![]() ![]() Weight: 190 (1996), 185 (1995), 181 (1994), 180 (1993)ġ996: Named to a first-team berth on the Walter Camp, Football Coaches, Sporting News and Football News All-America teams … selected by the conference head coaches as the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year … finished the season with 39 tackles and a team-high 15 passes broken up … played brilliantly all year long and was particularly outstanding in the Rose Bowl, limiting Arizona State standout Keith Poole to one catch for 10 yards … had five tackles and four passes broken up against ASU … most teams simply chose not to test him … also returned 17 punts for 190 yards, and ran back kicks … charged week-in and week-out with shutting down the other team’s best receiver, and always responded to the challenge … left OSU after his junior year and was the third player taken in the NFL draft.ġ996 Media Guide: One of the most talented all-around defensive backs in college football and a leading candidate for postseason honors in 1996, including the Thorpe Award as the top DB in the nation … won first-team all-Big Ten honors last year and has been named to several preseason All-America teams heading into the current season … will be in his third year as a starter … played the boundary in 1994, but was moved to the open side last year to take better advantage of his coverage ability … responded by leading the team in interceptions with five, including a spectacular one-handed theft at Michigan … also had a key interception and a season-high eight tackles in the win over Notre Dame … finished the season with 52 tackles … also returns punts and kickoffs … scored two touchdowns last year the first on a 97-vard kickoff return against Boston College. After his playing days, Springs became CEO of Windpact, a company born out of the vision of making football safer, but now also tackles non-football impact and energy dissipation challenges. ![]() ![]() He started for 13 seasons in the NFL, making one Pro Bowl and collecting 33 interceptions. Post-OSU Update: Shawn Springs was selected third overall in the 1997 NFL Draft. ![]()
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