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Sam Acho

American football player (born 1988)

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Also known as Samuel Onyedikachi Acho

Born: September 6, 1988
Birthplace: Dallas
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: American football player
Education: St. Mark's School of Texas
, University of Texas at Austin
, Thunderbird School of Global Management(until 2015)
Employer: ESPN(since 2021)
Height: 188 cm

Overview

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Samuel Onyedikachi Acho is an American sports analyst and former professional football player. He played linebacker and special teams for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers after being drafted in the 4th Round, 103rd overall in 2011. He played college football for the Texas Longhorns.

Overview

NFL stats — season by season

9 seasons · from AIDb's NFL dataset

Season	Team	G	TKL	SACK	DEF INT	FF
2011	ARI	13	41	7.0	0	4
2012	ARI	16	48	4.0	2	2
2013	ARI	3	5	1.0	0	1
2014	ARI	13	31	1.0	1	0
2015	CHI	14	39	0.0	0	1
2016	CHI	14	27	1.0	0	1
2017	CHI	15	45	3.0	0	1
2018	CHI	1	1	0.0	0	0
2019	TB	2	3	1.0	0	1
Career		91	240	18.0	3	11

Career stats

Life at a glance

Positions, education, employers and awards over time

Spans and dates from Wikidata qualifiers (start/end/point in time). Hover for details; click to open.

All data

38 statements · 8% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Member of sports team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers(2019–2019)
Chicago Bears(2015–2018)
Arizona Cardinals(2011–2014)
Texas Longhorns football(2007–2010)
Sex or gender: male
Family name: Acho
Given name: Sam
Mass: 260 lb
Position played on team / speciality: linebacker
Name in native language: Samuel Onyedikachi Acho
Sport: American football
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Sources
1.Stated in Pro Football ReferenceRetrieved 2022-05-10
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Social media followers: 35,232(February 9, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 237615332
34,294(February 28, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 237615332
30,710(January 8, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 237615332
27,201(April 27, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 237615332
Awards: William V. Campbell Trophy(2010)
Wuerffel Trophy(2010)
Sibling: Emmanuel Acho kinship to subject: younger brother

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