Omar Speights

Photo by: Karl Maasdam

Position:
Inside Linebacker
Height:
6-1
Year:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Philadelphia, Penn.
High School:
Crescent Valley (OR)

Pronounced Sp-AY-ts

2022 (JUNIOR)
• All-Pac-12 First Team
• Phil Steele All-Pac-12 First Team
• Associated Press All-Pac-12 Second Team
• PFF All-Pac-12 Second Team
• Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List (top defensive player)
• Bednarik Award Watch List (most outstanding defensive player)
• Played in and started all 13 games
• Led Oregon State with 83 tackles. Added eight tackles for loss, four quarterback hurries and one pass breakup
• His 83 tackles ranked tied for 10th in the Pac-12
• Tallied five or more tackles in 10 of 13 games
• Posted seven tackles in the season opener versus Boise State, adding one TFL for 3 yards
• Picked up eight tackles with half a TFL against USC
• Credited with seven tackles and half a TFL at Utah
• Recorded a 1-yard tackle for loss and five tackles in the win at Stanford
• Finished with five tackles and half a TFL against Colorado
• Tallied nine tackles and one TFL at Washington
• Picked up six tackles and a 6-yard TFL versus California
• Totaled seven tackles at Arizona State
• Finished with a season-best 13 tackles in Oregon State’s come-from-behind win over Oregon. Had half a tackle for loss
• Posted six tackles and two tackles for loss in the win over Florida in the SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl
• Ended the season with 308 tackles for his career, good for ninth at Oregon State

2021 (SOPHOMORE)
• Played in and started all 13 games. Posted 89 tackles with five tackles for loss, half a sack and two interceptions
• All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
• Phil Steele All-Pac-12 Fourth Team
• Picked up 12 tackles in the season opener at Purdue. Added half a tackle for loss
• Posted nine tackles in the win over Utah
• Led Oregon State with nine tackles in the win over Stanford, adding half a tackle for loss
• Intercepted passes against both Idaho and Washington State
• Recorded nine tackles in the regular season finale at Oregon
• Finished the season with nine tackles, including one TFL, versus Utah State in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl
• Totaled five tackles with one tackle for loss at Washington State. Also had five tackles against Hawai’i and USC
• Finished with six tackles and half a TFL against Idaho
• Recorded six tackles and half a TFL in the win over Washington
• Finished with five tackles at Colorado
• Athlon Sports Preseason All-Pac-12 Second Team
• Phil Steele Preseason All-Pac-12 Fourth Team

2020 (SOPHOMORE)
• Played in and started all seven games
• Phil Steele All-Pac-12 Second Team
• Coaches All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
• Finished second on the team and in the Pac-12 with 63 tackles. Posted 10 or more tackles three times
• Posted 4.5 tackles for loss and one sack
• Tallied a season-best 13 tackles at Utah, adding one tackle for loss
• Credited with 10 tackles against California, with two TFLs. Also recorded one sack
• Ended the season with 12 tackles against Arizona State, including half a TFL
• Totaled nine tackles and half a TFL against Oregon. Finished with seven against both Washington and Stanford
• Athlon Sports preseason All-Pac-12 Fourth Team
• Phil Steele preseason All-Pac-12 Fourth Team

2019 (FRESHMAN)
• Joined the Oregon State program in January 2019 in time for spring practices
• Played in all 12 games, making six starts
• The Athletic Freshman All-America First Team
• FWAA Freshman All-America
• USA Today Freshman All-America
• 247 Sports True Freshman All-American
• Pac-12 Honorable Mention Freshman Defensive Player of the Year
• Second on the team with 73 tackles and 7.5 tackles for loss. The 73 tackles marked the third-most nationally by a freshman (true or redshirt)
• Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Nov. 4) after his 18 tackles versus Washington
• Recorded 18 tackles versus Washington. That ranked as the most nationally in a single game by a freshman (true or redshirt). The 18 are tied for the ninth-most in a single-game in Oregon State’s history
• Collected 63 tackles over his last seven games, an average of nine per
• Picked up 6.5 of his 7.5 tackles for loss over those last seven games. Added all of his 3.5 sacks over that same stretch
• Recorded efforts of 10 or more tackles. In addition to his 18 tackles against Washington, he also had 10 versus Utah, Arizona and Oregon
• Recovered a fumble versus Cal Poly and intercepted a pass against Washington State

CRESCENT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
• Rated four stars by Rivals
• Transferred to Corvallis’ Crescent Valley High School his senior year after moving from Philadelphia
• Earned 4A All-State honors in Pennsylvania after his junior season. Rated as the top player in the state prior to moving to Oregon
• Also played defensive end and running back during his high school career

PERSONAL
• Son of Patricia Reichner
• Has one brother, Jeromy, and one sister, Briana. Brother, Jeromy, is a defensive end for the Beavers
• Majoring in business administration
• “I chose Oregon state because of the atmosphere and the coaches. I feel like it’s a place I can focus and grow as a person.”