5′9″ · 182 lb · Miami, FL · Northwestern
Shemarke Spence: S · Florida International · #26.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Shemarke Spence
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Shemarke Spence has been at Florida International through two head coaches in three seasons. A game that shows it: 7 tackles against Marshall — Week 9, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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 | Florida International | 29 | 17 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Florida International | 50 | 33 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2014 | Florida International | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 79 | 50 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-61@ UCF | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 13-7@ Rice | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 30-29vs Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-37@ Middle Tennessee | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 23-10vs Tulane | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-30@ Marshall | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 14-7vs UTSA | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 11 | L 30-37vs Old Dominion | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 41-17vs Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 63-45vs Massachusetts | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 3-28vs Temple | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 17 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsTackle volume
29tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%1 TFL29 tackles · 1 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Davis
Pass share
44.9%
396 pass / 486 run
Plays / game
67.8
13 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
435 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Florida International, 79 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Ron Turner → Butch Davis. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
