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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
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
90
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
91
Elite ceiling indicators
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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
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- 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
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 55.6 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: USC
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Arizona State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
55.6
Usage
15.2
Consistency
44.9
Best Game by takeover score
USC
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. New Mexico State: 0. San Diego State: 1. Texas Tech: 1. Oregon: 1.5. Stanford: 0. Washington: 2. Utah: 2. USC: 4. Colorado: 1. UCLA: 1. Oregon State: 0. Arizona: 2
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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. New Mexico State: 8 by 33.3. San Diego State: 7 by 39.2. Texas Tech: 11 by 55.8. Oregon: 11 by 60.8. Stanford: 10 by 41.7. Washington: 11 by 65.8. Utah: 10 by 61.7. USC: 15 by 90. Colorado: 12 by 60. UCLA: 9 by 47.5. Oregon State: 10 by 41.7. Arizona: 13 by 70
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.2 · Games = 7 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses1.4 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
USC
Best efficiency game
90 vs USC
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs Arizona10+ tackles · Splash game | W 42-30 | 13 | 10 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Oregon State10+ tackles | W 40-24 | 10 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/12 | @ UCLA | L 37-44 | 9 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/5 | vs Colorado10+ tackles | W 41-30 | 12 | 9 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/29 | vs USC10+ tackles · 2+ sacks | L 17-48 | 15 | 10 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Utah10+ tackles · Splash game | W 30-10 | 10 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/15 | vs Washington10+ tackles · Splash game | W 13-7 | 11 | 8 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Stanford10+ tackles | L 24-34 | 10 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/24 | vs Oregon10+ tackles | W 37-35 | 11 | 9 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/17 | @ Texas Tech10+ tackles | L 45-52 | 11 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/10 | vs San Diego State | L 20-30 | 7 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/1 | vs New Mexico State | W 37-31 | 8 | 6 | — | 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
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| 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
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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
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#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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