Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2018Vanderbilt
Sam Dobbs
TE • 6'4" • 230 lbs • Douglasville, GA, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Sam Dobbs reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
12
Developing production for a tight end
lowelite
Reliability
8
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
26
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Vanderbilt
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida
5★
- Committed To
- Texas A&M
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Sam Dobbs, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Vanderbilt. Sam Dobbs reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 230
- Receptions
- 22
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Sam Dobbs quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Vanderbilt · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 230
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
- Top game
- Florida
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Paetow · Texas A&M
- High school pipeline
- Paetow · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 84 · Senior
- 2018 Receiving yards rank
- 57 receiving yards · TE 188th (top 52%) · SEC 142nd (top 62%) · National 1,197th (top 57%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 81.6 |
| 2016 Postseason | Vanderbilt | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 59.2 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 5 | 5 | 71 | 1 | 59.2 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 8 | 8 | 79 | 0 | 62.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 5 | 7 | 57 | 0 | 48.8 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Sam Dobbs
Sam Dobbs played TE for Vanderbilt. Across 4 tracked seasons, Sam Dobbs recorded 42 rushing yards, 230 receiving yards, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Vanderbilt.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
Vanderbilt paired 21 primary output with 100 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 50 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Nevada
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
Games
5
Receiving Yards / G
11.4
Efficiency
50
Usage
6.3
Consistency
52
Best Game by takeover score
Nevada
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Nevada: 20. Notre Dame: 19. Georgia: 9. Florida: 8. Missouri: 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.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nevada: 2 by 66.7. Notre Dame: 2 by 63.3. Georgia: 1 by 60. Florida: 1 by 53.3. Missouri: 1 by 6.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins20 · Games = 1 · +10.8 vs Losses
Losses9.3 · Games = 4 · -10.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Nevada
Best efficiency game
66.7 vs Nevada
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Vanderbilt
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20152016201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 21 | 100 | 33.3 | — |
| 2016 Postseason | Vanderbilt | 73 | 58.7 | 7 | 52 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 73 | 58.7 | 7 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 79 | 66.2 | 5.8 | 6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 57 | 50 | 6.3 | -22 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Florida
Week 10 · L 7-9 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
21
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
21 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ Kentucky
Week 6 · L 13-20 · Conference game
30
Receiving Yards
73.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
30 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Western Kentucky
Week 10 · W 31-17
15
Receiving Yards
72.5 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
15 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Tennessee
Week 13 · W 42-24 · Conference game
16
Receiving Yards
72.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
16 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ Middle Tennessee
Week 1 · W 28-6
16
Receiving Yards
72.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
16 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
21 primary output · 100 efficiency · 33.3 usage
81.6
#2
2017 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
62.9
79 primary · 66.2 efficiency · 5.8 usage
#3
2016 Postseason · Vanderbilt
59.2
73 primary · 58.7 efficiency · 7 usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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