2024 Football Roster
Sam Cook
- Position:
- OLB
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Neosho, Mo.
- High School:
- Neosho
- Prev School:
- Western Illinois
2023: Started nine games at outside linebacker...Finished among Southeast Missouri’s top 10 tacklers in his first year as a Redhawk...Ranked tied for eighth on the team with 32 tackles, including 20 solo stops...Had two breakups and one quarterback hurry...Added 4.5 tackles for loss and two sacks...Made his first career start at Kansas State (9/2)...Posted a season-high six tackles vs. Southern Illinois (9/16)...Added five tackles at Central Arkansas (10/7)...Registered four stops on three occasions vs. Lindenwood (9/9), Eastern Illinois (10/14) and Robert Morris (11/4).
Western Illinois: Spent three seasons at Western Illinois...Ranked fourth on the team with 60 tackles and six tackles for loss in 11 games during the 2022 campaign...Added two sacks and one interception...Saw action in three games as a sophomore in 2021 and four games as a freshman.
Prep: Two-time First-Team All-Conference and All-District selection at Neosho High School...Named Academic All-State as both a junior and senior.
Personal: Majoring in Business Administration...Son of Greg and Kim Cook.
