Former safety at Texas State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′3″ · 205 lb · Houston, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
Former safety at Texas State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearTory Spears
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Three head coaches in seven seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 8 tackles against Troy — Week 6, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
7 seasons at Texas State, 202 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 7 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Chris Woods, Jake Spavital, and G.J. Kinne. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (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
2024 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 6.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
G.J. Kinne
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Texas State | 22 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Texas State | 19 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Texas State | 77 | 41 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Texas State | 38 | 14 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Texas State | 45 | 27 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Iowa State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 202 | 113 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 5 | 2 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 6 | W 38-17@ Troy | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 41-9vs Arkansas State | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-24@ Old Dominion | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-23vs Louisiana | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-17@ UL Monroe | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 58-3vs Southern Miss | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 44-52vs Georgia State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Ben Johnson’s 2021 season.
Matches Ben on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
Player DNA