Police in Austin, Texas, arrested former Texas defensive tackle T’Vondre Sweat on Sunday on charges of driving while intoxicated, according to records shared by the Austin Police Department.
Officers responded to a crash around 4:41 a.m. Sunday involving an SUV and a sedan. Sweat was driving the SUV and was later arrested, while the driver of the sedan left the scene on foot, according to police.
Sweat’s biography on the Texas website lists him as 6 feet 4 inches tall and 362 pounds. In his fifth season with the Longhorns, Sweat had 45 tackles, two sacks and five assists, all of which were career highs. He also caught a 2-yard touchdown pass in the Big 12 Conference Championship.
The 2023 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year played in 62 games at Texas and accumulated 127 total tackles. He won the 2023 Outland Trophy, awarded to the best interior lineman in college football, and was named to the All-Big 12 first team.
What does this mean for his draft stock?
Despite having an All-American 2023 season, Sweat entered the draft process with several questions to answer when interviewing with the NFL team. According to a team source, he was upfront with teams about his “celebration” as a freshman and emphasized to teams that all of that was in the past.
A DWI charge three weeks before draft weekend obviously won’t help give NFL teams confidence in his decision-making and focus off the field. Because of these concerns, Sweat is a very difficult player to project into the NFL Draft. Based on team feedback, my best guess is that he will still be available as we begin day three of the NFL Draft in the fourth round. — Dane Brugler, National NFL Writer
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