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Shawn Springs

{{Short description|American football player (born 1975)}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2023}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}

{{BLP sources|date=June 2013}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Shawn Springs

| image = Shawn Springs Jan 2019.jpg

| caption = Springs in 2019

| number = 24, 29

| position = Cornerback

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|3|11|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 204

| high_school = Springbrook
(Silver Spring, Maryland)

| college = Ohio State (1994–1996)

| draftyear = 1997

| draftround = 1

| draftpick = 3

| pastteams = * Seattle Seahawks ({{NFL Year|1997|2003}})

| highlights = * Second-team All-Pro (2004)

| statlabel1 = Total tackles

| statvalue1 = 723

| statlabel2 = Sacks

| statvalue2 = 8.5

| statlabel3 = Forced fumbles

| statvalue3 = 6

| statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue4 = 6

| statlabel5 = Passes defended

| statvalue5 = 111

| statlabel6 = Interceptions

| statvalue6 = 33

| statlabel7 = Defensive touchdowns

| statvalue7 = 4

| pfr = SpriSh00

}}

Shawn Springs (born March 11, 1975) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons. He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes, earning All-American honors. He was selected by the Seattle Seahawks third overall in the 1997 NFL draft, and played for the Seahawks, Washington Redskins and New England Patriots, and was a Pro Bowl selection in 1998.

Early life

Springs was born in Williamsburg, Virginia, and largely raised in Silver Spring, Maryland. He is the son of NFL player, Ron Springs, who was a running back at Ohio State University and subsequently played for Tampa Bay and the Dallas Cowboys. Shawn was an all-state selection in high school football at Springbrook High School where he played running back and cornerback.{{cite news |last1=Yasharoff |first1=Joe |title=Springbrook Great, NFL Veteran, Now CEO Shawn Springs |url=https://www.mymcmedia.org/mocos-most-famous-springbrook-great-nfl-veteran-now-ceo-shawn-springs/ |work=MoCo's Most Famous |publisher=Montgomery Community Media |date=June 10, 2019}}

Professional career

{{NFL predraft

| height ft = 5

| height in = 11 7/8

| weight = 197

| bench = 17

| arm span = 31 5/8

| hand span = 9 5/8

| note = All values from NFL Combine{{Cite web |url=https://nflcombineresults.com/playerpage.php?i=23100 |title=Shawn Springs, Combine Results, CB - Ohio State |website=nflcombineresults.com |access-date=October 30, 2022}}

}}

=Seattle Seahawks=

Springs was selected third overall by the Seattle Seahawks in the 1997 NFL draft, making him the highest drafted cornerback in NFL history,{{Cite web |title=1997 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1997/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} now tied with Derek Stingley Jr.{{cite web | last=Meinke | first=Kyle | title=A brief history of cornerbacks taken with top-5 picks in the NFL draft | website=mlive | date=2020-04-22 | url=https://www.mlive.com/lions/2020/04/a-brief-history-of-cornerbacks-taken-with-top-5-picks-in-the-nfl-draft.html | access-date=2025-03-09}}Pro Football Hall of Fame, Draft History, [http://www.profootballhof.com/history/story.aspx?story_id=2033 1997 National Football League Draft] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129033919/http://www.profootballhof.com/history/story.aspx?story_id=2033 |date=November 29, 2014 }}. Retrieved February 2, 2012. He started 10 games in his rookie season, recording one interception. Springs was selected to the 1999 Pro Bowl in his second season in the NFL, after starting all sixteen games, and recorded 76 tackles, seven interceptions, and two defensive touchdowns. He started every game of his next two seasons in Seattle, recording five interceptions in the 1999 season and two in the 2000 season.

=Washington Redskins=

Springs was signed as a free agent on March 4, 2004, by the Washington Redskins. In his first season in Washington, he led the team in interceptions with five, and sacks with six, and was the first cornerback to lead his team in sacks and interceptions in NFL history. In the 2005 season, Springs played much of the season with a leg injury; he finished the year with one interception and recorded 50 tackles in 15 starts. The 2006 season saw Springs on the bench for most of the year, battling nagging injuries while the Redskins compiled a 5–11 season. He was eventually placed on injured reserve on December 26 with a fractured scapula. Springs ended the 2007 season with 62 tackles and four interceptions, the latter in the last four regular-season games, as he helped the Redskins make the playoffs.

Springs was released by the Redskins on February 27, 2009.

=New England Patriots=

Springs signed a three-year contract with the New England Patriots on March 11, 2009. He started four of the first eight games of the 2009 season for the Patriots. In November, he missed a four-game stretch with a knee injury, despite being listed as probable on each week's injury report. After back-to-back losses, he returned to start the final four games of the season and the Patriots' playoff loss to the Baltimore Ravens. He finished the season with one interception, 40 tackles, and four passes defended.

On May 18, 2010, the Patriots released Springs.

NFL career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Team

! rowspan="2"| GP

! colspan="4"| Tackles

! colspan="3"| Fumbles

! colspan="6"| Interceptions

CmbSoloAstSckFFFRYdsIntYdsAvgLngTDPD
1997 || SEA

| 10 || 38 || 34 || 4 || 0.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6

1998 || SEA

| 16 || 75 || 60 || 15 || 0.0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 7 || 142 || 20 || 56 || 2 || 21

1999 || SEA

| 16 || 73 || 63 || 10 || 0.0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 5 || 77 || 15 || 42 || 0 || 15

2000 || SEA

| 16 || 84 || 71 || 13 || 0.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 8 || 4 || 8 || 0 || 14

2001 || SEA

| 8 || 20 || 16 || 4 || 0.0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4

2002 || SEA

| 15 || 59 || 54 || 5 || 0.0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 12

2003 || SEA

| 12 || 43 || 37 || 6 || 1.5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 8 || 8 || 8 || 0 || 11

2004 || WAS

| 15 || 64 || 52 || 12 || 6.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 117 || 23 || 38 || 0 || 12

2005 || WAS

| 15 || 50 || 47 || 3 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 9

2006 || WAS

| 9 || 38 || 35 || 3 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 8

2007 || WAS

| 16 || 62 || 57 || 5 || 0.0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 63 || 16 || 53 || 0 || 15

2008 || WAS

| 9 || 36 || 31 || 5 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 7

2009 || NE

| 12 || 40 || 35 || 5 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 8 || 8 || 8 || 0 || 4

colspan="2"| Career{{cite web|title=Shawn Springs Stats|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/1233/shawn-springs|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures|access-date=April 15, 2014}} || 169 || 682 || 592 || 90 || 8.5 || 5 || 5 || 0 || 33 || 429 || 13 || 56 || 2 || 138

= Personal life =

Springs is the son of former NFL running back Ron Springs. He has four children, Skyler, Samari, Shawn II, and Sedona.

References

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External links

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  • [https://history.seahawks.com/player/SPR379648/Shawn-Springs Shawn Springs – career statistics through 2003]{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • {{espn nfl|id=1233|name=Shawn Springs}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090304015815/http://www.redskins.com/gen/players/Shawn_Springs.jsp Washington Redskins bio]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090313232834/http://www.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=32828 New England Patriots bio]

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Category:1975 births

Category:Living people

Category:All-American college football players

Category:American Conference Pro Bowl players

Category:American football cornerbacks

Category:National Conference Pro Bowl players

Category:New England Patriots players

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Category:Players of American football from Maryland

Category:Sportspeople from Williamsburg, Virginia

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