2021 Football Roster
Sam Stewart Jr.
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Bakersfield, CA
- High School:
- Liberty HS
2020 (Spring 2021) -- Did not play due to injury.
2019 -- Redshirt ... played in three games, preserving his redshirt season ... named the team's offensive scout team player of the year ... expected to back up the running backs this fall.
High School -- A 2019 graduate and two-way starter for three varsity seasons at Liberty High School in Bakersfield, Calif. ... under head coach Bryan Nixon, Stewart rushed for 3,993 yards in three varsity seasons, including 1,972 yards as a senior in 2018 and 1,192 yards as a junior in 2017 ... also caught 52 passes for 519 yards and three touchdowns in his prep career ... rushing numbers as a senior in 2018 include 260 carries for 1,972 yards (7.6 yards per carry) and 21 touchdowns ... as a junior rushed 184 times for 1,192 yards (6.5 average per carry) and 12 touchdowns ... also rushed for 12 scores as a sophomore, netting 829 yards on 162 carries (5.1 average) ... produced 21 games of 100 or more yards rushing, including a career-high 244 yards on 36 trips versus Buchanan in 2018 ... had two other 200-yard games in prep career ... also was a middle linebacker on defense with 74, 49 and 82 tackles in his sophomore, junior and senior seasons respectively ... 13.0 tackles for lost yardage, including six sacks, in three prep seasons and also notched eight quarterback hurries, five pass deflections and two interceptions ... recovered six fumbles and forced four others ... Patriots were 12-2 in 2018, including a nine-game winning streak, claiming the Southwest Yosemite League title and finishing second in the CIF-Central Section Division 1 playoffs ... named 2018 BVarsity All-Area Football Player of the Year by the Bakersfield Californian and also was named Southwest Yosemite League offensive MVP ... scored a touchdown in US Army All-Star Game at Rabobank Arena.
Personal -- Son of Sam and Juanaki Stewart ... three sisters, Ashley, Jermia and Joda ... born in Bakersfield, Calif. ... majoring in psychology.
