Jaylen Samuels

Samuels, Jaylen Dante
Position: RB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 225
Born: July 20, 1996 Baton Rouge, LA
High School: Mallard Creek (Charlotte, NC)

Year	College	Participation
2014	North Carolina State	Lettered
2015	North Carolina State	Lettered
2016	North Carolina State	Lettered
2017	North Carolina State	Lettered

Draft: 5th round (165th overall) 2018 Pittsburgh Steelers

NFL Game Logs

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
2018 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2018 PIT NFL	38	RB	14	3
2019 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2019 PIT NFL	38	RB	14	4
2020 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2020 PIT NFL	38	RB	14	1
2021 Houston Texans (NFL)2021 HOU NFL	38	RB	3	0
4 Years (NFL)4 Years NFL			45	8

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	4/28/2018	2018 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2018 PIT NFL
Signed	5/9/2018	2018 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2018 PIT NFL
Reserve/COVID	8/2/2020	2020 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2020 PIT NFL
Activated	8/13/2020	2020 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2020 PIT NFL
Reserve/COVID	11/10/2020	2020 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2020 PIT NFL
Activated	11/14/2020	2020 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2020 PIT NFL
Released	8/31/2021	2021 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2021 PIT NFL
Practice Squad	9/1/2021	2021 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2021 PIT NFL
Released	10/27/201	2021 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2021 PIT NFL
Practice Squad	10/21/2021	2021 Houston Texans (NFL)2021 HOU NFL
Activated	12/4/2021	2021 Houston Texans (NFL)2021 HOU NFL
Practice Squad (COVID)	12/11/2021	2021 Houston Texans (NFL)2021 HOU NFL
Practice Squad	12/23/2021	2021 Houston Texans (NFL)2021 HOU NFL
Practice Squad Elevation	12/25/2021	2021 Houston Texans (NFL)2021 HOU NFL
Signed (Future)	1/19/2022	2022 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2022 ARI NFL
Released	6/1/2022	2022 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2022 ARI NFL
Signed	12/8/2023	2024 Houston Roughnecks (XFL)2024 HOU XFL
Released	3/10/2024	2024 San Antonio Brahmas (UFL)2024 SA UFL
Signed	4/28/2025	2025 Ottawa REDBLACKS (CFL)2025 OTT CFL
Released	6/1/2025	2025 Ottawa REDBLACKS (CFL)2025 OTT CFL

SNAP COUNTS	TOTAL	OFF	OFF%	DEF%	ST	ST%
2018 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2018 PIT NFL	338	228	20.4	0.0	110	24.0
2019 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2019 PIT NFL	518	369	36.3	0.0	149	34.7
2020 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2020 PIT NFL	256	121	11.0	0.0	135	30.2
2021 Houston Texans (NFL)2021 HOU NFL	33	18	1.7	0.0	15	3.3
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1145	736			409

SCORING	TD	S	PTS
2018 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2018 PIT NFL	3	-	18
2019 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2019 PIT NFL	2	-	12
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	5	-	30

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+
2018 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2018 PIT NFL	56	256	4.6	25	0	13	1
2019 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2019 PIT NFL	66	175	2.7	13	1	9	0
2020 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2020 PIT NFL	9	28	3.1	6	0	1	0
2021 Houston Texans (NFL)2021 HOU NFL	5	9	1.8	3	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	136	468	3.4	25	1	23	1

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
2019 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2019 PIT NFL	5	4	80.0	0	35	7.0	8.8	21	0	0.0	1	20.0	0	0	2	1	0	56.3
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	5	4	80.0	0	35	7.0	8.8	21	0	0.0	1	20.0	0	0	2	1	0	56.3

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	YAC	FUM
2018 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2018 PIT NFL	29	26	89.7	199	7.7	23	3	10	2	222	0
2019 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2019 PIT NFL	57	47	82.5	305	6.5	27	1	19	1	372	1
2020 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2020 PIT NFL	14	9	64.3	46	5.1	12	0	2	0	62	0
2021 Houston Texans (NFL)2021 HOU NFL	4	3	75.0	14	4.7	6	0	1	0	17	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	104	85	81.7	564	6.6	27	4	32	3	673	1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
2018 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2018 PIT NFL	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1
Career Totals (NFL)	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
2018 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2018 PIT NFL	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2021 Houston Texans (NFL)2021 HOU NFL	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST
2018 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2018 PIT NFL	1	0
2019 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2019 PIT NFL	1	1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2	1

DEFENSE	TKL	DEF	ST	MT	QH	TFL	FF	PD	BL
2020 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2020 PIT NFL	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

PENALTIES	Called	Declined	Accepted	Yards	Nullified Yards	Stalled Drives
2019 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2019 PIT NFL	2	1	1	5	0	0
2020 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2020 PIT NFL	1	0	1	10	1	1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	3	1	2	15	1	1