How former Virginia Tech linebacker Sam Brumfield landed in Memphis
Memphis Tigers linebacker Sam Brumfield (3) reacts during a spring game at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium on April 26. (Wes Hale/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Sam Brumfield stood on the football field in tears.
It was his first day of peewee flag football, and Brumfield didn’t know what else to do but cry.
“It wasn’t that I was scared,” Brumfield said during spring camp. “I was just like, ‘What am I doing out here? Like what are we about to do?’ And after that, I want to say after that first play, everything just went away. I just fell in love with it.”
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Frank Bonner II
Frank Bonner is the Memphis Tigers football beat writer. He is originally from Indiana but arrived in Memphis after spending two years in Tulsa, covering Oklahoma State football and basketball. He covered high school sports in Columbus, Indiana for two years before getting his Master’s degree in Sports Journalism at IUPUI. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University.
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