Amari Spievey
Safety | |||
Personal information | |||
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Born: | Middletown, Connecticut, U.S. | April 15, 1988||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||
Career information | |||
High school: | Xavier (Middletown, Connecticut) | ||
College: | Iowa | ||
NFL draft: | 2010 / Round: 3 / Pick: 66 | ||
Career history | |||
Career highlights and awards | |||
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Career NFL statistics | |||
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Player stats at NFL.com |
Amari Spievey (born April 15, 1988) is a former
High school career
Spievey attended
On defense, Spievey made 87 career tackles and 16 interceptions, including two returned for touchdowns. He was a two-time coaches all-state selection and was named the Connecticut Player of the Year as a senior in 2005, the year the team won the Class LL state championship.
Regarded as a two-star recruit by Rivals.com, Spievey was listed as the #15 prospect from New England.[2]
College career
Iowa Central Community College
Spievey
Iowa
In his redshirt sophomore season at Iowa, Spievey started all games at right cornerback and ranked third on the team with 68 tackles, including 43 solo tackles and 25 assists. He also had four pass interceptions and six pass break-ups. The Big Ten coaches named him Second-team All-Big Ten afterwards. The following year, he was named to the First-team.
Professional career
2010 NFL Draft
By mid-season of 2009,
Although he played
Spievey opened the 2011 NFL season as a starter at safety for the Lions.[7]
NFL statistics
Year | Team | GP | COMB | TOTAL | AST | SACK | FF | FR | FR YDS | INT | IR YDS | AVG IR | LNG | TD | PD |
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2010 | DET | 15 | 51 | 37 | 14 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 26 | 0 | 3 |
2011 | DET | 15 | 70 | 62 | 8 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 16 | 30 | 0 | 4 |
2012 | DET | 5 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 35 | 142 | 117 | 25 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 82 | 16 | 30 | 0 | 7 |
Key
- GP: games played
- COMB: combined tackles
- TOTAL: total tackles
- AST: assisted tackles
- SACK: sacks
- FF: forced fumbles
- FR: fumble recoveries
- FR YDS: fumble return yards
- INT: interceptions
- IR YDS: interception return yards
- AVG IR: average interception return
- LNG: longest interception return
- TD: interceptions returned for touchdown
- PD: passes defensed
References
- ^ NFL Draft Scout
- ^ "Postseason New England top 20 2006", Rivals.com, January 21, 2006
- ^ Pauline, Tony (November 23, 2009), "Notre Dame's Golden Tate in 2010 NFL Draft risers and sliders", Sports Illustrated
- ^ Rittenberg, Adam (January 11, 2010). "Iowa's Spievey declares for draft". ESPN. Archived from the original on 15 January 2010. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
- ^ "2010 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
- ^ "Lions move rookie Amari Spievey to safety". 26 August 2010.
- ^ "Amari Spievey is starting safety as Detroit Lions open camp". 29 July 2011.
- ^ "Amari Spievey Stats". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 8 June 2015.