Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2022Eastern Michigan
Tariq Speights
LB • 5'10" • 232 lbs • Valencia, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Tariq Speights shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
35
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
32
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Eastern Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas State
Player Story
Tariq Speights built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Valencia, CA wearing No. 10, spending time with Eastern Michigan. The clearest part of Tariq Speights' career was his defensive...
Read the storyTariq Speights, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan. Tariq Speights shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 175
- TFL
- 4.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Tariq Speights quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Eastern Michigan · LB
- Career Tackles
- 175
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
- Top game
- Texas State
- Latest roster
- No. 10 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 21 tackles · LB 535th (top 44%) · Mid-American 170th (top 32%) · National 1,845th (top 32%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2019 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 13 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 52 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 63.3 |
| 2021 Postseason | Eastern Michigan | 13 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 46.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 13 | 84 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 46.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 21 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29.9 |
Related Context
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Tariq Speights played LB for Eastern Michigan. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tariq Speights recorded 175 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Eastern Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Eastern Michigan paired 3.5 primary output with 41.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 32.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas State
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Postseason · Eastern Michigan
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
32.4
Usage
5.4
Consistency
7.7
Best Game by takeover score
Texas State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Liberty: 0. St. Francis (PA): 1. Wisconsin: 0. Massachusetts: 1. Texas State: 3.5. Northern Illinois: 0. Miami (OH): 0. Ball State: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Toledo: 0. Ohio: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Central Michigan: 0
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Liberty: 5 by 20.8. St. Francis (PA): 5 by 30.8. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2. Massachusetts: 5 by 30.8. Texas State: 7 by 64.2. Northern Illinois: 12 by 50. Miami (OH): 2 by 8.3. Ball State: 13 by 50. Bowling Green: 4 by 16.7. Toledo: 9 by 37.5. Ohio: 7 by 29.2. Western Michigan: 8 by 33.3. Central Michigan: 11 by 45.8
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 7 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 6 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
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13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Texas State
Best efficiency game
64.2 vs Texas State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/18 | @ Liberty | L 20-56 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/26 | @ Central Michigan10+ tackles | L 10-31 | 11 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 11/17 | vs Western Michigan | W 22-21 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 11/10 | vs Ohio | L 26-34 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Tue 11/2 | @ Toledo | W 52-49 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/23 | @ Bowling Green | W 55-24 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/16 | vs Ball State10+ tackles | L 31-38 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/9 | vs Miami (OH) | W 13-12 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | @ Northern Illinois10+ tackles | L 20-27 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Texas StateSplash game | W 59-21 | 7 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | @ Massachusetts | W 42-28 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | @ Wisconsin | L 7-34 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/3 | vs St. Francis (PA) | W 35-15 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Tariq Speights story
Tariq Speights built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Valencia, CA wearing No. 10, spending time with Eastern Michigan. The clearest part of Tariq Speights' career was his defensive production: 175 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 3 passes defended across 33 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Eastern Michigan. 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 Tariq Speights' production has multiple signals. With 33 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Eastern Michigan.
The arc is straightforward: Tariq Speights 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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Eastern Michigan
2018-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 0 | 9 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 3.5 | 41.9 | 10.1 | 3.5 |
| 2021 Postseason | Eastern Michigan | 5.5 | 32.4 | 5.4 | 2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 5.5 | 32.4 | 5.4 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 3.5 | 15.3 | 3.4 | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Texas State
Week 4 · W 59-21
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
88.1 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Central Michigan
Week 13 · L 23-31 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
86.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 86.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Northern Illinois
Week 15 · W 41-33 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
85.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 85.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Buffalo
Week 4 · L 31-50 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
81.4 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.4 takeover score.
#5
@ Kent State
Week 10 · L 23-27 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
79.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 79.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
3.5 primary output · 41.9 efficiency · 10.1 usage
63.3
#2
2021 Postseason · Eastern Michigan
46.3
5.5 primary · 32.4 efficiency · 5.4 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
46.3
5.5 primary · 32.4 efficiency · 5.4 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
1
Splash games
6
10+ tackle games
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