Jayson Swain

Jayson Swain
Position:	Wide receiver
Personal information
Born:	July 27, 1984 (age 37); Chicago, Illinois
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school:	Huntsville (AL) Grissom
College:	Tennessee
Undrafted:	2007
Career history
	Chicago Bears (2007)*;
	* Offseason and/or practice squad member only

Jayson Swain (born July 27, 1984) is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL and currently a host on his radio show The Swain Event which was named Best of the Best by Cityview Magazine in 2018 .. ^[1]

High school[]

Swain was born in Chicago, Illinois, but he attended Virgil I. Grissom High School in Huntsville, Alabama where he was a starter for 4 years in football and 3 years in basketball.^[2] He was an All-American and played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. He was recruited by many major Universities as a Senior in High School.

College[]

Swain garnered rave reviews upon arriving at Tennessee in 2003. He was part of a heralded recruiting class with receivers Robert Meachem and Bret Smith. As a freshman, Jayson caught 21 passes for 285 yards and was on the Knoxville News Sentinel's All-SEC Freshman Team. Swain started five games in his sophomore and junior seasons, before becoming a full-time starter in the 2006 season. For the 2006 season, Swain had 49 catches and 688 yards receiving and 6 touchdowns. He is currently 6th all-time in UT history with 126 receptions. Swain is also 13th in career receiving yards with 1,721.

NFL[]

Jayson went undrafted in the 2007 NFL Draft though he was signed as a free agent by the Bears the day after.^[3]

References[]

^ "Personal Twitter Account of Jayson Swain". Twitter.com. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
^ "Grissom Tigers". Alabama High School Football Historical Society. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
^ Moore, Randy (June 16, 2007). "Desire lost, Swain calls it quits". InsideTennessee.com. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2013.

External links[]

[1] "Personal Twitter Account of Jayson Swain". Twitter.com. Retrieved February 1, 2012.

[ahsfhs-2] "Grissom Tigers". Alabama High School Football Historical Society. Retrieved August 15, 2013.

[3] Moore, Randy (June 16, 2007). "Desire lost, Swain calls it quits". InsideTennessee.com. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2013.

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