Cody Spencer - #53 - LB - North Texas - Profile

SEASON BY SEASON    

2007 (JETS) Placed on reserve/non-football illness List 10/02/07. … Played in season opener vs. NE.

2006 (JETS) Tallied four ST tackles in Week 13 at GB. ... Made Jets debut in Week 4 vs. IND, notching one tackle on kick coverage.

2005 (TEN) Played in all 16 games and totaled team-high 21 tackles on special teams, while also recorded one tackle at LB.

2004 (TEN) Played exclusively on special teams and was fifth on Titans with 11 ST tackles. ... Played in seven games before being deactivated with injury for final five games

CAREER TRANSACTIONS

■ Signed by Jets as FA 9/27/06.

■ Waived by TEN 9/02/06.

■ Signed by TEN as FA 10/10/04.

■ Waived by OAK 9/05/04.

■ Selected by OAK in sixth round (182nd overall) of 2004 NFL Draft.

BEFORE THE NFL

■ Three-year starter for North Texas and two-time all-conference first-team selection.

■ Three-time winner of Byron Gross Award, presented to team’s outstanding LB, who started 33 of 41 games during college career and totaled 297 tackles (154 solos), seven sacks, 22 TFL, two FR, one FF, seven INTs and eight PDs.

■ As senior, led Mean Green with 121 tackles and added two sacks, five TFL and three PD en route to earning All-Sun Belt Conference honors.

■ As junior, earned all-conference first-team honors despite missing nearly four games with injury, totaling 66 tackles, three INTs, and five sacks.

■ Limited to ST duties as UNT freshman before earning starting job at strongside LB as sophomore, then shifting to MLB as junior.

■ Attended Grapevine (TX) HS, where he was named all-district first-teamer at TE as junior when Grapevine won Class 4A Division I title, and all-district second-teamer at OLB as senior. 

OFF THE FIELD

■ Majored in applied arts.

■ Most summers as a youth, Spencer spent time on Gulf of Mexico, working with grandfather, George Spencer, on shrimping boat based out of Seadrift, TX.

■ Older brother Jeremy is member of U.S. Army and is now serving third term in Iraq.

■ He, wife, Kristin, and son, Gage, split time between Nashville, TN, and Grapevine, TX.

■ Has interest in coaching after playing career.

■ Enjoys hunting and fishing in spare time.