Keveion'ta Spears is a defensive tackle who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at SMU.
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. The four seasons span three programs and three head coaches: Sonny Cumbie, Ryan Silverfield and Rhett Lashlee. One game to point at: 3 tackles against East Texas A&M — Week 1, 2025.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
14 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | SMU | 14 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4 |
| 2024 | Memphis | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2023 | Memphis | 17 | 10 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 1 |
| 2022 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 44 | 23 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-13vs East Texas A&M | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-10@ Missouri State | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-35@ TCU | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-18vs Syracuse | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-10vs Stanford | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 12-13@ Wake Forest | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 26-20vs No. 10 Miami | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-13@ Boston College | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-6vs Louisville | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 35-38@ California | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 24-19vs No. 21 Arizona | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
14%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
7%1 hurry14 tackles · 2 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rhett Lashlee
Pass share
53.7%
460 pass / 396 run
Plays / game
65.8
13 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
466 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
A stat line in 27 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 3 schools: Skip Holtz, Sonny Cumbie, Ryan Silverfield and Rhett Lashlee.
