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Player Dossier
2018-2019Western Kentucky
Josh Samuel
RB • 5'10" • 212 lbs • Greenville, SC, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Josh Samuel leans balanced backfield option traits and 26.6 efficiency.
Impact Production
33
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
31
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
47
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Western Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida International
Player Story
Josh Samuel built his college career from 2018 through 2019 as a running back from Greenville, SC wearing No. 3, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Josh Samuel's career was his backfield work:...
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- Committed To
- Western Kentucky
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Josh Samuel, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Western Kentucky. Josh Samuel leans balanced backfield option traits and 26.6 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 675
- Rushing yards
- 656
- Receiving yards
- 19
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Josh Samuel quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Western Kentucky · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 675
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
- Top game
- Florida International
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Central Gwinnett · Western Kentucky
- High school pipeline
- Central Gwinnett · 14 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Senior
- 2019 Scrimmage yards rank
- 27 scrimmage yards · RB 576th (top 87%) · Conference USA 211th (top 79%) · National 1,956th (top 77%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 12 | 648 | 639 | 9 | 1 | 65.1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 3 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 25.8 |
Related Context
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Josh Samuel played RB for Western Kentucky. Across 2 tracked seasons, Josh Samuel recorded 656 rushing yards, 19 receiving yards, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Western Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Western Kentucky paired 648 primary output with 51.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 51.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic
Loss with 102 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
54
Efficiency
51.9
Usage
17.3
Consistency
58.8
Best Game by takeover score
Florida Atlantic
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wisconsin: 13. Maine: 9. Louisville: 46. Ball State: 91. Marshall: 43. Charlotte: 35. Old Dominion: 87. Florida International: 83. Middle Tennessee: 30. Florida Atlantic: 102. UTEP: 38. Louisiana Tech: 71
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wisconsin: 3 by 45.1. Maine: 3 by 31.3. Louisville: 7 by 68.5. Ball State: 19 by 49.9. Marshall: 10 by 44.8. Charlotte: 7 by 51. Old Dominion: 15 by 60.4. Florida International: 14 by 61.8. Middle Tennessee: 8 by 40.6. Florida Atlantic: 16 by 68.6. UTEP: 9 by 44. Louisiana Tech: 13 by 56.9
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins66.7 · Games = 3 · +16.9 vs Losses
Losses49.8 · Games = 9 · -16.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Florida Atlantic
Best efficiency game
68.6 vs Florida Atlantic
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/24 | @ Louisiana Tech | W 30-15 | 13 | 71 | 5.50 | 0 | — | — | 5.5 |
| Sun 11/18 | vs UTEP | W 40-16 | 9 | 38 | 4.20 | 0 | — | — | 4.2 |
| Sat 11/10 | @ Florida Atlantic100 rush yards | L 15-34 | 15 | 101 | 6.70 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.4 |
| Sat 11/3 | @ Middle Tennessee | L 10-29 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3.8 |
| Sat 10/27 | vs Florida International | L 17-38 | 14 | 83 | 5.90 | 0 | — | — | 5.9 |
| Sat 10/20 | vs Old Dominion | L 34-37 | 15 | 87 | 5.80 | 0 | — | — | 5.8 |
| Sat 10/13 | @ Charlotte | L 14-40 | 6 | 29 | 4.80 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Sat 9/29 | vs Marshall | L 17-20 | 10 | 43 | 4.30 | 0 | — | — | 4.3 |
| Sat 9/22 | @ Ball State | W 28-20 | 19 | 91 | 4.80 | 1 | — | — | 4.8 |
| Sat 9/15 | @ Louisville | L 17-20 | 7 | 46 | 6.60 | 0 | — | — | 6.6 |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Maine | L 28-31 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
| Sat 9/1 | @ Wisconsin | L 3-34 | 3 | 13 | 4.30 | 0 | — | — | 4.3 |
Player Story
Josh Samuel story
Josh Samuel built his college career from 2018 through 2019 as a running back from Greenville, SC wearing No. 3, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Josh Samuel's career was his backfield work: 656 rushing yards, 127 carries, 1 rushing touchdown, and 19 receiving yards across 21 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Western Kentucky. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 19 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 21 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Western Kentucky.
The arc is straightforward: Josh Samuel 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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Western Kentucky
2018-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 648 | 51.9 | 17.3 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 27 | 26.6 | 4.3 | -621 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Florida International
Week 8
Game driven by a workhorse rushing load.
201
Scrimmage Yards
84.4 takeover
201 scrimmage yards and — usage.
#2
@ Florida Atlantic
Week 11 · L 15-34 · Conference game
102
Scrimmage Yards
83 takeover
Loss with 102 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
102 scrimmage yards and 28.1 usage.
#3
@ Ball State
Week 4 · W 28-20
91
Scrimmage Yards
72.2 takeover
Win with 91 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
91 scrimmage yards and 27.1 usage.
#4
vs Florida International
Week 9 · L 17-38 · Conference game
83
Scrimmage Yards
71.5 takeover
Loss with 83 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
83 scrimmage yards and 25 usage.
#5
@ Florida State
Week 2
35
Scrimmage Yards
71 takeover
Game with 35 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
35 scrimmage yards and — usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
648 primary output · 51.9 efficiency · 17.3 usage
65.1
#2
2019 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
25.8
27 primary · 26.6 efficiency · 4.3 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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