Senior defensive back on Ole Miss's 2021 roster.
6′0″ · 205 lb · Kansas City, MO
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 3176 nationally · Signed with Navy
Statement game7 tackles · 3 TFL · 3 sacksvs South Florida (FBS) · W 35-3
Top 1% sacks game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Ole Miss's roster.
Jake Springer
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across four seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Ken Niumatalolo and Lane Kiffin. The receipt on tape: 11 tackles, 1 TFL against Tennessee, Week 7, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Ole Miss, 163 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Matt Luke → Lane Kiffin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (86th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (84th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 9.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 6.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pete Golding
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Two-star recruit. Now #144 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2021
W 29–19
vs Texas A&M
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 43-24vs Louisville | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-26@ Tennessee | 11 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 31-17vs LSU | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-31@ Auburn | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 27-14vs Liberty | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 29-19vs Texas A&M | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-17vs Vanderbilt | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-21@ Mississippi State | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 54 | 27 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 3 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
54 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Anthony Johnson Jr.’s 2021 season.
Matches Anthony on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kekoura Tarnue's junior season at Jacksonville State (2023).
Matches Kekoura on
Player DNA