Running back for Rice. 2017: 230 rushing yards, 12 catches.
5′9″ · 205 lb · Cypress, TX
Recruiting
APB recruit
No. 826 nationally · Signed with Rice
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2017 running back for Rice. 2017: 230 rushing yards, 12 catches.
Samuel Stewart
Third year in the Rice backfield, same address the whole way. One game to point at: 89 rush yds, 34 rec yds against UTEP — Week 2, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Rice, 1,097 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2015–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under David Bailiff.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under David Bailiff — 9-27 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush tds (2nd percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 35.7 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 24.6 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 47.8 | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 9.8 | 1.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Abell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2017
W 31–14
at UTEP
89 rush yds (16 car)
With J. Fox — 40 AVG · 48 LONG · 4 NO · S. Glaesmann — 131 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 25.6 · 23 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-62vs Stanford | 15 | 71 | 4.7 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-14@ UTEP | 16 | 89 | 5.6 | 0 | 21 | Season-high 89 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 3-38@ Houston | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-13vs Florida International | 11 | 35 | 3.2 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-20@ UTSA | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-52@ UAB | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 12 | L 21-24@ Old Dominion | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-30vs North Texas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 58 | 230 | 2.4 | 0 | 21 |