Spencer Trussell

Position:
Defensive End
Height:
6-3
Weight:
238
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Arlington, Texas
High School:
Martin

2020: Saw time in seven games as a reserve defensive end, including each of the first six contests… Totaled four tackles on the year, including a career-high two at Iowa State… Also notched his first-career sack against the Cyclones.

2019: Saw time in three games as a reserve defensive end... Made one tackle against Nicholls.

2018: Played on kickoff coverage TCU but was able to maintain his redshirt.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered three years at Martin under head coach Bob Wager... Viewed as the 79th-best defensive end in the nation for the Class of 2018 by ESPN... Named a finalist for the Dallas-Fort Worth Defensive Player of the Year award... Totaled 59 tackles, 12.0 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks, two blocked field goals and a blocked punt as a senior in 2017... Helped the Warriors advance to the regional round of the Texas 6A D1 state playoffs... Earned First Team All-District 4-6A honors as a senior in 2017, while he was a second-team pick as a junior... Also participated in track and field where he competed in shot put and discus.

PERSONAL: Spencer Landon Trussell was born October 18, 1998, in Arlington, Texas... Son of Randy and Kim Trussell... Has two siblings, Connor and Jess... Father, Randy, played football at East Central Oklahoma... Older brother, Jess, played three years at Purdue and finished his career at UTEP, while another brother, Connor, played football at North Texas... Majoring in communication studies.