Dillon Springer: DL · Georgia Southern · #42.
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Dillon Springer
Wins the gap play after play. Played for three head coaches in five seasons at Georgia Southern. On tape: 5 tackles and 1 INT against James Madison, Week 7, 2022.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 0.5 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Georgia Southern | 29 | 15 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | Georgia Southern | 29 | 14 | 7.5 | 3.5 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Georgia Southern | 13 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Georgia Southern | 21 | 11 | 4.5 | 4.0 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Georgia Southern | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 94 | 44 | 13.5 | 7.5 | 1 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-7vs Morgan State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-42@ Nebraska | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-35@ UAB | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-23vs Ball State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 30-34@ Coastal Carolina | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 33-41@ Georgia State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-38vs No. 25 James Madison | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 28-23@ Old Dominion | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-38vs South Alabama | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-36@ Louisiana | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-23vs Marshall | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 51-48vs App State | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 15 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Week 7 · 2022
W 45-38
1 interception · 5 tackles · 1 solo tackle
Edged out James Madison at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
2%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
7%2 hurries29 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Pass share
62.4%
610 pass / 367 run
Plays / game
75.2
13 games
Team sack rate
1.1%
614 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at Georgia Southern, 8 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Chad Lunsford, Kevin Whitley, and Clay Helton. Multi-era developmental context.
