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Carson Schwesinger
LB · CLE · 2025–2026
Born February 24, 2003 · College UCLA · Drafted 2025, round 2, pick 33 (CLE) · 6-3, 242 lb
Defensive Rookie of the Year (2025)
Defence
Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).
| Season | Team | G | Tackles | Sacks | QB hits | Tackles for loss | INT | Passes defensed | Forced fumbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | CLE | 16 | 156 | 2.5 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | CLE | 9 | 89 | 3.0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Career | CLE | 25 | 245 | 5.5 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Honours
Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.
| Season | Honours |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Defensive Rookie of the Year |
Playing time
Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.
| Season | Team | G | Offensive snaps | Share of the offence’s snaps | Defensive snaps | Share of the defence’s snaps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | CLE | 16 | – | – | 941 | 97.7 |
Game logs
2026 game log (9 games)
2026 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-09-13 | @ JAX | L 10–34 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2026-09-20 | @ TB | W 23–19 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2026-09-27 | vs CAR | W 21–18 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2026-10-01 | vs PIT | W 27–24 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2026-10-11 | @ NYJ | L 12–17 | 8 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 2026-10-18 | vs BAL | W 13–10 | 13 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2026-10-25 | @ TEN | W 27–24 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2026-11-01 | @ PIT | L 6–27 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2026-11-08 | @ NO | L 22–23 OT | 15 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 game log (16 games)
2025 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-09-07 | vs CIN | L 16–17 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2025-09-14 | @ BAL | L 17–41 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2025-09-21 | vs GB | W 13–10 | 10 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2025-09-28 | @ DET | L 10–34 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2025-10-05 | vs MIN | L 17–21 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2025-10-12 | @ PIT | L 9–23 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2025-10-19 | vs MIA | W 31–6 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2025-10-26 | @ NE | L 13–32 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 2025-11-09 | @ NYJ | L 20–27 | 10 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 2025-11-16 | vs BAL | L 16–23 | 11 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 2025-11-23 | @ LV | W 24–10 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2025-11-30 | vs SF | L 8–26 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 2025-12-07 | vs TEN | L 29–31 | 13 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 2025-12-14 | @ CHI | L 3–31 | 14 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2025-12-21 | vs BUF | L 20–23 | 14 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2025-12-28 | vs PIT | W 13–6 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |