Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 45-26vs Hawai'i | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 11 | W 51-14vs Lamar | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 14 | W 65-3vs Valparaiso | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | 36 | Season-high 44 yds |
| Total | 9 | 69 | 7.3 | 0 | 36 |
#5
O'Maury Samuels
Senior running back for New Mexico State. 2022: 69 rushing yards.
5′11″ · 195 lb · Los Lunas, NM
CFB Index 29 · #309 of 315 RBsHigh confidenceNew Mexico State 2022 alumnus
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
4★
RB recruit
No. 270 nationally · Signed with Michigan
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for New Mexico State. 2022: 69 rushing yards.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Michigan in 2017.
O'Maury Samuels
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. O'Maury Samuels has played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. The receipt on tape: 44 rush yds against Valparaiso, Week 14, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at New Mexico State, 350 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
20176 games
- Signed with Michigan4-star out of Los Lunas
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2017–2022
2 coaches2017–2018
New Mexico State
2021
New Mexico State
Coaching transition mid-career: Doug Martin → Jerry Kill. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2022 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2017Michigan8-5HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy
2018Michigan10-3HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy
2021New Mexico State2-10HC: Doug Martin · Pass-leaning
2022New Mexico State7-6HC: Jerry Kill · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
High confidence
Elite: yards / carry (100th percentile). Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 23.0 | 7.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 31.5 | 7.9 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Sanchez
Pass share
52.3%
101 pass / 92 run
Plays / game
64.3
3 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
107 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Awards
Player standing · 2022
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | New Mexico State | 9 | 69 | 7.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | New Mexico State | 65 | 202 | 3.1 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Michigan | 13 | 66 | 5.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Michigan | 8 | 13 | 1.6 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 95 | 350 | 3.7 | 1 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | New Mexico State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | New Mexico State | 12 | 72 | 6.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | Michigan | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Michigan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 13 | 72 | 5.5 | 0 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2022
W 51–14
vs Lamar
19 rush yds (4 car)
Dominant 37-point win at home against Lamar.
With D. Pavia — 146 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.8 · 81 rush yds (8 car) · J. Carlson — 44 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 48 LONG
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 14 · Valparaiso · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.09O'Maury Samuels run for 36 yds to the Valpo 8 for a 1ST down
- Week 11 · Lamar · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +0.78O.Samuels rushed to LAM 29 for 8 yards. Tackled by LAM at LAM 29.
- Week 14 · Valparaiso · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.71O'Maury Samuels run for 8 yds to the NMxSt 24
- Week 14 · Valparaiso · 1&8 · Q4 · EPA -0.36O'Maury Samuels run for no gain to the Valpo 8
- Week 11 · Lamar · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +0.32O.Samuels rushed to LAM 37 for 6 yards. Tackled by LAM at LAM 37.
- Week 11 · Lamar · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -0.30O.Samuels rushed to NMS 28 for 3 yards. Tackled by LAM at NMS 28.
- Week 14 · Valparaiso · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA -0.27O'Maury Samuels run for no gain to the Valpo 8
- Week 11 · Lamar · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.23O.Samuels rushed to LAM 15 for 14 yards. Tackled by LAM at LAM 15.
- Week 11 · Lamar · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -0.18O.Samuels rushed to LAM 13 for 2 yards. Tackled by LAM at LAM 13.
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Balanced Back
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
RB
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Will Jones’s 2021 season.
64%match
Matches Will on
Yards / carry
Height
Differs from Will on
Weight (lower)
Rush TD rate (lower)
Yards / reception (lower)
Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Curtis Douglas’s path through Kent State.
Matches Curtis on
Yards per carry
Weight
Height
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Al-Shadee Salaam's sophomore season at Rutgers (2022).
Matches Al-Shadee on
Height
Yards / carry
Weight
Differs from Al-Shadee on
Recruiting rating (higher)
Rush TD rate (lower)
Player DNA
Players who play like O'Maury Samuels
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology