Sophomore defensive end for SMU. 2023: 1.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 9 tackles.
6′7″ · 241 lb · Pasadena, TX
Recruiting
EDGE recruit
No. 666 nationally · Signed with SMU
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 defensive end for SMU. 2023: 1.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 9 tackles.
Je'Lin Samuels
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come. He has spent two seasons in the SMU defensive front. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Memphis — Week 12, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at SMU, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Rhett Lashlee — 18-9 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (83rd percentile). Concern: tackles (0th 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
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rhett Lashlee
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2023
W 38–34
at Memphis
1 SOLO · 1 TOT
Edged out Memphis on the road in a shootout.
With P. Stone — 286 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.5 · 10 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · R. Daniels — 3 rec · 45 yds
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 69-0vs Prairie View A&M | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-34@ TCU | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 55-0@ Temple | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 69-10vs Tulsa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-21vs North Texas | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-34@ Memphis | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 59-14vs Navy | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Bowl | L 14-23@ Boston College | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 4 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Play style
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
9 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
Player DNA
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Lonnie Phelps’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Kenton Simmons's freshman season at Florida International (2025).
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