Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2008-2009Iowa
Amari Spievey
DB • 6'0" • Middletown, CT, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Amari Spievey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
66
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Iowa
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Iowa
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Player Story
Amari Spievey built his college career from 2008 through 2009 as a defensive back from Middletown, CT wearing No. 19, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Amari Spievey's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Iowa
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2006
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2010
- Selection
- Round 3 · Pick 2
- Overall
- No. 66
- NFL Team
- Detroit Lions
Amari Spievey, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Iowa. Amari Spievey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Amari Spievey quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa · DB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2008 Regular Season · Iowa
- Top game
- Wisconsin
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Xavier · Iowa
- High school pipeline
- Xavier · 5 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2010 · Round 3 · Pick 2 · Detroit Lions
- Latest roster
- No. 19 · Class 2009
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | Iowa | 4 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 73.3 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Iowa | 5 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 21.6 |
Related Context
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Amari Spievey played DB for Iowa. Across 2 tracked seasons, Amari Spievey recorded 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with Iowa.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season
Iowa paired 4 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2008 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2009 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2008 Regular Season · Iowa
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Minnesota
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Game by game trend chart. Iowa State: 1. Pittsburgh: 1. Illinois: 1. Minnesota: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Wins1 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Minnesota
Best efficiency game
20 vs Minnesota
Player Story
Amari Spievey story
Amari Spievey built his college career from 2008 through 2009 as a defensive back from Middletown, CT wearing No. 19, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Amari Spievey's career was his defensive production: 6 interceptions across 9 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2008 with Iowa. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Amari Spievey's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 80 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 9 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Iowa.
The arc is straightforward: Amari Spievey moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Iowa
2008-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | Iowa | 4 | 20 | — | — |
| 2009 Regular Season | Iowa | 2 | 8 | — | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Wisconsin
Week 7 · W 20-10 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#2
@ Minnesota
Week 13 · W 55-0 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
@ Illinois
Week 10 · L 24-27 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
@ Pittsburgh
Week 4 · L 20-21
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#5
vs Iowa State
Week 3 · W 17-5
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2008 Regular Season · Iowa
4 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2009 Regular Season · Iowa
21.6
2 primary · 8 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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