Cameron Sample (born September 20, 1999) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wit ...

defensive end Defensive end (DE) is a defensive position in the sport of gridiron football. This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations over the years have substantially changed how the position is p ...

for the

Cincinnati Bengals The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football team based in Cincinnati. The Bengals compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The club's home ...

of the

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(NFL). He played college football at

Tulane Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into a comprehensive pub ...

Early life and high school

Sample grew up in

Snellville, Georgia Snellville is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States, east of Atlanta. The population was 18,242 at the 2010 census, and in 2019 the estimated population was 20,077. It is a developed suburb of Atlanta and a part of the Atlanta metro ...

and attended Shiloh High School. Sample was rated a two-star recruit and signed to play college football at Tulane after having previously committed to play at Georgia Southern.

College career

Sample played in 11 games with three starts as a freshman. Sample started 11 games with four sacks in his sophomore season. He was slowed by nagging injuries as a junior but played in all 13 of Tulane's games with 44 total tackles. Sample finished his senior season with 52 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss and five sacks and was named first-team All-American Athletic Conference.

Professional career

Sample was drafted by the

in the fourth round, 111th overall, of the

2021 NFL Draft The 2021 NFL Draft was the 86th National Football League Draft, the annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players for the 2021 NFL season. The draft was held in Cleveland from April 29 to May 1, 2021 ...

. He signed his four-year rookie contract with Cincinnati on May 17.

References

External links

Tulane Green Wave bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sample, Cameron 1999 births Living people People from Snellville, Georgia Players of American football from Georgia (U.S. state) Sportspeople from the Atlanta metropolitan area American football defensive ends Tulane Green Wave football players Cincinnati Bengals players