Sam Roush Season 2023-24

Career Accolades

• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2023)

As a Sophomore (2023)

• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Appeared in all 12 games, making 10 starts at tight end
• Started the final six games of the season as the team's primary tight end
• Finished third on the team with 288 receiving yards, coming on 28 receptions
• Drew his first collegiate start in the season opener at Hawai'i (Sept. 1)
• Caught his first three passes of the season for 26 yards vs. Arizona (Sept. 23)
• Posted then-career-bests with four catches at 38 yards vs. UCLA (Oct. 21)
• Was the team's leading receiver in the win at Washington State (Nov. 4) ... caught seven passes for 61 yards, including a 27-yard strike
• Caught a 31-yard reception in the 126th Big Game, the longest reception of his career ... finished the game with 62 receiving yards, a new career-high

As a Freshman (2022)

• Appeared in all 12 games, primarily on special teams
• Finished the season with 34 receiving yards on two receptions
• Added three tackles and a fumble recovery
• Returned one kick for eight yards, totaling a career-best 31 all-purpose yards against BYU (Nov. 26)
• Caught just his second career reception for a career-long 23 yards against BYU (Nov. 26)

Prior to Stanford

• A consensus four-star recruit
• Ranked No. 261 nationally by PrepStar and No. 284 by ESPN
• In the state of Tennessee, ranked No. 8 by ESPN and Rivals, No. 9 by 247Sports and PrepStar and No. 13 by On3
• A unanimous top-30 tight end, ranked No. 6 at Y-TE by ESPN, No. 9 by PrepStar, No. 11 by 247Sports, No. 13 Rivals, and No. 28 by On3
• Played at Lipscomb Academy, coached by Super Bowl-winning quarterback, Trent Dilfer
• Led Lipscomb Academy to a D2-AA state title as a senior in 2021
• 2021 Tennessee Co-Defensive Player of the Year
• Also lettered in basketball

Personal

• Son of Luke and Brooke Roush
• Younger sisters are Molly and Annie
• His father played football at Duke, while his mother played volleyball at Montana State
• Maternal grandfather, Phil Olsen, played football at Utah State and in the NFL with the LA Rams, Denver Broncos and Buffalo Bills
• Maternal great uncle is Pro Football Hall of Famer and actor, Merlin Olsen
• Other maternal great uncle is former BYU and Kansas City Chiefs player, Orrin Olsen
• Paternal grandfather, John Roush, played at Ohio
• Paternal uncle, Mark Roush, played football at Northwestern
• His mother’s cousin, Nathan Olsen, played football at Stanford
• His paternal great grandfather played baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals
• Other paternal great grandfather was a national runner-up at the 1941 NIT with Ohio
• Cousin, Hans, played football at BYU
• X-Prize Ocean Quest Engineering - Team Member on World Championship High School Team
• Interested in majoring in computer science
• Originally born in Atlanta, Ga. 
• Has moved seven times, living in Atlanta, Ga.; Pleasanton, Calif.; Chapel Hill, N.C.; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Jakarta, Indonesia; San Jose, Calif.; and Nashville, Tenn.
• Played rugby for Jakarta Komodo Rugby Club