Player Dossier

2018-2022

Georgia Southern

Dillon Springer

DL • 6'1" • 255 lbs • Midland, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dillon Springer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

74%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Georgia Southern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Liberty

Player Story

Dillon Springer built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Midland, TX wearing No. 42, spending time with Georgia Southern. The clearest part of Dillon Springer's career was his...

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Dillon Springer, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Georgia Southern. Dillon Springer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
94
TFL
13.5
Sacks
7.5
QB hurries
14
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Dillon Springer quick answers

Latest team and position
Georgia Southern · DL
Career Tackles
94
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 45 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Georgia Southern
Top game
Liberty
Latest roster
No. 42 · Graduate
2022 Tackles rank
29 tackles · DL 173rd (top 18%) · Sun Belt 153rd (top 24%) · National 1,367th (top 24%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern22-0--036.8
2019 PostseasonGeorgia Southern1141.51--048.6
2019 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern1117333-048.6
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern813104-030.6
2021 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern12297.53.55-059.8
2022 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern12290.5021020.9

Related Context

Dillon Springer played DL for Georgia Southern. Across 5 tracked seasons, Dillon Springer recorded 94 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Georgia Southern.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Georgia Southern paired 16 primary output with 23.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 18.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Liberty

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Postseason · Georgia Southern

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1.0

Efficiency

18.4

Usage

6.3

Consistency

51.2

Best Game by takeover score

Liberty

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Liberty: 2.5. LSU: 0. Maine: 2. Minnesota: 0. Coastal Carolina: 2. New Mexico State: 2. App State: 1. Troy: 0. UL Monroe: 2. Arkansas State: 0. Georgia State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Liberty: 4 by 41.7. LSU: 2 by 8.3. Maine: 1 by 24.2. Minnesota: 2 by 8.3. Coastal Carolina: 5 by 40.8. New Mexico State: 2 by 28.3. App State: 0 by 10. Troy: 1 by 4.2. UL Monroe: 1 by 24.2. Arkansas State: 1 by 4.2. Georgia State: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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Wins1.5 · Games = 6 · +1 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 5 · -1 vs Wins

Game Log

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11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Liberty

Best efficiency game

41.7 vs Liberty

Result
Sat 12/21vs LibertySplash gameL 16-23411.5010
Sat 11/30vs Georgia StateW 38-1022000
Sat 11/23@ Arkansas StateL 33-3811000
Sat 11/16vs UL MonroeSplash gameW 51-2910000
Sat 11/9@ TroyL 28-4911000
Fri 11/1@ App StateW 24-2100000
Sat 10/26vs New Mexico StateSplash gameW 41-721110
Sat 10/19vs Coastal CarolinaSplash gameW 30-2752110
Sat 9/14@ MinnesotaL 32-3521000
Sat 9/7vs MaineSplash gameW 26-1811110
Sat 8/31@ LSUL 3-5521000

Player Story

Dillon Springer story

Dillon Springer built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Midland, TX wearing No. 42, spending time with Georgia Southern. The clearest part of Dillon Springer's career was his defensive production: 94 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 45 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Georgia Southern. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Dillon Springer's production has multiple signals. With 45 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Georgia Southern.

The arc is straightforward: Dillon Springer moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Georgia Southern

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201820192019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern04.20.8
2019 PostseasonGeorgia Southern11.518.46.311.5
2019 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern11.518.46.30
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern5133.7-6.5
2021 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern1623.4811
2022 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern4.513.83.3-11.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Liberty

Week 1 · L 16-23 · Postseason

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

80.6 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Arkansas State

Week 5 · W 59-33 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

75.3 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.

#3

@ App State

Week 13 · L 3-27 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

75 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.

#4

vs Coastal Carolina

Week 8 · W 30-27 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

73.6 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.

#5

vs Maine

Week 2 · W 26-18

2

Havoc Plays

68.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

16 primary output · 23.4 efficiency · 8 usage

59.8

#2

2019 Postseason · Georgia Southern

48.6

11.5 primary · 18.4 efficiency · 6.3 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

48.6

11.5 primary · 18.4 efficiency · 6.3 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

11

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games