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2024 Football Roster

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16 Sam Schott

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 220
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown West Lafayette, Ind.
  • Highschool West Lafayette

Biography

Has earned two letters (2021, 2022) ... 

Academic Awards:
Academic All-CCIW (2022, 2023, 2024)
CSC Academic All-District (2023)

2024: Named one of six team captains ...

2023: Started in all 10 games at linebacker … Tallied 68 total tackles, 48 solo and 20 assisted … Recorded 7 tackles for loss, along with 2 sacks on the year … Broke up 2 passes, and recovered one fumble … Season high of 12 tackles in games against Central Sept. 9, 2023 and Augustana Oct. 28, 2023 …

2022: Started all 10 games in the secondary … Made 35 tackles, 23 solo and 12 assisted … Recovered a fumble … Posted a season-high five tackles twice … Recorded a season-best one TFL against Carthage, Oct. 22 … Named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District squad …

2021: Appeared in nine games … Made 26 solo tackles and 12 assisted tackles … Tallied first TFL of career, a six-yard loss, against Elmhurst, Oct. 2 … Recorded season-high seven tackles against Augustana, Nov. 13 … Posted five-or-more tackles in four games … Broke up six passes, including a career-high three breakups against Augustana, Nov. 13 …

WEST LAFAYETTE: Three-year letterwinner, two-year starter, at free safety and wide receiver in football ... All-Hoosier Conference pick ... All-Area selection by Journal & Courier ... Named to 2020 Indianapolis Colts Academic All-Star Team in football ... Finalist for Journal & Courier Scholar Athlete of the Year ... Led team to 3A Sectional Championship in 2016, an Indiana 3A State title in 2018, three straight Hoosier Conference Championships (2017, 2018, & 2020), Multiple time academic all-conference honoree ... Also lettered three times in baseball and twice in basketball ... Named the Mental Attitude Award recipient in football and basketball in 2020, as well as in baseball in 2021 ... Led basketball team to three consecutive sectional championships and the 2017 Hoosier Conference title ... Member of National Honor Society ... Participated in West Lafayette Dance Marathon, Boys Organization of Social Services, and Best Buddies ... 

PERSONAL: Majoring in mathematics at Illinois Wesleyan ... Brother played football at Purdue from 2019 to 2020 ... Mother played basketball at Purdue from 1988-92 ... Other interests include watching films, collecting sports memorabilia, and listening to music ...

Statistics

Season Statistics

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Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 27

    2021Freshman

    Defensive Back
    6'3" 200 lbs
    27
  • 16

    2022Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    6'3" 215 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2023Junior

    Linebacker
    6'4" 220 lbs
    16
  • 16
    C

    2024Senior

    Linebacker
    6'4" 220 lbs
    16
    C