Player Dossier

2019-2023

Michigan State

Semar Melvin

DB • 6'0" • 175 lbs • Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Semar Melvin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

24

Developing production for a defensive back

lowelite

Reliability

20

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

31

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Wisconsin

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Wisconsin • Michigan State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.875

Maury · Norfolk, VA

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Semar Melvin, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Wisconsin. Semar Melvin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
14
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Semar Melvin quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan State · DB
Career Tackles
14
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 13 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Wisconsin
Top game
Minnesota
Recruit profile
3-star · Maury
High school pipeline
Maury · 17 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 6 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonWisconsin44-0-1017.9
2020 Regular SeasonWisconsin11-0--037.8
2021 Regular SeasonWisconsin44-0--038.2
2022 Regular SeasonWisconsin45-0-2042.3
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan State00-0--0-

Related Context

Semar Melvin played DB for Wisconsin and Michigan State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Semar Melvin recorded -6 rushing yards and 14 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Wisconsin.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Wisconsin paired 2 primary output with 10.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 10.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Wisconsin, Michigan State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2022 Regular Season · Wisconsin

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

10.2

Usage

1.1

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Minnesota

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Illinois State: 1. Washington State: 0. Northwestern: 0. Minnesota: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Illinois State: 0 by 10. Washington State: 2 by 8.3. Northwestern: 1 by 4.2. Minnesota: 2 by 18.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · 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

18.3 vs Minnesota

Result
Sat 11/26vs MinnesotaL 16-2322001
Sat 10/8@ NorthwesternW 42-711000
Sat 9/10vs Washington StateL 14-1721000
Sat 9/3vs Illinois StateW 38-000001

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Wisconsin

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Michigan State

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonWisconsin16.70.8
2020 Regular SeasonWisconsin04.21.1-1
2021 Regular SeasonWisconsin04.21.30
2022 Regular SeasonWisconsin210.21.12
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan State0-2

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Minnesota

Week 13 · L 16-23 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

43.6 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.6 takeover score.

#2

@ Minnesota

Week 14 · W 38-17 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

40.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Illinois State

Week 1 · W 38-0

1

Havoc Plays

36.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

#4

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 2 · W 34-7

0

Havoc Plays

10.8 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.8 takeover score.

#5

vs Washington State

Week 2 · L 14-17

0

Havoc Plays

7.8 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Wisconsin

2 primary output · 10.2 efficiency · 1.1 usage

42.3

#2

2021 Regular Season · Wisconsin

38.2

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 1.3 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Wisconsin

37.8

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 1.1 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games