Usage Score
6.6
Player Dossier
2019-2023UTSA
Jahmal Sam
S • 5'9" • 185 lbs • New Orleans, LA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jahmal Sam shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Efficiency
25.5
Consistency
61.3
Season Value
28.8
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · UTSA
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Seasons Tracked
- 4
- Program Path
- UTSA • UL Monroe
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky
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.
Jahmal Sam, S. Best season Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · UTSA. Jahmal Sam shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
UTSA paired 8 primary output with 25.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 25.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2023 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 UTSA, UL Monroe.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2021 Regular Season · UTSA
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
25.5
Usage
6.6
Consistency
61.3
Best Game by takeover score
Western Kentucky
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UNLV: 1. Western Kentucky: 1. Rice: 0. Louisiana Tech: 2. UTEP: 0. Southern Miss: 0. UAB: 1. North Texas: 1. Western Kentucky: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
Low volume / high quality
High volume / high quality
Low volume / lower quality
High volume / lower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UNLV: 2 by 18.3. Western Kentucky: 5 by 30.8. Rice: 3 by 12.5. Louisiana Tech: 3 by 32.5. UTEP: 2 by 8.3. Southern Miss: 3 by 12.5. UAB: 5 by 30.8. North Texas: 6 by 35. Western Kentucky: 7 by 49.2
Split Comparison
Wins0.9 · n=8
First Half0.8 · n=5 · -0.2 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · n=4 · +0.2 vs First Half
All Games0.9 · n=9
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Western Kentucky
Best efficiency game
49.2 vs Western Kentucky
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/4 | vs Western Kentucky | W 49-41 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/27 | @ North Texas | L 23-45 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/20 | vs UAB | W 34-31 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/13 | vs Southern Miss | W 27-17 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/7 | @ UTEP | W 44-23 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/23 | @ Louisiana Tech | W 45-16 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/16 | vs Rice | W 45-0 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/9 | @ Western Kentucky | W 52-46 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | vs UNLV | W 24-17 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
UTSA
2019-2021
Opening stop
- 2
UL Monroe
2023
Final stop
Season Progression
2019202020212023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | UTSA | 0.5 | 10.5 | 2.2 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | UTSA | 0 | — | — | -0.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UTSA | 8 | 25.5 | 6.6 | 8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UL Monroe | 0 | — | — | -8 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Western Kentucky
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Primary metric
2 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.
#2
Louisiana Tech
2
Primary metric
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.9 takeover score.
#3
North Texas
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 32.9 takeover score.
#4
UAB
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 29.8 takeover score.
#5
Western Kentucky
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 28.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2021 Regular Season · UTSA
8 primary output · 25.5 efficiency · 6.6 usage
28.8
#2
2019 Regular Season · UTSA
4.3
0.5 primary · 10.5 efficiency · 2.2 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · UTSA
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2019 · Rating 0.8094
Warren Easton · New Orleans, LA
- Committed To
- UTSA
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Career Facts
2
Career teams
4
Seasons tracked
60
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 19 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.