Receiver, Houston, 2011–⁠14

Daniel Spencer

Number
No. 4
Height
6′0″
Hometown
Grandview, TX

Daniel Spencer played receiver at Houston (2011–⁠14).

Career highs

10catches, career highat BYU, 2014186receiving yards, career highvs. BYU, 20132receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Southern, 2013

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011Houston1217114.3241
2012Houston4157914.1374
2013Houston5276814.8676
2014Houston242369.8245
Career1291,75413.61376

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2012Houston4690100

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTkl
201194812
201210303
2013N13202
On file9817

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Houston4WR
2012Houston4WR
2013Houston4WR
2014Houston4WR6′0″

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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Houston510.8862nd (n=341)0.8144.76%
2014Houston430.2412th (n=496)0.5210.212%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2014 Houston 5 games, 24 catches, 236 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 29vs.UTSAL 7–⁠27322015–
Sep 6vs.GramblingW 47–⁠0445020−1
Sep 11atBYUL 25–⁠3310133145–
Sep 20vs.UNLVW 47–⁠1442311637
Oct 2vs.UCFL 12–⁠1731306–
2013 Houston 13 games, 52 catches, 768 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 30vs.SouthernW 62–⁠13910222045
Sep 7atTempleW 22–⁠13340021–
Sep 21vs.RiceW 31–⁠264761271
Sep 28atUTSAW 59–⁠2815054
Oct 12vs.MemphisW 25–⁠15117117–
Oct 19vs.BYUL 46–⁠477186176–
Oct 26atRutgersW 49–⁠14611703318
Oct 31vs.South FloridaW 35–⁠23319013–
Nov 9atUCFL 14–⁠19213071
Nov 16atLouisvilleL 13–⁠20223020–
Nov 23vs.CincinnatiL 17–⁠24566031–
Nov 29vs.SMUW 34–⁠07100167–
Jan 4 ✦vs.VanderbiltL 24–⁠41240469
2012 Houston 10 games, 41 catches, 579 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.Texas StateL 13–⁠30649016–
Sep 8vs.Louisiana TechL 49–⁠5671571745
Sep 15atUCLAL 6–⁠37559015–
Sep 29vs.RiceW 35–⁠14599139–
Oct 6vs.North TexasW 44–⁠21432013–
Oct 13vs.UABW 39–⁠17219016–
Oct 18atSMUL 42–⁠72796142–
Oct 27vs.UTEPW 45–⁠35232029–
Nov 3atEast CarolinaL 28–⁠48221016–
Nov 10vs.TulsaL 7–⁠41115015–
2011 Houston 6 games, 12 catches, 171 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 10atNorth TexasW 48–⁠23334017–
Sep 24vs.Georgia StateW 56–⁠0239020–
Oct 8vs.East CarolinaW 56–⁠3217012–
Oct 22vs.MarshallW 63–⁠28361141–
Nov 5atUABW 56–⁠131919–
Dec 3vs.Southern MissL 28–⁠49111011–

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

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