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Montez Sweat

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#98

Experience: 7 years

Height: 6-6

Age: 29

Weight: 270 lbs

College: Mississippi State

2025 SEASON

  • Solo
    8
  • SCK
    1
  • FF
    1
  • INT
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WK OPP RESULT TKL AST COMBINED SOLO SCK SFTY PDEF INT YDS AVG LNG TDS FF OPP FR
1 Vikings L 24 - 27 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
2 @Lions L 21 - 52 3 1 4 3 0 0 0 0
3 Cowboys W 31 - 14 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0
4 @Raiders W 25 - 24 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
6 @Commanders W 25 - 24 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 1

Career Stats

Defense Career

SEASON TEAM G GS TKL AST COMBINED SOLO SCK SFTY PDEF INT YDS AVG LNG TDS FF OPP FR
2019 Washington Commanders 16 16 31 19 50 29 7 0 2 2
2020 Washington Commanders 16 16 28 17 45 27 9 0 6 1 15 15 15 1 2
2021 Washington Commanders 10 10 13 11 24 12 5 0 0 3
2022 Washington Commanders 17 17 27 19 46 24 8 0 2 0
2023 Washington Commanders 8 8 21 11 32 17 6.5 0 1 2
2023 Chicago Bears 9 9 17 8 25 15 6 0 3 1
2024 Chicago Bears 16 16 18 14 32 12 5.5 0 2 2
2025 Chicago Bears 5 5 11 3 14 8 1 0 2 1
TOTAL 97 97 166 102 268 144 48 0 18 1 15 15 15 1 13 0

Biography

PRO CAREER:

  • Seventh-year defensive lineman in his third season with Bears after being traded from the Washington Commanders in 2023
  • Has started all 96 games appeared in
  • Has registered 265 tackles (164 solo) with 48.0 sacks, 114 quarterback hits, 63 tackles for loss, 12 forced fumbles, 17 passes defensed and one interception returned for a touchdown
  • Is one of seven players in NFL with at least 5.0 sacks each season from 2020-24 (Myles Garrett, TJ Watt, Khalil Mack, Maxx Crosby, Brian Burns and Chris Jones)

HONORS:

2023: Pro Bowl Selection

2025 SEASON (BEARS):

  • Has started all four games this season
  • Has 11 tackles (nine solo) including one sack and three tackle for loss along with a pass defended

2024 SEASON (BEARS):

  • Started in 16 games recording 32 tackles (18 solo), 5.5 sacks, 12 quarterback hits, nine tackles for loss, two pass defended and a forced fumble
  • In Week 4 had a strip sack on Rams QB Matthew Stafford setting the Bears up at the Rams 16-yard line allowing them to score their first points of the game

2023 SEASON (BEARS/COMMANDERS):

  • Started 17 games (eight games for Commanders, nine for Bears)
  • Was traded to Chicago in Week 9 from Washington
  • Recorded 57 tackles (38 solo), 12.5 sacks, 25 quarterback hits, 14 tackles for loss, three forced fumbles and four passes defensed
  • Ranked T-10th in sacks and T-16th in TFLs in the League
  • Became first player in NFL history to lead two teams in sacks in the same season (Commanders- 6.5/Bears- 6.0)
  • Named to first Pro Bowl

2022 SEASON (COMMANDERS):

  • Appeared and started all 17 games
  • Registered 46 tackles (27 solo), 8.0 sacks, 28 quarterback hits, 14 tackles for loss and two passes defensed

2021 SEASON (COMMANDERS):

  • Appeared in 10 games with 10 starts
  • Recorded 24 tackles (13 solo) with 5.0 sacks and three tackles for loss

2020 SEASON (COMMANDERS):

  • Started all 16 games
  • Registered 45 tackles (28 solo), 9.0 sacks and one interception returned for a touchdown
  • Became fourth player in Washington history to notch 14.0+ sacks in first two seasons
  • Tallied 12 tackles for loss, T-6th most amond defensive ends
  • Tied Brian Orakpo with 33 quarterback hits for most through first two seasons in Washington
  • Joined LaVarr Arrington as only two players from Washington to tally at least 9.0 sacks and six passes defensed in a season

2019 SEASON (COMMANDERS):

  • Started and appeared in all 16 games
  • Recorded 50 tackles (31 solo), 7.0 sacks, two forced fumbles, 13 quarterback hits and two passes defensed

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