Player Dossier

2022-2025

Samford

Amari Wansley

S • 6'0" • 183 lbs • Buford, GA, USA

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Amari Wansley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

15%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

22

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

16

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

34

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Samford

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Florida Atlantic • Samford
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M

Player Story

Amari Wansley built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a safety from Buford, GA wearing No. 17, spending time with Florida Atlantic and Samford. The clearest part of Amari Wansley's career was his defensive...

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Amari Wansley, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Samford. Amari Wansley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
52
TFL
1
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Amari Wansley quick answers

Latest team and position
Samford · S
Career Tackles
52
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 22 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Samford
Top game
Texas A&M
High school pipeline
Pell City · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 17 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic92310--034.5
2023 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic929-0-1034
2025 Regular SeasonSamford20-0--060.7

Related Context

Amari Wansley played S for Florida Atlantic and Samford. Across 3 tracked seasons, Amari Wansley recorded 52 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Florida Atlantic.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Samford paired 1 primary output with 32.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 11.8 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 Florida Atlantic, Samford.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida International

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2022 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

11.8

Usage

2.7

Consistency

3.7

Best Game by takeover score

Florida International

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. SE Louisiana: 0. UCF: 0. Purdue: 0. North Texas: 0. UTEP: 0. UAB: 0. Florida International: 1. Middle Tennessee: 0. Western Kentucky: 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. SE Louisiana: 4 by 16.7. UCF: 2 by 8.3. Purdue: 1 by 4.2. North Texas: 1 by 4.2. UTEP: 7 by 29.2. UAB: 2 by 8.3. Florida International: 2 by 18.3. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 8.3. Western Kentucky: 2 by 8.3

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 = 6 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Florida International

Best efficiency game

29.2 vs UTEP

Result
Sat 11/26vs Western KentuckyL 31-3222000
Sat 11/19@ Middle TennesseeL 21-4920000
Sun 11/13@ Florida InternationalW 52-722100
Sat 10/29vs UABW 24-1720000
Sat 10/22@ UTEPL 21-2474000
Sat 10/1@ North TexasL 28-4511000
Sat 9/24@ PurdueL 26-2811000
Sat 9/17vs UCFL 14-4022000
Sat 9/10vs SE LouisianaW 42-942000

Player Story

Amari Wansley story

Amari Wansley built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a safety from Buford, GA wearing No. 17, spending time with Florida Atlantic and Samford. The clearest part of Amari Wansley's career was his defensive production: 52 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 1 pass defended across 22 career games in the available record. That gives Amari Wansley's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Florida Atlantic

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Samford

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202220232025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic111.82.7
2023 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic114.52.10
2025 Regular SeasonSamford132.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 9 Texas A&M

Week 13 · Ranked opponent

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

73.8 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 73.8 takeover score.

#2

@ Florida International

Week 11 · W 52-7 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

64.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.7 takeover score.

#3

@ South Florida

Week 7 · W 56-14 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

54.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.

#4

vs UTSA

Week 8 · L 10-36 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

36.1 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 36.1 takeover score.

#5

@ UTEP

Week 8 · L 21-24 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

23.9 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 23.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Samford

1 primary output · 32.1 efficiency · usage

60.7

#2

2022 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic

34.5

1 primary · 11.8 efficiency · 2.7 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic

34

1 primary · 14.5 efficiency · 2.1 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

0

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games