Tariq Speights: LB · Eastern Michigan · #10.
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Tariq Speights
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Rated a two-star prospect, with four seasons of snaps at Eastern Michigan since. A game that shows it: 7 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Buffalo — Week 4, 2022.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
21 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Eastern Michigan | 21 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2021 | Eastern Michigan | 89 | 17 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 2020 | Eastern Michigan | 52 | 25 | 2.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Eastern Michigan | 13 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 175 | 52 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-34vs Eastern Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-49@ Louisiana | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-21@ Arizona State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-50vs Buffalo | 7 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 20-13vs Massachusetts | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-39vs Northern Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-16@ Ball State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-19vs Central Michigan | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
21tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
5%1 pass breakups21 tackles · 0.5 for loss.
4 seasons under Chris Creighton — 24-21 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
44.5%
392 pass / 489 run
Plays / game
67.8
13 games
Team sack rate
7.0%
426 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #516 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Eastern Michigan, 175 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 32 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Chris Creighton.
