Sam Acho

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Sam Acho

Acho in 2012 training camp.

No. 94 Arizona Cardinals

Outside Linebacker

Personal information

Date of birth: September 6, 1988

Place of birth: Dallas, Texas

Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Weight: 257 lb (117 kg)

Career information

High school: Dallas (TX) St. Mark's

College: Texas

NFL Draft: 2011 / Round: 4 / Pick: 103

Debuted in 2011 for the Arizona Cardinals

Career history

Arizona Cardinals (2011–present)

Roster status: Active

Career highlights and awards

Campbell Trophy winner (2010)
Wuerffel Trophy winner (2010)

Career NFL statistics as of 2013 season

Tackles	93
Sacks	12.0
Forced fumbles	7
Interceptions	2
Stats at NFL.com

Samuel Onyedikachi Acho (born September 6, 1988) is an American football linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals. Acho played college football at the University of Texas.

Early years

Acho attended St. Mark's School in Dallas, Texas. He had 12 sacks as a senior and 10 as a junior and was a team co-captain both years. He was also the state private school champion in both the shot put and discus.

College career

As a freshman in 2007, Acho played in 11 games, recording six tackles and a sack. As a sophomore in 2008, he recorded 15 tackles and three sacks. As a junior in 2009, Acho became a starter, starting all 14 games. He was an honorable mention All-Big 12 by The Associated Press after recording 55 tackles and eight sacks. Acho was the winner of the William V. Campbell Trophy (2010). This prestigious award is given to college football's top scholar-athlete. In 2010, he was named as a finalist for the Lott Trophy. After the 2010 season, his teammates named him the MVP of the team.^[1] In October 2010, the Sporting News named him one of the 20 smartest athletes in sports, a list that included 2 other college players and 17 professionals from the four major American sports.^[2]

Personal

Acho's brother, Emmanuel Acho, also played football for Texas, where he was a consensus All Big 12 linebacker in 2011.^[3] Emmanuel is currently with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Professional career

Arizona Cardinals

Acho was selected by the Arizona Cardinals with the 103rd pick overall of the 2011 NFL Draft. In his rookie season as a Cardinal, he made 40 tackles, had 7 sacks, and generated 4 forced fumbles. He followed that up with four sacks and 48 tackles in 2012.

References

External links

Texas Longhorns bio

v t e William V. Campbell Trophy winners

1990: Howard 1991: Culpepper 1992: Hansen 1993: Burns 1994: Zatechka 1995: Hoying 1996: Wuerffel 1997: Manning 1998: Stinchcomb 1999: Pennington 2000: Vanden Bosch 2001: Gonzalez 2002: Roberts 2003: Krenzel 2004: Muñoz 2005: Niswanger 2006: Leonard 2007: Griffin 2008: Mack 2009: Tebow 2010: Acho 2011: Rodriguez 2012: Jones 2013: Urschel

v t e Wuerffel Trophy winners

2005: Niswanger 2006: Penton 2007: Smith 2008: Tebow 2009: Hiller 2010: Acho 2011: Jones 2012: Barkley 2013: Ikard

v t e Arizona Cardinals 2011 NFL Draft selections

Patrick Peterson Ryan Williams Rob Housler Sam Acho Anthony Sherman Quan Sturdivant David Carter DeMarco Sampson

v t e Arizona Cardinals current roster

Active roster	3 Carson Palmer 4 Jay Feely 5 Drew Stanton 9 Dave Zastudil 10 Brittan Golden 11 Larry Fitzgerald 12 Andre Roberts 13 Jaron Brown 14 Ryan Lindley 15 Michael Floyd 16 Teddy Williams 17 LaRon Byrd 19 Dan Buckner 20 Antoine Cason 21 Patrick Peterson 22 Tony Jefferson 23 Bryan McCann 25 Jerraud Powers 26 Rashad Johnson 27 Curtis Taylor 28 Rashard Mendenhall 29 Alfonso Smith 30 Stepfan Taylor 31 Justin Bethel 32 Tyrann Mathieu 33 Orhian Johnson 34 Ryan Williams 35 Javier Arenas 37 Yeremiah Bell 38 Andre Ellington 44 Kenny Rowe 48 Dan Giordano 50 Dontay Moch 51 Kevin Minter 52 Jasper Brinkley 54 Kenny Demens 55 John Abraham 56 Karlos Dansby 57 Alex Okafor 58 Daryl Washington 59 Marcus Benard 60 Tommie Draheim 61 Jonathan Cooper 62 Anthony McCloud 63 Lyle Sendlein 66 Alameda Ta'amu 69 Mike Gibson 70 Bobby Massie 71 Daryn Colledge 72 Everrette Thompson 73 Eric Winston 74 Paul Fanaika 76 Nate Potter 78 Earl Watford 79 Bradley Sowell 81 Jim Dray 82 Mike Leach 83 Kory Sperry 84 Rob Housler 85 Darren Fells 86 Jake Ballard 87 Jeff King 89 Javone Lawson 90 Darnell Dockett 91 Matt Shaughnessy 92 Dan Williams 93 Calais Campbell 94 Sam Acho 96 Ronald Talley 97 Lorenzo Alexander 98 Frostee Rucker -- Brett Brackett -- Andre Hardy -- Robert Hughes -- Christian Johnson -- Adrian Tracy

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Persondata
Name	Acho, Sam
Alternative names
Short description	American football player
Date of birth	September 6, 1988
Place of birth	Hawthorn Woods, Illinois, USA
Date of death
Place of death

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