2017 Football Roster
Roster
Samuta, Eric

Jersey Number 53
Eric Samuta
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Glen Ellyn, Ill.
- High School:
- Glenbard West HS
Bio
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
High School
- Named to 2020 Preseason All-OVC team.
- Named All-OVC.
- Started all 11 games.
- Averaged 6.9 tackles per game.
- Led the Racers with 72 tackles, which was seventh in the OVC.
2020
- Played in all seven games
- Led Racers with 64 tackles and 5.0 TFL
- Had 75-yard interception return for a touchdown against Tennessee Tech
- Named to 2020 All-OVC first team
- Tallied 11 tackles and 1.0 tackle-for-loss
- Named to 2020-21 OVC Commissioners Honor Roll
- Named as a 2020-21 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar
- Named OVC Defensive Player of the Week (3/16)
2019
- Played in all 12 games
- Tallied 11 tackles and 1.0 tackle-for-loss
- 2019-20 OVC Medal of Honor recipient
- Named to 2019-20 OVC Commissioners Honor Roll
2018
- Played in all 11 games
- Tallied 16 tackles on the year
2017
- Redshirt in the 2017 season
High School
- Prepped at Glenbard West High School
- Helped Hilltoppers to 2015 Class 7A state title
- Lettered in football, gymnastics and wrestling
- Finished seventh at 2015 IHSA state gymnastics championship on the horizontal bar
- Born Eric Samuta on January 27, 1999 in Glen Ellyn, Illinois
- Son of Anthony and Melissa Samuta
- Has one brother, Adam, and two sisters, Nina and Maggie
- Majoring in business administration
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