Player Dossier

2009-2013

Vanderbilt

Austyn Carta-Samuels

QB • 6'2" • San Jose, CA, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Austyn Carta-Samuels is a balanced quarterback profile with 20.6 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

0

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

12

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Wyoming • Vanderbilt
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Missouri

Player Story

Austyn Carta-Samuels built his college career from 2009 through 2013 as a quarterback from San Jose, CA wearing No. 6, spending time with Vanderbilt and Wyoming. The clearest part of Austyn Carta-Samuels' career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2009 · Rating 0.8496

Bellarmine Prep · San Jose, CA

Committed To
Wyoming
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2009

Austyn Carta-Samuels, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Vanderbilt. Austyn Carta-Samuels is a balanced quarterback profile with 20.6 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
7,031
Passing yards
6,131
Rushing yards
900
Touchdowns
43

Quick Answers

Austyn Carta-Samuels quick answers

Latest team and position
Vanderbilt · QB
Career Total Offense
7,031
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 39 games
Best season
2013 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
Top game
Missouri
Recruit profile
3-star · Bellarmine Prep · Wyoming
High school pipeline
Bellarmine Prep · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 6 · Class 2013
2013 Total offense rank
2,383 total offense · QB 78th (top 25%) · SEC 10th (top 7%) · National 78th (top 6%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2009 PostseasonWyoming1327220171371.3
2009 Regular SeasonWyoming132,0471,7522951171.3
2010 Regular SeasonWyoming112,0941,7023921271.4
2012 PostseasonVanderbilt5000020.4
2012 Regular SeasonVanderbilt523520827120.4
2013 Regular SeasonVanderbilt102,3832,2681151671.5

Related Context

Austyn Carta-Samuels played QB for Wyoming and Vanderbilt. Across 4 tracked seasons, Austyn Carta-Samuels recorded 6,131 passing yards, 900 rushing yards, and 51 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2013 with Vanderbilt.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season

Vanderbilt paired 2,383 primary output with 61.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2012 Postseason role shape

pass-led usage with 48.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2013 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Wyoming, Vanderbilt.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Presbyterian

Win with 213 yards of offense and 76.6 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2012 Postseason · Vanderbilt

Games

5

Primary Metric / G

47

Efficiency

48.8

Usage

4.1

Consistency

13.8

Best Game by takeover score

Presbyterian

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. NC State: 0. Presbyterian: 213. Georgia: 12. Massachusetts: 10. Kentucky: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. NC State: 1 by 33.3. Presbyterian: 23 by 76.6. Georgia: 3 by 51. Massachusetts: 2 by 50. Kentucky: 1 by 33.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins55.8 · Games = 4 · +43.8 vs Losses
Losses12 · Games = 1 · -43.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Presbyterian

Best efficiency game

76.6 vs Presbyterian

Result
Mon 12/31vs NC StateW 38-240100.00033.3
Sat 11/3@ KentuckyW 40-00100.00033.3
Sat 10/27vs MassachusettsW 49-70100.0005011010010
Sat 9/22@ GeorgiaL 3-48121350.000511-1-100
Sat 9/15vs PresbyterianW 58-0132019565.01076.63186011

Player Story

Austyn Carta-Samuels story

Austyn Carta-Samuels built his college career from 2009 through 2013 as a quarterback from San Jose, CA wearing No. 6, spending time with Vanderbilt and Wyoming. The clearest part of Austyn Carta-Samuels' career was his passing role: 6,131 passing yards, 31 touchdown passes, 884 attempts, and 900 rushing yards across 39 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with Vanderbilt. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 900 rushing yards and 51 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 39 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Vanderbilt and Wyoming.

The arc is straightforward: Austyn Carta-Samuels moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Wyoming

    2009-2010

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Vanderbilt

    2012-2013

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

200920092010201220122013
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 PostseasonWyoming2,31956.429.9
2009 Regular SeasonWyoming2,31956.429.90
2010 Regular SeasonWyoming2,09459.732.1-225
2012 PostseasonVanderbilt23548.84.1-1,859
2012 Regular SeasonVanderbilt23548.84.10
2013 Regular SeasonVanderbilt2,38361.120.62,148

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Missouri

Week 6 · L 28-51 · Conference game

Loss with 351 yards of offense and 59.2 efficiency.

351

Total Offense

86.4 takeover

351 total offense with 59.2 efficiency.

#2

@ Florida Atlantic

Week 5 · W 30-28

292

Total Offense

85.8 takeover

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

292 total offense with 62.3 efficiency.

#3

@ New Mexico

Week 10 · L 31-34 · Conference game

263

Total Offense

80 takeover

Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

263 total offense with 72 efficiency.

#4

vs Southern Utah

Week 1 · W 28-20

303

Total Offense

79.9 takeover

Win with 303 yards of offense and 63 efficiency.

303 total offense with 63 efficiency.

#5

@ San Diego State

Week 11 · W 30-27 · Conference game

297

Total Offense

79.3 takeover

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

297 total offense with 76.3 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2013 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

2,383 primary output · 61.1 efficiency · 20.6 usage

71.5

#2

2010 Regular Season · Wyoming

71.4

2,094 primary · 59.7 efficiency · 32.1 usage

#3

2009 Postseason · Wyoming

71.3

2,319 primary · 56.4 efficiency · 29.9 usage

Milestones

5

250+ passing yards

5

300+ total offense

8

3+ TD games

18

Above avg efficiency