Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2022New Mexico State
O'Maury Samuels
RB • 5'11" • 195 lbs • Los Lunas, NM, USA
Explosive all-purpose backBig-play efficiency
O'Maury Samuels leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 69.3 efficiency.
Impact Production
13
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
5
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
25
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · New Mexico State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 7
- Program Path
- Michigan • New Mexico State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Valparaiso
Player Story
O'Maury Samuels built his college career from 2016 through 2022 as a running back from Los Lunas, NM wearing No. 5, spending time with Michigan and New Mexico State. The clearest part of O'Maury Samuels' career was...
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- Committed To
- Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
O'Maury Samuels, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · New Mexico State. O'Maury Samuels leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 69.3 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 422
- Rushing yards
- 350
- Receiving yards
- 72
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
O'Maury Samuels quick answers
- Latest team and position
- New Mexico State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 422
- Tracked sample
- 7 unique seasons · 8 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · New Mexico State
- Top game
- Valparaiso
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Los Lunas · Michigan
- High school pipeline
- Los Lunas · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2022 Scrimmage yards rank
- 69 scrimmage yards · RB 483rd (top 70%) · FBS Independents 85th (top 57%) · National 1,562nd (top 60%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2017 Postseason | Michigan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Michigan | 6 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 17.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Michigan | 5 | 66 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 38.4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 9 | 274 | 202 | 72 | 1 | 60.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 3 | 69 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 43.2 |
Related Context
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O'Maury Samuels played RB for Michigan and New Mexico State. Across 7 tracked seasons, O'Maury Samuels recorded 350 rushing yards, 72 receiving yards, and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with New Mexico State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
New Mexico State paired 274 primary output with 30.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 69.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Michigan, New Mexico State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Valparaiso
Win with 44 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · New Mexico State
Games
3
Scrimmage Yards / G
23
Efficiency
69.3
Usage
6.3
Consistency
60.2
Best Game by takeover score
Valparaiso
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Hawai'i: 6. Lamar: 19. Valparaiso: 44
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. Hawai'i: 1 by 62.5. Lamar: 4 by 49.5. Valparaiso: 4 by 95.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half12.5 · Games = 2 · -31.5 vs Second Half
Second Half44 · Games = 1 · +31.5 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
3 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Valparaiso
Best efficiency game
95.8 vs Valparaiso
Player Story
O'Maury Samuels story
O'Maury Samuels built his college career from 2016 through 2022 as a running back from Los Lunas, NM wearing No. 5, spending time with Michigan and New Mexico State. The clearest part of O'Maury Samuels' career was his backfield work: 350 rushing yards, 95 carries, 1 rushing touchdown, and 72 receiving yards across 23 career games in the available record. His career also includes 72 receiving yards and 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives O'Maury Samuels' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Michigan
2016-2018
Opening stop
- 2
New Mexico State
2019-2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20162017201720182019202020212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Michigan | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Postseason | Michigan | 13 | 20 | 2.6 | 13 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Michigan | 13 | 20 | 2.6 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Michigan | 66 | 51 | 4.7 | 53 |
| 2019 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | — | — | -66 |
| 2020 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 274 | 30.8 | 15.4 | 274 |
| 2022 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 69 | 69.3 | 6.3 | -205 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Valparaiso
Week 14 · W 65-3
Win with 44 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
44
Scrimmage Yards
75.1 takeover
44 scrimmage yards and 10.3 usage.
#2
vs South Carolina State
Week 3 · W 43-35
50
Scrimmage Yards
69.5 takeover
Win with 50 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
50 scrimmage yards and 29.3 usage.
#3
vs UTEP
Week 1 · L 3-30
48
Scrimmage Yards
68.9 takeover
Loss with 48 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
48 scrimmage yards and 25.6 usage.
#4
vs SMU
Week 3 · W 45-20
22
Scrimmage Yards
67.3 takeover
Win with 22 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
22 scrimmage yards and 3.6 usage.
#5
vs Hawai'i
Week 4 · L 21-41
44
Scrimmage Yards
62.3 takeover
Loss with 44 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
44 scrimmage yards and 26.1 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · New Mexico State
274 primary output · 30.8 efficiency · 15.4 usage
60.9
#2
2022 Regular Season · New Mexico State
43.2
69 primary · 69.3 efficiency · 6.3 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Michigan
38.4
66 primary · 51 efficiency · 4.7 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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