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South Carolina, 2009–12
D.J. Swearinger
- Number
- No. 36
- Height
- 6′0″
- Hometown
- Greenwood, SC
- Born
- Sep 1, 1991, in Greenwood, South Carolina
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D.J. Swearinger played at South Carolina (2009–12). The Houston Texans took Swearinger in round 2, No. 57 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Defense
| Season | Team | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | South Carolina | 1 |
| 2011 | South Carolina | 3 |
| 2012 | South Carolina | 2 |
| Career | 6 | |
Returns
| Season | Team | KR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | South Carolina | 4 | 87 | 0 |
| 2011 | South Carolina | 2 | 39 | 0 |
| Career | 6 | 126 | 0 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Int | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 14 | 51 | 15 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 13 | 58 | 22 | 80 | 1.5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 12 | 62 | 17 | 79 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| On file | 184 | 60 | 244 | 6.5 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 3 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | South Carolina | 36 | ||
| 2010 | South Carolina | 36 | ||
| 2011 | South Carolina | 36 | ||
| 2012 | South Carolina | 36 | 6′0″ |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2012 South Carolina 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8 | vs. East Carolina | W 48–10 | 1 |
| Nov 10 | vs. Arkansas | W 38–20 | 1 |
2011 South Carolina 3 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8 | vs. Kentucky | W 54–3 | 1 |
| Oct 15 | at Mississippi State | W 14–12 | 1 |
| Oct 29 | at Tennessee | W 14–3 | 1 |
2010 South Carolina 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20 | vs. Troy | W 69–24 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2013 | Combine or pro day 2013 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′10½″ | |
| Weight | 208 lb | |
| Arm length | 32⅜″ | |
| Hand size | 9½″ | |
| Wingspan | 77⅝″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.67 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.52 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 37″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′4″ | |
| Bench press | 17 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.70 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.11 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
8 seasons, 101 games with a stat; latest team: Indianapolis Colts.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Houston Texans | 16 | 68 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | Houston Texans | 16 | 68 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | Arizona Cardinals | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Arizona Cardinals | 16 | 62 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | Washington Redskins | 16 | 72 | 0.5 | 4 |
| 2018 | Washington Redskins | 14 | 49 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | New Orleans Saints | 9 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | New Orleans Saints | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 101 | 396 | 4.5 | 14 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | XFL | DC Defenders |
| 2024 | UFL | DC Defenders |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.
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