Sam Siafa

2024 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors. Season: Did not see any game action. 2023 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON Did not see any game action...Earned the coaching staff's Developmental Squad Defensive Player of the Week (Northwestern, 11/30). 2022 • TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON Redshirt season...Appeared in one game...Named the coaching staff's Developmental Squad Defensive Player of the Week twice (Auburn, 9/17; Ohio State, 10/29). HIGH SCHOOL Was a one-time letterman for head coach Mike Milano at Downingtown West High School...Was high school teammates with current Penn State offensive lineman Drew Shelton...Posted 40 tackles, two sacks and a pass breakup during his senior season. PERSONAL Full name is Samuel Edward Siafa...Son of Karnecha and Fatorma Siafa...Has a sister, Selina Siafa, and a brother, Immanuel Siafa...Parents both work for Chick-Fil-A, with his father being an operator and mother being a manager...His hobbies are playing video games and playing sports...Has volunteered on two mission trips and has also volunteered around his church, including lawn mowing, planting and pulling flowers, watering flowers and setting up young ministry games...Majoring in labor and human resources at Penn State...Would like to follow in his parents footsteps by being a Chick-Fil-A operator.