2016 Football Roster
Roster
Colin Samuel
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 198
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Long Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Long Beach Poly
2018
Saw action in five games (Oklahoma, Fresno State, Colorado, Arizona, Utah) as a reserve in the Bruin secondary and on special teams units ... Credited with tackles against Oklahoma and Fresno State.
2017
Saw action in all 13 games and made three starts in the Bruin defensive backfield (Arizona State, USC, Cal) ... Credited with 11 tackles on the season and ranked tied for second on the team with four pass defenses ... Totaled a season-best five tackles vs. Arizona State ... Made an interception against Oregon.
2016
Saw action on special teams and as a reserve in the Bruin secondary ... Credited with one tackle on the season.
2015
Did not see game action in his first season in the program.
HIGH SCHOOL
Listed as four-star recruit by rivals.com and No. 46 recruit in California … Listed as a four-star recruit by scout.com and the No. 9 cornerback prospect in the west … ESPN.com three-star recruit, ranked No. 81 in California … PrepStar All-West region … Named to the 2014 California All-State Football Division I team … Made 26 tackles, two for loss, eight passes defended and one interception as a senior.
PERSONAL
Full name: Colin Kaliel Samuel ... Born in Los Angeles ... Parents: Tracy Samuel and Caryn Brandon ... Has two older brothers, Merricks and Brandon ... The NFL's Joe Haden is the athlete he admires most ... Hobbies include working out, hanging out with friends and shopping ... Both grandparents, on his mother's side, attended UCLA ... Earned a spot on the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll in Fall 2016 and Spring 2018 ... Political Science major.
