Omar Speights
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
.png) Speights with the Los Angeles Rams in 2025 | |||||||
| No. 48 – Los Angeles Rams | |||||||
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| Position | Linebacker | ||||||
| Roster status | Active | ||||||
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| Born | March 2, 2001[1] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||
| Listed weight | 234 lb (106 kg) | ||||||
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| High school | Crescent Valley (Corvallis, Oregon) | ||||||
| College | Oregon State (2019–2022) LSU (2023) | ||||||
| NFL draft | 2024: undrafted | ||||||
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Omar Speights (born March 2, 2001)[1] is an American professional football linebacker for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon State Beavers and LSU Tigers.
Speights was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he attended Imhotep Charter and Northeast High School. In his senior year, Speights attended Crescent Valley High School in Corvallis, Oregon. A four-star recruit, Speights committed to play college football at Oregon State University.[2]
College career
Oregon State
As a true freshman in 2019, Speights recorded 71 total tackles, 3.5 sacks, and an interception.[3] As a result, he was named a Freshman All-American.[4] The following year, he tallied 63 total tackles and a team-leading 4.5 tackles for loss.[5] In 2022, Speights was named to the First-team All-Pac-12, after totaling 83 tackles.[6][7] In January 2023, Speights announced he would enter the transfer portal.[8] Speights finished with 308 total tackles, five sacks, three interceptions, and three fumble recoveries in four seasons with Oregon State.[9] He finished ninth in school history for most tackles in a career.
LSU
On January 19, 2023, Speights announced he would be transferring to Louisiana State University to play for the LSU Tigers.[10][11][12]
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | Wingspan | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press |
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| 6 ft 0+5⁄8 in (1.84 m) | 225 lb (102 kg) | 31+1⁄4 in (0.79 m) | 9+1⁄4 in (0.23 m) | 6 ft 3+1⁄8 in (1.91 m) | 4.62 s | 1.58 s | 2.62 s | 4.34 s | 7.06 s | 31.5 in (0.80 m) | 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) | 30 reps |
| All values from Pro Day[13][14] | ||||||||||||
Speights signed with the Los Angeles Rams as an undrafted free agent on May 2, 2024.[15] He made the Rams' 53 man roster out of training camp as a UDFA. He was named as a starter in the middle of the season, and finished the season playing in all 17 games with 10 starts, recording 67 tackles and two passes defensed.
Speights was named a starting inside linebacker alongside Nate Landman to begin the 2025 season.