Josh Sweat arrived on Florida State’s campus as a 5-star recruit who was at one point considered the best high school prospect in the country. However all that almost ended abruptly when he suffered a grotesque dislocated knee while playing for Oscar Smith High School in Chesapeake, Virginia. As one of the best high school players in the country Sweat never came off the field for Oscar Smith, playing offense, defense, and special teams. It was on a special teams play — an extra point attempt no less — that his career almost ended.
Perhaps the most telling stories from Sweat’s off the field background come from his reaction to that injury.