Senior defensive back on Michigan State's 2023 roster.
6′0″ · 175 lb · Pembroke Pines, FL
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 724 nationally · Signed with St. Thomas Aquinas
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Michigan State's roster.
Semar Melvin
Semar Melvin has played for two head coaches in four seasons at Michigan State. One game to point at: 2 tackles against Minnesota — Week 13, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Wisconsin, 14 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mark Dantonio → Mel Tucker. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-0vs Illinois State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-17vs Washington State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 42-7@ Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 16-23vs Minnesota | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |