Alex Spillum

Alex Spillum (born 20 March 1999) is a professional American football player for the Berlin Thunder in the European League of Football. He played college football at Coastal Carolina.

Early life
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. Spillum was selected to 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.

Spillum had offers from North Carolina University, South Carolina University and Coastal Carolina University, committing to the Chanticleers on 17 January 2017.

College career
In his time at Coastal Carolina, 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. 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.

2022 NFL Draft
In the 2022 NFL Draft Spillum went undrafted.

After the draft, the Green Bay Packers invited Spillum to their minicamp. He was cut from the Packers roster. Shortly after, he was invited by Tampa Bay Buccaneers for their training camp.

Spillum played with the Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns in the German Football League for the 2022 season. On 16 November 2022 Spillum signed with the Berlin Thunder on a one-year deal.