2014 Football Roster
Roster
Samuels-Connell, Shawn

Jersey Number 1
Shawn Samuels-Connell
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 196
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Bainbridge, Ga.
- High School:
- Bainbridge HS
- Prev School:
- Marshall
Bio
2014: Enrolled at Murray State in January and went through spring practice... Played in 11 games with 10 starts... Ended season with 51 tackles, including 23 solo... Had 1.5 tackle-for-loss for a total of 3 yards... Had season high of seven tackles against Jacksonville State and Austin Peay... Broke up one pass, made one interception and recovered one fumble... Had a 68-yard punt return for a touchdown against Union (Ky.)... Ended season with two kick returns for 35 yards with a long of 26 and two punt returns for 81 yards with a long of 68...
Before MSU: Spent two seasons at Marshall...appeared in seven games and recorded four tackles in 2012...red-shirted the 2011 season.
High School: Four-year letterwinner for head coach Ed Pilcher at Bainbridge High School...earned all-region honors as a cornerback, punt returner and kick returner his senior year...finished season with 56 tackles, seven interceptions and two forced fumbles...garnered all-state accolades as a cornerback and kick returner his junior year.
Personal: Full name is Shawn Roregous Samuels-Connell...born July 5, 1991...guardian is Steve Connell...has two sisters, Mathine Brown and Carolyn Hunter... Majoring in sociology.
Before MSU: Spent two seasons at Marshall...appeared in seven games and recorded four tackles in 2012...red-shirted the 2011 season.
High School: Four-year letterwinner for head coach Ed Pilcher at Bainbridge High School...earned all-region honors as a cornerback, punt returner and kick returner his senior year...finished season with 56 tackles, seven interceptions and two forced fumbles...garnered all-state accolades as a cornerback and kick returner his junior year.
Personal: Full name is Shawn Roregous Samuels-Connell...born July 5, 1991...guardian is Steve Connell...has two sisters, Mathine Brown and Carolyn Hunter... Majoring in sociology.
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