SAM ACHO

Sam Acho is a former NFL linebacker, an author, public speaker, humanitarian, and football analyst for ESPN. Sam played college football at the University of Texas where he received the William V. Campbell Trophy as college football’s top scholar-athlete. He also won the NCAA Top VIII award, recognizing the top eight student-athletes in all of sports. Named the 2010 Male Big 12 Sportsperson of the Year, Sam was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in 2011 and played four seasons as a linebacker with the Cardinals before signing with the Chicago Bears before the 2015-16 season. In 2016 and 2017, Sam was the Bears’ nominee for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award. Sam is the founder and president of Athletes for Justice, an organization that exists to unite professional athletes and everyday athletes together to fight injustices around the world. Every year he joins his family on medical mission trips to Nigeria.