Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Louisiana
Shelton Sampson Jr.
WR • 6'4" • 195 lbs • Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Alpha targetExplosive finisher
Shelton Sampson Jr. reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
68
Solid production for a receiver
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
57
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Louisiana
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- LSU • Louisiana
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama
Player Story
Shelton Sampson Jr. built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 6, spending time with LSU and Louisiana. The clearest part of Shelton Sampson Jr.'s career was...
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- Committed To
- LSU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Shelton Sampson Jr., WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Louisiana. Shelton Sampson Jr. reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 537
- Receptions
- 32
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Shelton Sampson Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisiana · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 537
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Louisiana
- Top game
- South Alabama
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Baton Rouge Catholic · LSU
- High school pipeline
- Baton Rouge Catholic · 33 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Sophomore
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 537 receiving yards · WR 189th (top 18%) · Sun Belt 20th (top 10%) · National 199th (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | LSU | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | LSU | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2025 Postseason | Louisiana | 9 | 3 | 42 | 1 | 82.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Louisiana | 9 | 29 | 495 | 5 | 82.1 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Shelton Sampson Jr. played WR for LSU and Louisiana. Across 3 tracked seasons, Shelton Sampson Jr. recorded 537 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Louisiana.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Louisiana paired 537 primary output with 83.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 83.9 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 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across LSU, Louisiana.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Louisiana
Games
9
Receiving Yards / G
59.7
Efficiency
83.9
Usage
24.3
Consistency
63.4
Best Game by takeover score
South Alabama
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Delaware: 42. Rice: 59. McNeese: 4. Eastern Michigan: 87. Troy: 74. South Alabama: 138. Texas State: 80. Arkansas State: 35. UL Monroe: 18
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. Delaware: 3 by 93.3. Rice: 4 by 98.3. McNeese: 1 by 26.7. Eastern Michigan: 3 by 100. Troy: 5 by 98.7. South Alabama: 6 by 100. Texas State: 5 by 100. Arkansas State: 3 by 77.8. UL Monroe: 2 by 60
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins55 · Games = 5 · -10.5 vs Losses
Losses65.5 · Games = 4 · +10.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
South Alabama
Best efficiency game
100 vs Texas State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 12/18 | @ Delaware | L 13-20 | — | 3 | 42 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 28 |
| Sat 11/29 | vs UL Monroe | W 30-27 | — | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
| Fri 11/21 | @ Arkansas State | W 34-30 | — | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 11.70 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Texas State2+ TD | W 42-39 | — | 5 | 80 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 21 |
| Sat 11/1 | @ South Alabama100 receiving yards · 2+ TD | W 31-22 | — | 6 | 138 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 45 |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Troy | L 23-35 | — | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 14.80 | 1 | 36 |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Eastern Michigan | L 31-34 | — | 3 | 87 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 43 |
| Sun 9/7 | vs McNeese | W 34-10 | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Sun 8/31 | vs Rice | L 12-14 | — | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 14.80 | 0 | 25 |
Player Story
Shelton Sampson Jr. story
Shelton Sampson Jr. built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 6, spending time with LSU and Louisiana. The clearest part of Shelton Sampson Jr.'s career was his receiving role: 32 catches, 537 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns across 9 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Louisiana. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. With 9 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across LSU and Louisiana.
The arc is straightforward: Shelton Sampson Jr. 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
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- 1
LSU
2023-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Louisiana
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | LSU | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | LSU | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Louisiana | 537 | 83.9 | 24.3 | 537 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Louisiana | 537 | 83.9 | 24.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 114 South Alabama
Week 10 · W 31-22 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
138
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
138 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs No. 65 Texas State
Week 11 · W 42-39 · Conference game
80
Receiving Yards
85.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
80 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ No. 87 Troy
Week 9 · L 23-35 · Conference game
74
Receiving Yards
84.1 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
74 receiving yards with a 98.7 efficiency score.
#4
vs No. 120 Rice
Week 1 · L 12-14
59
Receiving Yards
80.4 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
59 receiving yards with a 98.3 efficiency score.
#5
@ No. 119 Eastern Michigan
Week 4 · L 31-34
87
Receiving Yards
70.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
87 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Louisiana
537 primary output · 83.9 efficiency · 24.3 usage
82.1
#2
2025 Regular Season · Louisiana
82.1
537 primary · 83.9 efficiency · 24.3 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · LSU
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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