NC State H-Back Jaylen Samuels has become a national sensation. He was a AP Preseason All-American team, and was recently named to the AP Midseason All-American team.
But that wasn’t always the case.
When Samuels committed to NC State, he was a 3-star recruit that analysts couldn’t quite nail down. Was he a Fullback? If so, he was the #7 Fullback in the nation. Some just described him as an “athlete.” ESPN ranked him as the 100th best athlete in his recruiting class. Rivals ranked him as the #20 player in the state of North Carolina, and ESPN ranked him 40th.