Former defensive back at Florida State. 2020: 3 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 30 tackles.
5′10″ · 184 lb · Sunrise, FL
The story
Former defensive back at Florida State. 2020: 3 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 30 tackles.
Asante Samuel Jr.
Asante Samuel Jr. has been at Florida State through two head coaches in three seasons. One game to point at: 5 tackles against North Carolina — Week 7, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Florida State, 93 tackles — drafted at #47 overall by Los Angeles.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Willie Taggart → Mike Norvell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Los AngelesEntering 6th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (96th percentile). Strength: interceptions (92nd percentile). Concern: sacks (27th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Norvell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Florida State | 30 | 22 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 3 | -- |
| 2019 | Florida State | 48 | 34 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 14 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Florida State | 15 | 13 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 9 | -- | -- |
| Career | 93 | 69 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 29 | 4 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2020
W 31–28
5 TOT · 3 SOLO · 2 PD
Edged out North Carolina at home in a shootout.
With J. Travis — 191 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · 107 rush yds (16 car) · 2 TD · A. Mastromanno — 42 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 47 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 13-16vs Georgia Tech | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-52@ Miami | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-24vs Jacksonville State | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 26-42@ Notre Dame | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-28vs North Carolina | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 16-48@ Louisville | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-41vs Pittsburgh | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 22-38@ NC State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 22 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 6 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
30 tackles. 6 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.