Tre Swilling
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2019 ALL-ACC HONORABLE MENTION
2019 (Redshirt Sophomore): Honorable mention all-ACC … Started in all 12 games at cornerback … Tied for 10th in the ACC with 11 passes defended, helping Georgia Tech hold five of its opponents to 200 passing yards or less … Finished with 23 tackles (18 solo) on the year … Recorded his second interception in the season-opener at then-No. 1 Clemson (Aug. 29) – his second INT of his career … Returned the interception for 41 yards … Recorded three tackles (two solo) and a pass breakup at Temple (Sept. 28) … Tallied two solo tackles and a 3-yard tackle-for-loss at Miami (Fla.) on Oct. 19, while also tying his career-high with two pass breakups … Recorded a 4-yard tackle-for-loss against Pitt (Nov. 2) … Tied his career-high with two pass breakups again at Virginia (Nov. 9) … Totaled a season-high four tackles (three solo) in the primetime victory against NC State (Nov. 21) … Recovered his first-career fumble against then-No. 4 Georgia (Nov. 30).
2018 (Redshirt Freshman): Saw action in 12 games, making 11 starts at cornerback … Played in every game but Clemson (Sept. 22) … Led team with six pass breakups and tied for team lead with seven total passes defended … Recorded 24 tackles and an interception … Started the season slow with just two tackles through Georgia Tech’s first five games but finished strong with 19 stops over the final eight games of the campaign … Recorded a season-high six tackles in rout at Louisville (Oct. 5) … Forced a fumble on a sack of Duke QB Daniel Jones (Oct. 13) … Had five tackles, was in on a tackle for loss and intercepted a pass to set up a Georgia Tech touchdown in 38-28 victory at North Carolina (Nov. 3) … Broke up two passes in win over Miami (Nov. 10) … Had four tackles and a pass breakup in overtime triumph over Virginia (Nov. 10) … Broke up a pass in Quick Lane Bowl vs. Minnesota (Dec. 26) … Named to all-ACC academic team in recognition of performance on the field and in the classroom.
2017 (True Freshman): Redshirted.
High School: Rated as a four-star prospect by ESPN and Rivals … Tabbed as the nation’s No. 27-ranked cornerback by ESPN … Member of the prestigious “ESPN 300” as the 295th-ranked player in the nation … Named second-team all-state and first-team all-district and all-metro after recording 53 tackles and three interceptions as a junior in 2015 … Helped lead Brother Martin to state semifinals in 2014 and 2016 and a quarterfinals appearance in 2015 … Coached by Mark Bonis … Was also a four-year letterwinner, three-year captain and an all-district and all-metro selection in basketball … Four-year honor roll student.
Personal: Father, Pat Swilling, played defensive line for Georgia Tech from 1982-85, was a first-team all-American in 1985, continues to hold Tech’s all-time record with 15 single-season sacks (’85) and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2009 … Selected by the New Orleans Saints in the third round of the 1986 NFL Draft, Pat Swilling went on to be a two-time first-team All-Pro, two-time second-team All-Pro, five-time Pro Bowler and the NFL sacks leader and Defensive Player of the Year in 1991 … Pat Swilling was teammates at Georgia Tech with current athletics director Todd Stansbury … Tre’s uncles, Darrell and Ken Swilling, also played at Georgia Tech from 1988-91 and were members of the Yellow Jackets’ 1990 national championship team … His brother, Bruce Jordan-Swilling, is a linebacker for the Yellow Jackets … Older brother, Pat, played basketball at Tulsa … Began partaking in the family tradition of football at age 10 … Majoring in business administration … Member of the ACC academic honor roll … Aspires to be the CEO of his own business, perhaps a sports agency.
