Josh Sweat
Arizona CardinalsModel Score
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
Season Stats · 17 games
Draft & College
He lasted longer than consensus.
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
Comps
STM Take
Super Bowl LIX ring plus 2021 Pro Bowl plus the $76M Cardinals contract plus the EDGE-to-LB hybrid 2025 STTM classification puts Sweat in the rare cross-positional veteran class. The Florida State 4th-round origin plus eight years of NFL elite production gives him real Pro Bowl-pedigree veteran value. The 2026 question is whether Sweat earns his second Pro Bowl with Arizona or whether the structural late-prime decline closes the elite chapter.
Sweat came out of Florida State as the Philadelphia Eagles' 4th-round pick (130th overall) in 2018 and made the 2021 Pro Bowl. He won Super Bowl LIX with the Eagles in 2024 before signing a four-year, $76M deal with the Arizona Cardinals in 2025 free agency. His STTM career runs primarily as an EDGE rusher with his 2025 LB classification reflecting the Cardinals' hybrid OLB usage. His first STTM LB ranking comes in 2025 at tier 4 (#31).
Strengths
- Super Bowl LIX ring plus 2021 Pro Bowl plus the $76M Cardinals contract establishes elite EDGE/LB career résumé.
- Eight years of NFL development across two systems plus the cross-positional flexibility gives him real veteran market value.
Concerns
- First STTM LB classification in year eight puts the cross-positional ceiling on a small sample with significant projection uncertainty.
- Arizona's broader defensive identity around the multi-year rebuild plus the QB transition compresses the structural support around Sweat.
What to watch: Whether Sweat earns his second Pro Bowl in 2026 with Arizona, the threshold for confirming the $76M contract value is recoverable.