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2024 (Redshirt senior)
Played in 9 games, making 2 starts, after returning from injury... Registered 22 tackles (14 solo). 

2023 (Redshirt senior)
Started the first 3 games of the season at safety before suffering a season-ending lower body injury during practice leading up to the week 4 game vs. Nevada … Granted a medical redshirt … 19 tackles (16 solo) and an interception in the 3 games played … 4 solo tackles in Texas State’s 42-31 win at Baylor to open the season on Sept. 2 … Season-high 12 tackles (9 solo) and a quarterback hurry at UTSA on Sept. 9 … 3 solo tackles and an interception in a 77-34 win vs. Jackson State on Sept. 16 … Only played the first half of the game against Jackson State (40 snaps) … 179 snaps played, including 162 on defense and 17 on special teams ... PFF Preseason All-Sun Belt Third Team ... Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt Third Team ... Phil Steele Preseason All-Sun Belt Fourth Team ... Dave Campbell's Preseason All-Texas Second Team.

2022 (Redshirt junior)
All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention … Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 10) … Played in 10 games … 9 starts … 77 tackles (41 solo), 2.5 TFLs, 0.5 sack, 1 INT, 3 pass breakups, 1 forced fumble and 1 fumble recovery … Career-high in tackles … 3rd on the team in tackles despite missing 2 games … One of 5 different Bobcats with an interception during the season … 688 snaps … 618 defensive snaps and 70 on special teams … 12 tackles (10 solo) and an interception returned for a touchdown (94 yards) in a win against App State on Oct. 8 … The performance against App State helped him earn Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week honors … 8 tackles, 1.0 TFL and 0.5 sack against Southern Miss on Oct. 22 … Was ejected in the second half of the game against the Golden Eagles for targeting but the call was reversed following the game and he did not have to sit out the first half of the next game against ULM on Nov. 5 … 9 tackles and a pass breakup at South Alabama on Nov. 12 … Season-high 13 tackles vs. Louisiana on Nov. 26 in the season finale … Missed 2 games due to injury in mid-September.

2021 (Redshirt sophomore)
Played in 9 games … 38 tackles (14 solo), 0.5 TFL, a pass breakup and a forced fumble.

2020 (Redshirt sophomore)
Played in 8 games, including 7 starts ... recorded 48 tackles (28 solo) ... registered 0.5 tackles for loss ... broke up one pass ... had a forced fumble against ULM ... had a season-high 10 tackles, including eight solo stops, at Boston College ... logged nine tackles against Louisiana ... tallied eight total tackles, 0.5 tackle for loss, and a pass breakup at South Alabama.
 
PRIOR TO TEXAS STATE
Iowa State (2018-19)
Played at Iowa State from 2018-19 … Redshirt in 2018 ... Played in 6 games in 2019 (35 snaps) ... most of the snaps were on special teams but he did see time on the defensive side of the ball against Baylor on Sept. 28, 2019 ... earned the Special Teams Scout Team Player of the Year in 2018 ... was a wide receiver with the Cyclones as a freshman before moving to defensive back.
 
High School
Three-year letterwinner...posted 30 tackles as a junior and had over 300 yards receiving as a sophomore...credited with two interceptions in career...named all-district basketball player...coached by Trent Faith and Bryan Wood…appeared in only three games due to injury in his senior season, recording five tackles, one interception, one tackle for loss and 53 kick return yards.
 
Personal
Born July 18, 2000...son of Marcus Spears and Vondershell Staten...father, Marcus, played football at Northwestern State and seven years in the NFL for the Chicago Bears, Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans (1996-2004).