As a Freshman (2017)
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The Sweeney File
• Prepped at St. Ignatius (Calif.) under head coach John Regalia
• Two-time team captain
• Missed senior season due to injury
• 11 tackles, two sacks, one pass breakup as a junior
• 10 pancakes while playing offensive line as a junior
• 2016 All-Central Coast Section preseason first team
• 2015 all-league second team
• Born in San Francisco
• Full name is William Lake Sweeney
• Son of Timothy Sweeney and Susan Mackey
• Father rowed at Northeastern
• Mother attended Stanford
• Two siblings: Timothy and Maeghan
• Brother, Tim, rowed at Dartmouth
• Cousin, Ben Green, played football at Cornell
• Cousin, Pete Keblish Jr., played lacrosse at Bucknell
• Uncle, Pete Keblish Sr., played football at Penn
• Uncle, Joseph Sweeney, attended Stanford
• Grandfather, Dr. Donald Mackay, served as physician for Stanford Medical Group
• Enjoys hiking, skim boarding and studying military history
• Family lineage traced to 1635 in United States
• Grew up attending Stanford football games
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Will Sweeney Season 2017
PositionLS
Weight235 lbs
Height6-2
ClassFreshman
HometownLarkspur, Calif.