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Tyjae Spears

Running Back, Tennessee Titans · #2.

Player facts

Team: Tennessee Titans
Position: Running Back
Number: 2
Born: Jun 15, 2001 (age 25)
Birthplace: Ponchatoula, LA, USA
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 195 lbs
College: Tulane
Experience: 4 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Offense

	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Regular Season	17	65	3.8	0	27	14	68	4.9	0	27	2	1
Last 5 Games	17	65	3.0	0	27	14	68	5.7	0	27	2	1
Career	273	1,113	4.1	8	41	141	941	6.7	2	48	4	1

Advanced stats

2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.

	Plays	EPA/play	Success	CPOE	League rank
Rushing	18 carries	-0.35	33%		fewer than 36 plays
Receiving	17 targets	-0.18	35%		fewer than 24 plays

NFL data: nflverse, CC BY 4.0.

Recent games

			Rushing					Receiving					Fumbles
Date	Opponent	Result	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Sun, Oct 11	vs HOU	L 26-3	2	0	0.0	0	3	9	28	3.1	0	12	1	1
Sun, Oct 4	@ BAL	L 24-18	2	7	3.5	0	8	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	0	0
Sun, Sep 27	@ NYG	L 12-7	3	5	1.7	0	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	vs PHI	L 24-20	7	41	5.9	0	27	2	29	14.5	0	27	1	0
Sun, Sep 13	vs NYJ	L 23-10	3	12	4.0	0	10	2	12	6.0	0	8	0	0

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Tyjae Armon Spears (born June 15, 2001) is an American professional football running back for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Tulane Green Wave.

From Wikipedia’s article on Tyjae Spears, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Spears grew up in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, and attended Ponchatoula High School. As a senior, he rushed for 920 yards and had 880 receiving yards with 18 total touchdowns. Spears was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play college football at Tulane University after considering an offer from Kansas State.

College career

Spears rushed for 192 yards and one touchdown and caught five passes for 133 yards and one touchdown in four games during his freshman season at Tulane. He began his sophomore season as the Green Wave's starting running back and rushed 37 times for 274 yards and two touchdowns before suffering a season-ending injury in Week 3 and using a medical redshirt. As a redshirt sophomore, Spears gained 863 yards and scored nine touchdowns on 129 carries. He was named the American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year as a redshirt junior. He was ranked the 6th best college football player nationwide among the "100 Best Players of the College Football Bowl Season 2022–2023" by College Football News.

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