After high school, Switzer played college football for the Akron Zips from 2011 to 2014.[1] He started three games in 2011, then started all 12 games at center in each of his last three years.[2] He twice won the team's offensive Harry "Doc" Smith Award, "which recognizes the most outstanding player of each class," and also received Academic All-Mid-American Conference (MAC) honors.[4] After going unselected in the 2015 NFL draft, Switzer participated at the Miami Dolphins rookie minicamp, but was not signed.[5]
Coaching career
Switzer joined the Baltimore Ravens in 2017 as an administrative/performance assistant.[4] In 2019, he became an offensive coaching analyst and worked with the team's wide receivers.[5] Two years later, he received a promotion to offensive quality control coach and worked with the team's tight ends.[5] In 2023, Switzer was named the Ravens' run game coordinator.[6] In three years as run game coordinator, he helped the team have one of the best rushing attacks in the league, featuring Derrick Henry and Lamar Jackson.[4] From 2023 to 2025, the Ravens averaged 166.9 rushing yards a game and posted 8,512 rushing yards to lead the league, while Henry was the NFL's leading rusher over that span.[4][7]