Montez Sweat stats

Bears

Defensive End · #98

Age 30 · 6' 6" · 270 lbs

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Montez Sweat recorded 15 tackles and 3.0 sacks in 7 games of 2026 for the Chicago Bears. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
7
TOT
15
SOLO
7
AST
8
SACK
3.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
1

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2019WSH165031197.0022
2020WSH164528179.0162
2021WSH102413115.0003
2022WSH174627198.0020
2023WSH/CHI1757381912.5043
2024CHI163218145.5022
2025CHI1753361710.0053
2026CHI715783.0001

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
116
TOT
322
SOLO
198
AST
124
SACK
60.0
INT
1
PD
21
FF
16

Career Postseason

GP
3
TOT
9
SOLO
4
AST
5
SACK
2.0
INT
0
PD
1
FF
1

Per game

GP
7
TOT
2.1
SOLO
1
AST
1.1
SACK
0.4
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0.1

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2019WSH163.11.91.20.40.00.10.1
2020WSH162.81.81.10.60.10.40.1
2021WSH102.41.31.10.50.00.00.3
2022WSH172.71.61.10.50.00.10.0
2023WSH/CHI173.42.21.10.70.00.20.2
2024CHI162.01.10.90.30.00.10.1
2025CHI173.12.110.60.00.30.2
2026CHI72.11.01.10.40.00.00.1

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
116
TOT
2.8
SOLO
1.7
AST
1.1
SACK
0.5
INT
0.0
PD
0.2
FF
0.1

Bio

Age
30 yearsSep 4, 1996
Height
6' 6"
Weight
270 lbs
Experience
8 yearsDebut 2019
Birthplace
Stone Mountain, GA
Draft
2019Rd 1, Pk 26
College
Mississippi State
Salary
$21 million2026

Against other defensive ends

2026 regular season, 82 NFL defensive ends with 6+ games.

  • Sacks3.0

    Higher than 70% of the other 81 NFL defensive ends.

  • Tackles15

    Higher than 46% of the other 81 NFL defensive ends.

  • Forced Fumbles1

    Higher than 75% of the other 81 NFL defensive ends.

Latest performance

Montez Sweat

Nov 08 · vs TB · W 27-24

TOT
6
SOLO
4
AST
2
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

70% of his club's defensive snaps a game (274 in 7 games); 72% in week 9.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1CAR4363%1
2MIN3669%0
3PHI3876%0
4NYJ2269%0
5GB4370%0
8SEA4368%0
9TB4972%5

NFL snap counts, every player

2019 NFL combine

EDGE, 6'6", 260 lb · Mississippi State

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.41s99th
Vertical jump36"88th
Broad jump10' 5"94th
Bench press (225 lb)21 reps16th
3-cone drill7.00s93rd
20-yard shuttle4.29s87th

Percentile: the share of EDGEs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2019 combine

Games

All games

Next

vs NOSun, Nov 22

vs NO since 2021

3
GP
11
TOT
8
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Nov 08vsTBW 27-246400
Mon, Nov 02atSEAW 34-172110
Sun, Oct 11atGBL 31-70000
Sun, Oct 04vsNYJW 23-121000
Mon, Sep 28vsPHIW 27-71110
Sun, Sep 20vsMINL 9-33000

What are Montez Sweat's career stats?

Montez Sweat has played 8 seasons for the Commanders and the Bears. He has recorded 322 tackles, 60 sacks and 1 interception. His best season so far is 2023: 57 tackles and 12.5 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 8 vs LAR on Oct 11, 2020, L 30-10
  • Sacks: 2.5 @ CLE on Dec 17, 2023, L 20-17
Montez Sweat's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.
202621.0
202572.0
202441.0
202372.5
202262.0
202151.0
202082.0
201972.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2019.

League leaderboards and awards

8 seasons, 2 postseasons, 2019 to 2026

Montez Sweat finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.

All-time career rank

  • 170th in sacks (60.0)

Among the 9,837 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified NFL players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

Montez Sweat college stats

Montez Sweat played 3 seasons at Michigan State Spartans and Mississippi State Bulldogs (2014 to 2018): 102 tackles, 19.5 sacks and 0 interceptions.

defensive

Montez Sweat's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2014Michigan State Spartans42200.50000
2017Mississippi State Bulldogs482127010.50000
2018Mississippi State Bulldogs50242608.51000

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Montez Sweat's college game log.

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Playoff games

Montez Sweat played 3 games across 2 NFL postseasons — 1 won, 2 lost.

Montez Sweat's line in each playoff game
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2025GBW 31-2730.00
2025LARL 20-17 OT21.00
2020TBL 31-2341.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.