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Jersey Number 52
Kayton Samuels
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 319
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Ellenwood, Ga.
- High School:
- Arabia Mountain
Bio
Career Overview: Logged 44 tackles, including 4.5 for a loss, and one fumble recovery in 34 games (24 starts) at nose tackle from 2015-17 ... Fifteen multiple-tackle games ... Redshirted in 2014 ... 2015 All-ACC Academic Team ... Three letters.
Junior Year (2017): Played in 12 games at nose tackle, starting seven in a rotation with McKinley Williams … Tallied 12 tackles, including nine solo, one sack and two quarterback pressures … Three multi-tackle games ... Recorded two tackles versus Middle Tennessee (9/9) and at LSU (9/30), including the first sack of his career for a loss of eight yards against the Tigers ... Served as SU's defensive game captain and matched his personal best with three tackles at NC State (9/30).Â
Sophomore Year (2016): Played in 10 games at nose tackle, starting five ... Tallied 17 tackles (12 solo), including one for a loss of five yards ... Six multi-tackle games ... Against Colgate (9/2), started and equaled his career high with three tackles ... Tied his personal best with three tackles, including one for a loss, at Clemson (11/5) ... Posted two-tackle games versus USF (9/17), at Wake Forest (10/8), versus NC State (11/12) and at Pittsburgh (11/26) ... Missed the Connecticut (9/24) and Notre Dame (10/1) games due to injury.
Freshman Year (2015): Started all 12 games at nose tackle and had 15 tackles, including eight solo ... Six multi-tackle games ... Against Rhode Island (9/4), made his collegiate debut and registered one tackle for loss and recovered a fumble ... Two solo tackles versus Wake Forest (9/12) ... One tackle for loss against Central Michigan (9/19) ... Credited with a career-high three tackles, including one solo, at NC State (11/21) ... All-ACC Academic Team selection … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall.
2014: Redshirt season … Named to the Spring 2015 SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
High School: Selected to play in the 2013 Florida vs. Georgia Clash of the Scholar-Athletes All-Star Game … As a senior, had five tackles, including two sacks, and forced three fumbles in a 26-20 overtime victory against Miller Grove.
Personal: Kayton Neal Samuels … Born in October 1995 in Brooklyn, N.Y. … Son of Shana and Rendell Samuels … Two sisters, two brothers … Psychology major.
Junior Year (2017): Played in 12 games at nose tackle, starting seven in a rotation with McKinley Williams … Tallied 12 tackles, including nine solo, one sack and two quarterback pressures … Three multi-tackle games ... Recorded two tackles versus Middle Tennessee (9/9) and at LSU (9/30), including the first sack of his career for a loss of eight yards against the Tigers ... Served as SU's defensive game captain and matched his personal best with three tackles at NC State (9/30).Â
Sophomore Year (2016): Played in 10 games at nose tackle, starting five ... Tallied 17 tackles (12 solo), including one for a loss of five yards ... Six multi-tackle games ... Against Colgate (9/2), started and equaled his career high with three tackles ... Tied his personal best with three tackles, including one for a loss, at Clemson (11/5) ... Posted two-tackle games versus USF (9/17), at Wake Forest (10/8), versus NC State (11/12) and at Pittsburgh (11/26) ... Missed the Connecticut (9/24) and Notre Dame (10/1) games due to injury.
Freshman Year (2015): Started all 12 games at nose tackle and had 15 tackles, including eight solo ... Six multi-tackle games ... Against Rhode Island (9/4), made his collegiate debut and registered one tackle for loss and recovered a fumble ... Two solo tackles versus Wake Forest (9/12) ... One tackle for loss against Central Michigan (9/19) ... Credited with a career-high three tackles, including one solo, at NC State (11/21) ... All-ACC Academic Team selection … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall.
2014: Redshirt season … Named to the Spring 2015 SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
High School: Selected to play in the 2013 Florida vs. Georgia Clash of the Scholar-Athletes All-Star Game … As a senior, had five tackles, including two sacks, and forced three fumbles in a 26-20 overtime victory against Miller Grove.
Personal: Kayton Neal Samuels … Born in October 1995 in Brooklyn, N.Y. … Son of Shana and Rendell Samuels … Two sisters, two brothers … Psychology major.
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