Sam Scudellari

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Class: RS Junior Hometown: Saratoga, CA High School: St. Francis

Height / Weight: 6-4 / 220 Position: WR Experience: 2V

USD: Fourth-year player will compete for the playing time at the wide receiver position in 2011... Team captain played in 9 contests in 2010 at both quarterback and wide receiver... Completed 24-of-51 passes for 257 yards and 3 TDs... Chipped in with 16 rushes for 26 yards... In 2009, played in six games, including four starts before missing the final four games due to injury... Led the team with 1,004 passing yards and a 57.3% completion percentage... Was 67-for-117 in pass attempts with 8 touchdown passes and no interceptions... Had a quarterback efficiency rating of 151.91... In first career start, went 17-of-28 with 175 yards passing and a touchdown while also rushing for 49 yards on eight attempts at Butler (Oct. 3)... Threw three touchdown passes in 48-7 victory over Valparaiso (Oct. 10)... Set personal-bests in completions, attempts, and passing yards vs. Drake (Oct. 17), completing 26 of his 41 pass attempts for 317 yards and adding two touchdown passes... Named to 2009 PFL Academic Honor Roll... Sat out 2008 campaign as a redshirt.

High School: Attended St. Francis HS where he earned All-League honors his senior year after passing for 1,500 yards and 16 touchdowns... Also lettered in basketball where he was the starting point guard for two years.

Personal: Born on January 23, 1990 in San Jose, CA... Parents are Carla and Richard Scudellari of Saratoga, CA... Chose USD for academics, athletics and the people... Also recruited by UC Davis, Cal Poly and Holy Cross... Notes his brother, Richie, plays football at Yale, and his dad played football at Boston College... Enjoys all sports, paintballing and going to the beach.

Major: Accounting/Info Technology.