Montez Sweat

At the 2019 NFL Combine, Montez set a combine record for a defensive lineman running the 40 yard dash at 4.41 seconds. At the same time, Sweat was reportedly diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, prompting some teams to remove him from their draft boards. Despite that, Sweat was selected by the Washington Redskins in the first round, 26th overall, of the 2019 NFL Draft. The team traded back up into the first round to select him after using their original pick on Dwayne Haskins. He signed his four-year rookie contract on May 29, 2019.

Sweat signed a sponsorship deal with Old Spice in 2019, with him appearing in television advertisements for them.

In his first season at Mississippi State in 2017, Sweat registered 10.5 sacks and was a consensus All-SEC pick.

Sweat played in two games for them in 2014. He left Michigan State in 2016, enrolling at Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Mississippi. There, Sweat was ranked the 24th best junior college recruit in 2017 by 247 sports and then committed to Mississippi State over offers from LSU and Texas A&M.

In week 3 against the Chicago Bears, Sweat recorded his first career sack on Mitchell Trubisky in the 31–15 loss on Monday Night Football. In week 17 against the Dallas Cowboys, Sweat sacked Dak Prescott twice, one of which was a strip sack that was recovered by teammate Shaun Dion Hamilton, during the 47–16 loss.

Shaquan Montez Sweat (born September 4, 1996) is an American football defensive end for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Mississippi State, and was drafted by the Redskins in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft.