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Sam Salz is the First Shomer Shabbos College Football Player

With a yarmulke on his head and seforim in his locker, Sam Salz is the first Shomer Shabbos college football player competing in the Southeastern Conference. He told COLlive why he chose the number 39 for his shirt. Full Story, Photos

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Woohoo
November 29, 2022 1:48 pm

Let’s go Sammy!!!
Center city pride!!!
Bnai head all the way

Huge fan
November 29, 2022 1:55 pm

As a fellow Jew , you inspire me to be a proud Jew !
keep leading the way , go Sammy go !

Chava Tova Thum
November 29, 2022 2:01 pm

B” H THAT’S OUR SAMMY!!!

So powerful
November 29, 2022 2:10 pm

This is sick !!!! Love it !

Kiddush Hashem..
November 29, 2022 2:32 pm

Amazing Hatzlacha on the journey

Sam is a true bochur
November 29, 2022 2:50 pm

Often sam can be found sitting on in chabad learn gemora.
He has finished many mesachtas and one day he will finish shas whilst learning from the locker room.

Louise Rabin.
November 29, 2022 3:55 pm

So proud of you keep it up. You make so proud.

Sam don’t know you
November 29, 2022 4:23 pm

But proud of you non the less! A real example to us all!

November 29, 2022 4:30 pm

He follows in the tradition of the legendary Tamir Goodman, who showed everyone it could be done!

NFL Lets Go
November 29, 2022 5:38 pm

you can do it almost all the games are not played on Shabbos and it will be amazing to have a openly Jewish player playing in the NFL just up your game and you might have a chance

Unfortunately not true in college
Reply to  NFL Lets Go
November 30, 2022 9:37 am

Unfortunately most college games are on Saturday. Professional is almost never on shabbos.

Shabbos is training day...
Reply to  NFL Lets Go
October 5, 2023 11:48 am

First off, some games towards the end of the season are on Motzei Shabbos in the NFL…not practical. Also, THE biggest training day before Sunday is Shabbos. You cant miss that practice, since thats the most crucial training before the game.
But you never know, Afterall. Just doesnt seem practical for a Shomer Shabbos Jew.

nfl in 2 years
November 29, 2022 7:46 pm

since the owners of the teams are all jewish he should have no problem getting drafted

heisman trophy winner
November 29, 2022 7:48 pm

all the jews in the media should vote for him to win the heisman trophy

To the enablers
November 29, 2022 9:26 pm

Go Aggie Shluchim Rabbi Yossi and manya Lazarof !!

Not the first one
November 30, 2022 12:15 am

He’s not the first. Yonatan marmour was the first jewish orthodox college football player. Another jewish QB currently playing zevi eckhaus from Bryant university but I don’t think he’s religious (but his family is religious)
One more Alex swieca another orthodox guy was the 3rd QB of Michigan university from 2012-2014 but never played any game.
Get your facts next time.

Elli Fischer Fan
November 30, 2022 10:10 pm

Not to take anything away from
@sam_salz
, but
@DavidSamuelMay
was walk-on backup kicker for
@TerpsFootball
right after my time as OU-JLIC campus rabbi there. (We overlapped his first year on campus.) And he’s shomer effing Shabbos.

https://twitter.com/adderabbi/status/1597923974503010304?s=46&t=V84rZNbyTICzUguqBqpMMQ

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