Bowling Green State University Athletics
2023 Football Roster
Jersey Number 99
Sami Sir
- Position:
- Punter
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Melbourne, Australia
- High School:
- Essendon Keilor College
2023
• Appeared BGSU's first four games
• Redshirted season
• Had three punts with a long of 50 yards at Liberty
• Both punts against Eastern Illinois were inside the 20 with one traveling 50 yards
2022
• Appeared in all 13 of BGSU's games
• Made collegiate debut against UCLA at the Rose Bowl
• Dropped one punt inside the 20 at UCLA
• Booted four punts with a long of 49 against Eastern Kentucky
• Had a 41.8 punting average in win against Marshall with a long of 46 yards
• Had a 52-yard punt at Mississippi State
• Dropped all three of his punts at Akron inside the 20-yard line
• Notched a career-long 61-yard punt against Buffalo
• Named MAC East Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts at Central Michigan
• Pinned three punts inside the 10-yard line on a 42.2 punting average at CMU
• Had five punts for an average of 46.4 yards per punt in win over WMU
• Booted a 49-yard punt in the Quick Lane Bowl against New Mexico State
HIGH SCHOOL
• Enrolled at BGSU for the spring 2022 semester
• Represented World XVIII in the NAB under 16 championships in Australian Football
• Twice named the team MVP while playing Australian football
• Played for the Oak Park Football Club from 2012-14
• A 2013 graduate of Essendon Keilor College in Essendon, Victoria, Australia
• Joined Prokick Australia in 2019 and was coached by Nathan Chapman and John Smith
PERSONAL
• Son of Teresa and Servet Sir
• From 2014-19 worked at the Melbourne Airport as an aviation protection officer
• Uncle, Sedat Sir, was the first Turkish professional Australian rules football player from 1994-98
• Favorite athlete is former Australian rules footballer Jobe Watson
• Major is Human Development and Family Studies
• Appeared BGSU's first four games
• Redshirted season
• Had three punts with a long of 50 yards at Liberty
• Both punts against Eastern Illinois were inside the 20 with one traveling 50 yards
2022
• Appeared in all 13 of BGSU's games
• Made collegiate debut against UCLA at the Rose Bowl
• Dropped one punt inside the 20 at UCLA
• Booted four punts with a long of 49 against Eastern Kentucky
• Had a 41.8 punting average in win against Marshall with a long of 46 yards
• Had a 52-yard punt at Mississippi State
• Dropped all three of his punts at Akron inside the 20-yard line
• Notched a career-long 61-yard punt against Buffalo
• Named MAC East Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts at Central Michigan
• Pinned three punts inside the 10-yard line on a 42.2 punting average at CMU
• Had five punts for an average of 46.4 yards per punt in win over WMU
• Booted a 49-yard punt in the Quick Lane Bowl against New Mexico State
HIGH SCHOOL
• Enrolled at BGSU for the spring 2022 semester
• Represented World XVIII in the NAB under 16 championships in Australian Football
• Twice named the team MVP while playing Australian football
• Played for the Oak Park Football Club from 2012-14
• A 2013 graduate of Essendon Keilor College in Essendon, Victoria, Australia
• Joined Prokick Australia in 2019 and was coached by Nathan Chapman and John Smith
PERSONAL
• Son of Teresa and Servet Sir
• From 2014-19 worked at the Melbourne Airport as an aviation protection officer
• Uncle, Sedat Sir, was the first Turkish professional Australian rules football player from 1994-98
• Favorite athlete is former Australian rules footballer Jobe Watson
• Major is Human Development and Family Studies
BG Football Press Conference vs Buffalo 10.27
Monday, October 27
BG Football Postgame vs Kent State 10.25
Sunday, October 26
BG Football Press Conference 10.20
Monday, October 20
BG FB Postgame vs CMU 10.18
Saturday, October 18
