Senior linebacker for Eastern Michigan. 2022: 21 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss.
5′10″ · 232 lb · Valencia, CA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
OLB recruit
No. 489 nationally · Joined Eastern Michigan
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Eastern Michigan. 2022: 21 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss.
Tariq Speights
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. 2 stars out of high school, four seasons of real snaps at Eastern Michigan since. The receipt: 7 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Buffalo — Week 4, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Eastern Michigan, 175 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Chris Creighton.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Chris Creighton — 24-21 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (11th 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 · 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
58.2%
107 pass / 77 run
Plays / game
61.3
3 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
117 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Two-star recruit. Now #516 at the position.
| 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 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022
W 42–34
1 SOLO · 1 TOT
Edged out Eastern Kentucky at home in a shootout.
With T. Powell — 271 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 39.6 · 5 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · M. Tomasek — 42 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 51 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
| 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 |
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
21 tackles. 1 passes 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.
Player DNA
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Jasper Williams’s 2022 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jasper Williams's senior season at Louisiana (2022).
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Player DNA