Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2010-2014TCU
Sam Carter
S • 6'1" • New Orleans, LA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Sam Carter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a safety
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Reliability
95
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
86
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · TCU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- TCU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: SMU
Player Story
Sam Carter built his college career from 2010 through 2014 as a safety from New Orleans, LA wearing No. 17, spending time with TCU. The clearest part of Sam Carter's career was his defensive production: 13...
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- Committed To
- TCU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2010
Sam Carter, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · TCU. Sam Carter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Sam Carter quick answers
- Latest team and position
- TCU · S
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2013 Regular Season · TCU
- Top game
- SMU
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Alief Hastings · TCU
- High school pipeline
- Alief Hastings · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 17 · Class 2014
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | TCU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2011 Regular Season | TCU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2012 Regular Season | TCU | 4 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 66.7 |
| 2013 Regular Season | TCU | 4 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 68.9 |
| 2014 Regular Season | TCU | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 54.8 |
Related Context
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Sam Carter played S for TCU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Sam Carter recorded 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2013 with TCU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season
TCU paired 5 primary output with 25 efficiency.
Supporting note
2014 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 26.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2014 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2014 Regular Season · TCU
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
26.7
Usage
—
Consistency
57.7
Best Game by takeover score
Texas
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Game by game trend chart. Minnesota: 1. Texas Tech: 1. Texas: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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First Half1 · Games = 2 · -1 vs Second Half
Second Half2 · Games = 1 · +1 vs First Half
Game Log
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3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Texas
Best efficiency game
40 vs Texas
Player Story
Sam Carter story
Sam Carter built his college career from 2010 through 2014 as a safety from New Orleans, LA wearing No. 17, spending time with TCU. The clearest part of Sam Carter's career was his defensive production: 13 interceptions across 11 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with TCU. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Sam Carter's production has multiple signals. With 11 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across TCU.
The arc is straightforward: Sam Carter 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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TCU
2010-2014
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | TCU | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2011 Regular Season | TCU | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2012 Regular Season | TCU | 4 | 20 | — | 4 |
| 2013 Regular Season | TCU | 5 | 25 | — | 1 |
| 2014 Regular Season | TCU | 4 | 26.7 | — | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs SMU
Week 5 · W 48-17
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#2
@ Texas
Week 14 · W 48-10 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#3
vs Oklahoma
Week 14 · L 17-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
@ Texas
Week 13 · W 20-13 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#5
@ Baylor
Week 7 · W 49-21 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Regular Season · TCU
5 primary output · 25 efficiency · — usage
68.9
#2
2012 Regular Season · TCU
66.7
4 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · TCU
54.8
4 primary · 26.7 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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