Player Dossier

2015-2020

Houston

Colin Samuel

CB • 6'2" • 200 lbs • Long Beach, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Colin Samuel shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a corner

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · UCLA

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
UCLA • Houston
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State

Player Story

Colin Samuel built his college career from 2015 through 2020 as a cornerback from Long Beach, CA wearing No. 29, spending time with Houston and UCLA. The clearest part of Colin Samuel's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.8942

Long Beach Poly · Mission Hills, CA

Committed To
UCLA
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Colin Samuel, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · UCLA. Colin Samuel shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
15
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Colin Samuel quick answers

Latest team and position
Houston · CB
Career Tackles
15
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 11 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · UCLA
Top game
Arizona State
Recruit profile
4-star · Long Beach Poly · UCLA
High school pipeline
Life Christian Academy · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 29 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonUCLA00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonUCLA11-0--035.8
2017 Regular SeasonUCLA711-0-4035
2018 Regular SeasonUCLA33-0--036.6
2019 Regular SeasonHouston00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonHouston00-0--0-

Related Context

Colin Samuel played CB for UCLA and Houston. Across 6 tracked seasons, Colin Samuel recorded 15 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with UCLA.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

UCLA paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across UCLA, Houston.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · UCLA

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.7

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Oklahoma

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oklahoma: 0. Fresno State: 0. Washington: 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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oklahoma: 1 by 4.2. Fresno State: 1 by 4.2. Washington: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

First Half0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Oklahoma

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs Washington

Result
Sat 10/6vs WashingtonL 24-3111000
Sun 9/16vs Fresno StateL 14-3810000
Sat 9/8@ OklahomaL 21-4911000

Player Story

Colin Samuel story

Colin Samuel built his college career from 2015 through 2020 as a cornerback from Long Beach, CA wearing No. 29, spending time with Houston and UCLA. The clearest part of Colin Samuel's career was his defensive production: 15 tackles, 1 interception, and 4 passes defended across 11 career games in the available record. That gives Colin Samuel's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    UCLA

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Houston

    2019-2020

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201520162017201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonUCLA0
2016 Regular SeasonUCLA04.20.40
2017 Regular SeasonUCLA513.71.55
2018 Regular SeasonUCLA04.20.7-5
2019 Regular SeasonHouston00
2020 Regular SeasonHouston00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Arizona State

Week 11 · W 44-37 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

57.5 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.

#2

vs Oregon

Week 8 · W 31-14 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

26.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 26.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Colorado

Week 5 · W 27-23 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

14.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 14.4 takeover score.

#4

vs Hawai'i

Week 2 · W 56-23

0

Havoc Plays

6.7 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.

#5

@ USC

Week 12 · L 23-28 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

3.6 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · UCLA

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

36.6

#2

2016 Regular Season · UCLA

35.8

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.4 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · UCLA

35

5 primary · 13.7 efficiency · 1.5 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games