The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Sweat named Walter Camp Football Foundation All-American
12.08.2023 | Football
Senior DT T’Vondre Sweat earned first-team All-American honors for the first time in his career.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Football defensive tackle T'Vondre Sweat was named to the Walter Camp All-America First Team, the Walter Camp Football Foundation announce on Thursday. Sweat is the first Longhorn defensive tackle to earn first-team All-America honors from the WCFF since Rodrique Wright in 2005.
Sweat, the 2023 Outland Trophy Award winner as the nation's best interior lineman, has had a breakout season for Texas, establishing career highs with 42 tackles, 17 solo tackles, eight tackles for loss, two sacks and four pass breakups, while adding a blocked kick on an Iowa State point after attempt that was scooped up by Austin Jordan and returned 82 yards for a two-point score for Texas. The Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Year also caught a two-yard touchdown pass in the Longhorns' Big 12 Championship Game victory over Oklahoma State.
He and the Texas defense lead the Big 12 in third-down defense (26.5 percent) and red zone defense (71.4 percent), respectively ranking second and fourth nationally in each category. The Longhorns are also 13th nationally in scoring defense (17.5 ppg) and 22nd in total tackles for loss (82). With Sweat providing pressure in the middle, Texas has held eight opponents to fewer than 100 yards rushing this season, the most since 2009 (10), including a stretch of five-straight games against Houston, BYU, Kansas State, TCU and Iowa State that was the longest for UT since 2009 and tied for the third-longest for a Big 12 team over the last 15 seasons. All totaled in those five games, opponents have rushed for 241 yards (48 ypg) on 118 carries (2 ypc). The Longhorns lead the conference and rank third in the nation in rushing defense, yielding only 80.8 yards per game, the fewest surrendered by UT since 2008.
The Huntsville, Texas native was also a semifinalist for the Chuck Bednarik Award and the Walter Camp Player of the Year.
This is the 134th edition of the Walter Camp All-America team, the nation's oldest college football All-America team. Twenty-five players were selected to the first team by the 131 Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors. In addition, 25 players were selected to the Second Team. The 2023 Walter Camp All-Americans will be honored at the Foundation's annual Awards Weekend on March 15-16, 2024, in New Haven.
