Last confirmed: Eastern Michigan, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′0″ · 233 lb · Saint John, IN · Lake Central
Ike Spearman: LB · Eastern Michigan · #9.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Ike Spearman
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. 2 stars out of high school, two seasons of real snaps at Eastern Michigan since. A game that shows it: 9 tackles against Army — Week 7, 2017.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
49 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 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 him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Eastern Michigan | 49 | 27 | 4.5 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | Eastern Michigan | 39 | 18 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Career | 88 | 45 | 6.5 | 3.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-7vs Charlotte | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 16-13@ Rutgers | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-27vs Ohio | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-24@ Kentucky | 8 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 15-20@ Toledo | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 27-28@ Army | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 17-20vs Western Michigan | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 27-30@ Northern Illinois | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 56-14vs Ball State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 30-42@ Central Michigan | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 27-24@ Miami (OH) | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 34-31vs Bowling Green | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 27 | 4.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
49tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%4 TFLSack rate
2%1 sackPD rate
0%0 pass breakups49 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 1 sack.
2 seasons under Chris Creighton — 12-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road7g | 5.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
51.2%
431 pass / 410 run
Plays / game
70.1
12 games
Team sack rate
3.6%
467 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Eastern Michigan, 88 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2012–2017
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Ron English, Stan Parrish, and Chris Creighton. Multi-era developmental context.
