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Jersey Number 33
Sam Brumfield
- Position:
- LB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 226
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Pearl, MS
- High School:
- Pearl
Bio
Honors
• 2023: CUSA Defensive Player of the Week 9/18 … TSWA Defensive Player of the Week 9/19 … CUSA All-Academic, Second Team All-CUSA
2023 (Junior)
• Played in all 12 games and earned 10 starts
• Ended the year leading 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 the team’s Defensive Player of the Game honors twice
• Led all linebackers with 642 snaps played
• Enrolled in January and went through spring practice
• Recorded five tackles in a reserve role against Alabama
• Had five stops, including 2.0 TFLs, a sack and a forced fumble against Missouri
• Started against Murray State and led the team with 13 tackles (10 solos), including 1.5 TFLs, a sack and a forced fumble
• Collected seven tackles, including a TFL and three hurries against Colorado State
• Led team with 12 stops against Jax State
• Had six tackles, including a sack and a hurry at NMSU
• Registered seven stops and two hurries in win over UTEP
Northwest Mississippi CC
• Helped Northwest to a 9-3 overall record, the MACCC Championship and an appearance in the inaugural NJCAA Division I Football Championship in 2022
• Led NW with 115 tackles in 2022, including 13 TFLs, six sacks, five hurries, and two forced fumbles
• One of just three players nationally with 100 tackles in 2022
• Earned NJCAA All-Region honors in 2022
• Led the team in 2021 with 93 tackles, including 7.5 TFLs, 6.5 sacks, seven hurries and a forced fumble
• In 2020, he played in six games and had 10 tackles
High School
• Had 123 total tackles, 93 solo, one sack, one interception and a blocked punt during his senior campaign at Pearl High School
• The defensive stalwart totaled 345 tackles, 17 for loss and eight forced fumbles over three years for the Pirates
• Led the team in tackles in both his junior and senior seasons
• 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
• Full name: Sam Brumfield
• Parents: Samuel and Bernadette Brumfield
• Born: 12/12/01
• Major: Integrated Studies
• 2023: CUSA Defensive Player of the Week 9/18 … TSWA Defensive Player of the Week 9/19 … CUSA All-Academic, Second Team All-CUSA
2023 (Junior)
• Played in all 12 games and earned 10 starts
• Ended the year leading 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 the team’s Defensive Player of the Game honors twice
• Led all linebackers with 642 snaps played
• Enrolled in January and went through spring practice
• Recorded five tackles in a reserve role against Alabama
• Had five stops, including 2.0 TFLs, a sack and a forced fumble against Missouri
• Started against Murray State and led the team with 13 tackles (10 solos), including 1.5 TFLs, a sack and a forced fumble
• Collected seven tackles, including a TFL and three hurries against Colorado State
• Led team with 12 stops against Jax State
• Had six tackles, including a sack and a hurry at NMSU
• Registered seven stops and two hurries in win over UTEP
Northwest Mississippi CC
• Helped Northwest to a 9-3 overall record, the MACCC Championship and an appearance in the inaugural NJCAA Division I Football Championship in 2022
• Led NW with 115 tackles in 2022, including 13 TFLs, six sacks, five hurries, and two forced fumbles
• One of just three players nationally with 100 tackles in 2022
• Earned NJCAA All-Region honors in 2022
• Led the team in 2021 with 93 tackles, including 7.5 TFLs, 6.5 sacks, seven hurries and a forced fumble
• In 2020, he played in six games and had 10 tackles
High School
• Had 123 total tackles, 93 solo, one sack, one interception and a blocked punt during his senior campaign at Pearl High School
• The defensive stalwart totaled 345 tackles, 17 for loss and eight forced fumbles over three years for the Pirates
• Led the team in tackles in both his junior and senior seasons
• 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
• Full name: Sam Brumfield
• Parents: Samuel and Bernadette Brumfield
• Born: 12/12/01
• Major: Integrated Studies
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