Tyjae Spears
American football player (born 2001)
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Tyjae Armon Spears (born June 15, 2001) is an American professional football running back for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Tulane Green Wave.
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Hammond, Louisiana, U.S.
Spears with the Tennessee Titans in 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 2 – Tennessee Titans | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Running back | ||||||||||||||
| Roster status | Active | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | June 15, 2001 Hammond, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Ponchatoula (Ponchatoula, Louisiana) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Tulane (2019–2022) | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2023: 3rd round, 81st overall pick | ||||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of 2025 | |||||||||||||||
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Early life
Spears grew up in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, and attended Ponchatoula High School.[1] As a senior, he rushed for 920 yards and had 880 receiving yards with 18 total touchdowns.[2] Spears was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play college football at Tulane University after considering an offer from Kansas State.[3]
College career
Spears rushed for 192 yards and one touchdown and caught five passes for 133 yards and one touchdown in four games during his freshman season at Tulane.[4][5] He began his sophomore season as the Green Wave's starting running back and rushed 37 times for 274 yards and two touchdowns before suffering a season-ending injury in Week 3 and using a medical redshirt.[6] As a redshirt sophomore, Spears gained 863 yards and scored nine touchdowns on 129 carries.[7] He was named the American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year as a redshirt junior.[8] He was ranked the 6th best college football player nationwide among the "100 Best Players of the College Football Bowl Season 2022–2023" by College Football News.[9]
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 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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| 5 ft 9+5⁄8 in (1.77 m) | 201 lb (91 kg) | 30+3⁄4 in (0.78 m) | 10 in (0.25 m) | 4.54 s | 1.57 s | 2.57 s | 4.32 s | 7.27 s | 39.0 in (0.99 m) | 10 ft 5 in (3.18 m) | 18 reps | |
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Spears was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the third round, 81st overall, of the 2023 NFL draft.[12] He shared a backfield that had Derrick Henry as the primary running back.[13] In Week 5, against the Indianapolis Colts, he scored his first professional touchdown on a 19-yard rush.[14] He finished his rookie season with 453 rushing yards and two touchdowns along with 52 catches for 385 yards and one touchdown.[15]
Spears returned for the 2024 season, now sharing the backfield with newly signed Tony Pollard after Henry's departure. He was the only Titans player that season to record two touchdowns in two consecutive games during Week 15 and Week 16. He appeared in 12 games, missing parts of the season due to injury. He finished the season with 84 carries for 312 rushing yards and four rushing touchdowns, along with 30 receptions for 224 yards and a receiving touchdown.[16]
Spears missed the first four games of the 2025 season due to an ankle injury. On October 4, 2025, Spears was activated off of the injured reserve list.[17]
