Columbia University Athletics

2024: Did not play due to injury.

2023: Played in all 10 games … Posted 23 tackles with two sacks and seven tackles for loss … Registered two tackles behind the line of scrimmage with a sack in win at Cornell … Had five tackles at Yale … Had 2.5 tackles for loss with a sack in shutout win over Marist … Posted four tackles, 1.5 for a loss in shutout win over Georgetown.

2022: Made nine appearances … Totaled 15 tackles (12 solo) and one tackle for loss … Made four tackles in come-from-behind win at Harvard (Nov. 5) … Recovered a fumble and returned it seven yards in the fourth quarter against Dartmouth (Oct. 22) on Homecoming.
 
2021: Saw action in seven games as a sophomore defensive lineman … Served as backup at defensive tackle … Finished season with 16 tackles (11 solo), 3.5 tackles for loss, and 1.0 sack for three yards … Finished with one tackle in season finale at Cornell (Nov. 20) … Tied a career-high with five tackles (three solo), including 1.5 tackles for loss for one yard vs. Penn (Oct. 16) … Made a career-high tying five tackles (five solo), registered first career sack for three yards at Central Connecticut State (Oct. 9) … Registered two tackles at Princeton (Oct. 2) … Made two tackles (one solo) vs. Georgetown (Sept. 25) … In career debut, made first career tackle, a four-yard tackle for loss in season opener vs. Marist (Sept. 18).
 
2020: Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2020 graduate of Blue Valley North High School in Overland Park, Kansas, where he played three years of varsity football for Head Coach Andy Sims … Two-time Class 6A All-State First Team honoree … USA Today All-Kansas First Team honoree … Two-time First Team All-Eastern Kansas League selection in 2018 and 2019 … Named to the state’s top-100 senior list … Named to the state’s top-100 non-seniors list in 2018 … Earned invitation to the Kansas Shrine Bowl in 2020 … Invited to compete at the Nike Opening Invite …. Two-time Academic All-Eastern Kansas League selection … Two-time team captain as a junior and senior defensive lineman ... Led all classifications in stacks as a senior with 15, finished with 10 tackles for loss, 106 total tackles, caused three fumbles and recovered six fumbles as a senior in 2019… Set school career records for most sacks (29), tackles for loss (57), total tackles (184),  assisted tackles, forced fumbles (5) and fumble recoveries (6) … Set school season records for sacks (15), tackles for loss (18),, fumble recoveries (6) … Also set school records for most sacks in a game (5), most tackles for loss in a game (4) … Forced a career-high three fumbles in a game … Scored touchdown off blocked punt … Led Kansas’ Class 6A in sacks with 14, finished with 18 additional tackles for loss, made 78 total tackles, and caused two fumbles … Helped lead the Mustangs to the 2017 state championship as a sophomore … Earned six varsity letters in football (3) and lacrosse (3) … Also played two years of basketball and one year of baseball …  Three-time team captain in lacrosse … Competed on a team in the BVN 7v7 and won two tournament titles … Member of the National Honor Society and student council … Involved in volunteer activities and has logged over 100 verified community service hours … Founded an outdoorsman club at his high school.
 
PERSONAL: Father Scott played football at Nebraska … Uncle Chris Spachman was inducted into the Nebraska Hall of Fame and played in the NFL, and other uncle Matt Spachman played football at Boston College … Cousins Cole Pemberton played football at Colorado and in the NFL for the Houston Texans and cousin Trevor Wood played at Texas A&M and with the Pittsburgh Steelers...Enrolled at Columbia College.