Player Career

Curtis Samuel Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Curtis Samuel story

Curtis Samuel built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a player from Brooklyn, NY wearing No. 4, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Curtis Samuel's career was his receiving role: 107 catches, 1,249 receiving yards, 9 touchdowns, and 1,286 rushing yards across 40 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Ohio 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 1,286 rushing yards, 1 tackle, and 472 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 40 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Ohio State.

The arc is straightforward: Curtis Samuel 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Ohio State

    2014-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201420142015201520162016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 PostseasonOhio State6
2014 Regular SeasonOhio State60
2015 PostseasonOhio State3-3
2015 Regular SeasonOhio State30
2016 PostseasonOhio State1512
2016 Regular SeasonOhio State150

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Wisconsin

Week 15 · W 59-0 · Conference game

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

2

Touchdowns

100 takeover

2 primary-metric impact.

#2

vs Illinois

Week 10 · W 55-14 · Conference game

2

Touchdowns

100 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

2 primary-metric impact.

#3

vs Kent State

Week 3 · W 66-0

2

Touchdowns

100 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

2 primary-metric impact.

#4

@ Rutgers

Week 8 · W 49-7 · Conference game

1

Touchdowns

100 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

1 primary-metric impact.

#5

vs Western Michigan

Week 4 · W 38-12

1

Touchdowns

100 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

1 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Ohio State

15 primary output · efficiency · usage

80.3

#2

2016 Regular Season · Ohio State

80.3

15 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2014 Postseason · Ohio State

23.6

6 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games