Oklahoma State University Athletics
2023 Football Roster
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Jake Springfield
- Height:
- 6-5
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Flower Mound, TX
- High School:
- Flower Mound
2024 Academic All-Big 12 (4.0 GPA)
2023 Burlsworth Trophy Semifinalist (1 of 10)
2023 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2022 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2021 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2020 First Team Academic All-Big 12
A former walk-on who was awarded a scholarship in August of 2020 ... Had 48 starts and 57 games played during his Oklahoma State career ... His 48 OSU starts at the end his career tied for the third-most in school history ... A five-time Academic All-Big honoree.
2024 (Super Senior): An Academic All-Big 12 honoree for a fifth-consecutive season ... Honored on the academic all-conference team with a 4.0 GPA ... Earned honorable mention All-Big 12 accolades ... Started eight games at right tackle, missing four game due to injury.
2023 (Senior): A first team Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... One of 10 national semifinalists for the Burlsworth Trophy, given to the best FBS player who started his career as a walk-on ... An honorable mention to the All-Big 12 team by the league’s head coaches ... Started in 11 games and played in 12, missing only the Arizona State and Iowa State games ... PFF graded him among the top 20 pass blockers in the Big 12 (min. 100 snaps) and the second-best on the team ... Served as a game captain for the win over Oklahoma.
2022 (Junior): A first team Academic All-Big 12 honoree for the third straight season ... An honorable mention All-Big 12 pick by the league’s coaches ... One of two offensive players and six total players to start all 13 games in the season ... Pro Football Focus gave him the second-best pass blocking grade of any OSU lineman for the season ... Served as a game captain against West Virginia.
2021 (Sophomore): Earned first team Academic All-Big 12 honors for the second straight season ... Played in all 14 games and started the first seven ... OSU’s coaching staff credited him with five pancake blocks and nine knockdowns ... Played on offense and blocked for OSU’s placekicks.
2020 (Freshman): A first team Academic All-Big 12 selection ... Included on the FWAA Freshman All-America Watch List ... His 703 snaps in 2020 marked the fourth-most on the OSU offensive line ... Started nine of OSU’s 11 games, all at left tackle ... Played in 10 games ... Stepped in after two starters were lost in the season opener to injury and became a key member of the OSU offensive line ... Injured vs. Texas and missed the following game at Kansas State ... His nine starts marked the most for any freshman on the OSU roster ... One of five OSU freshmen to start a game.
2019: Redshirt.
High School: Played for coach Brian Basil at Flower Mound ... Earned second team all-district honors as a junior and first team all-district honors as a senior … Started all 10 games his senior season … Named honorable mention on the all-state academic team … Wrestled as a freshman.
Personal: Jacob Owen Springfield was born in Grapevine, Texas ... Son of Tom and Melissa Springfield ... Sister, Sydney, played softball for Oklahoma State ... Comes from an OSU family, as his grandparents, Tom and Venita, his uncle Chris, father Tom and aunt Carrie Wilson all attended OSU ... General Business major.
