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PositionDefensive Back / Return Specialist

Experience4 years

Height5-10

Weight185

CollegeMcNeese State

High SchoolMandeville (LA)

HometownMandeville, Louisiana

Birthdate10/29/1980

Joined RavensFree Agent, 2004

Joined NFL2004

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Explosive game-changing return specialist who was having a tremendous year in 2006 before an injury cut his season short
Saw action in 12 games before being placed on Injured Reserve (ankle) on 12/4
Finished 7th in the AFC and 10th in the NFL with a 25.7-yard KOR average (30 for 772 yards) and 6th in the AFC and 7th in the NFL with a 10.6-yard PR average (29 for 307 yards)
Played in 14 games (missing the final 2 games with a knee injury) in 2005
Earned The Sporting News All-Pro honors when he finished the season leading the AFC and 2nd in the NFL, averaging 12.2 yards per punt return in 2005
Earned 2nd-team All Pro honors from College and Pro Football Weekly, and was an All-Conference and All-Rookie choice by the Pro Football Writers as a rookie in 2004
Sams burst on the scene as a rookie when he set a new single-season franchise record with 1,826 combined return yards, including a franchise-record 1,251 KOR yards
Sams also posted the 2nd-most punt return yards in franchise history (575 yards), including 2 punt returns for TDs
Showing his versatility, Sams also saw action at RB and WR as a rookie, scoring 1 rushing TD
Sams also played at CB in 2005.

B.J. Sams re-signed with the Baltimore Ravens on 3/23/06
Re-signed with the Ravens on 5/23/05
Originally signed with the Ravens on 4/30/04 as a rookie free agent.

2006: Saw action in 12 games before being placed on Injured Reserve (ankle) on 12/4
Finished 7th in the AFC and 10th in the NFL with a 25.7-yard KOR average (30 for 772 yards) and 6th in the AFC and 7th in the NFL with a 10.6-yard PR average (29 for 307 yards)
2006 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Was placed on IR (ankle) on 12/4/06
Averaged 20.5 yards per return (2 for 41 yards) and 1 punt before leaving the game with a broken ankle in game 12 at Cin. (11/30)
Earned AFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors when he produced 212 return yards, including 3 punts for a career-high 121 yards in the 24-10 win in game 10 vs. Atl. (11/19)
He broke off returns of 65 and 59 yards (the latter set up a TD)
Also returned 3 KOs for 121 yards (40.3 avg.), with a long of 65 against the Falcons
Returned 2 KOs for 49 yards for a 24.5 average, with a long of 33 in the 26-20 win in game 8 vs. Cin. (11/5)
Also returned 3 punts for 19 yards against the Bengals
Returned 4 KOs for 97 yards (24.3 avg.), with a long of 29 and had 1 punt return for 17 yards in the 16-13 win in game 4 vs. SD (10/1)
Returned 4 KOs for 163 yards for an impressive 40.8 avg. (2nd-highest of his career), including a long of 72, setting up the Ravens' 1st FG in the 28-6 victory in game 2 vs. Oak. (9/17)
Also had 1 punt return for 16 yards against the Raiders.
2005: Played in 14 games (missing the final 2 games with a knee injury) in 2005
Earned The Sporting News All-Pro honors when he finished the season leading the AFC and 2nd in the NFL, averaging 12.2 yards per punt return
2005 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Had 1 KOR for 20 yards and 2 PRs for 53 yards (26.5 avg.) in the 48-3 victory in game 14 vs. GB (12/19)
Averaged a career-high 46.7 yards per return (3 returns for 140 yards), including a career-long 87 yard KOR to open the contest, setting up a FG, in game 13 at Den. (12/11)
Returned 5 punts for 54 yards (10.8 avg.), returned 1 KO for 29 yards and saw action as a CB in the 16-13 OT win in game 10 vs. Pit. (11/20)
Returned 4 KOs, averaging 21.3 yards per return and had 2 punt returns for 46 yards (23.0 avg.), with a long of 39 in game 9 at Jax. (11/13)
Returned 3 punts for 74 yards (47.6 avg.) with a season-long 51-yard return, which set up a FG in game 5 vs. Cle. (10/16)
Also had 1 KOR for 7 yards against the Browns.
2004: Earned 2nd-team All Pro honors from College and Pro Football Weekly, and was an All-Conference and All-Rookie choice by the Pro Football Writers as a rookie
Saw action in all 16 games, starting 1 at WR (10/10 at Was.)
Sams set a new single-season franchise record with 1,826 combined return yards (formerly held by Jermaine Lewis, 1,558 yards in 2001)
Sams also tied for the league lead and franchise record with 2 PRs for TDs in a season
Returned 59 kicks for 1,251 yards (21.2 avg.) and 55 punts for 575 yards (10.5 avg.), with a long of 78 and 2 TDs
Sams already moved to 3rd place on the Ravens' all-time lists for PR and KOR yards
He also had 4 rushing attempts for 19 yards (4.8 avg.) in 2004
Sams returned 5 punts for a career-high 101 yards, including a 78-yard TD against the Redskins on Sunday Night Football (10/10)
2004 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Re-turned 4 KOs for 123 yards (30.8 yard average), including a season long of 64, and had 3 punt returns for 27 yards in game 14 at Ind. (12/19)
With his 150 return yards against the Colts, Sams set a new single-season franchise record with 1,826 combined return yards (formerly held by Jermaine Lewis, 1,558 yards in 2001)
Scored his 1st-career rushing TD, as he carried the ball 1 time for 5 yards in game 6 vs. Buf. (10/24)
Also returned 3 KOs for 61 yards (20.3 avg.) and 1 punt for 2 yards against the Bills
Gave the Ravens their 1st lead of the ball game (14-10) in the 3rd quarter when he returned a punt a career-long 78 yards for a TD in game 5 at Was. (10/10)
Sams had 5 punt returns for 101 yards (20.2 avg.) and 3 KORs for 51 yards (17.0 avg.)
Combined with his KOR for TD in week 4, Sams and Jermaine Lewis are the only players in Ravens history to have 2 PRs for a TD in a single season
Started his 1st-career game at WR and had 2 PRs for 67 yards (33.5 avg.), including 1 he returned 58 yards for his 1st-career TD (the 1st PR for a TD in the NFL in 2004) in game 4 vs. KC (10/4)
Averaged 30.5 yards per KOR (tied for 5th-best single game mark) on 6 runs against the Chiefs.

