Player Dossier

2011-2015

Florida International

Anthon Samuel

RB • 6'0" • Miami, FL, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Anthon Samuel leans balanced backfield option traits and 24.5 efficiency.

Usage / Role

47%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

45

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

36

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

60

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Bowling Green

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Bowling Green • Florida International
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)

Player Story

Anthon Samuel built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a running back from Miami, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with Bowling Green and Florida International. The clearest part of Anthon Samuel's career...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2011 · Rating 0.7433

Monsignor Pace · Opa Locka, FL

Committed To
Bowling Green
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2011

Anthon Samuel, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Bowling Green. Anthon Samuel leans balanced backfield option traits and 24.5 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,838
Rushing yards
2,528
Receiving yards
310
Touchdowns
23

Quick Answers

Anthon Samuel quick answers

Latest team and position
Florida International · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,838
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 40 games
Best season
2011 Regular Season · Bowling Green
Top game
Miami (OH)
Recruit profile
2-star · Monsignor Pace · Bowling Green
High school pipeline
Monsignor Pace · 34 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 6 · Class 2015
2015 Scrimmage yards rank
120 scrimmage yards · RB 376th (top 67%) · Conference USA 132nd (top 57%) · National 1,259th (top 53%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2011 Regular SeasonBowling Green993784493579.6
2012 PostseasonBowling Green12443212178.1
2012 Regular SeasonBowling Green121,1529661861178.1
2013 Regular SeasonFlorida International00000-
2014 Regular SeasonFlorida International115855823549.3
2015 Regular SeasonFlorida International812010416120.1

Related Context

Anthon Samuel played RB for Bowling Green and Florida International. Across 5 tracked seasons, Anthon Samuel recorded 2,528 rushing yards, 310 receiving yards, and 23 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Bowling Green.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season

Bowling Green paired 937 primary output with 61 efficiency.

Supporting note

2014 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 38.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2015 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 Bowling Green, Florida International.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Old Dominion

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2014 Regular Season · Florida International

Games

11

Scrimmage Yards / G

53.2

Efficiency

38.8

Usage

22.2

Consistency

46.1

Best Game by takeover score

Old Dominion

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wagner: 24. Pittsburgh: 1. Louisville: 38. UAB: 16. Florida Atlantic: 57. UTSA: 45. Marshall: 25. Rice: 33. Old Dominion: 137. Middle Tennessee: 120. North Texas: 89

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. Wagner: 9 by 27.8. Pittsburgh: 2 by 5.2. Louisville: 13 by 30.4. UAB: 8 by 20.8. Florida Atlantic: 13 by 45.7. UTSA: 12 by 39.5. Marshall: 7 by 37.2. Rice: 11 by 31.3. Old Dominion: 25 by 57.1. Middle Tennessee: 19 by 65.8. North Texas: 14 by 66.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins54.3 · Games = 4 · +1.7 vs Losses
Losses52.6 · Games = 7 · -1.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Old Dominion

Best efficiency game

66.2 vs North Texas

Result
Sat 11/22@ North TexasL 14-1714896.4006.4
Sat 11/15vs Middle Tennessee100 rush yardsW 38-28191206.3016.3
Sat 11/8@ Old Dominion100 rush yardsL 35-38251375.5015.5
Sat 11/1vs RiceL 17-311133303
Sat 10/18vs MarshallL 13-457253.6003.6
Sat 10/11@ UTSAL 13-1611423.800133.8
Thu 10/2vs Florida Atlantic2+ TDW 38-1013574.4024.4
Sat 9/27@ UABW 34-20816202
Sat 9/20vs LouisvilleL 3-3413382.9002.9
Sat 9/13vs PittsburghL 25-42210.5000.5
Sat 9/6vs WagnerW 34-39242.7012.7

Player Story

Anthon Samuel story

Anthon Samuel built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a running back from Miami, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with Bowling Green and Florida International. The clearest part of Anthon Samuel's career was his backfield work: 2,528 rushing yards, 510 carries, 22 rushing touchdowns, and 310 receiving yards across 40 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2012 with Bowling Green. 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. His career also includes 310 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 40 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Bowling Green and Florida International.

The arc is straightforward: Anthon Samuel 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

    Bowling Green

    2011-2012

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Florida International

    2013-2015

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201120122012201320142015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2011 Regular SeasonBowling Green9376133.8
2012 PostseasonBowling Green1,19649.936.2259
2012 Regular SeasonBowling Green1,19649.936.20
2013 Regular SeasonFlorida International0-1,196
2014 Regular SeasonFlorida International58538.822.2585
2015 Regular SeasonFlorida International12024.58.2-465

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Miami (OH)

Week 7 · W 37-12 · Conference game

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

196

Scrimmage Yards

93.7 takeover

196 scrimmage yards and 39.7 usage.

#2

@ Idaho

Week 1 · W 32-15

147

Scrimmage Yards

88.9 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

147 scrimmage yards and 36.5 usage.

#3

@ Ohio

Week 11 · W 26-14 · Conference game

186

Scrimmage Yards

86.6 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

186 scrimmage yards and 73.2 usage.

#4

vs Rhode Island

Week 5 · W 48-8

169

Scrimmage Yards

86.2 takeover

Win with 169 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

169 scrimmage yards and 31.7 usage.

#5

@ Old Dominion

Week 11 · L 35-38 · Conference game

137

Scrimmage Yards

85.7 takeover

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

137 scrimmage yards and 39.7 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2011 Regular Season · Bowling Green

937 primary output · 61 efficiency · 33.8 usage

79.6

#2

2012 Postseason · Bowling Green

78.1

1,196 primary · 49.9 efficiency · 36.2 usage

#3

2012 Regular Season · Bowling Green

78.1

1,196 primary · 49.9 efficiency · 36.2 usage

Milestones

12

100+ rush yards

3

150+ scrimmage yards

4

2+ TD games