Dylan Sampson

#6 · RB · Jr. · Tennessee5′11″ · 201 lb · Baton Rouge, LA · Dutchtown

Dylan Sampson: RB · Tennessee · #6.

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Dylan Sampson

RB · Tennessee · Jr · #6

Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Third year in the Tennessee backfield. The first career honor came in 2024: SEC Offensive Player of the Year. One game to point at: 178 rushing yards and 6 receiving yards against Vanderbilt — Week 14, 2024.

Style of play

Style of play

Play style

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

258Carries
1502Yards
14.1%Top-5 share
8.5%Stuffed rate

Just 14.1% of the season's rushing yards came on the 5 best carries — remarkably even — and the back is stuffed on 8.5% of carries. 2 carries for 6 yds vs Ohio State; 25 for 178 vs Vanderbilt.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

46.4%Carry share
36.8%Q4-lead share
95.9%In competitive games

46.4% of carries overall (254/547) → 36.8% of Q4-with-lead carries (49/133) — 95.9% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

21/243rd/4th & short
16/33Inside-5 share

21 of 24 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (87.5%). 16 of the team's 33 inside-the-5 carries (48.5%).

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