_(cropped).jpg) Speight with Michigan in 2016 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born: | December 6, 1994 Henrico County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Weight: | 235 lb (107 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Collegiate School (Richmond, Virginia) |
| College: | Michigan (2014–2017) UCLA (2018) |
| Position: | Quarterback |
| Undrafted: | 2019 |
| Career history | |
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Robert Wilton Speight III (/speɪt/ SPAYT; born December 6, 1994) is a former American football quarterback. He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines and UCLA. In high school, he was a 2014 Under Armour All-America Game selection and subsequently committed to play in college for Michigan. Speight redshirted in 2014 and was the backup quarterback in 2015. As a redshirt sophomore in 2016, he started 12 games and earned third-team All-Big Ten honors. In 2017, Speight started four games before suffering a season-ending injury. In April 2018, Speight transferred to UCLA for his final season of eligibility.
He later signed as an undrafted free agent with the San Francisco 49ers in 2019, but did not make the team during final roster cuts, ending his NFL career.