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He was benched as kick returner after a poor performance in week 2.

He made his NFL debut in week 1, as a kick returner, and overall has played in 7 games. He'll probably end up being a fourth- or fifth-round pick.'Ringer battled with several running backs for the 3rd string position coming into his rookie 2009 season, a battle which he won. He blocks extremely well, and he'll be a very serviceable No. NFL Analyst Mel Kiper said of Ringer 'He's only 5-9, 205, but he's remarkably strong, a good athlete and just a tough kid with great character.

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His performance at the MSU Pro Day 'absolutely blew NFL teams away', due to putting up impressive numbers while not fully recovered. Ringer has drawn comparisons to NFL players Mike Hart and Chester Taylor. Another site lists him as a mid-second round draft choice. He was a projected 3rd rounder in the 2009 NFL Draft. ranked him the 8th best running back in the draft. He was one of 3 Spartans invited to the NFL combine. This slowed his Combine numbers however, he improved upon those numbers during MSU's Pro Days. He was also a Heisman Trophy candidate at one point, the only running back to be officially nominated all year.He had a minor knee injury during the end of the 2008 season, which he had corrective surgery on. He was a semi-finalist for the Maxwell Award, the Walter Camp Award, and was a finalist for the Doak Walker Award, which he finished in third, behind Shonn Greene and Knowshon Moreno. In 2008, as a Senior, he was named as one of four team captains. He was also named Second Team All-Big Ten in the coaches and media polls.

In 2007, he had a breakout season, becoming Michigan State's first 1,000 yard carrier since T. In 2006, he earned the Biggie Munn Award, which is an award given to the team's most inspirational player. He was also named to The Sporting News Big Ten All-Freshman Team. In 2005, he earned honorable mention Freshman All-America status from The Sporting News.

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He is currently a free agent.Ringer attended Chaminade-Julienne High School where he set various school and state records. He played college football for Michigan State University, and was drafted in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL draft. Hopefully that's a win-win for both parties.Javon Ringer Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family Javon Eugene Ringer (born February 2, 1987) is an American football running back who last played for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). I still think he can find a home in the league, but it ain't gonna be here. Javon was a nice player for us who probably did earn a few more carries than he got, but he's also the victim of a back to back seasons that ended with him on the IR, and a major shift in the offensive philosophy of the team. Ringer is barely any beefier than CJ, and can't move the pile like Greene.Īs for Harper, Warren Sapp said it best many years ago: Look like Tarzan, play like Jane.

bruiser who can be a ramrod between the tackles and get those tough short-yardage gains, while also being a reliable back-up. Shonn Greene was brought in to be a 5'11 ' 226 lbs. That's not what Munchak and Webster were looking for this offseason. He's not exceptional in any part of the game, but can give a team a reliable back-up option. However, Ringer had his chances and proved himself to be a solid, but thoroughly unspectacular back. It's frustrating.'Īll you have to do is look at the meager number of carries, and you can see where Ringer is coming from: 120 for Ringer and 36 for Harper as Titans. I'm like, ‘Man, they had some good running backs behind C.J., and they just never really got a chance.' And because we were not able to play, it made it look like C.J. 'All this talk about them needing another running back to help C.J., it kind of made me upset. 'But when they got him I said, ‘Dang, they had some guys who never got a chance to play, so why are they adding someone like that?' 'I am happy for Shonn because I know him from playing in the Big Ten, and he's a good guy. Ringer was polite, but obviously felt like he and Jamie Harper have been passed over without an honest NFL audition ( via Wyatt): Javon Ringer's days as a Titan may be over, but that didn't stop him from weighing in on the team's decision to sign Shonn Greene to a 3 year, $10 million deal.