Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2021Kansas State
Spencer Trussell
DE • 6'3" • 238 lbs • Arlington, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Spencer Trussell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
39
Developing production for an edge defender
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Reliability
30
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
55
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Kansas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Kansas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State
Player Story
Spencer Trussell built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a defensive end from Arlington, TX wearing No. 40, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Spencer Trussell's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Kansas State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Spencer Trussell, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Kansas State. Spencer Trussell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 17
- TFL
- 4
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 2
Quick Answers
Spencer Trussell quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas State · DE
- Career Tackles
- 17
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Kansas State
- Top game
- Iowa State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Martin · Kansas State
- High school pipeline
- Martin · 45 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 40 · Junior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 12 tackles · DE 159th (top 57%) · Big 12 192nd (top 43%) · National 2,592nd (top 44%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Kansas State | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kansas State | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 33.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas State | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 48.1 |
Related Context
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Spencer Trussell played DE for Kansas State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Spencer Trussell recorded 17 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Kansas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Kansas State paired 6 primary output with 13.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 13.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2021 Regular Season · Kansas State
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
13.8
Usage
4.8
Consistency
38.9
Best Game by takeover score
Stanford
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Stanford: 2. Nevada: 2. Oklahoma State: 0. Oklahoma: 1. Iowa State: 0. Texas Tech: 0. TCU: 0. Kansas: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Stanford: 1 by 24.2. Nevada: 1 by 24.2. Oklahoma State: 2 by 8.3. Oklahoma: 2 by 18.3. Iowa State: 1 by 4.2. Texas Tech: 3 by 12.5. TCU: 1 by 4.2. Kansas: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1 · Games = 5 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Stanford
Best efficiency game
24.2 vs Nevada
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/6 | @ Kansas | W 35-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/30 | vs TCU | W 31-12 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/23 | @ Texas Tech | W 25-24 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/16 | vs Iowa State | L 20-33 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | vs Oklahoma | L 31-37 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | @ Oklahoma State | L 20-31 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | vs NevadaSplash game | W 38-17 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/4 | vs StanfordSplash game | W 24-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Spencer Trussell story
Spencer Trussell built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a defensive end from Arlington, TX wearing No. 40, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Spencer Trussell's career was his defensive production: 17 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 12 career games in the available record. That gives Spencer Trussell's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kansas State
2019-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Kansas State | 0 | 4.2 | 1.5 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kansas State | 2 | 12.2 | 9.4 | 2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas State | 6 | 13.8 | 4.8 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Iowa State
Week 12 · L 0-45 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Stanford
Week 1 · W 24-7
2
Havoc Plays
67.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Nevada
Week 3 · W 38-17
2
Havoc Plays
63.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Oklahoma
Week 5 · L 31-37 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
45.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.5 takeover score.
#5
@ Kansas
Week 10 · W 35-10 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
39.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Kansas State
6 primary output · 13.8 efficiency · 4.8 usage
48.1
#2
2019 Regular Season · Kansas State
38.9
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 1.5 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Kansas State
33.8
2 primary · 12.2 efficiency · 9.4 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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