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Sam Brumfield Season 2024

PositionLB
Weight225 lbs
Height5-11
ClassRedshirt Senior
HometownPearl, Miss.
High SchoolPearl
Previous SchoolMiddle Tennessee

2023 at Middle Tennessee:  Named to the All-Conference USA Second Team and All-Conference USA Academic Team, carrying a 4.0 GPA … Played in 12 games, starting 10 … Led all linebackers with 642 snaps … Led the Blue Raiders with 81 tackles, including 6.5 TFLs and 3.5 sacks to go with two forced fumbles and a team-best eight hurries … Earned a grade of 73.0 from Pro Football Focus.
 
2022 at Northwest Mississippi C.C.:  Helped Northwest to a 9-3 overall record, the MACCC Championship and an appearance in the inaugural NJCAA Division I Football Championship … Led Northwest with 115 tackles in, including 13 TFLs, six sacks, five hurries, and two forced fumbles … One of just three players nationally with 100 tackles in 2022.
 
2021 at Northwest Mississippi C.C.:  Led the team with 93 tackles, including 7.5 TFLs, 6.5 sacks, seven hurries and a forced fumble.

High School:  Had 123 total tackles, 93 solo, one sack, one interception and a blocked punt during his senior campaign at Pearl High School for head coach John Perry  … Totaled 345 tackles, 17 for loss and eight forced fumbles over three years for the Pirates … Led the team in tackles from his sophomore to senior season … Selected to the 2019 Mississippi Gridiron preseason second team and the inaugural Priority One Bank/Mississippi Scoreboard All-Metro second team as a linebacker … Also selected to the 2018 Mississippi Association of Coaches 6A All-State second team … A member of Pearl’s 2017 6A state championship squad where he led the team in tackles as a sophomore with 13 in the championship game … Also competed in track and powerlifting for the Pirates.
 
Personal: Son of Samuel and Bernadette Brumfield … Has two siblings, SamBreanna and Sa’mya (fraternal twin) … enjoys working out and spending time with his family … Majoring in integrated studies … Born on December 12, 2001.