Bio

A member of the 1987 Warriors National Championship squad, Sale was the defensive leader for one of the greatest teams in ECC football history. As a sophomore, Sale was named First Team All-South Coast Conference and a Second Team All-American after recording 122 tackles, a number that is tied for the fourth most in a season in ECC history. He capped off the season with 12 tackles in the 1987 Pony Bowl as the Warriors defeated Taft College, 24-6, to claim the program’s third state championship and first national championship. It was also the only team in ECC history to ever finish the season undefeated. He is a member of the ECC Football 1980s All-Decade Team. After ECC, Sale went on to finish his collegiate career at the University of Texas at El Paso where he was a member of the 1988 team which is winningest team in UTEP history, the only squad to win 10 games in a season in program history. Sale led the Miners in tackles in both 1988 (129) and 1989 (150). His 150 tackles in 1989 currently rank as the sixth most in a single season in UTEP history. He also recorded five interceptions in 1989, tied for the ninth most in single season history with three of those picks coming at San Diego State, tied for the second most interceptions in a single game in program history. Sale earned All-WAC First Team honors both years at UTEP and is listed as one of the greatest linebackers in UTEP history in the football team’s media guide.