Player Dossier

2019-2023

Arizona State

Messiah Swinson

TE • 6'8" • 260 lbs • Glen Head, NY, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Messiah Swinson reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

8

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

7

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Arizona State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Missouri • Arizona State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Northern Arizona

Player Story

Messiah Swinson built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a tight end from Glen Head, NY wearing No. 80, spending time with Arizona State and Missouri. The clearest part of Messiah Swinson's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.858

Long Island Lutheran · Glen Head, NY

Committed To
Missouri
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Messiah Swinson, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Arizona State. Messiah Swinson reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
317
Receptions
28
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Messiah Swinson quick answers

Latest team and position
Arizona State · TE
Career Receiving Yards
317
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 20 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Arizona State
Top game
Northern Arizona
Recruit profile
3-star · Long Island Lutheran · Missouri
High school pipeline
Long Island Lutheran · 3 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 80 · Senior
2023 Receiving yards rank
48 receiving yards · TE 260th (top 59%) · Pac-12 127th (top 67%) · National 1,302nd (top 63%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonMissouri0-00-
2020 Regular SeasonMissouri2238044.9
2021 Regular SeasonMissouri4546041.4
2022 Regular SeasonArizona State815185260.5
2023 Regular SeasonArizona State6648035.7

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2022Missouri to Arizona StateP4 to P478.9Nov 29, 2021

Messiah Swinson played TE for Missouri and Arizona State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Messiah Swinson recorded 317 receiving yards, 1 tackles, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Arizona State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Arizona State paired 185 primary output with 70.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 56 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Missouri, Arizona State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Colorado

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · Arizona State

Games

6

Receiving Yards / G

8

Efficiency

56

Usage

6

Consistency

40.9

Best Game by takeover score

Colorado

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Southern Utah: 5. Fresno State: 6. Colorado: 18. Washington State: 15. Oregon: 4. Arizona: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southern Utah: 1 by 33.3. Fresno State: 2 by 20. Colorado: 1 by 100. Washington State: 1 by 100. Oregon: 1 by 26.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins10 · Games = 2 · +3 vs Losses
Losses7 · Games = 4 · -3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Colorado

Best efficiency game

100 vs Washington State

Result
Sat 11/25vs ArizonaL 23-59
Sat 11/18vs OregonL 13-49144404
Sun 10/29vs Washington StateW 38-271151515015
Sat 10/7vs ColoradoL 24-271181818018
Sun 9/17vs Fresno StateL 0-29263305
Fri 9/1vs Southern UtahW 24-21155505

Player Story

Messiah Swinson story

Messiah Swinson built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a tight end from Glen Head, NY wearing No. 80, spending time with Arizona State and Missouri. The clearest part of Messiah Swinson's career was his receiving role: 28 catches, 317 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns across 20 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Messiah Swinson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Missouri

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Arizona State

    2022-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonMissouri0
2020 Regular SeasonMissouri3880438
2021 Regular SeasonMissouri4659.26.58
2022 Regular SeasonArizona State18570.88.8139
2023 Regular SeasonArizona State48566-137

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Northern Arizona

Week 1 · W 40-3

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

50

Receiving Yards

89.3 takeover

50 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Colorado

Week 9 · W 42-34 · Conference game

55

Receiving Yards

77.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

55 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Georgia

Week 15 · L 14-49 · Conference game

29

Receiving Yards

72.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

29 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Colorado

Week 6 · L 24-27 · Conference game

18

Receiving Yards

70.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

18 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Washington State

Week 9 · W 38-27 · Conference game

15

Receiving Yards

67 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

15 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Arizona State

185 primary output · 70.8 efficiency · 8.8 usage

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#2

2020 Regular Season · Missouri

44.9

38 primary · 80 efficiency · 4 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Missouri

41.4

46 primary · 59.2 efficiency · 6.5 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games