Robert Spears-Jennings: DB · Oklahoma · #3.
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Robert Spears-Jennings
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Four seasons in the Oklahoma secondary to date. On tape: 11 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Ole Miss, Week 9, 2025.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
59 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 1.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth Nov 3
On3 Oct 29
ABC News Oct 28Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-3vs Illinois State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 24-13vs No. 15 Michigan | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-3@ Temple | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 24-17vs No. 22 Auburn | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 44-0vs Kent State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 6-23vs Texas | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 26-7@ South Carolina | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 26-34vs No. 8 Ole Miss | 11 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 33-27@ No. 14 Tennessee | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 23-21@ No. 4 Alabama | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 17-6vs No. 23 Missouri | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | W 17-13vs LSU | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 24-34vs No. 11 Alabama | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 33 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
Week 10 · 2025
W 33-27
at Tennessee
1 interception · 8 tackles · 4 solo tackles
A close one, won by 6 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
59tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFL59 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 2 pass breakups · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Brent Venables — 32-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 4.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Venables
Pass share
50.4%
429 pass / 423 run
Plays / game
65.5
13 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
421 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
59 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #258 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Oklahoma, 173 tackles — drafted at #224 overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
A stat line in 42 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Brent Venables.
Next stop · NFL
Pittsburgh Steelers2026 NFL rookie season
Pittsburgh Steelers2026 NFL rookie season
