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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017Arizona State
Christian Sam
LB • 6'2" • 237 lbs • Allen, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Christian Sam shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 55.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
21
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Arizona State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Arizona State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: USC
Player Story
Christian Sam built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a linebacker from Allen, TX wearing No. 2, spending time with Arizona State. The clearest part of Christian Sam's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Iowa State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2018
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 4
- Overall
- No. 178
- NFL Team
- New England Patriots
Christian Sam, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Arizona State. Christian Sam shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 55.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 128
- TFL
- 9.5
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Christian Sam quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Arizona State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 128
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 15 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Arizona State
- Top game
- USC
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Sergeant Bluff-Luton · Iowa State
- High school pipeline
- Sergeant Bluff-Luton · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2018 · Round 6 · Pick 4 · New England Patriots
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 127 tackles · LB 9th (top 1%) · Pac-12 1st (top 1%) · National 13th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Arizona State | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.2 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Arizona State | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.2 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Arizona State | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Arizona State | 12 | 127 | 9.5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75.1 |
Related Context
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Christian Sam played LB for Arizona State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Christian Sam recorded 128 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Arizona State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Arizona State paired 15.5 primary output with 55.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4.2 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: Northern Arizona
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Arizona State
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
4.2
Usage
0.8
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Northern Arizona
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Game Log
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Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Northern Arizona
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Northern Arizona
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 9/4 | vs Northern Arizona | W 44-13 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Christian Sam story
Christian Sam built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a linebacker from Allen, TX wearing No. 2, spending time with Arizona State. The clearest part of Christian Sam's career was his defensive production: 128 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 15 career games in the available record. That gives Christian Sam's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Arizona State
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2014201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Arizona State | 1 | 20 | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Arizona State | 1 | 20 | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Arizona State | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | -1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Arizona State | 15.5 | 55.6 | 15.2 | 15.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs USC
Week 9 · L 17-48 · Conference game
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
4
Havoc Plays
96.7 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 96.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Arizona
Week 13 · W 42-30 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
73.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Washington
Week 7 · W 13-7 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
71.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.9 takeover score.
#4
@ Utah
Week 8 · W 30-10 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
70.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Oregon
Week 4 · W 37-35 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
66.1 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 66.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Arizona State
15.5 primary output · 55.6 efficiency · 15.2 usage
75.1
#2
2014 Regular Season · Arizona State
42.2
1 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Arizona State
42.2
1 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
4
Splash games
9
10+ tackle games
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