2016 Football Roster
Roster
Rayquan Sam
- Position:
- CB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-9 / 180
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Norcross, Ga.
- High School:
- Meadowcreek
- Prev School:
- Morehead State
2016-17: Played in five games … Saw action on 79 snaps (17 defensive, 62 special teams) … Had two tackles (1u, 1a)... Named to 2016-17 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll.
2015-16: Played in all 13 games … Totaled four stops on the season … Was on the field for 52 defensive snaps and 124 special teams plays … A versatile special teams player … Had two tackles against The Citadel … Registered one tackle against both Troy and South Alabama … Made the school’s honor roll for his academic work in the fall and the Dean’s List in the spring … Named to the 2015-16 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll for maintaining a 3.00-3.49 GPA.
2014-15: Played in all 12 games … Had 13 tackles on the season … Forced a fumble against Savannah State … Recovered fumbles against Savannah State and Troy … Earned Dean’s List in spring 2015 … Member of the Eagle Honor Roll for 2014-15 … Member of the Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll for 2014-15.
2013-14: Did not see game action … Made the Dean’s List in the spring.
2012-13: Redshirted at Morehead State before transferring to Georgia Southern.
HIGH SCHOOL: Picked off two interceptions his freshman and sophomore years … Credited with 46 solo tackles as a junior and senior for the Mustangs with an interception each year … Blocked three field goals as a junior and picked up two fumble recoveries with one force fumble his junior year … Earned the MVC – Most Valuable Cornerback – Award … Honored as the player of the month twice as an upperclassman.
PERSONAL: Born Rayquan S. Sam on May 29, 1994 in St. Croix, Virgin Islands.
MAJOR: Logistics/Intermodal Transportation (graduated); Interdisciplinary Studies
