Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Rice
Sam Carrell
DL • 6'4" • 271 lbs • Albuquerque, NM, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Sam Carrell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
18
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
19
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
25
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Texas Tech
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Washington State • Texas Tech • Rice
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Washington State
Sam Carrell, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Texas Tech. Sam Carrell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 9
- TFL
- 1
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Sam Carrell quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Rice · DL
- Career Tackles
- 9
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Texas Tech
- Top game
- Washington State
- High school pipeline
- Parker · 16 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 6 tackles · DL 756th (top 70%) · American Athletic 374th (top 59%) · National 3,517th (top 57%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Washington State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 52.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 34.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Rice | 4 | 6 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 32.1 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Washington State to Texas Tech | G5/FCS to P4 | 21.2 | Apr 18, 2022 |
Sam Carrell played DL for Washington State, Texas Tech, and Rice. Across 5 tracked seasons, Sam Carrell recorded 9 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Rice.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Texas Tech paired 1 primary output with 10 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 8.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Washington State, Texas Tech, Rice.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Charlotte
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Rice
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
8.8
Usage
1.4
Consistency
8.3
Best Game by takeover score
Charlotte
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Prairie View A&M: 0. Charlotte: 1. UTSA: 0. UAB: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Prairie View A&M: 2 by 8.3. Charlotte: 1 by 14.2. UTSA: 2 by 8.3. UAB: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
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4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Charlotte
Best efficiency game
14.2 vs Charlotte
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Washington State
2021
Opening stop
- 2
Texas Tech
2022-2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Rice
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Washington State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 1 | 7.5 | 2.3 | 1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Rice | 1 | 8.8 | 1.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Washington State
Week 2 · L 16-37
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
53.3 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 134 Charlotte
Week 4 · W 28-17 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
40.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Murray State
Week 1 · W 63-10
1
Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Prairie View A&M
Week 3 · W 38-17
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Havoc Plays
8 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 8 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 62 UTSA
Week 7 · L 13-61 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
7.5 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Texas Tech
1 primary output · 10 efficiency · 0 usage
52.5
#2
2024 Regular Season · Texas Tech
34.4
1 primary · 7.5 efficiency · 2.3 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Rice
32.1
1 primary · 8.8 efficiency · 1.4 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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