Norfolk State University Athletics

2019 (Senior)
Played in all 12 contests and started 10 times … Logged 37 total tackles, including 4.5 for loss and 1.5 sacks … Also posted two quarterback hurries, one pass breakup, a forced fumble and one blocked kick … Opened the year with four tackles, half for a loss, at Old Dominion … Matched his career high with five tackles against Virginia State … Also forced a fumble and added a quarterback hurry in that game … Blocked an extra point against North Carolina A&T … Had half a sack among his two tackles while also breaking up a pass at Bethune-Cookman … Altogether, had four of his tackles for loss and all 1.5 of his sacks in the final five games … Matched his career high with five tackles, including one sack, at N.C. Central … Notched four tackles, two for loss, against South Carolina State … NSU AD Honor Roll member for the spring semester.

2018 (Junior)
Started nine times at defensive tackle and played in all 11 games … Was in on 20 tackles during the year, four behind the line of scrimmage … Made one sack, forced one fumble and broke up one pass … Broke up a pass in the win over S.C. State … Made three solo tackles and forced a fumble in the Delaware State game … Recorded a tackle for loss at Florida A&M … Posted a career-high five tackles, 1.5 for loss, and one sack against N.C. Central … Credited with three tackles at Liberty … Named to the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the fall semester.

2017 (Sophomore)
Missed the season after sustaining an injury in preseason training camp.

2016 (Freshman)
Played in five games after joining the team in late September … Saw time on special teams units and as a backup linebacker … Made one solo tackle at Savannah State.

At East Carolina
Redshirted the 2015 season while attending East Carolina.

High School
A four-year letterwinner at Kempsville … Earned first-team All-Beach District honors at tight end and second-team accolades as a defensive end as a senior … Totaled more than 130 tackles, seven sacks and one interception that season in addition to scoring three touchdowns.

Personal
Full name is Kyron D'Montae Speller … Born Nov. 7, 1994 … Son of Kendra Speller … Majoring in sociology … Has three sisters, one of whom attended NSU.

Speller’s Career Highs
Tackles: 5 (3x, last at N.C. Central, 11-9-19)
TFL: 2.0 (vs. S.C. State, 11-23-19)
Sacks: 1.0 (2x, last at N.C. Central, 11-9-19)
FF: 1 (2x, last vs. Virginia State, 9-7-19)
PBU: 1 (2x, last at Bethune-Cookman, 10-19-19)