2008: Played in all 11 games as a reserve ... totaled 10 tackles with a
career-high four stops versus North Dakota State ... also had a tackle-for-loss at Western
Illinois and a quarterback hurry against Youngstown State.
2007: Played in the first four games, all as a reserve, before
suffering a season-ending elbow injury ... tallied two tackles each against Murray State
and Eastern Illinois.
2006: Played in all 13 games, primarily on special teams.
2005: Redshirted.
Macomb HS: Led team in tackles senior season with 120 ... earned
all-area and all-conference honors while helping team advance to the Illinois High School
Association (IHSA) 4A State Playoffs "Sweet-16" ... voted the team's defensive MVP, after
posting eight interceptions ... scored lone career touchdown against Aledo his junior
season ... coached by Kelly Sears.
Data: Born 8-12-86 in Macomb, Ill. ... son of Stan and Marybeth Speer
... has two sisters, Jill, a graduate assistant in the Illinois State Athletics Media
Relations Office; and Annie, a sophomore at ISU ... major: industrial technology.
CAREER STATISTICS
Total
| YEAR |
G-GS |
UT |
AT |
TFL |
Sacks |
INT |
FF |
FR |
QBH |
| 2006 |
13-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2007 |
4-0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
0.5-1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2008 |
11-0 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
1-1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| TOTAL |
28-0 |
6 |
8 |
14 |
1.5-2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
CAREER SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
Tackles: 4 vs. North Dakota State, 10-25-08
Tackles-for-Loss: 1 at Western Illinois, 11-15-08
