Schweitzer was born on September 11, 1993 in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he graduated from Chaparral High School in 2011. Schweitzer also was a wrestler in high school in addition to playing football, where he joined the starting line up as a sophomore and helped win more than three consecutive state championships. Schweitzer originally planned on joining the Marines after high school until he began receiving athletic scholarship offers.
College career
As a two-star recruit, Schweitzer attracted six offers from Air Force, Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, New Mexico, San Jose State, and Utah State. On January 28, 2011, Schweitzer signed with San Jose State. Schweitzer redshirted his true freshman season in 2011. As a redshirt freshman in 2012 under coach Mike MacIntyre, Schweitzer played in seven games and started at left tackle on September 22 against Colorado State. In 2013, under new head coachRon Caragher, Schweitzer started all 12 games, again at left tackle, and helped the offense set a school record average 493.2 yards per game. The offensive line also gave up one sack per 23.6 pass attempts, and the yards per rush improved by 0.5 from last season. Schweitzer started all 25 games in the 2014 and 2015 seasons, including San Jose State's victory in the 2015 Cure Bowl. As a senior in 2015, Schweitzer was elected team captain and earned second-team All-MW honors. A chemistry major, Schweitzer graduated from San Jose State in 2016 with a 3.3 GPA. In 2013 and 2014, Schweitzer was an atmospheric chemistry research intern at the San Jose State University College of Science. Schweitzer won four academic all-conference honors and was named to the 2016 National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society.
Professional career
Atlanta Falcons
Schweitzer was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the sixth round in the 2016 NFL Draft. Schweitzer signed a four-year contract with the Falcons on May 5. Schweitzer was named the Falcons' starting right guard to start the 2017 season, and ended up starting all 16 games. In 2018, Schweitzer was demoted to swing guard and backup center to start the season after losing the starting right guard spot to Brandon Fusco. He was named the starting left guard in Week 3 following a season-ending injury to Andy Levitre, and started 13 games there.
Washington Redskins
On March 24, 2020, Schweitzer signed with the Washington Football Team, then known as the Redskins prior to a name change later that offseason.
