Usage Score
1.2
Player Dossier
2024-2025Wake Forest
Sam Neely III
CB • 5'11" • 185 lbs • Charlotte, NC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Sam Neely III shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.8 disruption score.
Efficiency
8.8
Consistency
8.3
Season Value
8.1
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Stanford
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Seasons Tracked
- 2
- Program Path
- Wake Forest • Stanford
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame
Scouting Read
Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.
Sam Neely III, CB. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Stanford. Sam Neely III shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.8 disruption score.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Stanford paired 1 primary output with 8.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 8.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Wake Forest, Stanford.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · Stanford
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
8.8
Usage
1.2
Consistency
8.3
Best Game by takeover score
Notre Dame
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Game-by-Game Trend
1234
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. San José State: 0. Pittsburgh: 0. California: 0. Notre Dame: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
Low volume / high quality
High volume / high quality
Low volume / lower quality
High volume / lower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. San José State: 1 by 4.2. Pittsburgh: 3 by 12.5. California: 1 by 4.2. Notre Dame: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
Wins0 · n=2 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · n=2 · +0.5 vs Wins
First Half0 · n=2 · -0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0.5 · n=2 · +0.5 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Notre Dame
Best efficiency game
14.2 vs Notre Dame
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Wake Forest
2024
Opening stop
- 2
Stanford
2025
Final stop
Season Progression
20242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Stanford | 1 | 8.8 | 1.2 | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Notre Dame
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Primary metric
1 disruption/tackle impact with 38.3 takeover score.
#2
Pittsburgh
0
Primary metric
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 5 takeover score.
#3
San José State
0
Primary metric
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.
#4
California
0
Primary metric
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2025 Regular Season · Stanford
1 primary output · 8.8 efficiency · 1.2 usage
8.1
#2
2024 Regular Season · Wake Forest
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2024 · Rating 0.8553
Weddington · Matthews, NC
- Committed To
- Wake Forest
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Career Facts
2
Career teams
2
Seasons tracked
6
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 2 tracked seasons, 4 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.