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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Minnesota
Sam Renner
DL • 6'4" • 275 lbs • Maple Grove, MN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Sam Renner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
84
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Minnesota
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Minnesota
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Player Story
Sam Renner built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from Maple Grove, MN wearing No. 90, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Sam Renner's career was his defensive...
Read the storySam Renner, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Minnesota. Sam Renner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 56
- TFL
- 9
- Sacks
- 5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Sam Renner quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Minnesota · DL
- Career Tackles
- 56
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 20 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Minnesota
- Top game
- Nebraska
- Latest roster
- No. 90 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 43 tackles · DL 60th (top 7%) · Big Ten 90th (top 15%) · National 876th (top 15%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Minnesota | 7 | 13 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 10.8 |
| 2019 Postseason | Minnesota | 13 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 62.4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Minnesota | 13 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 62.4 |
Related Context
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Sam Renner played DL for Minnesota. Across 4 tracked seasons, Sam Renner recorded 56 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Minnesota.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
Minnesota paired 18.5 primary output with 28 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 28 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Postseason · Minnesota
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
28
Usage
9.3
Consistency
44.3
Best Game by takeover score
Nebraska
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Auburn: 2.5. South Dakota State: 1. Fresno State: 2. Georgia Southern: 0. Purdue: 2. Illinois: 0.5. Nebraska: 4. Rutgers: 1. Maryland: 0. Penn State: 1. Iowa: 1.5. Northwestern: 3. Wisconsin: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Auburn: 3 by 37.5. South Dakota State: 5 by 30.8. Fresno State: 4 by 36.7. Georgia Southern: 2 by 8.3. Purdue: 3 by 32.5. Illinois: 2 by 13.3. Nebraska: 4 by 56.7. Rutgers: 5 by 30.8. Maryland: 2 by 8.3. Penn State: 1 by 14.2. Iowa: 6 by 40. Northwestern: 5 by 50.8. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1.5 · Games = 11 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 2 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Nebraska
Best efficiency game
56.7 vs Nebraska
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1/1 | @ AuburnSplash game | W 31-24 | 3 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/30 | vs Wisconsin | L 17-38 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | @ NorthwesternSplash game | W 38-22 | 5 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Iowa | L 19-23 | 6 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | vs Penn State | W 31-26 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Maryland | W 52-10 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Rutgers | W 42-7 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs NebraskaSplash game | W 34-7 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Illinois | W 40-17 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ PurdueSplash game | W 38-31 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Georgia Southern | W 35-32 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/8 | @ Fresno StateSplash game | W 38-35 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/30 | vs South Dakota State | W 28-21 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Sam Renner story
Sam Renner built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from Maple Grove, MN wearing No. 90, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Sam Renner's career was his defensive production: 56 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 5 passes defended across 20 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Minnesota. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Sam Renner's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 34 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 20 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Minnesota.
The arc is straightforward: Sam Renner 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
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Minnesota
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162017201820192019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Minnesota | 1.5 | 9.9 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| 2019 Postseason | Minnesota | 18.5 | 28 | 9.3 | 17 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Minnesota | 18.5 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Nebraska
Week 7 · W 34-7 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Northwestern
Week 13 · W 38-22 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
75.3 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.
#3
@ Auburn
Week 1 · W 31-24 · Postseason
2.5
Havoc Plays
66.7 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.
#4
@ Fresno State
Week 2 · W 38-35
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Havoc Plays
62.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.2 takeover score.
#5
@ Purdue
Week 5 · W 38-31 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
60.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · Minnesota
18.5 primary output · 28 efficiency · 9.3 usage
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#2
2019 Regular Season · Minnesota
62.4
18.5 primary · 28 efficiency · 9.3 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Minnesota
10.8
1.5 primary · 9.9 efficiency · 1.9 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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