#98
Montez Sweat
WAS · 2019–2023CHI · 2023–presentACT
MontezSweat#98EDGE
Age
30
Sep 4, 1996
Height
6'6"
78"
Weight
270
lb
College
Mississippi State; Copiah-Lincoln Junior College; Michigan State
2014-2018
Drafted
2019
Rd 1, Pk 26
Exp
7
seasons
Contract
$98M
4y · $24.5M APY
Status
ACT
ACT

2025 Season

Latest production
Tackles
53
2025
TFL
13
regular season
Sacks
10.0
regular season
QB Hits
18
regular season
FF
3
regular season
Snap %
73%
avg / game
Updated 2026-06-02

Career

Team path from high school through the NFL, with draft context and accolades.
01 / Career

Career Path

2014 — Present · Includes honors
2023
Chicago Bears · Edge Rusher
EDGE · 45 active weeks
2023Pro Bowl
NFL
2019–2023
Washington Commanders · Edge Rusher
EDGE · 70 active weeks
2023Pro Bowl
NFL
2016–2018
Mississippi State · DE
NCAA
2015
Michigan State · DE
NCAA
2015
Mississippi State · DE
NCAA
2014
Michigan State · DE
NCAA

Draft Profile

2019 Draft
Selection
Round 1, Pick 26
#26 overall by Washington Commanders
TeamWAS
Overall#26

Data Sources & Attribution

Credits
Headshot — wikipediaAll-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Source file
Statistics — nflverseStats are sourced from nflverse. Carl S, Baldwin B, Sharpe L, Ho T, Edwards J (2025). nflverse: Easily Install and Load the ‘nflverse’. R package version 1.0.3.9001, https://nflverse.nflverse.com/. Advanced metrics shown here are drawn via nflverse from Pro Football Reference Advanced Stats and NFL Next Gen Stats.
Pro Football ReferenceSports Reference LLC. “Pro Football Statistics and History.” Pro-Football-Reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/. (Accessed 2026-06-02.)
Athleticism & RASCombine and pro-day measurements compiled by Ray Carpenter, nfl-draft-data. Relative Athletic Score (RAS) by Kent Lee Platte, https://ras.football/.