How Acquired: Selected by the Washington Redskins with the 3rd over all pick of the 2000 NFL Draft.
Career Stats:
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2006: Samuels started 16 games at left tackle and was dominant, earning his fourth Pro Bowl nod. He played a role in aiding Ladell Betts to rush for 1,154 yards and a 4.7 yards-per-carry average.
2005: Samuels turned in a dominating season at left tackle and earned his third Pro Bowl nod. He started all 16 games and both of the Redskins' playoff games.
2004: Samuels started all 16 games at left tackle and with Jon Jansen sidelined due to injury, he served as one of the leaders on the offensive line.
2003: Samuels started 13 games at his familiar left tackle position, missing three games to a knee injury. He logged another solid season despite battling injury, earning a third alternate bid to the Pro Bowl.
2002: Samuels battled through nagging injuries during the 2002 season, to start 15 games at left tackle and earned his second consecutive trip to the Pro Bowl in Honolulu.
2001: Samuels was voted to the NFC Pro Bowl after an outstanding sophomore season. He started all 16 games in 2001 and showed great leadership on and off the playing field.
2000: Samuels earned the starting left tackle spot in training camp and never relinquished it. He was one of only four players on offense to start every game, joining RT Jon Jansen, C Mark Fischer and TE Stephen Alexander.
College: Samuels ended his celebrated career at Alabama by winning the Outland Trophy as college football's top lineman after his 1999 senior season. He was also a semifinalist for the Lombardi Award and a First-Team All-American.
He was named First-Team All-SEC by coaches, AP, the Birmingham News and the Mobile Press Register. He won the Jacobs Award as the SEC's most outstanding blocker.
Samuels started 42 straight games, from early in his 1996 freshman season until his last regular-season game as a senior, without yielding a sack. |