Alex Spillum

Alex Spillum attended Chanhassen High School where he played football, baseball and also lettered in track and field. For the football team he played quarterback, wide receiver and safety. After moving from wide receiver to quarterback for his senior year, he led the Storm to an undefeated regular season and the third round of the Class 5A state tournament. At the end, he was selected to play on the Minnesota Football Showcase South Roster for the All-Star Game as a defensive back and was rated as a two-star recruit by 247Sports.com in his senior year.[1]

After his high school career, Spillum had offers from North Carolina University, South Carolina University and CCU, committing to the Chanticleers on 17 January 2017.[2] In his time there, he was a two-time All-Sun Belt third-team selection and was All-Conference Honoree from Phil Steele in both 2020 and 2021. In the 2021 Cure Bowl win, he made a remarkable play, tackling his own teammate after a recovered forced fumble to keep ball possession.[3] In his four years, Spillum played in 46 games. He totaled 184 tackles, including 101 solo stops and 83 assisted tackles, to go along with 5.5 tackles-for-loss, 1.0 sacks, seven interceptions, 17 passes defended, one forced fumble, two fumble recoveries, and two blocked kicks.

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