Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Memphis
Sam Brumfield
LB • 5'11" • 225 lbs • Pearl, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Sam Brumfield shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 48.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
79
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Memphis
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Middle Tennessee • Virginia Tech • Memphis
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: South Florida
Player Story
Sam Brumfield built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Pearl, MS wearing No. 3, spending time with Memphis, Middle Tennessee, and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Sam Brumfield's career...
Read the storySam Brumfield, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Memphis. Sam Brumfield shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 48.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 233
- TFL
- 20.5
- Sacks
- 9.5
- QB hurries
- 10
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Sam Brumfield quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Memphis · LB
- Career Tackles
- 233
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Memphis
- Top game
- South Florida
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 90 tackles · LB 68th (top 6%) · American Athletic 10th (top 2%) · National 90th (top 2%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 82 | 6.5 | 3.5 | 8 | - | 0 | 72.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 12 | 61 | 3 | 1.5 | - | 1 | 0 | 26.9 |
| 2025 Postseason | Memphis | 11 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 76.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Memphis | 11 | 83 | 11 | 4.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 76.4 |
Related Context
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Sam Brumfield played LB for Middle Tennessee, Virginia Tech, and Memphis. Across 3 tracked seasons, Sam Brumfield recorded 233 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Memphis.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Memphis paired 18.5 primary output with 48.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 43.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Middle Tennessee, Virginia Tech, Memphis.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Colorado State
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.5
Efficiency
43.1
Usage
12.5
Consistency
48
Best Game by takeover score
Colorado State
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 0. Missouri: 3. Murray State: 2.5. Colorado State: 4. Western Kentucky: 1. Jacksonville State: 0. Louisiana Tech: 1.5. Liberty: 0. New Mexico State: 3. Florida International: 1. UTEP: 2. Sam Houston: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 5 by 20.8. Missouri: 5 by 50.8. Murray State: 13 by 75. Colorado State: 7 by 69.2. Western Kentucky: 6 by 35. Jacksonville State: 12 by 50. Louisiana Tech: 6 by 40. Liberty: 7 by 29.2. New Mexico State: 6 by 55. Florida International: 5 by 30.8. UTEP: 7 by 49.2. Sam Houston: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins1.8 · Games = 4 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses1.4 · Games = 8 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Colorado State
Best efficiency game
75 vs Murray State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | @ Sam Houston | L 20-23 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | vs UTEPSplash game | W 34-30 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Florida International | W 40-6 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ New Mexico StateSplash game | L 7-13 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Tue 10/17 | @ Liberty | L 35-42 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Tue 10/10 | vs Louisiana Tech | W 31-23 | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/5 | vs Jacksonville State10+ tackles | L 30-45 | 12 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 9/28 | @ Western Kentucky | L 10-31 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Colorado StateSplash game | L 23-31 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Murray State10+ tackles · Splash game | W 35-14 | 13 | 10 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ MissouriSplash game | L 19-23 | 5 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | @ Alabama | L 7-56 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Sam Brumfield story
Sam Brumfield built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Pearl, MS wearing No. 3, spending time with Memphis, Middle Tennessee, and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Sam Brumfield's career was his defensive production: 233 tackles, 20.5 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Memphis. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Sam Brumfield's production has multiple signals. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Memphis, Middle Tennessee, and Virginia Tech.
The arc is straightforward: Sam Brumfield moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Middle Tennessee
2023
Opening stop
- 2
Virginia Tech
2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Memphis
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 18 | 43.1 | 12.5 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 5.5 | 25.8 | 4.9 | -12.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | Memphis | 18.5 | 48.6 | 14.5 | 13 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Memphis | 18.5 | 48.6 | 14.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 29 South Florida
Week 9 · W 34-31 · Conference game
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
90.8 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.8 takeover score.
#2
vs Colorado State
Week 4 · L 23-31
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Havoc Plays
89.7 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 89.7 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 125 UAB
Week 8 · L 24-31 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
88.3 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 133 Georgia State
Week 2 · W 38-16
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Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#5
vs Murray State
Week 3 · W 35-14
2.5
Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Memphis
18.5 primary output · 48.6 efficiency · 14.5 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · Memphis
76.4
18.5 primary · 48.6 efficiency · 14.5 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
72.1
18 primary · 43.1 efficiency · 12.5 usage
Milestones
12
Impact games
13
Splash games
5
10+ tackle games
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