Sam Brumfield
Sam Brumfield
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Sam Brumfield has played for three head coaches across three seasons and three programs. 2025 added another: All-AAC. The receipt: 17 tackles against Navy — Week 14, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
Career Arc
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-AAC
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Ryan Silverfield.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Charles Huff
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 3 · RecognizedR09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
All-Conference HM / 2nd team. Conference recognition has started.
Recognition
Production
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-AAC
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Memphis | 90 | 40 | 11.0 | 4.5 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Virginia Tech | 61 | 17 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Middle Tennessee | 82 | 46 | 6.5 | 3.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 233 | 103 | 20.5 | 9.5 | 1 | 1 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2025
W 34–31
vs South Florida
13 TOT · 9 SOLO · 1 SACKS
Edged out South Florida at home in a shootout.
How he plays
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Memphis
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Memphis
Returning around him
- 1 Memphis player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +4 net (51 in / 47 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Memphis · Last season: 8-5 (AP #22) · Talent rank #59 · 2026 recruiting class #72
DNA match
Player DNA
Balanced Linebacker
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Darren Anders’s 2023 season.
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As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Keye Thompson's junior season at Ohio (2023).
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