Dashawn Spears holds the STAR · Starter spot in LSU Tigers’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Dashawn Spears is a 6'3", 209-pound safety from Denham Springs, Louisiana, who joined LSU as a 4-star prospect rated the nation's No. 4 safety in the 2024 class. Through two seasons, he has appeared in 26 games with 4 starts, recording 53 career tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss, a sack, and 2 interceptions. In his 2025 sophomore campaign, Spears recorded 29 tackles across 13 appearances, earned SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors after intercepting 2 passes in LSU's 20-10 victory over Florida—including a 58-yard return for a touchdown—and posted 3.0 tackles for loss. The junior enters his third season as a returning member of the Tigers' secondary rotation.

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