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Making The Case For D’Andre Swift
Highly Recruited
College Production
Athleticism
Draft Capital
Landing Spot
Receiving Upside/Floor
[A THREAD]
Highly Recruited College Production Athleticism Draft Capital Landing Spot Receiving Upside/Floor[A THREAD]
Highly RecruitedD’Andre Swift was ranked as a 5-star prospect by 24/7 Sports & a 4-star prospect by ESPN. Both had him top-100, as the 33rd & 66th best player (4th & 6th best RB) in his class. Both also had Swift ranked as the best player from his home state (PA).
Swift passed on offers including Penn St, Ohio St, Michigan St, Michigan, Oklahoma, Miami, Auburn, LSU, Clemson, and Bama, to sign with Georgia – a program which recently propelled Todd Gurley & boasted highly-touted & clearly NFL-bound senior RB's in Nick Chubb & Sony Michel.
College ProductionAs a true freshman, Swift forced his way onto the field.
Even with Chubb leading the way with 223/1345/15 & Michel exploding for 156/1227/16, Swift made his own presence felt with 81/618/3 (7.6 YPC) – as a true freshman, in the SEC.
Swift was even the Bulldogs preferred receiving weapon out of the backfield, out-producing Chubb & Michel combined, with 17/153/1 receiving compared to 4/30 & 9/96/1 for Chubb & Michel.
GA more than doubled Swift’s load the next year (2018) – giving him 163 carries, which he took for 1049 yards (6.4 YPC) & 10 TD’s. He also showed out with 32/297/3 receiving, a particularly impressive feat considering Georgia has historically under-utilized RB’s as receivers...
Since 1995, a GA RB has hit 30+ REC's only 3X…
3 times!
In 25 seasons!!
Knowshon Moreno (2008) - 33/392/2
Todd Gurley (2013) - 37/441/6
D'Andre Swift (2018) - 32/297/3
The last Georgia RB to do it before that:
Terrell Davis (1994) - 31/330/0
Not bad company to be in…
3 times!
In 25 seasons!!
Knowshon Moreno (2008) - 33/392/2
Todd Gurley (2013) - 37/441/6
D'Andre Swift (2018) - 32/297/3
The last Georgia RB to do it before that:
Terrell Davis (1994) - 31/330/0
Not bad company to be in…
Georgia continued to rely on Swift in 2019. He took his 196 carries for 1218 yards (6.2 YPC) & 7 TD’s & caught another 24/216/1. He then made the obvious decision of declaring for the NFL Draft, finishing as GA's 7th all-time leading rusher w/ 6.2+ YPC in all three seasons.
AthleticismThere wasn’t a whole lot left for Swift to prove, but he participated in the NFL combine anyways.
He measured in at 5’8”/212, which might not seem impressive on the surface, but is actually 87th percentile BMI (information, which I have thanks to this tweet)…
After Swift weighed in at the combine looking like a 21-year old reincarnation of his father Darren…
He ripped off a 4.48 40 & 35.5” vertical & rightfully called it a day.
Post-combine, pre-NFL Draft, he was the No. 1 RB on most people’s boards – and rightfully so, being a dual-purpose ultra-productive super-athlete who requires hyphenated words to accurately describe him…
Post-combine, pre-NFL Draft, he was the No. 1 RB on most people’s boards – and rightfully so, being a dual-purpose ultra-productive super-athlete who requires hyphenated words to accurately describe him…
Draft CapitalKC picking at 32 was like a match made in heaven, but they opted for CEH instead, and we all lost our minds…
When Swift was drafted 1 night & 3 picks later, 35th, to Detroit – instead of 32nd to the Kansas City Chiefs – there was a collective groan…
"The Lions?
Really?
You really had to do D’Andre Swift like that, NFL?
What a terrible landing spot...
Landing spot...
Landing spot..."
Really?
You really had to do D’Andre Swift like that, NFL?
What a terrible landing spot...
Landing spot...
Landing spot..."
