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Asante Samuel

Asante T. Samuel

Position: DB
Height: 5-10    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: January 6, 1981 in Fort Lauderdale, FL
College: Central Florida

Career AV: 44 (1766th overall since 1950)

2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the New England Patriots in the 4th round (120th overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft.

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Defense & Fumbles

Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty AV
2003 22 NWE 22 16 1 2 55 1 55 9 29 5 2
2004 23 NWE rcb 22 13 8 1 34 1 34 12 3 0 0 0 0 37 2 4
2005 24 NWE LCB 22 15 15 3 15 0 15 16 44 10 6
2006 25 NWE LCB/rcb 22 15 15 10 120 0 33 24 1 0 0 0 0 60 5 9
2007*+ 26 NWE LCB 22 16 14 6 89 1 42 18 41 3 15
2008* 27 PHI LCB 22 15 15 4 64 1 50 22 31 4 12
2009 28 PHI 22 9 5 82 0 37 9 1 0 0 0 0 23 1
Career 99 68 31 459 4 55 110 5 0 0 0 0 265 30 48
5 yrs NWE 75 53 22 313 3 55 79 4 0 0 0 0 211 25 36
2 yrs PHI 24 15 9 146 1 50 31 1 0 0 0 0 54 5 12

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
2003 22 NWE 22 16 1 1 1 6
2004 23 NWE rcb 22 13 8 1 1 6
2007*+ 26 NWE LCB 22 16 14 1 1 6
2008* 27 PHI LCB 22 15 15 1 1 6
Career 99 68 4 4 24
5 yrs NWE 75 53 3 3 18
2 yrs PHI 24 15 1 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

2007
2008

First-Team All-Pro

2007

Non-Offensive TDs

Active 4 (22)
Career 4 (177)

Playoff Games

Active 17 (7)
Career 17 (125)

Playoff Games Started

Active 13 (8)
Career 13 (148)

Interceptions

2006 NFL 10 (1/28)

2007 NFL 6 (5)
2009 NFL 5 (3)
Active 31 (10)
Career 31 (174)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

2006 NFL 120 (10)
2009 NFL 82 (9)
Active 459 (13)
Career 459 (185)

Intercept. Ret. TD

2003 NFL 1 (7)
2004 NFL 1 (5)
2007 NFL 1 (7)
2008 NFL 1 (7)
Active 4 (9)
Career 4 (49)

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

2007Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL