Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Baylor
Samu Taumanupepe
DL • 6'3" • 376 lbs • Humble, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Samu Taumanupepe shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Texas A&M
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Texas A&M • Baylor
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: McNeese
3★
- Committed To
- Texas A&M
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Samu Taumanupepe, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Texas A&M. Samu Taumanupepe shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 8
Quick Answers
Samu Taumanupepe quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Baylor · DL
- Career Tackles
- 8
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 4 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Texas A&M
- Top game
- McNeese
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Atascocita · Texas A&M
- High school pipeline
- Atascocita · 33 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 88 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 2 tackles · DL 962nd (top 90%) · Big 12 549th (top 75%) · National 4,765th (top 77%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 2 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 43.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Baylor | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.1 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Samu Taumanupepe played DL for Texas A&M and Baylor. Across 3 tracked seasons, Samu Taumanupepe recorded 8 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Texas A&M.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Texas A&M paired 0 primary output with 12.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.
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Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Texas A&M, Baylor.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arizona
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Baylor
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
4.2
Usage
0.9
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Arizona
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Game by game trend chart. Arizona State: 0. Arizona: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
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2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Arizona
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Arizona
Career Arc
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- 1
Texas A&M
2023-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Baylor
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 0 | 12.5 | 2.3 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Baylor | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs McNeese
Week 2 · W 52-10
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
13.3 takeover
0 disruption/tackle impact with 13.3 takeover score.
#2
vs New Mexico State
Week 12 · W 38-3
0
Havoc Plays
7.8 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.8 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 28 Arizona
Week 13 · L 17-41 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.9 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 60 Arizona State
Week 4 · L 24-27 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
3.6 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Texas A&M
0 primary output · 12.5 efficiency · 2.3 usage
43.9
#2
2025 Regular Season · Baylor
37.1
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Texas A&M
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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