2021 Football Roster
Ameer Speed
- Position:
- DB
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 211
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Jacksonville, Fla.
- High School:
- Sandalwood
Career Highs
* 3 tackles against App State, 2017; vs. Arkansas, 2021
2021: Played in 13 of 15 games to date, starting in the first three of the season...finished with 13 total stops on the season...career-high matching three tackles in win over #8 Arkansas...had two tackles in Georgia’s win over #3 Clemson...also had a pair of stops vs. South Carolina and Georgia Tech...missed the Auburn game because of injury.
2019: Played in 13 of 14 games and had five total stops...had two solo tackles vs. Ark. State...had a tackle in KO coverage vs. Florida...co-winner of Special Teams Most Improved Player, given at team’s post-season awards gala.
2018: Saw action in two games: Austin Peay and Middle Tennessee...lone tackle came vs. MTSU.
2017: Played in 11 games and had five total stops...had one solo tackle against Tennessee..made three solo tackles against App State in collegiate debut.
High school: Sandalwood HS, coached by Adam Geis… PrepStar Magazine four-star recruit, top 350 ranked #316 nationally… 247Sports.com three-star prospect…ranked #353 nationally, #41 at his position, #44 in the state of Florida…ESPN.com four-star recruit, 80 scout grade, #20 in his position, #138 in the Southeast region, #49 in the state of Florida…Rivals.com three-star recruit, #36 in his position, ranked #71 in the state of Florida…Scout.com four-star prospect, #240 scout rank, #24 at his position, #6 in the Southeast, #4 in the state of Florida… Florida Times-Union’s 2015 All-First Coast third team defense as a DB.
Full name: AMEER LASHON SPEED...received his undergraduate degree in Sociology during Fall 2021 commencement exercises...recipient of the Alisa & Robert O. Tate Athletic Scholarship.
