The Bengals keep adding linebackers with Idaho State linebacker Marcel Spears Jr. being the latest addition as an undrafted free agent.
Clearly, the Bengals are purging their entire linebacker unit from last season, and they have a new type. Spears is a rangy athletic linebacker that a few analysts even view as a hybrid safety.
He started three seasons at linebacker for Idaho state. He only reached 100 tackles his first year as a starter, but he also totaled four interception, six passes defended, a forced fumble and fumble recovery over his career.