Usage / Role
25%
Rotational offensive role
Player Dossier
2021-2025Coastal Carolina
QB • 6'3" • 225 lbs • Desoto, TX, USA
Samari Collier is a balanced quarterback profile with 20.1 usage in the latest tracked season.
Usage / Role
25%
Rotational offensive role
Impact Production
43
Developing production for a quarterback
Reliability
40
Sporadic game-to-game production
Star Power
55
Useful peak profile
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Coastal Carolina
Snapshot
Player Story
Samari Collier built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a quarterback from Desoto, TX wearing No. 10, spending time with Coastal Carolina and Illinois. The clearest part of Samari Collier's career was his...
Read the storySamari Collier, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Coastal Carolina. Samari Collier is a balanced quarterback profile with 20.1 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
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Season Ledger
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 8 | 918 | 489 | 429 | 14 | 59.2 |
Related Context
Transfer Portal History
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Coastal Carolina to Unlisted | G5/FCS to Unlisted | 25.2 | Jan 8, 2026 |
Samari Collier played QB for Illinois and Coastal Carolina. Across 2 tracked seasons, Samari Collier recorded 489 passing yards, 429 rushing yards, and 7 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Coastal Carolina.
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Coastal Carolina paired 918 primary output with 41.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 41.9 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Illinois, Coastal Carolina.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Marshall
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Games
8
Primary Metric / G
114.8
Efficiency
41.9
Usage
20.1
Consistency
50.3
Best Game by takeover score
Marshall
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Charleston Southern: 1. East Carolina: 0. Old Dominion: 1. UL Monroe: 123. App State: 192. Marshall: 271. Georgia State: 243. Georgia Southern: 87
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Charleston Southern: 1 by 10. East Carolina: 1 by 0. Old Dominion: 2 by 5. UL Monroe: 26 by 58. App State: 36 by 59.3. Marshall: 42 by 58.9. Georgia State: 28 by 79.2. Georgia Southern: 12 by 64.6
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8 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Marshall
Best efficiency game
79.2 vs Georgia State
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/15 | @ Georgia SouthernDual-threat | L 40-45 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 64.6 | 6 | 69 | 11.50 | 1 | 47 |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Georgia State3+ TD · Dual-threat | W 40-27 | 11 | 18 | 120 | 61.1 | 3 | 0 | 79.2 | 10 | 123 | 12.30 | 1 | 85 |
| Thu 10/30 | vs Marshall3+ TD · Dual-threat | W 44-27 | 8 | 20 | 196 | 40.0 | 2 | 1 | 58.9 | 22 | 75 | 3.40 | 2 | 12 |
| Sat 10/18 | @ App State3+ TD · Dual-threat | W 45-37 | 12 | 19 | 118 | 63.2 | 1 | 1 | 59.3 | 17 | 74 | 4.40 | 2 | 13 |
| Sat 10/11 | vs UL MonroeDual-threat | W 23-8 | 5 | 15 | 37 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 11 | 86 | 7.80 | 1 | 39 |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Old Dominion | L 7-47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 2 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs East Carolina | L 0-38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Charleston Southern | W 13-0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Player Story
Samari Collier built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a quarterback from Desoto, TX wearing No. 10, spending time with Coastal Carolina and Illinois. The clearest part of Samari Collier's career was his backfield work: 429 rushing yards, 70 carries, 7 rushing touchdowns, and 7 receiving yards across 8 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Coastal Carolina. 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 489 passing yards and 7 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 8 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Coastal Carolina and Illinois.
The arc is straightforward: Samari Collier moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
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Illinois
2021
Opening stop
Coastal Carolina
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Coastal Carolina | 918 | 41.9 | 20.1 | 918 |
#1 Featured game
vs No. 86 Marshall
Week 10 · W 44-27 · Conference game
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
271
Total Offense
86.3 takeover
271 total offense with 58.9 efficiency.
#2
@ No. 111 App State
Week 8 · W 45-37 · Conference game
192
Total Offense
74.1 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
192 total offense with 59.3 efficiency.
#3
vs No. 133 Georgia State
Week 11 · W 40-27 · Conference game
243
Total Offense
72.1 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
243 total offense with 79.2 efficiency.
#4
vs No. 131 UL Monroe
Week 7 · W 23-8 · Conference game
123
Total Offense
50.8 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
123 total offense with 58 efficiency.
#5
@ No. 103 Georgia Southern
Week 12 · L 40-45 · Conference game
87
Total Offense
43.9 takeover
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
87 total offense with 64.6 efficiency.
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Coastal Carolina
918 primary output · 41.9 efficiency · 20.1 usage
59.2
#2
2021 Regular Season · Illinois
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
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250+ passing yards
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300+ total offense
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3+ TD games
2
Above avg efficiency
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