush, LB, Michigan
Andre Dillard, OT, Washington State
Noah Fant, TE, Iowa
Cody Ford, OT, Okalhoma
T.J. Hockenson, TE, Iowa
Josh Jacobs, RB, Alabama
Daniel Jones, QB, Duke
Drew Lock, QB, Missouri
D.K. Metcalf, WR, Ole Miss
Kyler Murray, QB, Oklahoma
Ed Oliver, DT, Houston
Montez Sweat, DE, Mississippi State
Jawaan Taylor, OT, Florida
Devin White, LB, LSU
Christian Wilkins, DT, Clemson
Greedy Williams, CB, LSU
Jonah Williams, OT, Alabama
Quinnen Williams, DT, Alabama
For more information on the Bulldogs, follow MSU football on Twitter, like them on Facebook and join them on Instagram by searching for "HailStateFB."
STARKVILLE – College football's most feared edge defender during the last two seasons, Montez Sweat is among 23 players who will attend the 2019 NFL Draft in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 25, it was announced Tuesday during NFL Network's "Path to the Draft" program.
A consensus projected first-round draft pick, Mississippi State's Sweat turned heads at the NFL's annual scouting combine on March 4. At 6-foot-6, 260 pounds, Sweat was clocked at 4.41 seconds in the 40-yard dash, a modern record by a defensive lineman. He was faster than all but two of 23 running backs who ran the 40 and he was 0.12 seconds faster than Jadeveon Clowney's time at the 2014 combine.
Sweat also finished fourth among edge players in the broad jump (11 feet, 2 inches) and three-cone drill (7 seconds flat) and was sixth in the vertical jump (36 inches).
ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. has Sweat projected as the No. 2 defensive end in the draft and the No. 8 player overall in his latest mock draft.
Sweat had 11.5 sacks and 14 tackles for loss last season after posting an SEC-best 10.5 sacks and 15 tackles for loss in 2017. He earned back-to-back first-team All-SEC honors and first-team All-America honors by the FWAA and Sporting News in 2018. His 22 career sacks were the second most among Power 5 players across the last two seasons.
Heading into the 2019 NFL Draft on April 25-27, MSU aims to break the school record for most players selected in a single NFL Draft (six in 1995).
Below is the full list of expected prospect attendees:
Josh Allen, LB, Kentucky
Deandre Baker, DB, Georgia
Nick Bosa, DE, Ohio State
Marquise Brown, WR, Oklahoma
Brian Burns, DE, Florida State
Devin Bush, LB, Michigan
Andre Dillard, OT, Washington State
Noah Fant, TE, Iowa
Cody Ford, OT, Okalhoma
T.J. Hockenson, TE, Iowa
Josh Jacobs, RB, Alabama
Daniel Jones, QB, Duke
Drew Lock, QB, Missouri
D.K. Metcalf, WR, Ole Miss
Kyler Murray, QB, Oklahoma
Ed Oliver, DT, Houston
Montez Sweat, DE, Mississippi State
Jawaan Taylor, OT, Florida
Devin White, LB, LSU
Christian Wilkins, DT, Clemson
Greedy Williams, CB, LSU
Jonah Williams, OT, Alabama
Quinnen Williams, DT, Alabama
For more information on the Bulldogs, follow MSU football on Twitter, like them on Facebook and join them on Instagram by searching for "HailStateFB."
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