Sam Womack

Former cornerback at Toledo. 2021: 2 interceptions, 15 pass breakups, 32 tackles.

CB · Toledo · Sr.

5′10″ · 185 lb · Detroit, MI

CFB Index 30 · #281 of 321 cornersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamSan Francisco — drafted 2022, Rd 5, Pick 29, #172 overall

The story

Former cornerback at Toledo. 2021: 2 interceptions, 15 pass breakups, 32 tackles.

Drafted round 5 by the San Francisco in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Toledo, 125 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #172 overall by San Francisco.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202112 games

All-MACfirst

2022

Drafted by San Franciscoround 5, pick 172

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Toledo

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #172

San Francisco · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

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ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM

All-MAC 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

1 coach

2017–2021

Jason Candle

Toledo

Played his entire career under Jason Candle.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

San FranciscoEntering 5th NFL season

#172Rd 5 · Pick 29

San FranciscoEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Jason Candle — 35-23 over that span.

2017Toledo11-3HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2018Toledo7-6HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2019Toledo6-6HC: Jason Candle · Run-heavy

2020Toledo4-2HC: Jason Candle · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Toledo7-6HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

30Below cohort / limited sample #281 of 321?

Low confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (100th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#2 / 2743 · 100th pct

Interceptions#126 / 824 · 73rd pct

QB hurries#827 / 2743 · 59th pct

Tackles#1279 / 2743 · 52nd pct

Solo tackles#1422 / 2743 · 47th pct

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th pct

Tackles for loss#1821 / 2743 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.2	0.2	0.0	0.8
Road6g	1.8	0.0	0.0	1.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.3	0.1	0.0	0.9
Weeks 8+5g	1.4	0.0	0.0	1.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Jacobs

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

30 · #281 of 321 corners

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Toledo	32	16	1.0	0.0	15	2	--
2020	Toledo	20	12	1.5	0.5	7	--	--
2019	Toledo	59	49	0.5	0.0	15	2	1
2018	Toledo	12	8	1.5	0.0	1	--	--
2017	Toledo	2	2	0.0	0.0	1	1	--
Career		125	87	4.5	0.5	39	5	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021

W 49–10

vs Norfolk State

1 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 PD

Dominant 39-point win at home against Norfolk State.

With D. Finn — 38 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.5 · 82 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · C. Bradley — 183 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 38.5 · 2 rush yds (4 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 49-10vs Norfolk State	1	1	0.0	1	1
Wk 2	L 29-32@ Notre Dame	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 6-22vs Colorado State	3	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 22-12@ Ball State	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 45-7@ Massachusetts	0	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 20-22vs Northern Illinois	9	4	1.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 7	L 23-26@ Central Michigan	4	2	0.0	—	3
Wk 8	W 34-15vs Western Michigan	2	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 49-52vs Eastern Michigan	2	0	0.0	—	2
Wk 11	W 49-17@ Bowling Green	0	0	0.0	—	2
Wk 12	W 35-23@ Ohio	1	1	0.0	—	3
Wk 13	W 49-14vs Akron	2	1	0.0	—	0
Total		30	15	1.0	1	14

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology