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8 Darrien Sampson

  • Position
    Cornerback
  • Class
    Super Senior
  • Height
    6-0
  • Weight
    185
  • Hometown
    South Seattle, Wash.
  • Major
    Psychology
  • High School
    Rainier Beach '18

Biography

Career Summary (entering 2023)
  • Played in 41 career games and started in 28.
  • Made 76 tackles, three interceptions, and nine passes broken up.
  • Named a team captain for 2023.
2023 (Super Senior)
  • Played in three games started in 1 (Northern Arizona 11/18/23) while missing eight due to injury
  • Had a tackle for loss against Weber State (10/21/23)
  • Recorded four tackles on the season.
2022 (Redshirt Senior)
  • Played in and started four games, tallying 11 tackles, two pass breakups, and a quarterback hurry. Injured in Week 4 at Florida.
  • Set a new career-high with six tackles against Oregon (9/10/22).
2021 (Redshirt Junior)
  • Started all 13 games in 2021, totaling 29 tackles.
  • Nineteen of his 29 tackles were solo, and he had 1.5 tackles for loss for three yards.
  • Grabbed his third-career interception against Idaho on 10/16/2021 and recorded three pass breakups.
  • Had two games with five tackles (at Western Illinois, 9/18/21 / Weber State 10/23/2021) and he recorded four in two other games, including the season opener at UNLV (9/2/2021) and in Eastern’s FCS Playoff win over Northern Iowa (11/27/2021).
2020-21 (Redshirt Sophomore)
  • Named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team.
  • Started all seven games at cornerback for EWU.
  • Equaled his career high with five tackles in the FCS Playoffs versus North Dakota State (4/24/21).
  • Broke up passes versus Idaho State (3/13/21) and Idaho (4/10/21).
2019 (Redshirt Freshman)
  • Named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team.
  • Started three of the 10 games he played, and made his season debut at Washington (8/31/19).
  • Closed the year with 17 tackles, 2 passes broken up, and 1 interception.
  • Made the first start of his career against Northern Arizona (11/2/19) and finished with five tackles, a pass broken up, and a quarterback hurry.
  • Had his first career interception versus Idaho State (11/9/19), and had four tackles against Montana (10/26/19).
2018 (Freshman)
  • Redshirted, but played in four games in accordance with a new NCAA rule that allows student-athletes to play in up to four games and still redshirt.
  • Made his debut versus Nicolls (12/1/18) in the FCS Playoffs, then had two tackles against UC Davis (12/8/18) in the quarterfinals.
  • Played in the semifinals against Maine (12/15/18) and the championship game versus North Dakota State (1/5/18).
High School
  • Graduated from Rainier Beach HS in 2018.
  • Named by the Seattle Times as a “White Chip” selection as one of the top 100 prospects in the state of Washington.
  • Rated by 247sports.com as a 3-star recruit and the No. 30 prospect in the state of Washington.
  • Rivals.com rated him as a 2-star recruit.
  • As a senior, he earned First-Team All-3A Metro League Mountain Division honors as a cornerback.
  • Helped Rainier Beach finish 10-3 overall and 3-1 in the 3A Metro League Mountain Division standings.
  • The Vikings advanced to the State 3A championship game where they lost to O’Dea 38-11.
  • Rainier Beach won preliminary playoff games against Mt. Spokane (28-21), Peninsula (37-28), and Garfield (49-21).
  • In his junior season in 2016, Rainier Beach finished 8-3 to advance to the State 3A Playoffs and won the 3A Metro League Valley Division title with a perfect 5-0 record.
  • Also earned all-league recognition as a junior and sophomore.
  • EWU teammates Anthony Stell Jr. and Frederick Roberson also graduated from Rainier Beach in 2018, and their coach at Rainier Beach was Darrien’s father, Corey Sampson. Sampson also played basketball for Rainier Beach, which won the State 3A title his sophomore season and finished 23-6 after beating O’Dea 70-49 for the title.
Personal
  • Born 12/2/99.
  • Parents are Corey Sampson and Collette Frazier.
  • Graduated with a degree in communications and a minor in business administration in Winter 2022. Enrolled in a psychology graduate program.

Statistics

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2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2018Freshman

    DB
    6'1" 170 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2019Redshirt Freshman

    DB
    6'1" 175 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2020Redshirt Sophomore

    DB
    6'1" 175 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2021Redshirt Sophomore

    DB
    6'0" 180 lbs
    14
  • 8

    2022Redshirt Junior

    DB
    6'0" 185 lbs
    8
  • 8
    C

    2023Super Senior

    Cornerback
    6'0" 185 lbs
    8
    C
  • 8
    C

    2024Super Senior

    Cornerback
    6'0" 185 lbs
    8
    C