Southeastern Louisiana University Athletics

Career Honors:
- 2010 Southland Conference All-Academic (First Team)

2011: Led Southeastern in rushing for the second straight season, despite missing final two games of the season … Finished with 396 yards on 112 rushes, scoring three touchdowns … Also caught 18 passes for 203 yards on the year … Eighth in the Southland Conference with 44.0 yards per game … Carried 24 times – the second-highest total in school history – for a season-high 94 yards and a touchdown in a 38-28 victory over Texas State, while also catching four passes for 27 yards against the Bobcats … Best overall game of the season came versus Lamar, as he accumulated 149 total yards … Carried the ball 16 times for 60 yards and a touchdown against the Cardinals, while also catching a season-high six passes for 89 yards … Rushed 13 times for 56 yards and a touchdown at Tulane … Had a 28-yard reception at Northwestern State.

2010: Led Southeastern with 579 rushing yards and had a touchdown in 145 rushing attempts … Ranked fifth in the Southland Conference with 52.6 rushing yards per game … Also caught 16 passes for 99 yards … Returned seven kickoffs for a 22.3 yard per return average … His carry totals at Northwestern State (24, 2nd), Lamar (23, 4th) and Stephen F. Austin (21, 8th) are among the highest single-game totals in school history … Posted his first 100-yard game of his career, rushing 15 times for 108 yards and a touchdown in a win over Tennessee-Martin … Carried 14 times for 105 yards at Nicholls in the season finale … Tallied 98 yards on 23 carries versus Lamar … Also caught season-high five passes for 36 yards versus the Cardinals … Totaled 105 all-purpose yards at Tulane … Had a season-long 29 yard kickoff return at Louisiana-Monroe … A strong performer in the classroom and a member of the Southeastern Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, he represented the Lions on the Southland Conference All-Academic Team.

2009: Played in 10 games as reserve running back and kick returner … Carried the ball 28 times for 104 yards and a touchdown … Averaged 18.2 yards per return on nine kickoff returns … Rushed 19 times for 67 yards and a touchdown in a 69-20 victory over Union College … Also caught two passes for eight yards versus UC … Carried seven times for 33 yards, including a season-long 19-yard rush in 41-7 win over Texas A&M-Commerce … Had season-long 63-yard kickoff return at South Dakota … Also had rushes versus McNeese State and Nicholls.

High School: Top rusher on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, totaling 1,461 yards and 17 touchdowns at East Central High School … Named to the Biloxi Sun Herald All-Coast Team and the District 8-4A Most Valuable Player … Two-time Mississippi Press All-Area team … District 8-4A Defensive MVP in 2007, finishing as the top tackler in the area … a two-time team MVP at ECHS … Captained team as a senior … Team’s top defensive back from 2005-07 and top running back in 2008 … Coached by Marcus High and Jonny Rogers.

Personal: Born Samuel E. Fairley … The son of Charles and Frankie Fairley … an exercise science major.