Buffalo Bills Draft Target T'Vondre Sweat a 'Party Animal' and 'Class Clown?'

The Buffalo Bills have their work cut out for them as they attempt to improve their roster through the 2024 NFL Draft later this month.

Feb 29, 2024; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Texas defensive lineman T'Vondre Sweat (DL25) works out during / Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

The Buffalo Bills have their work cut out for them as they attempt to improve their roster through the 2024 NFL Draft later this month.

Along with other teams, the Bills are finalizing their draft boards in anticipation of the selection process that begins on April 25.

Feb 29, 2024; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Texas defensive lineman T'Vondre Sweat (DL25) works out during / Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Along with physical talent, the draft is about teams finding players who are a good fit with the team, and all kinds of things are taken into account, such as the players' background and character.

Do the terms "party animal" and "class clown" raise a red flag for a team as it pertains to a player? Probably not. Yet, that's the way draft analyst Dane Brugler described University of Texas defensive tackle, T'Vondre Sweat.

Sweat has drawn interest from the Bills along with several other teams and was projected by Brugler to be a fourth-round pick, while others have him graded as the No. 1 1-technique defensive tackle in the draft this season.

While there are usually a handful of draftees that fall in the draft due to sketchy or questionable backgrounds, or sometimes bad interviews with teams, it's not always an indication of how they'll turn out in the pros.

Two examples come to mind, Warren Sapp and Randy Moss.

Warren Sapp was shunned in the draft by some teams because of a history of marijuana use in college. He slipped to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1995 to No. 12, where he was taken and spent nine Hall of Fame seasons before moving to the Raiders in 2004 where he put in another clean four seasons.

Moss slipped all the way to No. 21 in 1998 where the Minnesota Vikings picked him. The former Marshall product had behavioral issues in high school and was denied enrollment by Notre Dame, kicked off the team at Florida State before enrolling at Marshall, where he had a stellar college career.

Still, NFL teams were leery to draft someone with his background. And as a pro, he took it upon himself to make every team that passed on him regret it - with great success.

Is a "party animal" and "class clown" a bad guy? Not necessarily, and sometimes those labels are overblown.

But the Bills need a good draft in 2024 and they need players to contribute immediately at some positions. Defensive tackle is one of them. So clearly, the best players available when Buffalo drafts this month should get the most attention from the team - regardless of silly labels.