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Player Dossier
2014-2017NC State
Jaylen Samuels
? • 5'11" • 223 lbs • Charlotte, NC, USA
Impact contributor
Jaylen Samuels shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Impact Production
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Production sample still building
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Reliability
67
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
79
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · NC State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- NC State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UCF
Player Story
Jaylen Samuels built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a player from Charlotte, NC wearing No. 1, spending time with NC State. The clearest part of Jaylen Samuels' career was his receiving role: 201...
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- Committed To
- NC State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2018
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 28
- Overall
- No. 165
- NFL Team
- Pittsburgh Steelers
Jaylen Samuels, ?. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · NC State. Jaylen Samuels shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Touchdowns
- 48
- Passing yards
- 84
- Rushing yards
- 1,107
- Receiving yards
- 1,851
Quick Answers
Jaylen Samuels quick answers
- Latest team and position
- NC State · ?
- Career Touchdowns
- 48
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 8 entries · 49 games
- Best season
- 2017 Postseason · NC State
- Top game
- UCF
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Mallard Creek · NC State
- High school pipeline
- Mallard Creek · 44 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2018 · Round 5 · Pick 28 · Pittsburgh Steelers
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Class 2017
- 2017 Touchdowns rank
- 16 touchdowns · ? 4th (top 15%) · ACC 12th (top 7%) · National 102nd (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | TD | Primary | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Postseason | NC State | 10 | 1 | 2 | 9.6 |
| 2014 Regular Season | NC State | 10 | 1 | 2 | 9.6 |
| 2015 Postseason | NC State | 13 | 2 | 16 | 81 |
| 2015 Regular Season | NC State | 13 | 14 | 16 | 81 |
| 2016 Postseason | NC State | 13 | 3 | 14 | 69.6 |
| 2016 Regular Season | NC State | 13 | 11 | 14 | 69.6 |
| 2017 Postseason | NC State | 13 | 1 | 16 | 83.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | NC State | 13 | 15 | 16 | 83.5 |
Related Context
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Jaylen Samuels played ? for NC State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jaylen Samuels recorded 84 passing yards, 1,107 rushing yards, and 1,851 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2017 with NC State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason
NC State paired 16 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with — efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Furman
Win with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Postseason · NC State
Games
13
Primary Metric / G
1.2
Efficiency
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Usage
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Consistency
67
Best Game by takeover score
Furman
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arizona State: 1. South Carolina: 1. Marshall: 1. Furman: 3. Florida State: 2. Syracuse: 1. Louisville: 0. Pittsburgh: 2. Notre Dame: 0. Clemson: 2. Boston College: 1. Wake Forest: 1. North Carolina: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.
Split Comparison
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Wins1.3 · Games = 9 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Touchdowns
Top game by takeover score
Furman
Best efficiency game
— vs Arizona State
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/29 | @ Arizona State | W 52-31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 20 | 3.30 | 1 | 13 |
| Sat 11/25 | vs North Carolina | W 33-21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 53 | 7.60 | 1 | 16 |
| Sun 11/19 | @ Wake Forest | L 24-30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 50 | 7.10 | 1 | 20 |
| Sat 11/11 | @ Boston College | W 17-14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 37 | 5.30 | 1 | 25 |
| Sat 11/4 | vs Clemson | L 31-38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 38 | 3.20 | 1 | 15 |
| Sat 10/28 | @ Notre Dame | L 14-35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 18 | 2.30 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Pittsburgh | W 35-17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 62 | 10.30 | 2 | 40 |
| Fri 10/6 | vs Louisville | W 39-25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Syracuse | W 33-25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 74 | 8.20 | 1 | 22 |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Florida State | W 27-21 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 11 | 2.20 | 1 | 8 |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Furman | W 49-16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 16 | 3.20 | 3 | 10 |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Marshall | W 37-20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 9/2 | @ South Carolina | L 28-35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
Player Story
Jaylen Samuels story
Jaylen Samuels built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a player from Charlotte, NC wearing No. 1, spending time with NC State. The clearest part of Jaylen Samuels' career was his receiving role: 201 catches, 1,851 receiving yards, 19 touchdowns, and 1,107 rushing yards across 49 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with NC State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 84 passing yards, 1,107 rushing yards, and 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 49 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across NC State.
The arc is straightforward: Jaylen Samuels moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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NC State
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20142014201520152016201620172017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2014 Postseason | NC State | 2 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | NC State | 2 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Postseason | NC State | 16 | — | — | 14 |
| 2015 Regular Season | NC State | 16 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | NC State | 14 | — | — | -2 |
| 2016 Regular Season | NC State | 14 | — | — | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | NC State | 16 | — | — | 2 |
| 2017 Regular Season | NC State | 16 | — | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UCF
Week 1 · W 34-27 · Postseason
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
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Touchdowns
100 takeover
1 primary-metric impact.
#2
@ South Florida
Week 3 · W 49-17
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Touchdowns
100 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
1 primary-metric impact.
#3
vs Troy
Week 1 · W 49-21
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Touchdowns
100 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
3 primary-metric impact.
#4
@ Vanderbilt
Week 1 · W 41-17 · Postseason
3
Touchdowns
100 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
3 primary-metric impact.
#5
vs William & Mary
Week 1 · W 48-14
3
Touchdowns
100 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
3 primary-metric impact.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Postseason · NC State
16 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
83.5
#2
2017 Regular Season · NC State
83.5
16 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2015 Postseason · NC State
81
16 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
15
Impact games
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Splash games
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10+ tackle games
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