Linebacker, Southern Miss, 2017–⁠23

Swayze Bozeman

Number: No. 28
Height: 6′3″
Weight: 224 lb
Class (2023): Senior
Hometown: Flora, MS
Born: Nov 2, 1998

Swayze Bozeman played linebacker at Southern Miss (2017–⁠23).

12tackles, career highat South Alabama, 2023 2sacks, career highat UTSA, 2019

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD	Hur
2019	Southern Miss	57	31	6	4.5	0	0
2020	Southern Miss	42	13	0.5	0	1	0
2021	Southern Miss	20	8	0	0	0	0
2022	Southern Miss	16	5	3	2	0	1
2023	Southern Miss	51	20	4	0.5	3	0
Career		186	77	13.5	7	4	1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2017	Southern Miss	28	LB	Yr 1
2018	Southern Miss	28	LB	Yr 2
2019	Southern Miss	28	LB	Yr 3
2020	Southern Miss	28	LB	Yr 4
2021	Southern Miss	28	LB	Yr 5
2022	Southern Miss	28	LB	Yr 6
2023	Southern Miss	28	LB	Sr. (Yr 7)	6′3″	224

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

2023 Southern Miss 9 games, 51 tackles, 0.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 2	vs.Alcorn State	W 40–⁠14	1	0	0	0	2
Sep 30	vs.Texas State	L 36–⁠50	9	2	1	0.5	0
Oct 7	vs.Old Dominion	L 13–⁠17	3	1	0	0	0
Oct 17	atSouth Alabama	L 3–⁠55	12	8	1	0	1
Oct 28	atApp State	L 38–⁠48	5	1	0	0	0
Nov 4	vs.UL Monroe	W 24–⁠7	3	0	0.5	0	0
Nov 9	atLouisiana	W 34–⁠31	8	4	0.5	0	0
Nov 18	atMississippi State	L 20–⁠41	4	2	1	0	0
Nov 25	vs.Troy	L 17–⁠35	6	2	0	0	0

2022 Southern Miss 3 games, 16 tackles, 2 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks
Sep 3	vs.Liberty	L 27–⁠29	2	1	0	0
Sep 10	atMiami	L 7–⁠30	6	3	1.5	1
Sep 17	vs.Northwestern State	W 64–⁠10	8	1	1.5	1

2021 Southern Miss 4 games, 20 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo
Oct 2	atRice	L 19–⁠24	3	0
Oct 9	vs.UTEP	L 13–⁠26	4	2
Oct 16	vs.UAB	L 0–⁠34	4	3
Nov 6	vs.North Texas	L 14–⁠38	9	3

2020 Southern Miss 6 games, 42 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	PD
Sep 3	vs.South Alabama	L 21–⁠32	10	3	0.5	0
Sep 19	vs.Louisiana Tech	L 30–⁠31	9	1	0	0
Sep 26	vs.Tulane	L 24–⁠66	8	1	0	1
Oct 24	atLiberty	L 35–⁠56	3	2	0	0
Nov 21	vs.UTSA	L 20–⁠23	9	4	0	0
Dec 10	vs.Florida Atlantic	W 45–⁠31	3	2	0	0

2019 Southern Miss 12 games, 57 tackles, 4.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks
Aug 31	vs.Alcorn State	W 38–⁠10	2	2	1	1
Sep 7	atMississippi State	L 15–⁠38	1	0	0	0
Sep 21	atAlabama	L 7–⁠49	4	3	1	1
Sep 28	vs.UTEP	W 31–⁠13	2	2	0	0
Oct 12	vs.North Texas	W 45–⁠27	3	0	0	0
Oct 19	atLouisiana Tech	L 30–⁠45	8	4	1	0
Oct 26	atRice	W 20–⁠6	8	2	0	0
Nov 9	vs.UAB	W 37–⁠2	5	2	0.5	0
Nov 16	atUTSA	W 36–⁠17	10	8	2	2
Nov 23	vs.Western Kentucky	L 10–⁠28	1	1	0	0
Nov 30	atFlorida Atlantic	L 17–⁠34	5	3	0	0
Jan 4 ✦	vs.Tulane	L 13–⁠30	8	4	0.5	0.5

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Pro day 2024
Height	6′1⅜″
Weight	224 lb
Arm length	30⅞″
Hand size	8⅛″
Wingspan	75¾″
40-yard dash	4.55 s
10-yard split	1.57 s
Vertical jump	36″
Broad jump	10′11″
Bench press	24 reps
3-cone drill	6.67 s
20-yard shuttle	4.22 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 8 games with a stat; latest team: Cincinnati Bengals.

Season	Team	G	Tkl
2024	Kansas City Chiefs	1	3
2025	New York Giants	4	6
2026 (so far)	Cincinnati Bengals	3	4
NFL career		8	13

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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