Samuel Dankah

Position:
Outside Linebacker
Height:
6-6
Weight:
214
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Lorton, Va.
High School:
South County
Prev School:
Fork Union
Major:
Entrepreneurship

Senior in the classroom that has one year of eligibility remaining … Three-year lettermen who has appeared in 32 career games making one start … Tallied 54 tackles (22 solo) … Registered 8.0 TFLs (-49 yards) which includes 3.0 sacks (-22 yards) … Credited with five pass breakups and one interception (17 yards) … Forced a pair of fumbles with one quarterback hurry … Booked at least one tackle in 25 of 32 contests (multiple 13 times).

2024: Played in all 13 games making one start (Army) … Logged 506 total snaps (436 defense, 70 special teams) earning third varsity letter … Tallied 34 stops (10 solo) … Registered 6.5 TFLs (-45 yards) which includes 3.0 sacks (-22 yards) … Booked at least one tackle in all 13 contests (multiple eight times) … Recorded career-high seven tackles (one solo) at Army … Other multiple tackle performances against Old Dominion (three), Liberty (two), UTSA (two), Temple (four), Florida Atlantic (three), Tulsa (three) and North Texas (five) … Picked off first career pass (17 yards) at Tulsa … Credited with two pass breakups (Temple, Florida Atlantic) … Had a quarterback hurry at Tulsa … Forced fumbles against Norfolk State and Navy … Registered sacks against Old Dominion (0.5/-4 yards), UTSA (1.0/12 yards), Temple (0.5/-4 yards) and Navy (1.0/-2 yards) … Credited with at least a half TFL in nine games (Norfolk State/1.0/-17, Old Dominion/0.5/-4, Liberty/0.5/-1, UTSA/1.0/-12, Army/0.5/-1, Temple/0.5/-4, Florida Atlantic/0.5/-1, Tulsa/1.0/-3, Navy/1.0/-2).

2023: Played in all 12 games for the Pirates during second year with the program … Logged 285 snaps (110 defense, 175 special teams) … Credited with 15 tackles (10 solo) … Registered at least one tackle in seven games (multiple in five contests) … Tallied career-best four tackles (one solo) against Tulane … Also had multiple stops against Marshall (two), Gardner-Webb (two), Navy (two) and Tulsa (three) … Recorded 1.5 TFLs (-4 yards) with a solo TFL against Gardner-Webb (-4 yards) and a half TFL (0 yards) against Tulane … Credited with three pass breakups on the season (Gardner-Webb, Rice, Florida Atlantic) … Led the Pirates with five special team tackles.

2022: Appeared in seven games during true freshman campaign … Logged 69 total snaps (8 defense, 61 special teams) … Booked five tackles (two solo) as a reserve on defense and a member of special teams’ unit … Made collegiate debut against Memphis (Oct. 15) … Recorded first career tackle versus UCF (Oct. 22) … Also notched stops against BYU, Cincinnati, Temple and Coastal Carolina … Received Pirate Service Award at the annual Goldsby’s in the spring of 2023.

High School: Spent one year under coach Fran Arritt helping the post-graduate squad to a perfect 8-0 record in 2021 … Three-year star at South County High School under coach Tynan Rolander … Earned First-Team All-Occoquan Region and First-Team Class 6 All-State honors as a junior in 2019 … As a senior, helped the Stallions to a 9-1 overall record (5-0 in league play) … Appeared in eight games and tallied 52 stops (33 solo) … Picked off a pair of passes to go along with two PBUs … Recovered one fumble, caused a fumble and blocked a punt … Listed as a three-star prospect by ESPN.com and Rivals.com.

Personal: Son of Victoria Dankah … Committed to East Carolina on Nov. 20, 2021 and officially enrolled early in January 2022 … Earned undergraduate degree in communication from East Carolina ... Currently pursuing a graduate certificate in entrepreneurship.