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Montez Sweat

Defensive End, Chicago Bears · #98.

Player facts

Team: Chicago Bears
Position: Defensive End
Number: 98
Born: Sep 4, 1996 (age 30)
Birthplace: Stone Mountain, GA, USA
Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 270 lbs
College: Mississippi State
Experience: 8 seasons
Status: News

Stats

2026 Defense

	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	STF	STFYDS
Regular Season	7	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last 5 Games	7	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	314	193	121	59	15	1	1	15	15.0	1	15	21	45.5	57

Recent games

			Tackles				Fumbles		Interceptions
Date	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	KB
Sun, Oct 11	@ GB	L 31-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Oct 4	vs NYJ	W 23-12	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Mon, Sep 28	vs PHI	W 27-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	vs MIN	L 9-3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	@ CAR	W 59-37	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Shaquan Montez Sweat (born September 4, 1996) is an American professional football defensive end for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Michigan State Spartans, Copiah–Lincoln Wolves, and Mississippi State Bulldogs before being selected by the Washington Redskins in the first round of the 2019 NFL draft. Sweat was traded to the Bears mid-way through the 2023 season, with whom he received his first Pro Bowl selection.

From Wikipedia’s article on Montez Sweat, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Sweat attended Stephenson High School in Stone Mountain, Georgia, where he was rated as one of the top defensive ends in the country. He committed to Michigan State to play college football.

College career

Sweat played in two games for Michigan State in 2014, recording one sack, before redshirting in 2015. He left Michigan State in 2016 and enrolled at the Copiah–Lincoln Community College in Mississippi, where he also played for their football team. In 2017, he left again to play for the Mississippi State Bulldogs. In his first season at Mississippi State, Sweat registered 10.5 sacks and was named to the 2017 All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) football team. He then followed up by recording 12 sacks as a senior in 2018, making the 2018 All-SEC football team and being named an All-American.

Personal life

Sweat was raised by his grandparents as a child. Both his mother and older brother died in 2021, the latter being killed at the age of 27 in a shooting in Henrico County, Virginia. As a rookie, Sweat was featured in Old Spice television commercials.

In June 2021, Sweat expressed his disinterest in getting vaccinations against the COVID-19 virus and that he would forgo getting a COVID-19 vaccine.

From Wikipedia’s article on Montez Sweat, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.¹