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37 Sam Francis

  • Position LB
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 215
  • Class 2017
  • Hometown Newburyport, Mass.
  • High School Newburyport

Biography

2016: Named to the National Football Foundation's Hampshire Honor Society.... Received Bates Football's Alan C. Goddard '53 Award for career improvement.... Started all eight games at linebacker.... Ranked fourth on the team in tackles with 51.... Finished the year with 2.5 sacks and seven tackles for loss.... Forced two fumbles and broke up two passes.... Recorded six tackles and a tackle for loss at Trinity (Sept. 24).... Recorded a season-high 11 tackles, including a sack, in Bates' 29-17 win over Williams (Oct. 8).... Recorded six tackles, half a sack and 1.5 tackles for loss against Wesleyan (Oct. 15).... Recorded three tackles, half a tackle for loss and broke up two passes at Middlebury (Oct. 22).... Recorded five tackles, one sack, 1.5 tackles for loss and forced a fumble in Bates' 21-19 win over Colby (Oct. 29).... Recorded six tackles (five solo) and forced a fumble in Bates' 24-7 win over Bowdoin (Nov. 5).... Recorded nine tackles (five solo) and tallied 1.5 tackles for loss against Hamilton (Nov. 12).... Winner of the Bates Department of Athletics Male Senior Sportsmanship Award.

2015: Stephen B. Ritter Academic Award (top-10 cumulative grade point average).... 2015 NESCAC Fall All-Academic Team.... Started all eight games at linebacker.... Ranked third on the team in tackles with 49.... Recorded 25 solo stops, a sack, three tackles for loss and a pass break up.... Accumulated eight tackles, five solo, a half tackle for loss and a pass break up against Tufts (Oct. 3).... Tallied a career-high 10 tackles, four solo, and one sack against Wesleyan (Oct. 17).

2014: Played in seven games... Registered seven tackles and three against Middlebury College (Oct. 18).... NESCAC Fall All-Academic selection.

2013: Played in four games.... Totaled three tackles (two solo) on the season.

Miscellaneous: Standout midfielder and faceoff specialist for Bates' men's lacrosse team.

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Historical Player Information

  • 36

    2013

    LB
    6'" 185 lbs
    36
  • 37

    2014

    LB
    6'" 200 lbs
    37
  • 37

    2015Junior

    LB
    6'0" 200 lbs
    37
  • 37

    2016Senior

    LB
    6'1" 215 lbs
    37