Player Dossier

2021-2023

SMU

Je'lin Samuels

DE • 6'7" • 241 lbs • Pasadena, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Je'lin Samuels shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.7 disruption score.

Usage Score

3.4

Efficiency

9.7

Consistency

12.5

Season Value

15.5

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · SMU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
SMU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: TCU

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.

Je'lin Samuels, DE. Best season Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · SMU. Je'lin Samuels shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.7 disruption score.

Je'lin Samuels played DE for SMU. Across 3 tracked seasons, Je'lin Samuels recorded 19 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with SMU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

SMU paired 7 primary output with 18.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 9.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: TCU

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Postseason · SMU

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

9.7

Usage

3.4

Consistency

12.5

Best Game by takeover score

Boston College

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Boston College: 0. Unknown: 0. TCU: 2. Temple: 1. Tulsa: 0. North Texas: 0. Memphis: 0. Navy: 1

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. Boston College: 1 by 4.2. Unknown: 0 by 0. TCU: 2 by 28.3. Temple: 1 by 14.2. Tulsa: 1 by 4.2. North Texas: 0 by 0. Memphis: 1 by 4.2. Navy: 3 by 22.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.4 · Games = 5 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · +0.6 vs Wins
First Half0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.5 vs First Half

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

TCU

Best efficiency game

28.3 vs TCU

Result
Thu 12/28@ Boston CollegeL 14-2310000
Sat 11/25vs NavyW 59-14310.500.500
Sat 11/18@ MemphisW 38-3411000
Sat 11/11vs North TexasW 45-2100000
Sat 10/28vs TulsaW 69-1010000
Fri 10/20@ TempleW 55-011100
Sat 9/23@ TCUL 17-3421110
Sat 9/16vs Unknown00000

Career Arc

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    SMU

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2021202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonSMU0
2022 Regular SeasonSMU718.67.67
2023 PostseasonSMU49.73.4-3
2023 Regular SeasonSMU49.73.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

TCU

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Primary metric

3 disruption/tackle impact with 52 takeover score.

#2

TCU

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.4 takeover score.

#3

Tulsa

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 33.2 takeover score.

#4

Navy

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 26 takeover score.

#5

Temple

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 23.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2022 Regular Season · SMU

7 primary output · 18.6 efficiency · 7.6 usage

35.9

#2

2023 Postseason · SMU

15.5

4 primary · 9.7 efficiency · 3.4 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · SMU

15.5

4 primary · 9.7 efficiency · 3.4 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2026 · Rating 0.8567

True North Classical Academy · Miami, FL

Committed To
Florida International
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

19

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 14 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.