starting his senior year as the top-rated prospect in the country by "espn", sweat registered 25 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, and eight sacks in the first two games of the season. during the third game of the season, against western branch high school, sweat suffered a season-ending injury as he dislocated his knee and tore his acl. he underwent reconstructive surgery in new york performed by new york giants team physician russell warren, before graduating from oscar smith in december 2014 to enroll early in college.