Career Statistics

Career
Games: 10
Maryville Debut: Sept. 3, 2022, vs. Berry
Stats Through End of 2022: 42 receptions for 836 yards and 10 touchdowns; Long reception 84 yards; 19.9 receiving average; One rushing attempt for 12 yards; 23 kickoff returns for 22.1-yard average; 60 points.

Awards
2022 All-Region 3 Third Team (D3football.com)
2022 All-USA South First Team
2022 USA South Rookie of the Week (Oct. 10)

2022 (First Year)
Games: 10
Position: WR
Stats: Team-leading 42 receptions for 836 yards ... Led USA South with 10 receiving touchdowns ... Long reception 84 yards was longest in USA South ... 19.9 receiving average ... One rushing attempt for 12 yards ... Team-leading 23 kickoff returns for 22.1-yard average that was fourth in USA South ... Long return 43 yards ... Team-leading 60 points.
Best Games: All-Region Third Team and All-USA South First Team performer led conference with 10 receiving touchdowns ... That touchdown catches total third-best in program history ... Became third Maryville Scot to reach double-figure TD catches in one season ... His 836 receiving yards sixth-best season total in program history, and 19.9-yard receiving average fifth best in program history ... One of just 10 players from USA South named to All-Region 3 Team ... 84-yard pass completion from Bryson Rollins longest of season in USA South and third-longest in Scots program history ... Multiple receptions in every game ... Began debut collegiate season with five straight games of three receptions ... Then added seven for season-high 189 yards and two touchdowns to earn USA South Rookie of the Week honors after 56-17 win at LaGrange ... That yardage total of 189 fifth-best in program history ... Scored touchdowns that afternoon from 65 yards and 25 yards, and averaged 27 yards per reception ... Season-high 11 catches for 181 yards and TD helped Scots end season with 25-22 upset victory at Belhaven ... The 11 receptions tied for fifth-best in program history, and the 181 yards were seventh-most in program history ... Long reception that day of 60 yards ... Three receptions for 117 yards and two touchdowns in 61-7  Homecoming win over North Carolina Wesleyan ... Four catches for 26 yards against Brevard ... Single TD receptions against Berry, Shenandoah, Greensboro, Huntingdon and Southern Virginia ... Averaged 31.3 yards per kickoff return and posted season-long of 43 yards in 37-17 triumph at Greensboro ... Best all-purpose games were 213 yards against Huntingdon and 212 against Berry.

Before Maryville
Attended Jasper High School in Jasper, Alabama ... Played three seasons for head coach Philip Bailey … Three-year captain.

Position: WR
Get to Know: Also played basketball.

Personal
Born: Kevon Santrell Samuels in Detroit.
Family: Parents are Recardo Hawkins and Beth Samuels … Two siblings, Kortez and Kimora.