Player Dossier

2015-2021

Arkansas

Sam Loy

P • 6'1" • 188 lbs • San Clemente, CA, USA

Impact contributor

Sam Loy shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Vanderbilt

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
7
Program Path
Vanderbilt • Colorado • Arkansas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Player Story

Sam Loy built his college career from 2015 through 2021 as a punter from San Clemente, CA wearing No. 42, spending time with Arkansas, Colorado, and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Sam Loy's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8189

Santa Margarita Catholic · Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

Committed To
Vanderbilt
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Sam Loy, P. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Vanderbilt. Sam Loy shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Quick Answers

Sam Loy quick answers

Latest team and position
Arkansas · P
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
7 unique seasons · 8 entries · 40 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Vanderbilt
Top game
NC State
Recruit profile
3-star · Santa Margarita Catholic · Vanderbilt
High school pipeline
Santa Margarita Catholic · 44 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 42 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2015 Regular SeasonVanderbilt000-
2016 PostseasonVanderbilt1300100
2016 Regular SeasonVanderbilt1300100
2017 Regular SeasonVanderbilt1200100
2018 Regular SeasonColorado000-
2019 Regular SeasonArkansas1200100
2020 Regular SeasonArkansas200100
2021 Regular SeasonArkansas100100

Related Context

Sam Loy played P for Vanderbilt, Colorado, and Arkansas. Across 7 tracked seasons, Sam Loy recorded -29 rushing yards and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Vanderbilt.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Vanderbilt paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Vanderbilt, Colorado, Arkansas.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2016 Postseason · Vanderbilt

Games

13

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

NC State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. NC State: 0. South Carolina: 0. Middle Tennessee: 0. Georgia Tech: 0. Western Kentucky: 0. Florida: 0. Kentucky: 0. Georgia: 0. Tennessee State: 0. Auburn: 0. Missouri: 0. Ole Miss: 0. Tennessee: 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.

Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 7 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

NC State

Best efficiency game

— vs NC State

Result
Mon 12/26vs NC StateL 17-41
Sun 11/27vs TennesseeW 45-34
Sun 11/20vs Ole MissW 38-17
Sat 11/12@ MissouriL 17-26
Sat 11/5@ AuburnL 16-23
Sat 10/22vs Tennessee StateW 35-17
Sat 10/15@ GeorgiaW 17-16
Sat 10/8@ KentuckyL 13-20
Sat 10/1vs FloridaL 6-131-29-2900
Sat 9/24@ Western KentuckyW 31-30
Sat 9/17@ Georgia TechL 7-38
Sat 9/10vs Middle TennesseeW 47-24
Fri 9/2vs South CarolinaL 10-13

Player Story

Sam Loy story

Sam Loy built his college career from 2015 through 2021 as a punter from San Clemente, CA wearing No. 42, spending time with Arkansas, Colorado, and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Sam Loy's career was his field-position work: 193 punts, 7,791 punting yards, and 9 punts inside the 20 across 40 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Vanderbilt. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. His career also includes 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 40 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arkansas, Colorado, and Vanderbilt.

The arc is straightforward: Sam Loy 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

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

  1. 1

    Vanderbilt

    2015-2017

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Colorado

    2018

    Transition stop

  3. 3

    Arkansas

    2019-2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20152016201620172018201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonVanderbilt0
2016 PostseasonVanderbilt00
2016 Regular SeasonVanderbilt00
2017 Regular SeasonVanderbilt00
2018 Regular SeasonColorado00
2019 Regular SeasonArkansas00
2020 Regular SeasonArkansas00
2021 Regular SeasonArkansas00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs NC State

Week 1 · L 17-41 · Postseason

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

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Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

vs Tennessee

Week 13 · W 45-34 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

vs Ole Miss

Week 12 · W 38-17 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

@ Missouri

Week 11 · L 17-26 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

@ Auburn

Week 10 · L 16-23 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Vanderbilt

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2016 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games