Until this year, trying to pin down Jaylen Samuels by position was as hard as trying to pin him down on the field. The N.C. State star hasn’t changed. The ACC had to adapt to him.
The elusive tight end/running back/wide receiver/utility player from Charlotte hasn’t always gotten the recognition he’s deserved because he falls through the voting cracks – especially last year, when he wasn’t on the preseason all-ACC first team.
There’s no chance that happens again, because the ACC created a positionless position just for Samuels: all-purpose back.
“It’s crazy,” Samuels said. “When I first saw it, I was like, ‘They really created a position!