Usage Score
4.1
Player Dossier
2017-2020Oregon
Sampson Niu
LB • 6'1" • 215 lbs • San Diego, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Sampson Niu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Efficiency
17.2
Consistency
6.7
Season Value
9.4
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season · Oregon
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 6
- Program Path
- Oregon
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Auburn
Scouting Read
Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.
Sampson Niu, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season · Oregon. Sampson Niu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Sampson Niu played LB for Oregon. Across 4 tracked seasons, Sampson Niu recorded 51 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Oregon.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Oregon paired 0 primary output with 9.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 17.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Auburn
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2019 Postseason · Oregon
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
17.2
Usage
4.1
Consistency
6.7
Best Game by takeover score
Wisconsin
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wisconsin: 0. Auburn: 2. Nevada: 1. Unknown: 0. Stanford: 0. California: 0. Colorado: 0. Washington State: 0. USC: 0. Oregon State: 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. Wisconsin: 4 by 16.7. Auburn: 2 by 28.3. Nevada: 4 by 26.7. Unknown: 3 by 12.5. Stanford: 1 by 4.2. California: 2 by 8.3. Colorado: 9 by 37.5. Washington State: 4 by 16.7. USC: 4 by 16.7. Oregon State: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.1 · Games = 8
First Half0.6 · Games = 5 · +0.6 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 5 · -0.6 vs First Half
All Games0.3 · Games = 10
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Auburn
Best efficiency game
37.5 vs Colorado
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1/1 | @ Wisconsin | W 28-27 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/30 | vs Oregon State | W 24-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/3 | @ USC | W 56-24 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/27 | vs Washington State | W 37-35 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Colorado | W 45-3 | 9 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/6 | vs California | W 17-7 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ Stanford | W 21-6 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/15 | vs Unknown | — | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Nevada | W 77-6 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | @ Auburn | L 21-27 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Oregon
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Progression
201720172018201920192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Oregon | 1 | 10.8 | 3.2 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Oregon | 1 | 10.8 | 3.2 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Oregon | 0 | 9.4 | 1.5 | -1 |
| 2019 Postseason | Oregon | 3 | 17.2 | 4.1 | 3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Oregon | 3 | 17.2 | 4.1 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Oregon | 0 | — | — | -3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Auburn
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Primary metric
2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.5 takeover score.
#2
Boise State
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.8 takeover score.
#3
Nevada
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 27.6 takeover score.
#4
Colorado
0
Primary metric
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 14.4 takeover score.
#5
UCLA
0
Primary metric
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2018 Regular Season · Oregon
0 primary output · 9.4 efficiency · 1.5 usage
37
#2
2019 Postseason · Oregon
9.4
3 primary · 17.2 efficiency · 4.1 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Oregon
9.4
3 primary · 17.2 efficiency · 4.1 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
4★
Class 2017 · Rating 0.8913
Madison · San Diego, CA
- Committed To
- Oregon
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Career Facts
1
Career teams
6
Seasons tracked
51
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 18 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.