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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2012Vanderbilt
Eric Samuels
S • 6'0" • Eustis, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Eric Samuels shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a safety
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
62
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Vanderbilt
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Carolina
Player Story
Eric Samuels built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a safety from Eustis, FL wearing No. 22, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Eric Samuels' career was his return-game role: 729 return...
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- Committed To
- Vanderbilt
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2009
Eric Samuels, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Vanderbilt. Eric Samuels shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Eric Samuels quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Vanderbilt · S
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2009 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
- Top game
- Western Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Umatilla · Vanderbilt
- High school pipeline
- Umatilla · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Class 2012
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 10 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2011 Postseason | Vanderbilt | 4 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 4 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2012 Postseason | Vanderbilt | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
Related Context
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Eric Samuels played S for Vanderbilt. Across 4 tracked seasons, Eric Samuels recorded 43 rushing yards. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Vanderbilt.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2009 Regular Season
Vanderbilt paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2012 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2012 Postseason improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: NC State
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2012 Postseason · Vanderbilt
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
NC State
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All Games1 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
NC State
Best efficiency game
20 vs NC State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 12/31 | vs NC State | W 38-24 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Player Story
Eric Samuels story
Eric Samuels built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a safety from Eustis, FL wearing No. 22, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Eric Samuels' career was his return-game role: 729 return yards across 16 career games in the available record. His career also includes 43 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Eric Samuels' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Vanderbilt
2009-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20092010201120112012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 1 | 20 | — | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | — | -1 |
| 2011 Postseason | Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2012 Postseason | Vanderbilt | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Western Carolina
Week 1 · W 45-0
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
vs NC State
Week 1 · W 38-24 · Postseason
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
vs Wake Forest
Week 13 · L 13-34
0
Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
#4
vs Tennessee
Week 12 · L 10-24 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
#5
@ Kentucky
Week 11 · L 20-38 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2009 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
1 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2012 Postseason · Vanderbilt
73.3
1 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2010 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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