Rishard Dames: DB · Florida International · #4.
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Rishard Dames
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Arrived as a two-star recruit; four seasons of production at Florida International since. The first career honor came in 2020: All-Conference USA. On tape: 5 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Florida Atlantic, Week 5, 2021.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
35 tackles. 7 passes defended. 1 interception. 3.5 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Florida International | 35 | 25 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 7 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Florida International | 26 | 20 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | Florida International | 59 | 44 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 4 | -- |
| 2018 | Florida International | 19 | 12 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 139 | 101 | 13.5 | 2.0 | 16 | 8 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-10vs Long Island University | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-23vs Texas State | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 21-54@ Texas Tech | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-31@ Central Michigan | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-58@ Florida Atlantic | 5 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 33-45vs Charlotte | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 19-34vs Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-38@ Marshall | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-47vs Old Dominion | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-50@ Middle Tennessee | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-49vs North Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-37@ Southern Miss | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 35 | 25 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 7 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
20%7 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
35tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%4 TFL35 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 1 sack · 7 pass breakups · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Butch Davis — 16-27 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road6g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Davis
Pass share
51.0%
378 pass / 363 run
Plays / game
61.8
12 games
Team sack rate
9.0%
366 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #220 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Florida International, 139 tackles — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Butch Davis.
