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Defensive back, Iowa, 2006–09
Amari Spievey
- Number
- No. 19
- Height
- 6′0″
- Hometown
- Middletown, CT
- Born
- Apr 15, 1988, in Middletown, Connecticut
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Amari Spievey played defensive back at Iowa (2006–09). The Detroit Lions took Spievey in round 3, No. 66 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Defense
Returns
| Season | Team | KR | Yds | TD | PR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Iowa | 4 | 73 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Int | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 13 | 44 | 24 | 68 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 11 | 42 | 14 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| On file | 86 | 38 | 124 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2009 Iowa 1 game with an interception on file, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17 | at Wisconsin | W 20–10 | 2 | – | – | – |
2008 Iowa 4 games with an interception on file, 4 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13 | vs. Iowa State | W 17–5 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Sep 20 | at Pittsburgh | L 20–21 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Nov 1 | at Illinois | L 24–27 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Nov 22 | at Minnesota | W 55–0 | 1 | – | – | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2010 | Combine or pro day 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′10⅞″ | |
| Weight | 195 lb | |
| Arm length | 32″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅝″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.52 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.56 s | |
| Vertical jump | 35″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′8″ | |
| Bench press | 6 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.89 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.38 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
3 seasons, 33 games with a stat; latest team: Detroit Lions.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Detroit Lions | 13 | 49 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | Detroit Lions | 15 | 68 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | Detroit Lions | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 33 | 138 | 1 | 5 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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