Name: Limas Sweed
Height: 6’3 7/8″
Weight: 215
40 Time: 4.46
Position: WR
College: Texas
Birthdate:
Hometown: Brenham, TX
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NFL Draft Scouting Report
- 4.46 unofficial 40 time
- 35 inch vert
College career
Senior Year
Started the first six games before missing the remainder of the season with a wrist injury … earned a Frank Medina Rehabilitation Award and was named on eof UT’s Outstanding Wide Receivers … tallied 19 receptions for 306 yards (16.1 ypc) and three TDs … caught five passes for 93 yards, including a 35-yard TD reception, against Arkansas State … hauled in four passes for 26 yards against No. 19 TCU … added a nine-yard reception at UCF … had five catches for a career-high 139 yards, including TDs of 52 and 24 yards, versus Rice … the 139 yards, which all came in the first half, were the eighth most in a first half on UT record … 134 of the 139 came in the second quarter, which ranks fifth on UT’s quarter list … posted two receptions for 14 yards against Kansas State … hauled in two passes for 25 yards versus No. 10 Oklahoma.
Junior Year
Started all 13 games … earned first-team All-Big 12 honors … led the team with 46 catches for 801 yards and 12 TDs (T-No. 1 on UT’s single-season list) … caught a TD pass in 10 of 13 games … averaged 34.8 yards per TD catch … broke Roy Williams’ school record by catching a TD pass in seven consecutive games … tallied 11 of UT’s 18 longest receptions on the season … posted five catches of 40 or more yards and 10 of at least 30 yards … caught five passes for 111 yards and two TDs, including career-long 60-yard TD reception, against North Texas … caught three passes for 37 yards against No. 1 Ohio State … added a 16-yard TD reception at Rice … made seven catches for 106 yards and scored on a 42-yard reception against Iowa State … caught three passes for 70 yards and a TD versus Sam Houston State … hauled in two passes for 38 yards and a TD against No. 14 Oklahoma … made six receptions for 98 yards and two TDs, including a 50-yard TD catch, versus Baylor … matched his career high with eight receptions, established a career high with 119 yards and scored on a 55-yard reception at No. 17 Nebraska … hauled in two passes for 47 yards and scored on a 45-yard reception at Texas Tech … made two catches for 18 yards against Oklahoma State … caught three passes for 57 yards and a TD at Kansas State … added a 14-yard reception versus Texas A&M … tallied three receptions for 70 yards and a TD in the Alamo Bowl versus Iowa.
Sophmore Year
Started all 13 games in 2005 … named honorable mention All-Big 12 by The Associated Press … finished second on the team with 36 receptions for 545 yards and five TDs … recorded at least one reception in 11 of 13 games and caught at least three passes in each of the last four games … opened the season with one catch for 10 yards against La.-Lafayette … posted three receptions for 46 yards and the game-winning TD at No. 4 Ohio State … caught one pass against Rice and Missouri … added two receptions and 32 yards versus Oklahoma … posted seven receptions for 88 yards and had his first two-TD game against No. 24 Colorado … made two receptions for 67 yards, including a 45-yard, one-handed grab, at Baylor … tallied three receptions for 69 yards, including a 45-yard TD catch, against Kansas … recorded three catches for 32 yards at Texas A&M … posted five receptions for a career-high 102 yards and a TD in the Big 12 Championship … set a career-high with eight receptions for 65 yards in Texas’ 41-38 victory over USC for the National Championship.
Redshirt Freshman Year
Emerged as the starter at split end midway through the season … played in 11 games and started the last seven … posted 23 receptions (T-No. 3 on the UT all-time freshman list) for 263 yards … registered more than half of that total (12 catches for 138 yards) in the last three regular season games … recorded a catch in 10 of his 11 games played … made his first career reception versus North Texas … registered one catch for six yards at Arkansas … posted one reception for seven yards against Baylor … had a 26-yard catch versus No. 2 Oklahoma … notched three receptions for 27 yards against Missouri … made two catches for 22 yards at Texas Tech … recorded two receptions for 27 yards at Colorado … tallied four catches for a season-high 70 yards against No. 19 Oklahoma State, including a season-long 37-yard reception … hauled in a season-high six catches (T-No. 4 on UT’s single-game freshman list) for 50 yards at Kansas … caught two passes for 18 yards versus No. 22 Texas A&M … redshirted in 2003.
High school career
Coached by Glen West at Brenham H.S. … three-year letterwinner who played wide receiver and free safety … nearly half of his 72 catches (31) in his final three seasons went for touchdowns … also averaged 23.4 yards per reception (72 for 1,684 yards) … helped lead team to a 14-2 record and a berth in the Texas 4A Division II Championship game in 2002 … a 4A second-team all-state and first-team All-Greater Houston selection at WR and all-district honoree on both sides of the ball as a senior … caught 38 passes for 796 yards and 12 TDs that year … added 44 tackles and five interceptions on defense … played in the 2003 U.S. Army All-American game … earned 4A honorable mention all-state and all-district honors as a junior … registered 22 receptions for 656 yards and 13 scores and added a pair of INTs on defense as team posted an 11-2 record … primarily played defense and was tabbed the district’s Sophomore of the Year in 2000 … recorded 89 tackles, and three interceptions and added 12 catches for 232 yards and six TDs that season … also a four-year letterwinner in track & field (hurdles) and basketball (forward) … placed fourth in the 110m hurdles (14.10) at the 2003 Texas 4A track & field meet … finished sixth as a junior (14.34) … earned all-district honors in basketball as a junior after averaging 12 points and eight rebounds per game.
Background
Born 12/25/84 in Navasota, Texas … full name is Limas Lee Sweed, Jr. … graduated in December 2007 with a degree in youth and community studies and a minor in business … active in UT’s community service program … is part of a group of Longhorns that regularly visits patients at the Austin Children’s Hospital … majoring in youth and community studies with a minor in business … a prep honor roll student … served as a student mentor in high school … lists basketball, riding horses and playing video games among his hobbies.
Videos
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