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Jersey Number 34
Eric Samuta
- Position:
- Inside Linebacker
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 211
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Glen Ellyn, Ill.
- High School:
- Glenbard West HS
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
2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Casey Brockman
Tuesday, January 20
2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Danny Alfeldt
Tuesday, January 20
2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Alexa Becker
Tuesday, January 20
2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Ivan Roe
Tuesday, January 20
