# 89

Sam Logan

 

Wide Receiver

Sr. 46-2 4205

Kentland, Ind./Kentland

2006 Outlook — Will look to continue to build upon the momentum of a breakthrough year in 2005 ... The team’s most dependable receiver ... Expect to see him get the ball in the most critical of situations ... Makes the tough catch ... Has the ability to take a short or medium length pass and turn it into a long gain ... Can also make the long, game-changing play as well.

2005 — First Team All-Gateway Football Conference performer ... First Sycamore wide receiver to earn All-Gateway honors since Charles Swann in 1991 ... Is the school’s all-time career leader with 147 career pass receptions ... Has 1,850 career pass reception yards, 198 yards shy of ISU school record ... Named the Gateway Offensive Player of the Week for his conference-record, 17-catch performance against Murray State (Sept. 17) ... Set a school record with 77 pass receptions during the year while amassing 849 receiving yards to lead the team ... Those 849 receiving yards were the second-most in the history of the school ... Caught five touchdown passes, and passed for another on a fake field goal attempt that scored against Western Kentucky ... Went over the 100-yard receiving mark three times, including a season-best 194-yard effort at Missouri State – the third-best single-game effort by a receiver in school history ... Caught at least four passes in each Gateway Conference contest, and has caught at least one pass in each of his last 14 conference games dating back to 2003 ... Hauled in a career-long 71-yard pass from Blayne Baggett against Western Illinois ... That 71-yard catch and run was the Sycamores’ longest play from scrimmage.

2004 — All-Gateway Football Conference Second Team selection ... Paced the squad and finished second in the conference with 55 receptions – a school single-season record ... Caught at least two passes in each game while becoming the first Sycamore since 1988 to record three 100-yard receiving games ... Hauled in a season-best 10 passes for 114 yards at Western Kentucky ... Most yards in a game came against Illinois State, when he put up five catches for 161 yards, including a 58-yard catch-and-run which tied the contest against the ‘Birds and sent the game into overtime ... Also topped the 100-yard plateau with a 130-yard performance against SMS ... Finished the season with 55 catches for 760 yards and two TDs.

2003 — Named the Gateway Football Conference’s Offensive Player of the Week following the Eastern Illinois contest ... Caught five passes for 104 yards in the contest while scoring once ... Was third on the team with 15 catches, amassing 241 yards — an average of 16.1 yards per catch ... Reached the end zone twice during the year, once against EIU and once versus Western Illinois ... Long play was a 34-yard scoring strike from Jake Schiff against EIU ... Recorded three multi-reception contests including Eastern Illinois (5), Western Illinois (2) and Western Kentucky (3).

2002 — Sat out the season as a redshirt.

High School — A standout receiver while at South Newton High, Logan earned Associated Press and Bloomington Herald-Times All-State accolades as well as being an IFCA Top-50 selection following his senior campaign ... Over his three-year varsity career, he ranked second among all-time Indiana prepsters with 162 catches for 3,271 yards and an Indiana schoolboy-record 48 TDs while defensively he nabbed 23 interceptions.

Personal — Born Samuel DeVon Logan on May 5, 1983 to Greg and Jill Logan in Madison, Wisc. ... Majoring in Criminology.

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