NC State Football
Jaylen Samuels is Listed as RB on Senior Bowl Roster
NC State Senior do-it-all Senior Jaylen Samuels is listed as a Running Back on the official Senior Bowl roster.
It looks like this is where Samuels will get a good chunk of his reps this week in practice in preparation for Saturday’s Reese’s Senior Bowl.
Here are Samuels’ exact measurements for the Senior Bowl.
Jaylen Samuels, RB, N.C. State
HT: 5114
WT: 223
Arms: 31 3/8
Hands: 8 7/8#SeniorBowl— Trevor Sikkema (@TampaBayTre) January 23, 2018
Eric Galko, who also writes for The Sporting News, ranks Samuels as the #1 running back coming out of the Senior Bowl.
Running Backs
1. Jaylen Samuels, NC State (N)
2. Rashaad Penny, San Diego State (S)
3. Kalen Ballage, Arizona State (N)
4. Akrum Wadley, Iowa (N)
5. Darrel Williams, LSU
6. Ito Smith, Southern Miss (N)Jaylen Samuels wasn’t utilized up to his capacity at NC State thanks to Nyheim Hines and ample talent around him. But that forced him to become a highly versatile weapon, which will bode well for his NFL future. (Link)
Galko claims that he has heard that Samuels could possibly go in the first round, and in USAToday’s most recent Mock Draft, they have Samuels going to the Browns in the 4th round, with the 120th overall pick.