Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021Northwestern
Samdup Miller
DL • 6'3" • 270 lbs • Houston, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Samdup Miller shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
58
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
61
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
63
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State
Player Story
Samdup Miller built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Houston, TX wearing No. 91, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Samdup Miller's career was his defensive...
Read the storySamdup Miller, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Northwestern. Samdup Miller shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 141
- TFL
- 20.5
- Sacks
- 9
- QB hurries
- 10
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Samdup Miller quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · DL
- Career Tackles
- 141
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 40 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Northwestern
- Top game
- Ohio State
- Latest roster
- No. 91 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 27 tackles · DL 216th (top 23%) · Big Ten 164th (top 27%) · National 1,589th (top 27%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Northwestern | 12 | 32 | 8.5 | 5.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 64.5 |
| 2018 Postseason | Northwestern | 13 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 57.4 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northwestern | 13 | 52 | 7 | 1.5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 57.4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northwestern | 8 | 29 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northwestern | 7 | 27 | 2.5 | 1.5 | - | 1 | 0 | 29.8 |
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Samdup Miller played DL for Northwestern. Across 5 tracked seasons, Samdup Miller recorded 141 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Northwestern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Northwestern paired 19 primary output with 26.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 23.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Northwestern
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
23.2
Usage
6.6
Consistency
14.3
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. Michigan State: 1. Duke: 0. Nebraska: 2. Rutgers: 2. Michigan: 0. Minnesota: 0. Iowa: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Michigan State: 4 by 26.7. Duke: 11 by 45.8. Nebraska: 3 by 32.5. Rutgers: 2 by 28.3. Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Minnesota: 5 by 20.8. Iowa: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins2 · Games = 1 · +1.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 6 · -1.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Nebraska
Best efficiency game
45.8 vs Duke
Player Story
Samdup Miller story
Samdup Miller built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Houston, TX wearing No. 91, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Samdup Miller's career was his defensive production: 141 tackles, 20.5 tackles for loss, 9 sacks, and 5 passes defended across 40 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Northwestern. 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 Samdup Miller's production has multiple signals. With 40 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northwestern.
The arc is straightforward: Samdup Miller 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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Northwestern
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201720182018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Northwestern | 19 | 26.9 | 7.6 | — |
| 2018 Postseason | Northwestern | 14.5 | 27.5 | 8.2 | -4.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northwestern | 14.5 | 27.5 | 8.2 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northwestern | 6 | 22.6 | 5.4 | -8.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | — | — | -6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northwestern | 5 | 23.2 | 6.6 | 5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Ohio State
Week 14 · L 24-45 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Nebraska
Week 5 · L 7-56 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Penn State
Week 6 · L 7-31 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
76.9 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 76.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Michigan State
Week 4 · L 10-31 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
74.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
#5
vs UNLV
Week 3 · W 30-14
2
Havoc Plays
72.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Northwestern
19 primary output · 26.9 efficiency · 7.6 usage
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#2
2018 Postseason · Northwestern
57.4
14.5 primary · 27.5 efficiency · 8.2 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Northwestern
57.4
14.5 primary · 27.5 efficiency · 8.2 usage
Milestones
13
Impact games
16
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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