5′10″ · 185 lb · Las Vegas, NV · Bishop Gorman
Justin Sweet: S · Colorado State · #29.
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Justin Sweet
Erases the deep middle of the field. Second year in the Colorado State secondary. A game that shows it: 4 tackles against Oregon State — Week 1, 2017.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 6 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Colorado State | 26 | 22 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 6 | -- |
| 2016 | Colorado State | 44 | 29 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 6 | 1 |
| Career | 70 | 51 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 12 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 58-27vs Oregon State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 1 | L 3-17@ Colorado | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-10vs Abilene Christian | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 23-41@ No. 1 Alabama | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 51-21@ Hawai'i | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-14@ Utah State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 44-42vs Nevada | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-24@ New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 28-45vs Air Force | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-16@ Wyoming | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 52-59vs Boise State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-14vs San José State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 28-31vs Marshall | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 22 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
23%6 pass breakupsTackle volume
26tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%2 TFL26 tackles · 2 for loss · 6 pass breakups.
2 seasons under Mike Bobo — 14-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Bobo
Pass share
47.3%
459 pass / 512 run
Plays / game
74.7
13 games
Team sack rate
2.7%
488 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Colorado State, 70 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jim McElwain → Mike Bobo. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
