This has nothing to do with anything, and it certainly isn’t very important, but it’s something we noticed while poring over the 49ers’ roster that interested us. San Francisco has multiple players with the first name Spencer. Surely that leads the league, right?
It turns out, it does!
The 49ers’ duo of second-year offensive lineman Spencer Burford and undrafted rookie defensive lineman Spencer Waege are the only pair of Spencers on an NFL roster. Linebacker Oren Burks’ middle name is also Spencer, but that won’t count for our purposes here.
There are three other Spencers in the league. Two of them share a last name. The Bills have third-year offensive tackle Spencer Brown, a third-round pick in the 2021 draft. The Panthers have a third-year undrafted running back with the same name. Pittsburgh got into the Spencer fracas this year when they selected offensive lineman Spencer Anderson in the seventh round of the draft.
One other team has two players with the last name Spencer. That’s the New York Jets, which roster second-year DL Marquiss Spencer and fifth-year wide receiver Diontae Spencer.
This concludes our complete analysis of the Spencers on NFL rosters as teams get set to begin training camp. Thank you.