A 3-year starter at McNeese State, Sams averaged 11 yards per punt return, with 3 TDS, and 24.6 yards per kickoff for the Cowboys
In 48 career games, Sams amassed 4,903 all-purpose yards with 19 TDs
Sams caught 38 passes for 299 yards as a senior (7.9 yd avg.)
Led Southland Conference and ranked 9th in the nation in all-purpose yards with 166.9 yards per game
Named McNeese Athlete of the Year, and Southland Conference Player of the Year for his performance in the 2003 season
Earned national Player of the Week awards twice his junior season for games against Western Kentucky and Villanova
Set a school record with 316 all-purpose yards against Western Kentucky
Returned punts for TDs against Youngstown State (81) and Western Kentucky (59)
Led the team in all-purpose running (1,120), kickoff returns (25.2 yards/ret), and punt returns (11.5 yards/returned) as a sophomore
Had 474 receiving yards on 26 catches with 4 TDs, including 7 receptions for 135 yards and 2 TDs against West Virginia Tech
As a true freshman, caught 1 pass for 17 yards, and returned a kickoff for 27 yards
Sams was McNeese's team MVP in 2002 and 2003.

Attended Mandeville (Mandeville, LA) HS, where he was named All-State and district MVP
Sams joined teammates in June 2004 for Operation Blessing and helped distribute perishable and non-perishable food and supplies to over 2,000 families in Park Heights
With fellow rookies, he participated in a rookie cooking class at ESPN Zone in Baltimore, where players were taught lessons on how to cook simple meals
With several teammates, Sams helped rebuild homes with Sandtown Habitat for Humanity
In Dec. 2004, Sams and teammate WR Clarence Moore served lunch to Pig Town residents at Paul's Place Outreach Center, a full service facility for the impoverished, equipped with a soup kitchen
He also spoke with children when he visited Kinder Care in Columbia, MD and Bay Brook Elementary in Baltimore during the 2005 offseason
In June 2005, Sams instructed kids at Gatorade Junior Training Camp at Kids Fest
Visited with young men at a football practice from Aunt Hattie's Place in July ‘05, as well as instructing kids at Art Monk's Football Camp
Joined the Darnell Dinkins Football Camp, a free 1-day football clinic and educational workshop for HS student-athletes
In October of 2005, he coached football fundamentals to more than 100 children at Mills-Parole Elementary School in Annapolis, spoke about the im- portance of nutrition and led football drills
In Nov- ember of 2005, Sams participated in the Ravens Football 101 Festival, an annual event for women, which teaches football basics
In December of 2005, Sams was one of several Ravens personal shopping partners to 100 children as part of the inaugural Holiday Helpers event
Joined Ed Reed and Dick's Sporting Goods as personal shoppers for the December holidays
Reed and Dick's Sporting Goods provided the 16 young men of Aunt Hattie's Place with $250 gift certificates
Sams helped to refurbish house in the United Way Extreme Makeover in September of 2006
He also helped serve Thanksgiving meals to homeless men at Bart Scott's Thanksgiving event at the Helping Up Mission in November of 2006, visited the Caring Hands Adult Medical Day Care with teammate Ronnie Prude and participated in the Football 101 Festival where he signed autographs and spoke at fan forums, all in November of 2006
Participated in spring event at Camp Shoresh with teammate Clarence Moore in April of 2007
Full Name: Bradley Jamar Sams.

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