Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2025Pittsburgh
Blaine Spires
DL • 6'3" • 250 lbs • Youngstown, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Blaine Spires shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
36
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
50
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Utah State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 7
- Program Path
- Bowling Green • Utah State • Pittsburgh
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico
Player Story
Blaine Spires built his college career from 2019 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Youngstown, OH wearing No. 10, spending time with Bowling Green, Pittsburgh, and Utah State. The clearest part of Blaine...
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- Committed To
- Bowling Green
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Blaine Spires, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Utah State. Blaine Spires shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 113
- TFL
- 25.5
- Sacks
- 11
- QB hurries
- 21
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Blaine Spires quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Pittsburgh · DL
- Career Tackles
- 113
- Tracked sample
- 7 unique seasons · 9 entries · 47 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Utah State
- Top game
- New Mexico
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · East · Bowling Green
- High school pipeline
- East · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 10 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 16 tackles · DL 441st (top 41%) · ACC 304th (top 39%) · National 2,314th (top 38%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 17.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 11 | 35 | 5 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 39.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 9 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | 0 | 23.4 |
| 2023 Postseason | Utah State | 11 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 67.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Utah State | 11 | 25 | 7.5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 67.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Utah State | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 44.9 |
| 2025 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 7 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 41 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 7 | 15 | 5 | 2.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 41 |
Related Context
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Blaine Spires played DL for Bowling Green, Utah State, and Pittsburgh. Across 7 tracked seasons, Blaine Spires recorded 113 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Bowling Green.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Utah State paired 23.5 primary output with 31.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Bowling Green, Utah State, Pittsburgh.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2020 Regular Season · Bowling Green
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
15.2
Usage
3.5
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
Kent State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 0. Kent State: 2. Buffalo: 0. Ohio: 0. Akron: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Toledo: 2 by 8.3. Kent State: 5 by 40.8. Buffalo: 1 by 4.2. Ohio: 1 by 4.2. Akron: 2 by 18.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs Second Half
Second Half0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.2 vs First Half
Game Log
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5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Kent State
Best efficiency game
40.8 vs Kent State
Player Story
Blaine Spires story
Blaine Spires built his college career from 2019 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Youngstown, OH wearing No. 10, spending time with Bowling Green, Pittsburgh, and Utah State. The clearest part of Blaine Spires' career was his defensive production: 113 tackles, 25.5 tackles for loss, 11 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 47 career games in the available record. That gives Blaine Spires' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Bowling Green
2019-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Utah State
2023-2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Pittsburgh
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201920202021202220232023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 3 | 15.2 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 9.5 | 21.9 | 5.2 | 6.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 7 | 15.7 | 4 | -2.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Utah State | 23.5 | 31.2 | 9.7 | 16.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Utah State | 23.5 | 31.2 | 9.7 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Utah State | 6 | 23.4 | 8.7 | -17.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 10.5 | 24.5 | 6.3 | 4.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 10.5 | 24.5 | 6.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ New Mexico
Week 13 · W 44-41 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
86.1 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Eastern Kentucky
Week 2 · L 57-59
4
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#3
vs James Madison
Week 4 · L 38-45
4.5
Havoc Plays
82.5 takeover
Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 82.5 takeover score.
#4
@ Temple
Week 4 · L 29-45
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Havoc Plays
78.1 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 25 Louisville
Week 5 · L 27-34 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
3
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Utah State
23.5 primary output · 31.2 efficiency · 9.7 usage
67.6
#2
2023 Regular Season · Utah State
67.6
23.5 primary · 31.2 efficiency · 9.7 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Utah State
44.9
6 primary · 23.4 efficiency · 8.7 usage
Milestones
14
Impact games
16
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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