#22

Shamad Lomax

Senior defensive back on New Mexico State's 2019 roster.

DB · New Mexico State · Sr. · #22

6′0″ · 205 lb · Due West, SC

New Mexico State 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

CB recruit

No. 2498 nationally · Signed with New Mexico State

Statement game3 INTvs UTEP (FBS) · W 41-14

Top 0.1% interceptions game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back on New Mexico State's roster.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to New Mexico State in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at New Mexico State, 268 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201612 games

Signed with New Mexico State2-star out of Copperas Cove

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2498 national

CFB

College

New Mexico State

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Doug Martin

New Mexico State

Played his entire career under Doug Martin.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Doug Martin — 15-34 over that span.

2016New Mexico State3-9HC: Doug Martin · Balanced, fast tempo

2017New Mexico State7-6HC: Doug Martin · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2018New Mexico State3-9HC: Doug Martin · Pass-leaning

2019New Mexico State2-10HC: Doug Martin · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (99th percentile). Strength: tackles (87th percentile). Concern: sacks (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#26 / 2688 · 99th pct

Tackles#352 / 2688 · 87th pct

Solo tackles#643 / 2688 · 75th pct

Tackles for loss#1661 / 2688 · 35th pct

1.5

QB hurries#1337 / 2688 · 25th pct

Sacks#1426 / 2688 · 23rd pct

0.0

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	6.8	0.3	0.0	1.2
Road7g	4.6	0.0	0.0	0.7

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.0	0.1	0.0	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	4.8	0.1	0.0	1.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Sanchez

Pass share

52.3%

101 pass / 92 run

Plays / game

64.3

3 games

Team sack rate

3.7%

107 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	New Mexico State	66	31	1.5	0.0	11	--	--
2018	New Mexico State	65	28	0.5	0.0	10	1	--
2017	New Mexico State	71	46	2.5	1.0	7	4	--
2016	New Mexico State	66	36	4.5	1.0	1	2	--
Career		268	141	9.0	2.0	29	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2019

W 41–28

vs Incarnate Word

4 TOT · 1 SOLO · 3 PD

Edged out Incarnate Word at home in a shootout.

With J. Huntley — 174 rush yds (25 car) · 1 TD · J. Adkins — 316 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 4 rush yds (6 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week