Sam Schmiesing

Named Phil Steele Third Team All-PFL · Appeared in 11 games · Posted 80 tackles, 44 solo · Season high 10 tackles vs. Butler 10/18/25 · Recorded One sack vs. San Diego 11/01/25 · Named to Second Team All-PFL All-Academic · Received CSC Academic All-District honors · Earned All-PFL All-Conference Honorable Mention accolade 2024 PFL Academic Honor Roll · Appeared in 11 games · Achieved 31 tackles (14 solo) with 2.5 tackles for a loss · Tallied one sack on the year (against Indiana State) Redshirted the 2023 season · Appeared in one game · Was a member of the 2023 PFL Academic Honor Roll Three-time varsity letterwinner · First Team All-Ohio in 2022, and First Team All-Southwest Ohio in 2021 and 2022 · Three-time First Team Miami Valley League · 2022 Team Captain · The Indians were 2020 and 2021 MVL champions · Had a career 325 tackles, 6.5 sacks, 37 TFL and five forced fumbles · Has two personal records of three sacks in one game and 19 tackles in one game Son of Chris and Paula Schmiesing · Has two siblings- Ben and Jack · Ben walked on at Ohio State and transferred to UD for two seasons and was a team captain in 2022 · Majoring in Accounting with a minor in Finance