Player Dossier

2015-2017

Florida State

Josh Sweat

DE • 6'5" • 250 lbs • Chesapeake, VA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Josh Sweat shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.9 disruption score.

Usage Score

14.8

Efficiency

36.9

Consistency

61.4

Season Value

37.5

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season · Florida State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Florida State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Josh Sweat, DE. Best season Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season · Florida State. Josh Sweat shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.9 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season

Florida State paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 36.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Miami

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2017 Regular Season · Florida State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.8

Efficiency

36.9

Usage

14.8

Consistency

61.4

Best Game by takeover score

UL Monroe

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 2. NC State: 1. Wake Forest: 0. Miami: 4. Duke: 3. Louisville: 3. Boston College: 2. Syracuse: 3. Clemson: 1. Unknown: 0. Florida: 2. UL Monroe: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 5 by 40.8. NC State: 5 by 30.8. Wake Forest: 1 by 4.2. Miami: 5 by 60.8. Duke: 4 by 46.7. Louisville: 9 by 67.5. Boston College: 8 by 53.3. Syracuse: 6 by 55. Clemson: 6 by 35. Unknown: 1 by 4.2. Florida: 4 by 36.7. UL Monroe: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Wins1.6 · n=5 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses2.2 · n=6 · +0.6 vs Wins
First Half2.2 · n=6 · +0.8 vs Second Half
Second Half1.3 · n=6 · -0.8 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Miami

Best efficiency game

67.5 vs Louisville

Result
Sat 12/2vs UL MonroeW 42-1021000
Sat 11/25@ FloridaW 38-2242110
Sat 11/18vs Unknown10000
Sat 11/11@ ClemsonL 14-3163100
Sat 11/4vs SyracuseW 27-2464111
Sat 10/28@ Boston CollegeSplash gameL 3-3583200
Sat 10/21vs LouisvilleSplash gameL 28-3196210
Sat 10/14@ DukeSplash gameW 17-1044210
Sat 10/7vs MiamiL 20-24541.500.502
Sat 9/30@ Wake ForestW 26-1911000
Sat 9/23vs NC StateL 21-2751100
Sun 9/3@ AlabamaL 7-2452110

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Florida State

    2015-2017

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2015201620162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonFlorida State120
2016 PostseasonFlorida State19.533.39.318.5
2016 Regular SeasonFlorida State19.533.39.30
2017 Regular SeasonFlorida State2136.914.81.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Syracuse

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.

#2

Florida

4

Primary metric

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 62.9 takeover score.

#3

Georgia Tech

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

Miami

4

Primary metric

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.

#5

Louisville

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 56 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2015 Regular Season · Florida State

1 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

40.6

#2

2017 Regular Season · Florida State

37.5

21 primary · 36.9 efficiency · 14.8 usage

#3

2016 Postseason · Florida State

29.3

19.5 primary · 33.3 efficiency · 9.3 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

5★

Class 2015 · Rating 0.9949

Oscar Smith · Chesapeake, VA

Committed To
Florida State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

97

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 24 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Josh Sweat quick answers

Recruiting profile

5-star recruit

Position
DE
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
4
Career tackles
97