If you were thinking about buying a Tyjae Spears jersey anytime soon, you may want to hold off on that after the Tennessee Titans running back stated he wants to change his number.
Spears wore No. 22 in college before rocking No. 32 in the pros and says that is ideally the number he’d like to use. And, it may become available this year with fellow running back Derrick Henry possibly leaving Nashville.
However, even if Henry leaves, Spears said he doesn’t plan on taking that number out of respect for one of the greatest players in franchise history.
“Man, (No. 22 is) my favorite number. I want to so bad, I can’t do it, though,” he told Sam Phalen of AtoZ Sports Nashville. “Just out of respect for Derrick (Henry). I know all the things that he did. He made that number what it is in Tennessee. I’ll have to wait a few years before I get in it.”
So, if he does change his number, what might he go with?
Spears didn’t say a specifically, but he did reveal he’s thinking about going to a single-digit number, which he joked will help him run faster.
“I might change it though, I’m a big fan of 22, I’m going to go to a single-digit,” Spears said. “I don’t what it is. I might change it. Like you said, I’m not going to make predictions for the future, but in my best interest, I want to change it.”
“I need a fast number man, yeah. Then I’m gonna run faster when I get a fast number.”
One possible route Spears can go that will achieve his desire to wear a single digit but still pay homage to his college number is to don the No. 2, but that will only be possible if the Titans don’t re-sign linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair, who wore the number during his first season in Nashville.
