2021 Football Roster
Roster
Gleson Sprewell
- Position:
- S
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Surprise, Ariz.
- High School:
- Centennial HS
- Prev School:
- Mesa CC
• 2019 Athlon Sports Preseason American Athletic Conference Second Team
2021: Appeared in 13 games as a defensive back ... recorded a season-high three tackles against Grambling State (Sept. 18) ... grabbed his first interception of the season against South Florida (Nov. 6) ... the following week he grabbed another interception with a return of 44 yards (Nov. 13).
2020: Appeared in four of the final five games of the season … registered eight tackles including six solo stops … posted a season-high six tackles in Houston’s 56-21 win against USF (Nov. 14) … logged at least one tackle in three consecutive games from Oct. 31-Nov. 14.
2019: Appeared in four games, before taking a redshirt due to injury ... Also made two starts at safety ... recorded 23 tackles and one interception ... finished with four tackles at No. 4/4 Oklahoma (Sept. 1)... recorded five tackles in win vs. Prairie View A&M (Sept. 7)... led team with nine tackles and one interception vs. Washington State in the AdvoCare Texas Kickoff (Sept. 13)... had five tackles at Tulane (Sept. 19).
2018: Took over starting safety role in week four after Garrett Davis’ season-ending injury ... finished the year fifth in The American with three interceptions ... had two defensive touchdowns on the year, one interception return and one fumble return ... finished season third on Houston team with 81 tackles ... made Houston debut with two tackles in win at Rice ... had six tackles in win against Arizona ... had eight tackles at Texas Tech ... had six tackles and one pass breakup in win against Texas Southern ... had three tackles and three pass breakups in win against Tulsa ... had four tackles in win at ECU ... had three tackles in win at Navy ... had eight tackles and two pass breakups in win over No. 21/20 USF ... had nine tackles and a 24-yard fumble return for a touchdown at SMU ... had eight tackles, including 1.5 for loss, against Temple ... had seven tackles and one interception in win over Tulane ... had nine tackles and two interceptions, including a 63-yard pick six, at Memphis ... had eight tackles vs. Army in the Armed Forces Bowl.
At Mesa CC: Had 75 tackles in lone season at Mesa CC while breaking up six passes, picking off two passes and recovering two fumbles … also had two defensive touchdowns, one off an interception return and one off a fumble return ... coached by Ryan Felker at Mesa CC.
CAREER HIGHS
Tackles: 9, 3x, last vs. Washington State (9/13/19)
Tackles for Loss: 1.5, 12, Temple (11/10/18)
PBU: 3, Tulsa (10/4/18)
Interceptions: 2, at Memphis (11/23/18)
Fumbles Recovered: 1, at SMU (11/3/18)
Defensive Touchdowns: 1, 2x, last at Memphis (11/23/18)
