Marino's Take:
The Receivers  2006: Started all 13 games ... earned first-team All-Big 12
honors ... led the team with 46 catches for 801 yards and 12 TDs (T-No. 1 on
UT's single-season list) ... caught a TD pass in 10 of 13 games ... averaged
34.8 yards per TD catch ... broke Roy Williams' school record by catching a TD
pass in seven consecutive games ... posted five catches of 40 or more yards and
10 of at least 30 yards ... caught five passes for 111 yards and two TDs,
including career-long 60-yard TD reception, against North Texas ... made seven
catches for 106 yards and scored on a 42-yard reception against Iowa State ...
made six receptions for 98 yards and two TDs, including a 50-yard TD catch,
versus Baylor ... matched his career high with eight receptions, established a
career high with 119 yards and scored on a 55-yard reception at No. 17 Nebraska
... tallied three receptions for 70 yards and a TD in the Alamo Bowl versus
Iowa.
2005: Started all 13 games in 2005 ... finished second on the team with 36
receptions for 545 yards and five TDs ... recorded at least one reception in 11
of 13 games and caught at least three passes in each of the last four games ...
posted seven receptions for 88 yards and had his first two-TD game against No.
24 Colorado ... posted five receptions for a career-high 102 yards and a TD in
the Big 12 Championship ... set a career-high with eight receptions for 65 yards
in Texas' 41-38 victory over USC for the National Championship.
2004: Emerged as the starter at split end midway through the
season ... played in 11 games and started the last seven ... posted 23
receptions (T-No. 3 on the UT all-time freshman list) for 263 yards ...
registered more than half of that total (12 catches for 138 yards) in the last
three regular season games ... recorded a catch in 10 of his 11 games played ...
redshirted in 2003.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner who played wide receiver
and free safety ... nearly half of his 72 catches (31) in his final three
seasons went for touchdowns ... also averaged 23.4 yards per reception (72 for
1,684 yards) ... helped lead team to a 14-2 record and a berth in the Texas 4A
Division II Championship game in 2002 ... caught 38 passes for 796 yards and 12
TDs that year ... added 44 tackles and five interceptions on defense ... played
in the 2003 U.S. Army All-American game ... also a four-year letterwinner in
track & field (hurdles) and basketball (forward).
PERSONAL: Born 12/25/84 in Navasota, Texas ... full name is
Limas Lee Sweed, Jr. ... active in UT's community service program ... is part of
a group of Longhorns that regularly visits patients at the Austin Children's
Hospital ... majoring in youth and community studies with a minor in business
... a prep honor roll student ... served as a student mentor in high school ...
lists basketball, riding horses and playing video games among his hobbies. |