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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Iowa State
Marcel Spears Jr.
LB • 6'1" • 218 lbs • Olathe, KS, USA
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Marcel Spears Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
80
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
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Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Iowa State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Iowa State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northern Iowa
Player Story
Marcel Spears Jr. built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Olathe, KS wearing No. 42, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Marcel Spears Jr.'s career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Texas Tech
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Marcel Spears Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Iowa State. Marcel Spears Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.3 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- Iowa State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 272
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 42 games
- Best season
- 2018 Postseason · Iowa State
- Top game
- Northern Iowa
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Mansfield Timberview · Texas Tech
- High school pipeline
- Mansfield Timberview · 29 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 42 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 92 tackles · LB 80th (top 7%) · Big 12 7th (top 2%) · National 103rd (top 2%)
Marcel Spears Jr. played LB for Iowa State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Marcel Spears Jr. recorded 272 tackles and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Iowa State.
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