Thomas Sams

Sams was a redeemed hero in the 1989 movie Lean on Me.

He was played by Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins.

While he's only a student in Eastside High, it's the way he sticks up for Clark towards the end when Bottman's men brutally persecute him.

He starts off as a drug dealer, but a remorseful who wants to change. He is flawed, and Clark is kind of a jerk to him in the first half of the time he's with him. However, Clark has a newfound respect for him. At this point Clark gets the strongest defense from him.