CAREER
Played in 40 career games with 20 starts … Became the sixth player in school history to play in all 40 career games … Became the first defensive lineman in school history to see action in all 40 games … Also tied the school-record for most consecutive career games played with 40 … Has contributed 54 tackles (14 solo), 5.5 sacks, 8.5 tackles for loss and five quarterback hurries in four-year career … Columbia’s William V. Campbell Trophy nominee and semifinalist in 2019 … Three-time CoSIDa Academic All-District nominee … Four-year letterman … Concluded career by starting 20 consecutive games.
2019
William V. Campbell Trophy semifinalist … Columbia’s nominee for the prestigious William V. Campbell Trophy in 2019 … NFF Hampshire Academic Honor Society honoree … CoSIDa Academic All-District nominee … Named the team’s Phil Fusco Award-winner at team banquet … Played and started all 10 games as a senior defensive lineman … Listed as the starter at defensive tackle on the depth chart … Finished the year with 16 tackles (three solo) with 1.5 tackles for loss for three yards, 1.0 sack for two yards, two quarterback hurries and a blocked kick … Made two tackles in season finale at Cornell (Nov. 23) … Registered two tackles with 0.5 tackle for loss vs. Brown (Nov. 16) … Registered a season-high tying three tackles vs. Penn (Oct. 19) … Finished with three tackles at Princeton (Oct. 5) … Made one tackle and blocked a 35-yard field goal vs. Georgetown (Sept. 28) … Registered three tackles (one solo), with 0.5 sack in season opener at Saint Francis, Pa. (Sept. 21).
2018
CoSIDa Academic All-District nominee … Played and started in all 10 games as a junior defensive tackle … Finished the year with 18 tackles (six solo) with 2.5 sacks-14 yards, 4.0 tackles for loss for 21 yards and a pass breakup … Registered at least one tackle in nine of 10 games on year … Made two tackles in season finale vs. Cornell (Nov. 17) … Registered 1.0 sack, one tackle at Brown (Nov. 10) … Made two tackles vs. Yale (Oct. 27) … Tied a career-high with four tackles (three solo) vs. Dartmouth (Oct. 20) … Registered three tackles at Penn (Oct. 13) … Made two tackles, 1.0 sack for nine yards and 1.5 tackles for loss for 14 yards vs. Marist (Oct. 6) … Made two tackles at Georgetown (Sept. 22).
2017
CoSIDA Academic All-District nominee … Played in all 10 games as a sophomore defensive lineman … Totaled 12 tackles (four solo), 2.0 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks for 12 yards and two quarterback hurries … Made two tackles in season finale vs. Brown (Nov. 18) … Registered sack for five yards and two tackles at Cornell (Nov. 11) … Totaled sack for seven yards and two tackles vs. Harvard (Nov. 4) … Tied a career-high with four tackles (two solo) and 0.5 tackle for loss at Marist (Oct. 7).
2016
Saw action in all 10 games as a first-year defensive lineman … Played primarily on the defensive line in third down situations … Finished season with eight tackles (one solo), one tackle for loss, one sack and one quarterback hurry … Made two tackles and registered a quarterback hurry vs. Cornell (Nov. 12) … Made a career-high four tackles, with his first career-sack for three yards at Harvard (Nov. 5) … Made a tackle for loss vs. Dartmouth (Oct. 22) … Made first career tackle in first career game vs. Saint Francis U (Sept. 17).
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2016 graduate of Copley H.S. in Akron, Ohio, where he played three years of varsity football for head coach Scott Chouinard … Earned Second Team All-State honors … Received First Team All-Northeast Ohio honors … Named First Team All-Conference pick … Three-time Northeast Inlet All-District Team member … Academic All-Ohio honoree as a senior … Recorded 284 total tackles (117 solo), 48.5 tackles for loss, 23 sacks and 11 quarterback hurries during his high school career as a defensive tackle … Totaled 97 total tackles (46 solo), 23.5 tackles for loss, 12 sacks and 10 quarterback hurries as a senior … Named team captain as a senior … Three-year starter … Led the Indians to a 9-2 record, 5-1 league record and their first league title in 11 years and first state playoff appearance in five years ... Averaged 11.3 tackles per game, registered 102 total tackles (38 solo), 15.0 tackles for loss, 5.0 sacks and three caused fumbles as a junior … Four-year letterwinner in wrestling in the 285-pound weight class … Two-year wrestling team captain … Three-time wrestling state qualifier (2014, 2015, 2016) … Took fifth place in the state at 285-pounds as a senior … Ranked among the state’s top-20 wrestlers as a junior … Four-time Principal’s Honor Roll selection … Presidential Award winner … Two-time Student-Athlete of the Month … Three-time Student-Athlete of the Month honoree … National Honor Society … Also was involved in a variety of volunteer at school activities.
PERSONAL
Born Arman Samouk on November 22, 1997 … Son of Sejo and Anesa Samouk of Akron, Ohio … Has two brothers Alden and Deen … Parents immigrated to the United States after the Bosnian War in the 1990s … English is his second language as he speaks Bosnian, Serbian and Croatian … Is a first-year generation college student … Committed to Columbia on October 2, 2015 … Chose Columbia because of its New York City setting and football coaching staff, facilities … Chose Columbia over Penn, Dartmouth, Harvard and Akron … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in Economics.
ARTICLES
http://highschoolsports.cleveland.com/news/article/-5133228656912484675/what-columbia-commit-arman-samouk-of-copley-brings-to-lions-program/
http://wakr.net/personalities/ray-horner-show/student-athlete/item/160586-audio-1590-wakr-student-athlete-of-the-week-arman-samouk
