Sam Vidlak

Sam Vidlak & Ky Thomas at the Alamo (7-21-25)

Photo by: Hunter Overholt

Class:
Junior
Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 207
Position:
QB
Hometown:
Applegate, Ore.
High School:
Hidden Valley HS
Last College:
Montana

2025 Walter Payton Award Watchlist
2025 FCS Football Central Preseason Second Team All-American
Represented 'Jacks at 2025 SLC Opening Drive (https://sfajacks.com/news/2025/7/25/football-different-paths-led-jacks-duo-to-san-antonio)

2024 (Redshirt Junior): Finalist for 2024 Walter Payton Award and named SLC Newcomer OTY as well as second team All-SLC selection...Tossed for 2,387 yards on 174-of-257 passing and 27 TDs in 2024...Led the SLC in passing efficiency (177.3), completion percentage (67.7), points responsible for/game (18.0) and yards per attempt (9.29)...His passing efficiency ranked third nationally...His 27 passing TDs were the second-most in the SLC and a top 10 mark in the country...Vidlak's 18.0 points responsible for per game were the second-most nationally and less than a point back of the nation's lead...Rated 15th in FCS in total offense (261.0), while his yards per attempt ranked fifth in the country...Threw for 300+ yards in three games (vs. Northwestern State, at Lamar, vs. Houston Christian)...Completed 20+ passes five times including a season-high 29 at Southeastern Louisiana...Threw five touchdown passes vs. North American and vs. Houston Christian...Delivered a 96-yard pass to Jordan Nabors against HCU (second-longest in program history)...

2023 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in seven games for the Montana Grizzlies…Totaled 56 completions for 566 yards and three passing touchdowns.

2022 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in three games at Boise State…Completed nine passed for 86 yards

2021 (Freshman): Played in one game at Oregon State…Completed two passes for eight yards against Idaho.

Personal: Sam and his wife Jaaden have a son named Mason...Sam is the son to Becky and Mark Vidlak and is the brother to Nate (brother), Max (brother), Titus (brother) and Sofia Vidlak (sister). His brother Nate played baseball at the College of Idaho and signed in the spring to play at SFA...Sam was a three-star recruit coming out of high school per 247Sports and Rivals… Rated the No. 4 recruit in the state of Oregon per 247Sports… Rated the No. 18 pro-style quarterback nationally per 247Sports, and No. 29 per Rivals… As a junior, led the state in yards passing (3,404), touchdowns (44), touchdown-to-interception ratio (44-to-3) and completion percentage (76.7)… Led Hidden Valley to its first state championship game in 41 years in 2019… Set single-game title records with 39 completions for 479 yards… Threw for 2,294 yards and 16 touchdowns as a sophomore… Named All-State Offensive Player of the Year and earned first-team all-state honors… Two-sport student-athlete, competing in football and baseball… Only Hidden Valley student-athlete in school history to be named a conference player of the year in multiple sports… Was a verbal commit to Montana before choosing to stay in-state at OSU. Sam graduated with a degree in communication studies and will be pursuing a degree with a masters in public administration.