Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017Miami (OH)
Sam Connolly
LB • 6'1" • 245 lbs • Chicago, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Sam Connolly shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
57
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
40
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
70
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Miami (OH)
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Miami (OH)
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan
Player Story
Sam Connolly built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a linebacker from Chicago, IL wearing No. 48, spending time with Miami (OH). The clearest part of Sam Connolly's career was his defensive production: 29...
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- Committed To
- Miami (OH)
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Sam Connolly, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Miami (OH). Sam Connolly shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 29
- TFL
- 3
Quick Answers
Sam Connolly quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Miami (OH) · LB
- Career Tackles
- 29
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Miami (OH)
- Top game
- Central Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Mount Carmel · Miami (OH)
- High school pipeline
- Mount Carmel · 49 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 48 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 28 tackles · LB 457th (top 42%) · Mid-American 144th (top 27%) · National 1,533rd (top 27%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 7 | 28 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 52 |
Related Context
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Sam Connolly played LB for Miami (OH). Across 4 tracked seasons, Sam Connolly recorded 29 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Miami (OH).
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Miami (OH) paired 4 primary output with 22.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Miami (OH)
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
22.4
Usage
8.6
Consistency
14.3
Best Game by takeover score
Central Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Cincinnati: 0. Central Michigan: 2. Notre Dame: 0. Bowling Green: 1. Kent State: 1. Ohio: 0. Ball State: 0
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.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Cincinnati: 1 by 4.2. Central Michigan: 9 by 57.5. Notre Dame: 7 by 29.2. Bowling Green: 4 by 26.7. Kent State: 1 by 14.2. Ohio: 3 by 12.5. Ball State: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 2 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 5 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Central Michigan
Best efficiency game
57.5 vs Central Michigan
Player Story
Sam Connolly story
Sam Connolly built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a linebacker from Chicago, IL wearing No. 48, spending time with Miami (OH). The clearest part of Sam Connolly's career was his defensive production: 29 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, and 1 interception across 9 career games in the available record. That gives Sam Connolly's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Miami (OH)
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2014201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Miami (OH) | 4 | 22.4 | 8.6 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Central Michigan
Week 4 · W 31-14 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
85.8 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.
#2
vs Bowling Green
Week 6 · L 29-37 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
55.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.
#3
@ Kent State
Week 7 · L 14-17 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
36.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.1 takeover score.
#4
@ Notre Dame
Week 5 · L 17-52
0
Havoc Plays
28.3 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 28.3 takeover score.
#5
@ Ohio
Week 10 · L 28-45 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
9.4 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Miami (OH)
4 primary output · 22.4 efficiency · 8.6 usage
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#2
2015 Regular Season · Miami (OH)
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Miami (OH)
36.4
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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