Omar Speights, All-Pac 12 Oregon State transfer LB, reportedly signs with SEC team

Omar Speights appears to be headed to the SEC to continue his career.

The All-Pac 12 linebacker from Oregon State has signed with LSU, according to multiple reports.

First-team All-Pac 12 linebacker Omar Speights has signed with #LSU, a source confirmed to @TheAthletic.

LSU gets its clear star at inside linebacker and fills its biggest roster hole. @JacquesDoucet had it first.

— Brody Miller (@BrodyAMiller) January 19, 2023

Speights has played in 45 games over 4 seasons with the Beavers. The NCAA’s COVID-19 waiver for the 2020 season allows him to be a fifth-year “super senior” in 2023. Speights has been consistently productive throughout his college football career.

In 2019, as a freshman, Speights played in 12 games, recording 73 tackles (7.5 for loss and 3.5 sacks), along with 3 passes defended (1 interception). He followed that up with 63 total tackles (4.5 TFLs) in 7 appearances over the abbreviated 2020 season.

Speights posted his career-high in total tackles (89) in 2021 when he had 5 TFLs (0.5 sacks) to go with 2 interceptions. This past season, Speights played in all 13 games for OSU, recording 83 tackles (8 TFLs).