Junior defensive end for Kansas State. 2021: 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss, 12 tackles.
6′3″ · 238 lb · Arlington, TX
Recruiting
WDE recruit
No. 1142 nationally · Signed with Kansas State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive end for Kansas State. 2021: 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss, 12 tackles.
Spencer Trussell
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Third year in the Kansas State defensive front, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles against Texas Tech, Week 8, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Kansas State, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Chris Klieman.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Chris Klieman — 20-16 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (7th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Collin Klein
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Kansas State | 12 | 11 | 3.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Kansas State | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 17 | 16 | 4.0 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-7vs Stanford | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-17vs Nevada | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-31@ Oklahoma State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 31-37vs Oklahoma | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-33vs Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 25-24@ Texas Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 31-12vs TCU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-10@ Kansas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 11 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
12 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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.
Player DNA
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Garrett Nelson’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Owen Porter's junior season at Marshall (2021).
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Player DNA