| Sam Cowart |
Full Name: Samuel Cowart, III School: Mandarin High School in Jacksonville, Florida |
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| FSU Career |
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Year No Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown 1993 56 ILB 6-3 215 Fr * Jacksonville 1994 56 OLB 6-3 239 So * Jacksonville 1995 56 OLB 6-3 239 Jr * Jacksonville 1996 56 OLB 6-3 239 Sr Jacksonville 1997 1 LB 6-3 239 Sr-R * Jacksonville |
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| Awards |
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Year Award
1997 American Football Coaches Association - 1st Team All-American
Associated Press - 1st Team All-American
Football News - 1st Team All-American
Football Writers Association - 1st Team All-American
The Sporting News - 1st Team All-American
NCAA - Concensus All-American
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| Elected into the FSU Hall of Fame in 2011 |
| Sam Cowart came to Florida State after a great career at Mandarin High in Jacksonville and earned a place in the Seminole Hall of Fame with his great linebacker play. Cowart was a finalist for both the Butkus and Bronko Nagurski awards as a senior in 1997 leading the Seminoles with 116 tackles. He was a Consensus All-American and was Football News' National Defensive Player of the Year. Cowart's spectacular senior year was even more impressive considering he overcame reconstructive knee surgery following the 1995 season. He sat out 1996 and earned the ACC's Brian Piccolo Award as a senior for overcoming hardship. Cowart led a '97 FSU defense that set a school record after allowing an average of just 1.5 yards per rush. His defense allowed an average of only 51.9 rushing yards a game and gave up just 571 yards on the ground all season. Cowart also led FSU in tackles as a junior in 1995 with 115 and totaled 338 tackles over his career. The Buffalo Bills selected Cowart in the second round of the 1998 Draft and he played eight years in the NFL. He earned All-Pro honors with the Bills in 2000 and also played for the NY Jets (2002-04) and Minnesota Vikings (2005). |
| FSU Statistics |
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Defensive Statistics Year GP TK Ast Tot Sack Yds TFL Yds QBH Int Yds TD PBU FF FR Yds TD Bk Saf ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1993 18 13 31 1.0 . . . . . . 0 . . . . 0 . . 1994 11 44 32 76 1.0 . 2.0 . . . . 0 2 . . . 0 . . 1995 11 76 39 115 3.0 . 10.0 . . 1 -1 0 2 . 2 0 0 . . 1997 11 62 54 116 4.0 13.0 8.0 9.0 . . . 0 1 . 3 0 3 . . ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tot 33 200 138 338 9.0 13.0 20.0 9.0 0 1 -1 0 5 0 5 0 3 0 0 |
Bowl Games Played, not included in the above stats Note: Bowl Game stats were not included before the 2002 season 1993 ORANGE BOWL 1994 SUGAR BOWL 1995 ORANGE BOWL 1996 SUGAR BOWL 1997 SUGAR BOWL |
| Pro Career |
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Height: 6-2 Weight: 245 Drafted: 1998, 2nd Round #39, Buffalo Bills, OLB Debut: September 6, 1998 Year Abbr Team No Pos 1998 Buf Buffalo Bills 56 LB 1999 Buf Buffalo Bills 56 LB 2000 Buf Buffalo Bills 56 LB 2001 Buf Buffalo Bills 56 LB 2002 NYJ New York Jets 56 LB 2003 NYJ New York Jets 56 LB 2004 NYJ New York Jets 56 OLB 2005 Min Minnesota Vikings 55 LB |
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| Comments |
| Football |
Pro Bowl Participant (Year the game was played) - 2001 |
| Pro Statistics |
| Football |
Defensive Statistics Year Team GP GS TK Ast Tot Sack Yds Stuff Yds Int Yds PD FF FR Bk Saf TD --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998 Buf 16 11 60 18 78 0.0 0.0 3.0 5.0 2 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 1999 Buf 16 16 78 45 123 1.0 4.0 7.0 14.5 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2000 Buf 12 12 88 42 130 5.5 38.5 1.5 4.5 2 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 2001 Buf 1 1 0 2 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2002 NYJ 16 16 91 36 127 2.0 7.0 6.0 17.0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 2003 NYJ 15 15 96 44 140 2.0 13.0 2.5 13.5 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2004 NYJ 9 2 20 5 25 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2005 Min 15 14 72 13 85 2.0 13.0 3.5 6.0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Years 100 87 505 205 710 12.5 75.5 25.5 62.5 4 27 19 6 4 0 0 0 |