Wes Schweitzer

Weston Robert Schweitzer (born September 11, 1993) is an American football offensive guard for the Washington Football Team of the National Football League. He played college football at San Jose State University and was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the sixth round of the 2016 NFL Draft.

Wes Schweitzer
Schweitzer in 2020
No. 71 – Washington Football Team
Position:Offensive guard
Personal information
Born: (1993-09-11) September 11, 1993
Scottsdale, Arizona
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:300 lb (136 kg)
Career information
High school:Chaparral (Scottsdale)
College:San Jose State
NFL Draft:2016 / Round: 6 / Pick: 195
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
  • Second-Team All-Mountain West (2015)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2020
Games Played:62
Games Started:49
Player stats at NFL.com

Early life

Schweitzer was born on September 11, 1993 in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he graduated from Chaparral High School in 2011.[1] Schweitzer also was a wrestler in high school in addition to playing football, where he joined the starting line up as a sophomore and helped win more than three consecutive state championships. Schweitzer originally planned on joining the Marines after high school until he began receiving athletic scholarship offers.[2]

College career

As a two-star recruit, Schweitzer attracted six offers from Air Force, Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, New Mexico, San Jose State, and Utah State. On January 28, 2011, Schweitzer signed with San Jose State.[3]

Schweitzer redshirted his true freshman season in 2011. As a redshirt freshman in 2012 under coach Mike MacIntyre, Schweitzer played in seven games and started at left tackle on September 22 against Colorado State.[1]

In 2013, under new head coach Ron Caragher, Schweitzer started all 12 games, again at left tackle, and helped the offense set a school record average 493.2 yards per game. The offensive line also gave up one sack per 23.6 pass attempts, and the yards per rush improved by 0.5 from last season.[1] Schweitzer started all 25 games in the 2014 and 2015 seasons, including San Jose State's victory in the 2015 Cure Bowl.[1] As a senior in 2015, Schweitzer was elected team captain and earned second-team All-MW honors.[1]

A chemistry major, Schweitzer graduated from San Jose State in 2016 with a 3.3 GPA.[4] In 2013 and 2014, Schweitzer was an atmospheric chemistry research intern at the San Jose State University College of Science.[1] Schweitzer won four academic all-conference honors and was named to the 2016 National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society.[1]

Professional career
Schweitzer (#71) during practice with the Atlanta Falcons, 2016

Atlanta Falcons
Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeight40-yard dash10-yard split20-yard split20-yard shuttleThree-cone drillVertical jumpBroad jumpBench press
6 ft 4 in
(1.93 m)		 300 lb
(136 kg)		 5.15 s1.75 s2.97 s4.73 s7.80 s27 1⁄2 in
(0.70 m)		9 ft 0 in
(2.74 m)		28 reps
Measurements taken at Pro Day.[5][6]

Schweitzer was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the sixth round (195th overall) in the 2016 NFL Draft.[7] Schweitzer signed a four-year contract with the Falcons on May 5.[8] Schweitzer was named the Falcons' starting right guard to start the 2017 season, and ended up starting all 16 games.[9] In 2018, Schweitzer was demoted to swing guard and backup center to start the season after losing the starting right guard spot to Brandon Fusco.[10] He was named the starting left guard in Week 3 following a season-ending injury to Andy Levitre, and started 13 games there.

Washington Football Team

On March 24, 2020, Schweitzer signed with the Washington Football Team, then known as the Redskins prior to a name change later that offseason.[11] From Week 3 through 5, Schweitzer filled in as the starting right guard after Brandon Scherff suffered a injury in the Week 2 game against the Arizona Cardinals. Starting Week 7 against the Dallas Cowboys, Schweitzer was made the starting left guard due to the poor performance of Wes Martin and Saahdiq Charles being placed on injured reserve.[12][13]

References
  1. "Wes Schweitzer". San Jose State. Archived from the original on May 7, 2016. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  2. Ledbetter, D. Orlando (May 17, 2016). "Falcons offseason spotlight: Wes Schweitzer". AJC.com. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  3. "Wes Schweitzer: Recruiting". Scout.com. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  4. McClure, Vaughn (June 2, 2016). "Wes Schweitzer has sights set on spot with Falcons -- and Ph.D. in chemistry". ESPN. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  5. "Wes Schweitzer". NFLDraftScout.com. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  6. "2016 Draft Prospects: Wes Schweitzer". NFL. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  7. "Falcons Select OL Schweitzer in Sixth Round". Atlanta Falcons. April 30, 2016. Archived from the original on August 11, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
  8. "Falcons First Team to Sign Entire Draft Class". AtlantaFalcons.com. May 5, 2016. Archived from the original on July 29, 2017.
  9. Conway, Kelsey (September 4, 2017). "Falcons Coach Dan Quinn Names Wes Schweitzer Starting Right Guard". AtlantaFalcons.com. Archived from the original on November 6, 2017.
  10. "Falcons name Brandon Fusco the starting right guard". AJC.com. August 28, 2018.
  11. "Redskins Sign CB Kendall Fuller, Wes Schweitzer". Redskins.com. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  12. Walker, Rhiannon (November 2, 2020). "Other than QB, what are some substitutions WFT needs, or needed, to make?". The Athletic. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  13. Stackpole, Kyle; Selby, Zach (December 16, 2020). "Assessing Washington's Free Agent Signings". WashingtonFootball.com. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
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