Tyjae Spears, the Tulane RB, sits at No. 75 on the consensus board across 26 public boards. The tier model reads him as a role player — 5% elite, 24% starter.
Physicality
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “Spears possesses modest creativity and power through the line of scrimmage but becomes more elusive once he’s up to the second level.”
Production Context
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “He’s coming off an extremely productive and consistent season as Tulane’s RB1, though.”
Production Context
NFL Network's Bucky Brooks: “Spears is the electric backfield playmaker that every offense could use.”
Technique
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “He runs with good bend, average vision and the patience to use lead blockers to his advantage.”
Technique
NFL Network's Bucky Brooks: “The Tulane star displays stellar stop-start quickness, as well as ballerina-like balance and body control with the ball in his hands.”
Role and scheme fit
The archetype rules read him as a rotational-RB.
Sources · 4 · quotes 2
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- Lance Zierlein, NFL.com
- Bucky Brooks, NFL Network
- Lance Zierlein, nfl_com_zierlein
- Bucky Brooks, nflcom_bucky_brooks
“…Spears has the size of a change-of-pace back, but he needs to play with more consistent explosiveness, as he’s unlikely to offer the versatility typically expected from a player in that role. He’s coming off an extremely productive and consistent season as Tulane’s RB1, though. He runs with good bend, average vision and the patience to use lead blockers to his advantage. Spears possesses modest creativity and power t…”
“…Spears is the electric backfield playmaker that every offense could use. The Tulane star displays stellar stop-start quickness, as well as ballerina-like balance and body control with the ball in his hands.…”
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