A native of Epworth, Ga., Brian Satterfield finished his career as UNA’s third all-time leading rusher with 2,817 yards on the ground. He was named UNA’s Male Athlete of the Year in 1993 after helping lead the Lions to a perfect 14-0 record on way to winning the GSC Championship and the schools first NCAA Division II National Championship. UNA advanced to the Division II playoffs in three of his four seasons at the school (1990, 1992, 1993). He was named a member of UNA’s 50th Anniversary Football Team and was also named to the GSC Team of the Decade for the 1990’s.
Satterfield scored on UNA’s first play from scrimmage in 1993 on a 48-yard run against Fort Valley State, and finished the game with a school record 97-yard touchdown run to give him 243 yards rushing on just 10 carries. That mark ranks as the second most rushing yards in a game in school history. Despite missing four games with a knee injury, he finished with 1,087 yards rushing on just 147 carries. He averaged 7.4 yards per carry, scored 14 touchdowns and had four 100-yard rushing games in 1993.
In the 1993 playoffs he was unstoppable, rushing for 116 yards against Hampton on 20 carries in the second round, 216 yards on 29 carries against Texas A&M Kingsville in the national semifinal and 180 yards on 23 carries against Indiana, Pa., in the Championship Game.
As a junior in 1992, Satterfield was named first-team All-GSC as a fullback after rushing for 935 yards on 147 carries. He finished third in the GSC in rushing despite missing one game to injury. He averaged 6.4 yards per carry and 85.0 yards per game, while leading the team with eight touchdowns. He finished the season with four 100-yard rushing games. He ran for 190 yards and two touchdowns against Mississippi College, 128 yards and one touchdown on 10 carries against Fort Valley State, 127 yards and one touchdown on 20 carries against Valdosta State, and 128 yards on 20 carries against Hampton in the second round of the NCAA Division II Playoffs.
In 1990, he carried the ball 83 times for 374 yards. He averaged 4.4 yards per carry and scored six touchdowns. He rushed for 117 yards on 22 carries against Valdosta State in the regulat season finale to help the Lions earn an NCAA playoff bid. As a freshman in 1989, he rushed for 390 yards on 88 carries. He averaged 4.4 yards per carry and scored four touchdowns. He also caught 25 passes for 289 yards in his career.
Satterfield and his wife Melanie have two children and reside in Blue Ridge, Ga.
