CAREER: Lettered four seasons (2016-17-18-19) ... in 51 career games (25 starts), posted 223 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, three interceptions, two pass breakups, one caused fumble, four fumble recoveries and four quarterback pressures ... a second team All-Mid-American Conference honoree in 2019 … the October 14, 2019, MAC West Division Defensive Player of the Week … finished with three career games with 10+ tackles, including a personal-high 12 stops against Toledo in 2018 ... also reached double-digits tackles versus Toledo (11 in 2019) and Bowling Green (10 in 2019) … registered 21 career games with 5+ tackles and 36 career games with 2+ tackles .... recorded at least 1.0 TFL in eight tilts.
2019: Second team All-MAC … named MAC West Division Defensive Player of the Week following Miami contest, when he carded seven tackles and a 74-yard interception return for a touchdown … started all 13 games … compiled 96 tackles, 2.5 TFL, 0.5 sacks, two INTs, two PBUs, two fumble recoveries and three QB pressures ... ranked second on the team in total tackles … posted 4+ tackles in 12 games with a year-best 11 versus Toledo ... registered 7+ tackles in 11 contests … 0.5 TFL in three contests … against rival Central Michigan, booked eight tackles, 1.0 TFL and a PBU … tallied 0.5 sacks and recovered a fumble against Georgia State … recorded INTs in consecutive games at Toledo and against Miami … turned around the Homecoming contest versus the RedHawks with the INT return for a touchdown that made a 6-0 deficit a 7-6 advantage and set off a string of 21 unanswered points … at Ohio, carded eight tackles and recovered a fumble late in the second quarter that set up WMU’s first touchdown of the game and gave the team a 10-0 lead at halftime … during the fourth quarter against the Bobcats, broke up a fourth-down pass in the end zone that allowed the Broncos to hold their 31-24 advantage and gave Western Michigan the ball with 1:10 to play … finished with one QB pressure against Syracuse, Toledo and Bowling Green … on the field for 945 total snaps.
2018: Played in all 13 games and started 12 … finished with 86 tackles, 9.5 TFL, 3.0 sacks, one INT, one caused fumble, one fumble recovery and one QB pressure ... led the team in total tackles ... posted 3+ tackles in all 13 games including a personal-best 12 versus Toledo ... booked 7+ tackles in seven contests … in consecutive games versus Georgia State, Miami and Eastern Michigan, totaled 26 tackles, 4.5 TFL and 2.0 sacks … booked a career-high 3.0 TFL and 2.0 sacks versus Georgia State and added a caused fumble … in regular season finale against Northern Illinois, booked eight tackles, six in the second half, 1.0 sack, 1.0 TFL and one INT … helped WMU to win at rival Central Michigan with six tackles, 2.0 TFL, one fumble recovery and a QB pressure ... fumble recovery halted the Chippewas’ first drive of the second quarter, put the Broncos at the CMU 29-yard line and set up a touchdown to make it a 14-0 Western Michigan advantage … booked TFLs versus Miami (0.5), Eastern Michigan (1.0), Bowling Green (1.0), Ball State (1.0) and NIU (1.0) … on the field for 863 total snaps.
2017: Played in all 12 games as a reserve … totaled 31 tackles, 2.5 TFL, 1.0 sack, and one fumble recovery ... posted 4+ tackles in five games including a season-high seven stops versus Ball State ... logged five tackles at No. 4 Southern California in the season opener ... registered four stops versus Wagner, Buffalo and Kent State … added year’s sack, which went for a seven-yard loss, against Wagner … recovered a fumble and had 0.5 TFL versus Kent State ... on the field for 558 total snaps.
2016: Played in 13 games, primarily as a member of the Broncos’ special teams units ... recorded 10 tackles ... booked a year-high three stops against Georgia Southern and Ball State … booked other four tackles against Toledo (2), Illinois (1) and Northwestern (1) ... a member of one of the best teams in Western Michigan history as it captured the MAC West Division title and Marathon MAC Championship Game crown and made an appearance in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic … team finished the regular season with a 12-0 record and only loss was to Wisconsin in the bowl tilt.
PRIOR TO WESTERN MICHIGAN: Rated a three-star prospect by Rivals.com, ESPN, Scout and 247sports.com … ranked as 20th overall prospect in Illinois by Rivals … ranked as third best safety in Illinois by Scout.com … selected as Chicago Tribune Second-Team All-State … led West Aurora High School to its first playoff appearance in 21 years.
PERSONAL: Born November 9, 1997 ... majoring in criminal justice … son of Felicia Aldridge and Drakley Spears.
