Salum Stutzer
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- Year Inducted:
- 2014
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- Sport(s):
- Football
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- Inductee Category:
- Athlete
Salum Stutzer was a three-year starter and four-year letter winner as a free safety for the Central Methodist football team from 2001-04.
He was a unanimous first team All-HAAC selection for three seasons (2002-04). As a sophomore, he was named an honorable mention All-American by Don Hansen's Football Gazette. In 2003, Stutzer was voted an honorable mention All-American by the NAIA, NAIAFootball.Net and Don Hansen's Football Gazette. As a senior, he was named a first team All-American by the NAIA, NAIAFootball.Net and Don Hansen's Football Gazette as well as the HAAC Defensive Player of the Year.
Stutzer was named the HAAC Defensive Player of the Week in 2002.
As a freshman in 2001, Stutzer was part of a defense that allowed the fewest rushing yards in a game in school history, as the Eagles limited Southern Nazarene (Okla.) to negative 43 yards.
In 2003, Stutzer set the school's single-game record for tackles with 23. He was part of a special teams unit that set a single-season school record for blocked kicks (14).
In 2004, Stutzer ranked 17th in the country in interceptions per game (0.5) and led the defense with 100 tackles. He was part of a defense that tied a single-game school record for most interceptions (6) and set single-season records for most interceptions (33), most takeaways (49) and highest turnover margin (plus-28). He was part of a special teams unit that twice set the single-game record for blocked kicks (3). The 2004 defense led the nation in turnover margin per game (2.500) and in per games averages ranked sixth in opponents third down conversion rate (26.100), 10th in pass defense efficiency (89.000), 11th in scoring defense (16.0), 27th in total defense (306.7) and 29th in rushing defense (136.5).
Stutzer ranks first in Central Methodist history in career tackles (407).
Stutzer earned a Bachelor's degree in Recreational Administration from Central Methodist in 2005 and a Master's degree in Education in 2009.
A native of Independence, Mo., Stutzer attended William Chrisman High School.
