• At Navy: Enters the spring as the starter at striker after a standout junior campaign ... moved to striker from safety and really took to the position ... has the length and athleticism Navy is looking for at that position ... one of Navy’s better athletes ... has earned two varsity letters.
• 2019: A starter in 10 of the 13 games ... garnered 2019 Second-Team All-ACC honors ... closed out the year as the Mids’ third-leading tackler with 69, including a team-high 16 tackles for loss and a team-best 8 sacks ... the 8 sacks are the third most (tied) in school history ... came into the season with NO sacks ... his 16 tackles for a loss are the fifth most (tied) all-time at Navy in a single season ... he recorded at least one tackle for a loss in 11 of the 13 games ... also led the team with his 3 forced fumbles, 7 QB hurries and broke up a pair of passes ... member of a defensive unit that made huge strides from 2018 to 2019 in numerous statistical categories - rushing defense (90th to 10th), passing defense (75th to 39th), total defense (86th to 16th), scoring defense (103rd to 34th), third down defense (121st to 20th), pass efficiency defense (117th to 68th), sacks 129th to 55th), tackles for a loss (129th to 53rd) ... the defense jumped from 37 tackles for a loss in 2018 to 80 and 10 sacks to 30 ... the 80 tackles for a loss are the fifth most in program history, while the 30 sacks are the third most ... posted 4 tackles in the Mids’ win over Kansas State in the Liberty Bowl ... turned in 7 tackles, including 2.5 tackles for loss and a sack in the Mids’ win over Army ... Navy’s defense held Army scoreless for the final 45:27 of the game ... after allowing the Black Knights 73 yards of total offense in the opening quarter, Army mustered just 75 yards over the final three quarters ... the defense held the nation’s No. 2-ranked rushing offense (311.7 yd/gm) to a season-low 123 yards on the ground ... posted 4 tackles, including a tackle for loss at Houston ... chipped in 3 tackles, including a half a tackle for loss against SMU ... along with Diego Fagot, paced the team with a career-high tying 10 tackles at Notre Dame and added a tackle for loss ... posted 5 tackles, including a sack and 1.5 tackles for a loss at UConn ... also forced a fumble that led to a recovery by teammate Tyler Pistorio ... turned in a season-high tying 7 tackles, including 5 solo stops against Tulane ... also recorded a sack ... garnered AAC Defensive Player of the Week after turning in a season-best 7 tackles and recorded a career-best 3 sacks against USF ... it’s the most sacks by a Navy player in a single game since Will Anthony had 3 against Tulsa on Nov. 21, 2015 ... he’s the sixth Navy player since 2000 to record 3 sacks in a game ... part of a defensive squad that held USF to just 3 points, the fewest points by an FBS opponent since Navy defeated Army, 17-3, in 2009 ... USF was also held without a touchdown, marking the first time the Mids, as a team, did not give up a touchdown since Dec. 30, 2013, when they beat Middle Tennessee in the Armed Forces Bowl, 25-6 ... Navy’s defense held Virginia without an offensive TD (scored a TD on the opening kickoff) in the 2017 Military Bowl ... recorded 6 tackles, including a tackle for loss at Tulsa ... produced a season-best 6 tackles, including a critical sack on third-and-long in the win over Air Force ... recorded 3 solo tackles at Memphis, all for a loss in total of 20 yards ... recorded his first collegiate sack for a loss of 20 yards ... stripped QB Brady White on the sack for his first career forced fumble ... member of a defensive unit that held each of its first two opponents to 10 or fewer points (7 by Holy Cross, 10 by East Carolina) - the first time Navy has held back-to-back opponents in the same season to 10 or fewer points since 2003 (Army 7, Middle Tennessee 6) ... both Holy Cross (64) and East Carolina (84) were held to under 100 yards rushing - the first time Navy has held back-to-back opponents in the same season to under 100 yards rushing was in 2008 (SMU (13), Temple (69) ... East Carolina’s 222 yards (84R, 138P) were the fewest allowed by Navy against an AAC opponent ... posted 3 tackles, including a half a tackle for loss against East Carolina ... made his first career start at striker where he produced 4 tackles and broke up a pass.
• 2018: A contributor on both defense and special teams, he saw action in 12 games and started four of those ... closed out the year with 36 tackles, two pass breakups and two interceptions ... returned 12 punts for 98 yards (8.2 yds/return) and reutrned five kickoffs for 78 yards (15.6 yds/return) ... chipped in a pair of tackles at Tulane and returned two punts for 21 yards, including a career-long 21-yarder ... recorded two tackles against Tulsa and returned a pair of punts for two yards and a kickoff for one yard ... turned in a career-high 10 tackles at UCF ... missed the Cincinnati game due to injury ... recorded three solo tackles against Notre Dame and picked off an Ian Book pass and returned it 24 yards ... posted five tackles against Houston ... also returned a career-high three kickoffs for a career-best 58 yards, including a career-long 23-yarder ... his 17-yard punt return on Houston’s opening possession was a career long ... had a solid performance against Temple where he made three tackles and had the first two pass breakups of his career ... returned a punt for three yards and also made his first kick return for a 19-yard gain ... recorded five tackles at Air Force ... pitched in a pair of tackles at SMU ... started the Lehigh game in place of an injured Sean Williams and posted a pair of tackles and intercepted his first career pass ... returned a pair of punts for 18 yards, including his long of 10 ... recorded a pair of tackles against Memphis in the AAC opener and returned a punt for eight yards ... made his debut as the Mids’ punt returner at Hawai’i, returning one punt eight yards.
• 2017: After battling injuries early in the season, saw action in five of the last six games on special teams ... made his collegiate debut against UCF ... turned in his only tackle against Houston.
• High School / Personal: A 2017 graduate of Park Hill South High School, Springer was a two-sport standout who earned letters in football (4) and track & field (3) ... a four-year football letterwinner who was a four-time all-conference selection and a three-year all-district performer ... earned All-State (Mo.) honors as a senior ... led the team to conference and district titles with an 11-2 record his senior year ... son of Montie and Michelle Springer ... majoring in English.
