Sam Reeves

  • Award
    Football Defensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    10/15/2018
  • Sport
    Football
  • School
    Truman State
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
    Defensive Line
  • Hometown
    Eloy, Ariz.
  • High School
    Vista Grande HS
Missouri S&T senior quarterback Tyler Swart and senior return specialist Roderick Chapman, as well as Truman State University junior defensive end Sam Reeves, have been named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Players of the Week in football, it was announced by the league office Monday. 

 
 
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Sam Reeves, Truman State
Jr., DE, Eloy, Arizona
Major: Exercise Science
Team Result: 20-13 win vs. Lincoln
 
  • Notched 2.5 tackles for loss to become Truman’s career leader with 42.5 over three years
  • Recorded two of the team’s five sacks in the win, which leaves him within two of the 1987 career record of 32 held by Ernie Myerson   
  • Guided a Bulldog unit that limited Lincoln to just 31 total yards in the first half, 43 through three quarters, and 213 for the game, after allowing 153 over three long plays in the fourth quarter
  • Earns his second career Defensive Player of the Week award (11/7/16)
  • Last Truman State Defensive Player of the Week:  Sam Reeves (11/7/16)