#45

Samson Nacua

WR · BYU · Sr. · #45

BYU 2021 alumnus
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Samson Nacua

WR · BYU · Sr · #45

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Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1056 national
CFB
College
BYU
2021
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021BYU10-3HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning

Career stats

SeasonTeam
2021BYU2132915.73--
Career2132915.73--
SeasonTeam
2021BYU729------
Career729------

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2021

W 66–49

vs Virginia

7 rush yds (1 car)

Edged out Virginia at home in a shootout.

How he plays

Play style

Beats you over the top.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Deep Threat

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

WR

His 2021 production profile sits closest to Isaiah Alston’s 2021 season.

Army · 2021

#2

Zane Pope

Fresno State · 2021

74%
#3

Ra'Shaun Henry

Virginia · 2021

73%
#4

Brenden Rice

Colorado · 2021

NFL Rd 7
71%
#5

Jaden Bray

Oklahoma State · 2021

70%

Matches Isaiah on

Total EPA (college ability)
Yards / reception
Weight

Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Kahtero Summers’s path through Rhode Island.

Kahtero Summers

98%match

Rhode Island · 2023

#2

Ketron Jackson

Baylor · 2024

94%
#3

Will Vereen

South Carolina State · 2021

91%
#4

Beau Kelly

Portland State · 2022

90%
#5

Keshaun Singleton

South Florida · 2025

89%

Matches Kahtero on

Yards per reception
20202021

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to C.J. Yarbrough's sophomore season at Liberty (2022).

Liberty · 2022

#2

Isaiah Alston

Army · 2021

84%
#3

Brenden Rice

Colorado · 2021

NFL Rd 7
76%
#4

Zane Pope

Fresno State · 2021

76%
#5

Stephon Johnson Jr.

Houston · 2023

75%

Matches C.J. on

Total EPA (college ability)
TD rate
Reception volume

Differs from C.J. on

EPA / play (adj) (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Samson Nacua

#1

Ketron Jackson

Arkansas · 2022

94%