Breeland Speaks in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: 2C2K Photography from Houston, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive end, Ole Miss, 2014–⁠17

Breeland Speaks

Number
No. 9
Height
6′3″
Weight
285 lb
Hometown
Jackson, MS
Born
Dec 18, 1995, in Jackson, Mississippi

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Breeland Speaks played defensive end at Ole Miss (2014–⁠17). The Kansas City Chiefs took Speaks in round 2, No. 46 overall in the 2018 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
67
Tackles, 2017 (Ole Miss, 6–⁠6)
Drafted
No. 46
Round 2, 2018 NFL Draft (Kansas City Chiefs)

Career highs

13tackles, career highvs. LSU, 20172sacks, career hightwice; last vs. Arkansas, 2017

Honors

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksPDHur
2016Ole Miss28111.5118
2017Ole Miss67278718
Career95389.58216

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2014Ole Miss9DE
2015Ole Miss9DE
2016Ole Miss9DE
2017Ole Miss9DE6′3″285

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2017 Ole Miss 12 games, 67 tackles, 7 sacks
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksPD
Sep 2vs.South AlabamaW 47–⁠2732000
Sep 9vs.UT MartinW 45–⁠2320000
Sep 16atCaliforniaL 16–⁠2711110
Sep 30atAlabamaL 3–⁠6653000
Oct 7atAuburnL 23–⁠4452100
Oct 14vs.VanderbiltW 57–⁠3562001
Oct 21vs.LSUL 24–⁠40137120
Oct 28vs.ArkansasL 37–⁠3853220
Nov 4atKentuckyW 37–⁠34210.500
Nov 11vs.LouisianaW 50–⁠2252110
Nov 18vs.Texas A&ML 24–⁠3180000
Nov 23atMississippi StateW 31–⁠281241.510
2016 Ole Miss 9 games, 28 tackles, 1 sack
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksPD
Sep 5vs.Florida StateL 34–⁠4510000
Sep 10vs.WoffordW 38–⁠13300.500
Sep 17vs.AlabamaL 43–⁠4852000
Sep 24vs.GeorgiaW 45–⁠1451000
Oct 1vs.MemphisW 48–⁠2821000
Oct 15atArkansasL 30–⁠3443110
Oct 22atLSUL 21–⁠3810000
Nov 5vs.Georgia SouthernW 37–⁠2742001
Nov 19atVanderbiltL 17–⁠3832000

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2018
Height6′2⅞″
Weight283 lb
Arm length33¾″
Hand size9⅞″
Wingspan79⅝″W
40-yard dash4.87 s
10-yard split1.65 sW
Vertical jump32½″
Broad jump9′2″
3-cone drill7.63 s
20-yard shuttle4.65 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

1 season, 11 games with a stat; latest team: Buffalo Bills.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2018Kansas City Chiefs11241.50

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2023USFLMichigan Panthers
2024UFLMichigan Panthers
2025UFLMichigan Panthers

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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