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2019 MIT Football Roster

5 Sam Cantrell

  • Position LB
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 220
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Seattle, Wash.
  • High School Roosevelt

Biography

2019: [SEASON STATS]
- NEWMAC First Team All-Conference
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- Ranked fourth on the team with 56 total tackles, including a team-high 34 assisted stops
- Added one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and two pass breakups
- Finished with two double-digit tackle games, including a season-high 11 tackles with two tackles for loss in a home win over WPI

2018: [SEASON STATS]
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- Tied for second on the team with 52 total tackles while appearing in nine games
- Totaled 29 solo stops and 23 assisted tackles with 4.5 tackles for loss and one sack

2017: [SEASON STATS] 
- CoSIDA Academic All-District
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- Appeared in all 10 games, finishing fourth on the team with 57 tackles on 30 solo stops and 27 assisted tackles
- Posted 1.5 tackles for loss of 13 yards, a half sack and two fumble recoveries

2016: [SEASON STATS] 
- Appeared in five games as a rookie, making his first appearance vs. RPI on 9/17
- Finished with eight tackles for the season, including a season-high five tackles at Western New England on 10/15

Off the Field at MIT:
- Majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in business analytics and a concentration in economics
- Mechanical engineering intern at Optimum Energy, LLC
- Conducting research in the Impact and Crashworthiness Lab
- Cybersecurity Analyst at Accenture
- Member of the Intramural Executive Board

High School:
- Played football and baseball at Roosevelt High School
- Team captain as a senior
- First Team All-League linebacker and tight end as a senior 
- First Team All-League linebacker and Second Team All-League tight end in 2014
- 2015 King 5 USA Today Spring Sports Player of the Week
- Three-year letterwinner in both football and baseball
- Four-year Honor Roll student who also won the Ben Snowden Award

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 40

    2016First Year

    LB
    6'1" 215 lbs
    40
  • 40

    2017Sophomore

    LB
    6'1" 225 lbs
    40
  • 5

    2018Junior

    LB
    6'1" 220 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2019Senior

    LB
    6'1" 220 lbs
    5