Sam Neely III
Stanford Cardinal
54
Depth

Sam Neely III

Stanford CardinalRebuilding
RCBDefenseDepth
2nd String / Backup

Is Sam Neely III starting?

Sam Neely III is listed 2nd string at RCB for Stanford Cardinal.

Redshirt sophomore · #28 · 5'11", 185 lbs

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Depth at RCB · Stanford Cardinal

  1. 11459Dre PollardStarter
  2. 22854Sam Neely IIIYou
  3. 32047Xavier Harmon

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Up next for Stanford

Stanford plays Virginia Tech away on Sat, Nov 14. Kickoff time not announced yet.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Weddington, ranked #1,414 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 6 tackles, 0 INT, 1 PBU. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 54 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,414 NatlTeam Share1%
Charlotte, NC
Jersey
#28
Class
RS SO/TR
Height
5'11"
Weight
185 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
2025601

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8553
National Rank
#1414
High School
Weddington
Hometown
Matthews, NC

Why this rating?

On a 68-rated defense; 38th-percentile production (×0.84 for competition level) put them -8 vs unit starters → 54.

Team defense (SP+)
68
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 38% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.84)
Depth-chart adjustment
-8 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Aug 29WHAWTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 37-27

Sam Neely III's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

6 tkl · 1 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement17%
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