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2021 Football Roster

37 Dylan Spears

  • Position Punter
  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 181
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Fort Worth, Texas
  • Prev School Timber Creek HS
  • Major Exercise Physiology

Biography

At Midwestern State

Academic Awards

LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll (1): 2020 (S)

Senior (2021)

competed in two games as MSU's reserve punter... averaged 32.3 yards on three punts placing one inside the 20-yard line and forced a fair catch... recorded a season long punt of 47 yards against Western New Mexico (10/30)... finished career ranked seventh on the program's all-time list averaging 37.83 yards on 127 punts... his 127 punts and 4,805 punting yards are the sixth most in program history...

Junior (2020)1

served as MSU's primary punter in all three games during the spring's abbreviated season... averaged a career-best 40.4 yards on 19 punts placing eight inside the 20-yard line while forcing 10 fair catches with two touchbacks... produced a stellar performance in the finale at UT Permian Basin averaging 48.8 yards on six punts placing three inside the 20 and forcing four fair catches with two punts of 50-or-more yards (3/27)... matched a career-long punt of 66 yards against UT Permian Basin... placed four of his six punts inside the 20-yard line and forced three fair catches in a 45-34 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville (3/6)...

Sophomore (2019)

appeared in all of MSU's 11 games serving as the primary punter... ranked 67th in NCAA Division II and sixth in the Lone Star Conference averaging 38.6 yards on 68 punts... placed 17 of his 68 punts inside the 20-yard line (25 percent)... forced 24 fair catches... boasted six punts of at least 50 yards... averaged 41.4 yards on five punts with a season long of 66 at Tarleton State (11/2)... placed four of his seven punts inside the 20-yard line while averaging 37.6 yards against Western New Mexico (11/9)... averaged a season-high 43.5 yards on six punts with a long of 57 yards with two inside the 20-yard line and forced four fair catches against UT Permian Basin (9/21)... averaged moe than 40 yards per punt in four consecutive games against Texas A&M-Commerce (42.2), Texas A&M-Kingsville (43.4), Western Oregon (40.0) and Tarleton State (41.4)... averaged 35.2 yards on a program all-time single-game high 12 punts forcing six fair catches and placing two inside the 20-yard line at Angelo State (9/28)...

Freshman (2018)

played in each of MSU's 10 games serving as the primary punter... ranked 110th in NCAA Division II and ninth in the Lone Star Conference averaging 35.8 yards on 37 punts... played key role in limiting opponents to a 1.13 yards per return average ranking third in the nation and tops in the LSC... placed 15 of his 37 punts inside the 20-yard line (40.5 percent)... forced 13 fair catches... placed four of seven punts inside the 20-yard line while averaging 38.7 yards on seven punts against Tarleton State (10/27)... launched a season-long 57-yard punt at Eastern New Mexico (9/29)...

At Timber Creek High School

competed for one season at punter for coach Kevin Golden at Timber Creek High School in Keller, Texas...

Personal

son of Greg and Tonya Spears...

1 The 2020 football season was delayed to the spring of 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 96

    2018Freshman

    Punter
    5'11" 220 lbs
    96
  • 37

    2019Sophomore

    Punter
    5'11" 205 lbs
    37
  • 37

    2020Junior

    Punter
    5'11" 196 lbs
    37
  • 37

    2021Senior

    Punter
    5'11" 181 lbs
    37