Ken Swilling

No. 1

Position:

Defensive back

Personal information

Date of birth:

September 25, 1970

Place of birth:

Toccoa, Georgia, U.S.

Height:

6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Weight:

245 lb (111 kg)

Career information

College:

Georgia Tech

NFL draft:

1992 / Round: 7 / Pick: 184

Career history

Cleveland Browns (1992)

Career highlights and awards

College All-American (1990)

Career NFL statistics

Player stats at NFL.com

Jerry Kenneth "Ken" Swilling (born September 25, 1970) is a former college and professional American football player who played Defensive Back for one season for the Cleveland Browns.^[1] Ken played high school football at Stephens County and college football at Georgia Tech.

Georgia Tech

Swilling played Defensive Back for the Yellow Jackets from 1988 through 1991. He was an All-American and member of the 1990 National Championship team.^[2] Ken had a nickname of "Captain America" while at Tech. "If you were to draw a picture of a football player in a uniform, you'd draw Ken Swilling," said Coach Bobby Ross in a Sports Illustrated interview; "He's the guy you want to get off the bus first when you go visiting."^[3] Swilling is said to have called an undefeated season during before the 1990 schedule began after supposedly having a dream that it would happen.^[3]

Records and accomplishments

1990 National Championship Team^[2]
1990 AP All-American^[2]
1989 and 1990 All-ACC^[2]
ACC 50th Anniversary Team^[4]

References

↑ Ken Swilling . "Ken Swilling, DB at". Nfl.com. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
1 2 3 4 "Jerry Kenneth Swilling athletic career, photos, articles, and videos". Fanbase. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
1 2 "Georgia Tech safety Ken Swilling's potential is no - 08.26.91 - SI Vault". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 1991-08-26. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
↑ "Three Jackets Named to ACC 50th Anniversary Football Team - Georgia Tech Official Athletic Site". Ramblinwreck.cstv.com. 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2012-10-15.

1990 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Ty Detmer RB Eric Bieniemy RB Darren Lewis WR Raghib Ismail WR Herman Moore TE Chris Smith OT Antone Davis OT Stacy Long OG Joe Garten OG Ed King C John Flannery

Defense	DL Moe Gardner DL Chris Zorich DL Russell Maryland DL David Rocker LB Mike Stonebreaker LB Alfred Williams LB Maurice Crum DB Ken Swilling DB Tripp Welborne DB Darryll Lewis DB Todd Lyght

Special teams	P Brian Greenfield PK Philip Doyle

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1992 NFL Draft selections

Courtney Hawkins Mark Wheeler Tyji Armstrong Craig Erickson Rogerick Green Santana Dotson James Malone Ken Swilling Anthony McDowell Mike Pawlawski Elijah Alexander Mazio Royster Klaus Wilmsmeyer

Draft years 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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