2024 Football Roster

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9 Kevin Swint

  • Position Outside Linebacker
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 242
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Carrollton, Ga.
  • High School Carrollton/Clemson

Biography

CAREER STATISTICS

ACADEMIC HONORS
Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall 2023

ATHLETIC HONORS
All-Sun Belt Conference Second-Team (Preseason), 2024
Athlon Sports All-Sun Belt Conference Fourth-Team (Preseason), 2024
All-Sun Belt Conference (honorable mention), 2023

AT GEORGIA STATE: All-Sun Belt Conference outside linebacker ... Former Georgia high school standout who returned to his home state after three seasons at Clemson.

2024: Started in all 12 games this season for the Panthers ... Finished fifth on the team in tackles with 48 ... Recorded a team-high10 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks ...  Also accounted for three forced fumbles and four pass break ups ... His best game came in an upset victory over Vanderbilt (Sep. 14) where he recorded eight total tackles with two sacks, a forced fumble, and two pass break ups ... Swint tallied two more sacks the following game against rival Georgia Southern (Sep. 28) with a forced fumble ... His season-high in tackles came against Coastal Carolina (Nov. 30) with nine.

2023: Earned honorable mention All-Sun Belt honors in his first season at GSU ... Shared the team lead with eight TFL while ranking second with four sacks in 11 games ... Made 32 tackles with one fumble recovery ... Had his best game in the win over Marshall with six tackles, three TFL including two sacks, and a forced fumble. Had all three TFL on consecutive plays in fourth quarter:  he tackled Marshall standout Rashaan Ali for a 1-yard loss on first down, then sacked QB Cam Fancher on second and third downs to force a punt ... Opened the season with six tackles, two pass breakups and a forced fumble in win over Rhode Island ... Had eight tackles with one TFL and a forced fumble to help hold UConn to 50 yards rushing and 326 total yards in 35-14 win in which GSU shut out the Huskies for the first 48 minutes ... Had a sack and a tackle for loss for a fourth-down stop in win at Charlotte ... Finished the season with six tackles and one TFL in bowl game win over Utah State.

AT CLEMSON: Played in 33 games at Clemson from 2020-22 ... Made 10 tackles and a fumble recovery in 175 defensive snaps over 13 games in 2022 … Posted four tackles and his first career fumble recovery vs. Louisiana Tech ... Moved from linebacker to defensive end in the 2021 offseason and finished the year with eight tackles, including 3.0 tackles for loss, over 110 snaps in 10 games … Played in 10 games as a freshman in 2020 and made three tackles..

HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time all-state selection at Carrollton High School … Semifinalist for High School Butkus Award ... Four–year starter who recorded 41.5 career sacks among his 359.5 tackles … Three-time captain … Recorded 103 tackles, including 26.5 tackles for loss, including 12.5 sacks, as a senior in 2019 with 12 quarterback pressures, six pass breakups, three forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and an interception … Posted nearly identical stats in 2018 as a junior with 103 tackles, including 20 tackles for loss and nine sacks, along with six pass breakups, two forced fumbles, 13 quarterback pressures and an interception … First-team all-state selection by GPB Sports and the Atlanta Touchdown Club … Class 5A-Region 7 Most Valuable Player … All-area, all-region and all-state honoree as a junior … As a sophomore in 2017, contributed 97 tackles, a career-high 31.5 tackles for loss, including 17 sacks, seven passes broken up and four forced fumbles … Area Defensive Player of the Year … first-team all-region … Had 56.5 tackles as a freshman in 2016, including 16.5 tackles for loss with three sacks … Area Newcomer of the Year and a second-team all-region selection in 2016 … Listed as the No. 137 overall player in the nation by ESPN.com, the 13th-best linebacker and the 14th-best player in Georgia at the time of his signing … ranked as the No. 171 overall player, seventh-best linebacker and 21st-best player in Georgia by PrepStar.

Statistics

Season:
2024

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Junior

    Outside Linebacker
    6'3" 240 lbs
  • 9

    2023Senior

    Outside Linebacker
    6'3" 242 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2024Senior

    Outside Linebacker
    6'3" 242 lbs
    9