Tyjae Spears Profile

By: Lucas Kochevar

#22 Tyjae Spears, Tulane, 5’10’’ 201lbs.

• 1,581 Yds, 19 TDs
• Games Watched: USC, UCF, Cincinnati

Film Thoughts: Strong base when running, has excellent balance when running. Strong runner, despite smaller frame. Has great speed and good acceleration. Could use improvement in the pass catching game. Manages to slip by and off of defenders in traffic. Solid ball carrier vision, could use work in processing the blocks better. Patient in finding the crease. Doesn’t shy away from contact. Has a solid stiff arm, but not much else. Decent at making cuts. Ball security issues showed up late in the season. Has a great ability of being east-west runner and north-south runner.
 
Tyjae Spears was a key player in Tulane’s incredible season last year that was capped off with a win over USC in the Cotton Bowl. Spears runs with incredible force and balance. He’s a bashful runner that can crank it up a notch when he’s in open space. He slides in and out of traffic with great finesse and has a knack for finding the crease. He doesn’t have great vision immediately when finding the hole, but ends up finding the lane regardless. He makes good cuts and his stiff arm is strong, but those are his primary moves. He needs to work on ball security and his hands, but other than that he reminds me of Doug Martin. I think he can play in a number of schemes and make an impact. 

Sources: Image via Sophia Germer, NOLA.com