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.

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Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams: 1
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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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8148

Central Gwinnett · Lawrenceville, GA

Committed To: Western Kentucky
Commit Date: Jan 1, 2017

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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%)

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.

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