2021 Football Roster
Roster
Sam Vretman
- Position:
- OL
- Class:
- Senior
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-6 / 300
- Hometown:
- Upplands Vasby, Sweden
- High School:
- Cheshire Academy [Conn.]
- Major:
- Human Resource Management
2021 Academic All-Big Ten
2020 Academic All-Big Ten
2021 (Senior): Did not see game action ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/14) for the second time.
2020 (Senior): Played in five games with three starts at right guard ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/10) ... helped Rutgers post a program-high 26.7 points per game in a Big Ten season ... made season debut in the win at Michigan State (10/24) as the Scarlet Knights scored touchdowns on all four trips inside the red zone.
2019 (Junior): Appeared in four games ... made season debut in the win over Massachusetts (8/30).
2018 (Sophomore): Played in five games with two starts at left guard ... part of an offensive line unit that ranked second in the Big Ten and 19th nationally with only 1.33 sacks permitted per game ... earned first career start at left guard versus Illinois (10/6) and also started at Maryland (10/13) ... made season debut in the opener against Texas State (9/1).
2017 (Freshman): Played in eight games ... primarily appeared on the field goal protection unit ... made collegiate debut with action at left tackle in the win over Morgan State (9/16) ... enrolled in January and participated in spring practice.
Prior to Rutgers: Coached by David Dykeman at Cheshire Academy … contributed to the Cats’ 8-2 finish and helped the team capture the NEPSAC Wayne Sanborn Bowl Championship … started on an offensive line that helped Cheshire’s leading rusher collect 1,169 yards on the ground … Second Team All-State by USA Today … named offensive line MVP at The Opening N.J. Regional during summer of senior season … competed at Rocky Mountain high school in Meridian, Idaho, prior to his transfer to Cheshire Academy … three-star prospect and third-best player in Connecticut by Rivals … three-star recruit and seventh-best prospect in Connecticut by Scout … eighth overall recruit in the state and a three-star player by ESPN.
Personal: Originally from Sweden … one of three distant cousins of Kenneth Kennholt, who captured four Swedish hockey championships and was drafted by the Calgary Flames in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft ... working towards a master’s degree in human resource management.
