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Amare Campbell
- Position:
- LB
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Manassas, Va.
- High School:
- Unity Reed
CAREER HONORS
2025 All-Big Ten Third Team (Media)2025 All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (Coaches)
CAREER
Experienced and productive linebacker who was among the best in the Big Ten in 2025 … Transfers to Tennessee after playing his junior season at Penn State and the 2024 and 2025 campaigns at North Carolina … The 2026 season will be his final year of eligibility as he rejoins Jim Knowles … Started 27 career games in 37 appearances … Logged 193 tackles – 120 solo – 22 tackles for a loss of 98 yards, 10.5 sacks, three pass breakups, one interception, one fumble recovery and one forced fumble … Enrolled at Tennessee in January 2026 and will participate in spring practice.2025 – JUNIOR (PENN STATE)
Starting linebacker who was Penn State’s leading tackler in his only season with the Nittany Lions while being coached by Jim Knowles … Collected 103 total tackles – 64 solo – to go along with 9.5 tackles for a loss of 40 yards, three sacks, four QB hurries and a fumble recovery for a touchdown … Started all 13 games … Ranked sixth in the Big Ten in tackles and saw action on a team-high 769 defensive snaps … Collected seven solo tackles, one PBU and one QB hurry in Pinstripe Bowl win vs. Clemson (12/27) … Named the Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week in the final week of the regular season at Rutgers (11/29) … Posted a team-leading 14 tackles, recovered a fumble and returned it 61 yards for the game-winning touchdown in the fourth quarter against the Scarlet Knights … Gathered a team-high nine tackles, including six solo at Michigan State (11/15) … Tallied eight tackles and 1.5 tackles for a loss of six yards vs. Indiana (11/8) … Logged eight tackle and a half tackle for loss at Ohio State (11/1) … Finished with 10 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and a sack at UCLA (10/4) … Notched a career-best 15 tackles, including seven solo stops against Oregon (9/27) … Logged seven solo stops and a career-best three tackles for a loss of 11 yards vs. Villanova (9/13) … Finished with nine tackles, including six solo, against FIU (9/6).2024 – SOPHOMORE (NORTH CAROLINA)
Exploded onto the scene in his first year as a starter at North Carolina ... Started all 13 games at Mike linebacker before entering the portal … Finished second on the team in tackles with 76, including 45 solo … Added 10.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, five QB hurries, two pass breakups and one forced fumble … Logged a season-high nine tackles with 1.5 sacks against NC State (11/30) … Recorded a career-best two sacks to go along with five tackles and one TFL at Florida State (11/2) … Had back-to-back games of eight tackles against Pitt (10/5) and Georgia Tech (10/12) … Tallied eight tackles and a PBU against James Madison (9/21) … Recorded seven tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Charlotte (9/7) … Finished with a sack, four tackles and his first career forced fumble in the season opener at Minnesota (8/29).2023 – FRESHMAN (NORTH CAROLINA)
Appeared in 11 games with one start in his debut season with the Tar Heels … Finished with 14 tackles, two tackles for loss, one sack and an interception … Recorded one tackle in games against South Carolina, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Clemson … Logged three tackles, a TFL and a sack vs. Campbell (11/4) … Made two tackles and a QB pressure at NC State (11/25) … Collected a season-high four tackles, a TFL and a QB pressure in first career start against West Virginia in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl (12/27).HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL
A three-star prospect out of Unity Reed High School in Virginia … Enrolled early at North Carolina … Ranked as the nation’s No. 70 outside linebacker by ESPN and No. 124 by 247Sports … One of the top 35 overall prospects in the state of Virginia in the 247Sports Composite … A team captain, who was a first-team all-state selection as a senior and a two-time all-region honoree … Collected 130 tackles, 12.5 sacks, 30 tackles for loss, blocked two punts and had five touchdowns as a senior in 2022 … Tallied 100 tackles, 4.5 sacks and 18 tackles for loss as a junior in 2021 … Coached by Carroll Walker … Son of Elizabeth and Marcus Campbell … IG handle is @amarecampbell_FB | Music City Bowl Postgame Press Conference (12.30.25)
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