Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025SMU
Keveion'ta Spears
DT • 6'4" • 313 lbs • Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Keveion'ta Spears shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Memphis
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Louisiana Tech • Memphis • SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Missouri
Player Story
Keveion'ta Spears built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 40, spending time with Louisiana Tech, Memphis, and SMU. The clearest part of Keveion'ta...
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- Committed To
- Louisiana Tech
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Keveion'ta Spears, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Memphis. Keveion'ta Spears shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 44
- TFL
- 6.5
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Keveion'ta Spears quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · DT
- Career Tackles
- 44
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Memphis
- Top game
- Missouri
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · McKinley · Louisiana Tech
- High school pipeline
- McKinley · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 40 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 14 tackles · DT 124th (top 54%) · ACC 332nd (top 42%) · National 2,539th (top 41%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 34.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Memphis | 9 | 17 | 3.5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 52.4 |
| 2024 Postseason | Memphis | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Memphis | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.3 |
| 2025 Postseason | SMU | 11 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | SMU | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 39.6 |
Related Context
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Keveion'ta Spears played DT for Louisiana Tech, Memphis, and SMU. Across 6 tracked seasons, Keveion'ta Spears recorded 44 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Memphis.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Memphis paired 7.5 primary output with 16.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 11.7 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 Louisiana Tech, Memphis, SMU.
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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2025 Postseason · SMU
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
11.7
Usage
1.8
Consistency
38.3
Best Game by takeover score
Stanford
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arizona: 0. East Texas A&M: 0. Missouri State: 0.5. TCU: 1. Syracuse: 0. Stanford: 2. Wake Forest: 0.5. Miami: 0. Boston College: 2. Louisville: 1. California: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona: 1 by 4.2. East Texas A&M: 3 by 12.5. Missouri State: 2 by 13.3. TCU: 2 by 18.3. Syracuse: 1 by 4.2. Stanford: 0 by 20. Wake Forest: 1 by 9.2. Miami: 2 by 8.3. Boston College: 0 by 20. Louisville: 0 by 10. California: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.7 · Games = 8 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 3 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Stanford
Best efficiency game
20 vs Boston College
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1/3 | vs Arizona | W 24-19 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/30 | @ California | L 35-38 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Louisville | W 38-6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Boston CollegeSplash game | W 45-13 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Miami | W 26-20 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Wake Forest | L 12-13 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs StanfordSplash game | W 34-10 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Syracuse | W 31-18 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ TCU | L 24-35 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Missouri State | W 28-10 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/31 | vs East Texas A&M | W 42-13 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Keveion'ta Spears story
Keveion'ta Spears built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 40, spending time with Louisiana Tech, Memphis, and SMU. The clearest part of Keveion'ta Spears' career was his defensive production: 44 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 5 passes defended across 27 career games in the available record. That gives Keveion'ta Spears' 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
Louisiana Tech
2020-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Memphis
2023-2024
Peak year stop
- 3
SMU
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202220232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 14.3 | 4.2 | 3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Memphis | 7.5 | 16.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 2024 Postseason | Memphis | 0 | 6.3 | 1 | -7.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Memphis | 0 | 6.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | SMU | 7 | 11.7 | 1.8 | 7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | SMU | 7 | 11.7 | 1.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Missouri
Week 4 · L 27-34
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
74.5 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.5 takeover score.
#2
@ North Texas
Week 9 · W 45-42 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
65.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Stephen F. Austin
Week 2 · W 52-17
1.5
Havoc Plays
59.4 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 59.4 takeover score.
#4
vs UTEP
Week 6 · W 41-31 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
49.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.2 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 112 Stanford
Week 7 · W 34-10 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
46.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Memphis
7.5 primary output · 16.2 efficiency · 4.5 usage
52.4
#2
2025 Postseason · SMU
39.6
7 primary · 11.7 efficiency · 1.8 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · SMU
39.6
7 primary · 11.7 efficiency · 1.8 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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