Usage / Role
16%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024Jacksonville State
Ricky Samuel
DL • 6'3" • 305 lbs • Brewton, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ricky Samuel shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
27
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
9
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
56
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Jacksonville State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Troy • Jacksonville State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Liberty
Player Story
Ricky Samuel built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Brewton, AL wearing No. 97, spending time with Jacksonville State and Troy. The clearest part of Ricky Samuel's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Indiana
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Ricky Samuel, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Jacksonville State. Ricky Samuel shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 27
- TFL
- 3
- Sacks
- 1.5
Quick Answers
Ricky Samuel quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Jacksonville State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 27
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Jacksonville State
- Top game
- Liberty
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Riverside · Indiana
- High school pipeline
- Riverside · 14 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 97 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 23 tackles · DL 289th (top 29%) · Conference USA 139th (top 31%) · National 1,827th (top 30%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Troy | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Jacksonville State | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 51.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Jacksonville State | 10 | 23 | 2 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 34.3 |
Related Context
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Ricky Samuel played DL for Troy and Jacksonville State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Ricky Samuel recorded 27 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Jacksonville State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Jacksonville State paired 2 primary output with 18.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 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 Troy, Jacksonville State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Jacksonville State
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
12.1
Usage
2.2
Consistency
6.7
Best Game by takeover score
Eastern Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Coastal Carolina: 0. Louisville: 0. Eastern Michigan: 2. Southern Miss: 0. Kennesaw State: 0.5. New Mexico State: 0. Middle Tennessee: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0. Florida International: 0. Sam Houston: 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. Coastal Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Louisville: 1 by 4.2. Eastern Michigan: 7 by 49.2. Southern Miss: 2 by 8.3. Kennesaw State: 2 by 13.3. New Mexico State: 4 by 16.7. Middle Tennessee: 1 by 4.2. Louisiana Tech: 2 by 8.3. Florida International: 2 by 8.3. Sam Houston: 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 = 7 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Eastern Michigan
Best efficiency game
49.2 vs Eastern Michigan
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/23 | vs Sam Houston | W 21-11 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Florida International | W 34-31 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | @ Louisiana Tech | W 44-37 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 10/23 | vs Middle Tennessee | W 42-20 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 10/9 | vs New Mexico State | W 54-13 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/4 | @ Kennesaw State | W 63-24 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Southern Miss | W 44-7 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Eastern MichiganSplash game | L 34-37 | 7 | 0 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Louisville | L 14-49 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/30 | vs Coastal Carolina | L 27-55 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Ricky Samuel story
Ricky Samuel built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Brewton, AL wearing No. 97, spending time with Jacksonville State and Troy. The clearest part of Ricky Samuel's career was his defensive production: 27 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, and 1.5 sacks across 14 career games in the available record. That gives Ricky Samuel's 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
Troy
2019
Opening stop
- 2
Jacksonville State
2023-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201920232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Troy | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Jacksonville State | 2 | 18.4 | 6.9 | 2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Jacksonville State | 2.5 | 12.1 | 2.2 | 0.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Liberty
Week 7 · L 13-31 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#2
@ Eastern Michigan
Week 3 · L 34-37
2
Havoc Plays
69.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.5 takeover score.
#3
vs UAB
Week 1
0.5
Havoc Plays
29.6 takeover
Game with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 29.6 takeover score.
#4
@ Kennesaw State
Week 6 · W 63-24 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
27.8 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 27.8 takeover score.
#5
vs New Mexico State
Week 7 · W 54-13 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
13.1 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 13.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Jacksonville State
2 primary output · 18.4 efficiency · 6.9 usage
51.4
#2
2024 Regular Season · Jacksonville State
34.3
2.5 primary · 12.1 efficiency · 2.2 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Troy
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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