Adam Speer
2008: One of the veteran offensive linemen in the program who has experience at different positions...likely to start at right guard this season...an underrated player who has been a key figure in some of the team’s biggest victories...13 career starts...also a standout in the classroom where he has earned Pac-10 Academic Honorable Mention three times. 2007: Adam started 12 games at left guard for the injured Jeremy Perry. 2006: Started his first game of his career in the Sun Bowl, replacing the injured Jeremy Perry...a key component for one of the most significant blocks in the program’s history on Yvenson Bernard two-point conversion run to win the Sun Bowl...played in all 14 games. 2005: Adam played in 10 games as a redshirt-freshman behind starting center Kyle DeVan. 2004: Redshirt
CHAMINADE PREP: SuperPrep Magazine All-American and Rivals.com rated him the 11th-best center prospect in the nation...first team All-CIF and all-area as a senior...selected the top lineman in the area as a senior by the Los Angeles Daily News and named to the Los Angeles Times’ All-Area Team...Mission League Lineman of the Year in 2003 and first team All-San Fernando Valley...did not allow a sack over his position in 650-plus plays as senior...had 122 pancake blocks as a senior (school record), and for his career had a record 220...also excelled on defense where he had 138 tackles, including 98 solo, as a defensive end as a senior...for his defensive career he made 278 tackles...as a junior his honors included unanimous first team All-Mission League as both an offensive and defensive lineman, first team All-San Fernando Valley and first team All-CIF on offense and second team on defense...earned four letters in football and track, and two in basketball...played center in basketball and competed in shot put in track.
PERSONAL: Born in Los Angeles...son of Bill Speer III and Susan Speer...has an older sister, Jennifer...selected eight straight semesters for the CIF Academic Award...his father played football at Cal State-Los Angeles...his grandfather, Bill Speer Jr., played football for Oklahoma, and his great grandfather, William Everett, played football at Tulsa...selected for the National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame Academic Award...chose OSU because, “I have an opportunity to get a degree, live in Oregon and the football program has a chance to win a national championship”...majoring in construction engineering management and is on track to graduate in December.
