J.R. Sweezy in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Neal (Neal D), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive tackle, NC State, 2007–⁠11

J.R. Sweezy

Number
No. 52
Height
6′5″
Weight
293 lb
Hometown
Mooresville, NC
Born
Apr 8, 1989, in Mooresville, North Carolina

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J.R. Sweezy played defensive tackle at NC State (2007–⁠11). The Seattle Seahawks took Sweezy in round 7, No. 225 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.

The teams

No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksPBUFFHur
2008N310100–––
200991214266.53002
20101117335011.55.5313
201191192042014
On file4156972210.5–––

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2009NC State52DT
2010NC State52DT
2011NC State52DT6′5″293

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.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2012
Height6′4¾″
Weight298 lb
Arm length34″
Hand size9⅝″
40-yard dash5.01 s
10-yard split1.73 sW
Vertical jump36″
Broad jump9′5″
Bench press21 reps
3-cone drill7.40 s
20-yard shuttle4.41 s

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, 46 games with a stat; latest team: Arizona Cardinals.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2012Seattle Seahawks3–00
2013Seattle Seahawks5100
2014Seattle Seahawks6100
2015Seattle Seahawks9–00
2017Tampa Bay Buccaneers5–00
2018Seattle Seahawks7100
2019Arizona Cardinals7100
2020Arizona Cardinals4100
NFL career46500

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.

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