He got me thinking about Nebraska's defense, specifically what it looked like last season compared to what a high-grade defense looks like.
Sweat in 2018 played for Mississippi State, the nation's top-ranked defense. Over the weekend, the 6-foot-5, 260-pound Sweat ran a 4.41-second 40-yard dash in the NFL Combine — a modern combine record for a defensive lineman. He was an All-SEC selection for the Bulldogs, as was defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons. The duo, along with All-SEC safety Johnathan Abram, was the impetus to holding Iowa to minus-15 yards rushing in the Outback Bowl.
Yes, it was the same Iowa team that owned the line of scrimmage against Nebraska in the teams' final regular-season game of 2018.