2024 Football Roster
Roster
Secrest, Sam

Jersey Number 63
Sam Secrest
- Position:
- OL
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 300
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Indianapolis, Ind.
- High School:
- Roncalli HS
- Prev School:
- Louisville
Bio
As a Sophomore (2024)
Prior to Houston
High School
Personal
- Fall 2024 Dean's List honoree (3.5+ GPA)
- Played in two games
- Three snaps played on season
- Made Cougar debut vs. Rice (Sept. 14)
- Two snaps at center vs. Rice
- One snap on FG/XP block at Cincinnati (Sept. 21)
Prior to Houston
- Spent 2022-23 seasons at Louisville
- Appeared in two games during 2023
- 15 snaps at center against Murray State
- Five snaps on field goal kick against Duke
- Did not see action during 2022
High School
- Three-star prospect by ESPN
- Prepped at Roncalli (Indianapolis, Ind.)
- No. 23 overall player from Indiana according to 247Sports
- 103rd ranked interior offensive lineman nationally
Personal
- Hobbies: playing guitar, playing golf, fishing, hunting
- Dream job outside of football: orthopedic surgeon
- Something most people don’t know: he has five siblings
- Hidden talent: can play guitar and ukelele
- Chose UH because “I chose the University of Houston because of the unique opportunity to play for a top-notch coaching staff. I felt the contagious energy in the building during my visit and was impressed with the academics as well”
- One word to describe himself on the field: assertive
- If he could eat one food for the rest of his life: Qboda three-cheese nachos with chips outside the bowl
- Biggest motivation for working hard: his parents
- Highlight of life thus far: winning a state championship his junior year of high school
- Best advice: hear the message, not the tone
- Sports hero: Jason Kelce
- Most memorable athletic feat: winning a state championship in his first-ever season playing football as a junior in 2021
- Unique fact: is studying pre-medicine and aim to go to medical school after football
Postgame Press Conference: Football at Rice
Saturday, September 06
Postgame Press Conference: Football vs. Stephen F. Austin
Friday, August 29
Press Conference: Head Coach Willie Fritz Previews SFA
Monday, August 25
Camp Availability: Head Coach Willie Fritz
Monday, August 04