James Spencer
6-6, 274, DT
Copiague, NY
Copiague H.S.
At SU: one letter…started at defensive tackles…was tried at offensive tackle in the preseason, but injuries hampered his progress…returned to the defensive line and made a substantial impact on the SU defense…was an excellent all-around athlete…played in 23 games in his career…sat out the 1988 season under Proposition 48 and redshirted in 1989…
Senior year: played in nine games and started the last eight at defensive tackles…made the opening tackle from scrimmage in his first career start vs. Louisville…finished that game with a team-high nine tackles and a sack…had two sacks and a blocked punt the following week vs. Rutgers…led the team in tackles twice (Louisville, West Virginia)…came on to finish 8th on the team with three sacks…had two in tackles with 33 (22 solo)…finished 5th on the team with three sacks…had two tackles for losses and was credited with two quarterback pressures…
Junior year: listed as the back-up to George Rooks at left tackle…played in all 12 games, seven on the defensive line; Vanderbilt, Tulane, Florida State, East Carolina, Rutgers, Temple and Boston College…saw special teams action on the punt unit…10 tackles on the season…had two tackles in a game four times…
Sophomore year: played one game, making his Orange debut vs. Rutgers…
High School: All-Long Island, two-time All-Suffolk County, two-time All-League for Coach Walter Reece, an SU alum…team captain in his junior and senior year…competed in basketball and track…
Personal: James M. Spencer, Jr….born January 9, 1970, Copiague, NY…son of James and Sandra Spencer…majored in sociology.
Tackles Assists Total Sacks
1990 0 0 0 0
1991 4 6 10 0
1992 22 11 33 3
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Total 26 17 43 3
