Deebo Samuel

WR · South Carolina 2018 · #1

Last confirmed: South Carolina, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′0″ · 210 lb · Inman, SC · Chapman Hi

Deebo Samuel: WR · South Carolina · #1.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Darren Woods Jr.UNLV · 2018 · 87% season match
A.J. RichardsonBoise State · 2018 · 84% season match
Kahlil LewisCincinnati · 2018 · 80% season match
ShaVarez SmithSouth Alabama · 2014 · 79% season match
K.J. OsbornBuffalo · 2018 · 76% season match

Deebo Samuel

WR · South Carolina · Sr · #1

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. Deebo Samuel has been at South Carolina through two head coaches in four seasons. On tape: 210 receiving yards and 10 receptions against Clemson, Week 13, 2018.

How he plays

Play style

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

South Carolina in the news

South Carolina DB out for Tennessee gameOn3 Oct 24
New suites sold out247Sports Oct 20
Four players ruled out for South Carolina vs. FloridaOn3 Oct 11
Shane Beamer's buyout complicates exitRubbing the Rock Oct 8

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	South Carolina	62	882	14.2	11
2017	South Carolina	15	250	16.7	3
2016	South Carolina	59	783	13.3	1
2015	South Carolina	12	161	13.4	1
Career		148	2,076	14.0	16

Season	Team
2018	South Carolina	8	26	587	--
2017	South Carolina	2	30	194	--
2016	South Carolina	15	98	431	8
2015	South Carolina	--	--	24	--
Career		25	154	1,236	8

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 49-15vs Coastal Carolina	7	56	8.0	1	15
Wk 2	L 17-41vs No. 3 Georgia	6	33	5.5	0	10
Wk 4	W 37-14@ Vanderbilt	7	56	8.0	0	15
Wk 5	L 10-24@ No. 17 Kentucky	2	61	30.5	1	58
Wk 6	W 37-35vs Missouri	4	88	22.0	1	37
Wk 7	L 23-26vs No. 22 Texas A&M	7	88	12.6	1	32
Wk 9	W 27-24vs Tennessee	3	8	2.7	1	5
Wk 10	W 48-44@ Ole Miss	3	17	5.7	0	15
Wk 11	L 31-35@ No. 19 Florida	4	120	30.0	0	89
Wk 12	W 49-9vs Chattanooga	5	112	22.4	1	61
Wk 13	L 35-56@ No. 2 Clemson	10	210	21.0	3	75	Season-high 210 yds
Wk 14	W 28-3vs Akron	4	33	8.3	2	15	2 TD catches
Total		62	882	14.2	11	89

Signature game

Week 13 · 2018

L 35-56

at Clemson

10 rec · 210 yds · 3 TD

With J. Bentley — 510 yds · 5 TD · 1 INT · J. Charlton — 50 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · Kentucky · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +6.53Jake Bentley pass complete to Deebo Samuel for 58 yds for a TD (Parker White KICK)
Week 13 · Clemson · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +6.08Bentley to Samuel: a 75-yard touchdown pass.
Week 12 · Chattanooga · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +5.71Jake Bentley pass complete to Deebo Samuel for 61 yds for a TD (Parker White KICK)
Week 11 · Florida · 2nd and 13 · Q3 · EPA +5.08Jake Bentley pass complete to Deebo Samuel for 89 yds to the Fla 7 for a
Week 13 · Clemson · 4th and 7 · Q4 · EPA +4.96Bentley to Samuel: a 32-yard touchdown pass.
Week 6 · Missouri · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +3.52Michael Scarnecchia pass complete to Deebo Samuel for 37 yds to the SOCAROLINA 25 for a MISSOURI Penalty, Defensive offside ( Yards) declined for a

4 more plays

Week 7 · Texas A&M · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +3.25Jake Bentley pass complete to Deebo Samuel for 32 yds to the SOCAROLINA 33 for a TEXAS A&M Penalty, Defensive pass interference ( Yards) declined for a
Week 13 · Clemson · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.14Jake Bentley pass complete to Deebo Samuel for 44 yds to the Clem 29 for a
Week 7 · Texas A&M · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.09Jake Bentley pass complete to Deebo Samuel for 27 yds to the TexAM 48 for a
Week 7 · Texas A&M · 4th and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.99Jake Bentley pass complete to Deebo Samuel for 9 yds to the TexAM 31 for a

Teams and coaches

2015South Carolina3-9HC: Steve Spurrier · Run-leaning

2016South Carolina6-7HC: Will Muschamp · Run-leaning

2017South Carolina9-4HC: Will Muschamp · Balanced, slow tempo

2018South Carolina7-6HC: Will Muschamp · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (84th percentile). Strength: long catch (99th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#110 / 702 · 84th pct

9.6%

Yards / catch#298 / 702 · 58th pct

13.0

EPA / target#413 / 702 · 41st pct

0.45

Explosive rate#443 / 702 · 37th pct

9.6%

Catch rate#476 / 702 · 32nd pct

63.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Long catch#7 / 550 · 99th pct

Rec TDs#14 / 550 · 97th pct

Rec yards#53 / 550 · 90th pct

882

Receptions#57 / 550 · 89th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 80th pct

Rush yards#87 / 277 · 68th pct

Yards / catch#194 / 550 · 64th pct

14.2

Rush TDs#64 / 277 · 39th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

75th → 41st percentile

Explosive rate

40th → 37th percentile

Catch rate

40th → 32nd percentile

TD rate

56th → 84th percentile

Yards / catch

83rd → 58th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.1	59.7	11.6	1.0
Road5g	5.2	92.8	19.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.5	63.7	14.4	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	4.8	83.3	15.0	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Will Muschamp

Pass share

50.3%

443 pass / 437 run

Plays / game

67.7

13 games

Team sack rate

4.9%

486 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Impact starter

62 catches, 8 carries and 1 pass attempt in 12 games, more catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Deebo Samuel

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

South Carolina in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Five seasons at South Carolina, drafted

His moves

2014

2019

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