Casey Swann

Casey Swann

Arizona Cardinals
Tight End
Personal information
Date of birth: February 12, 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth: Omaha, NE
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Weight: 206 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school: Burke High School, Omaha, NE
College: Miami (OH)
NFL Draft: 2023 / Round: UDFA / Pick: UDFA
Debuted in 2023 for the Carolina Panthers
Career history
Arizona Cardinals (2023 - Present) *Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
John Mackey Award (2020) 3x 1st-Team All-MAC (2020, 2021, 2022)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 0, 2023
Receptions 0 Receiving Yards 0 Touchdowns 0

Casey Swann is an American football tight end for the Arizona Cardinals. He played college football at Miami (OH).

Early Life

Swann enjoyed his youth playing quarterback in his youth football programs growing up in Omaha, Nebraska. During middle school his family briefly moved to Oxford, Ohio, where Swann began playing wide receiver since the coaches' son played QB. When his family moved back to Omaha during his sophomore year of high school, Swann found himself too big to play wide receiver at Burke High School, but became a highlight reel at tight end on the JV team. Swann continued to flash his incredible hands as the starting TE for Burke in his junior year.

Recruiting

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Casey Swann TE	Omaha, NE	Burke High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	206 lb (93 kg)	Round 3
	Skill:   Potential:
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

College Career

Swann committed to Miami (OH), allowing him to return to Oxford, Ohio, where his middle school quarterback would also be his college roommate.

Swann redshirted during his freshman year in 2018, and then was 3rd on the tight end depth chart in 2019, behind juniors Matthew Lorenzo and Makai Horne.

Swann broke out as a redshirt sophomore, winning the starting tight end job at Miami and excelling so well that he brought home the John Mackey Award, the nation's award for the top tight end.

College Statistics

NCAA Collegiate Career statistics
Miami Redhawks
Season	Games		Receiving
	GP	GS	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD
2018	Redshirted
2019	0	0	0	0	0.00	0
2020	12	12	74	944	12.76	13
2021	13	13	81	1,110	13.70	14
2022	11	11	76	985	12.96	10
NCAA Career Totals	36	36	231	3,039	13.16	37

Professional Career

Draft

Despite his tremendous collegiate accolades, including the Mackey Award, Swann went undrafted, with many scouts concerned about the level of talent he'd faced in the MAC having possibly inflated Swann's stats, along with the benefit of playing with NFL draftee Zach Cera.

Arizona Cardinals

Despite going undrafted, the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons bid on Swann's services, but he elected to sign with the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent, signing a 3-year, $1.8M contract, with $800k coming in guaranteed money in year one.

2023 Season

Despite a poor preseason showing in which Swann failed to make a statsheet despite being given plenty of opportunity, Swann shockingly found himself on the Cardinals initial 53-man roster, behind starter Noah Hills, and blocking TEs Emanuelu Lesa and James Ware.

NFL career statistics

Legend
	Led the league
	NFL record
	Super Bowl champions
	Super Bowl MVP
	NFL MVP
Bold	Career high

Year Team Sheets Receiving Player Rating Rec Yds Avg TD 2023 ARI 0 0 0 0.00 0 67 Career 0 0 0 0.00 0