Sam Brumfield

Senior linebacker for Memphis. 2025: 90 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks.

LB · Memphis · Sr. · #3

5′11″ · 225 lb · Pearl, MS

CFB Index 82 · #48 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamReturning to Memphis for 2026

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Tackles for loss: 97th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

11 TFL · 4.5 sacks

Statement game17 tacklesvs Navy (FBS) · L 17-28

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Memphis. 2025: 90 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Middle Tennessee in 2023.
Transferred from Virginia Tech to Memphis in 2025.

His career, year by year

Sam Brumfield

LB · Memphis · Sr · #3

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Sam Brumfield has played for three head coaches across three seasons and three programs. 2025 added another: All-AAC. The receipt: 17 tackles against Navy — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Middle Tennessee4-8HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced

2024Virginia Tech6-7HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning

2025Memphis8-5HC: Ryan Silverfield · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

82All-Conference level #48 of 583?

High confidenceBounce-Back7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (97th percentile). Strength: tackles (97th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#74 / 2975 · 97th pct

11.0

Tackles#86 / 2975 · 97th pct

Sacks#136 / 2975 · 95th pct

4.5

Solo tackles#212 / 2975 · 92nd pct

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	9.0	1.1	0.4	0.0
Road6g	7.5	0.9	0.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.0	0.9	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	12.0	1.2	0.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Charles Huff

Pass share

38.2%

66 pass / 107 run

Plays / game

57.7

3 games

Team sack rate

5.2%

77 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

82 · #48 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #48 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-AAC

Based on 2025: #4 of 61 American Athletic LBs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Memphis	90	40	11.0	4.5	--	1	--
2024	Virginia Tech	61	17	3.0	1.5	1	--	--
2023	Middle Tennessee	82	46	6.5	3.5	--	--	--
Career		233	103	20.5	9.5	1	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2025

W 34–31

vs South Florida

13 TOT · 9 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Edged out South Florida at home in a shootout.

With B. Lewis — 307 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 58.0 · 35 rush yds (11 car) · L. Carrigan — 40 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 45-10vs Chattanooga	5	3	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 2	W 38-16@ Georgia State	8	5	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 3	W 28-7@ Troy	4	0	1.5	1.0	—
Wk 4	W 32-31vs Arkansas	5	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 55-26@ Florida Atlantic	8	2	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 45-7vs Tulsa	5	1	2.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 24-31@ UAB	6	3	2.5	0.5	1	2.5 TFL
Wk 9	W 34-31vs South Florida	13	9	2.5	1.0	—	2.5 TFL
Wk 12	L 27-31@ East Carolina	12	5	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 17-28vs Navy	17	9	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 17 tackles
Bowl	L 7-31@ NC State	7	1	0.0	0.0	—
Total		90	40	11.0	4.5	1

How he plays

Play style

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

90Tackles

40Solo

11TFL

4.5Sacks

0Pass def.

1INT

90 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 11 TFL.

Week 11 sack
Week 21 sack
Week 31 sack
Week 80.5 sacks · 1 INT
Week 91 sack

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

Memphis

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Memphis

Returning around him

1 Memphis player drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +4 net (51 in / 47 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Memphis · Last season: 8-5 (AP #22) · Talent rank #67 · 2026 recruiting class #72

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Darren Anders’s 2023 season.

Darren Anders

75%match

Bowling Green · 2023

All-MAC

Mark Robinson

Ole Miss · 2021

NFL Rd 7

72%

DJ Schramm

Boise State · 2022

All-Mountain West

72%

Mason Woods

Kent State · 2025

All-MAC

71%

Keye Thompson

Ohio · 2023

All-MAC

71%

Matches Darren on

Weight

Solo tackle rate

Class year

Differs from Darren on

PD rate (lower)

Height (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Keye Thompson's junior season at Ohio (2023).

Keye Thompson

82%match

Ohio · 2023

All-MAC

DJ Schramm

Boise State · 2022

All-Mountain West

81%

Anthony Switzer

Utah State · 2023

79%

Eli Neal

Marshall · 2022

All-Sun Belt

78%

Mohamed Sanogo

Louisville · 2022

77%

Matches Keye on

Tackle volume

TFL rate

PD rate

Differs from Keye on

Sack rate (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Sam Brumfield

Antavious Fish

Akron · 2024

79%

Quincy Bryant

Wake Forest · 2025

77%

Seth Naotala

Old Dominion · 2025

77%

Sean Brown

NC State · 2024

72%

Mason Woods

Kent State · 2025

71%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Sam Brumfield

202312 games

202412 games

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Linebacker

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