College of DuPage Athletics

Paul Spicer (Indianapolis) played defensive end 11 seasons in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions (1999), Jacksonville Jaguars (2000-08) and the Super Bowl XLIV champion New Orleans Saints (2009). He also spent time with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (1998-99) and the Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europe (2001-02). While at COD, he was an All-American his sophomore season and helped lead the Chaparrals to 24 consecutive victories. He then played at Saginaw Valley State (Mich.) where he was named the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference MVP in 1998 where he led the conference in sacks (16.5). He spent four seasons as an assistant defensive line coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2015-18) and in 2019  became the defensive line coach at the University of South Florida.