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{{Short description|American gridiron football player and coach (born 1980)}}
{{distinguish|Stanford Samuels III}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Stanford Samuels Jr
| image =
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| position =  Cornerbacks coach
| current_team = Louisville Cardinals Football
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|7|27}}
| birth_place = [[Miami, Florida]], U.S.
| death_date =
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| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lbs = 193
| high_school = [[Miami Carol City High School|Miami (FL) Carol City]]
| college = [[Florida State Seminoles football|Florida State]]
| undraftedyear = 2004
| pastteams =
* [[Indianapolis Colts]] ({{NFL Year|2004}})*
* [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] ({{CFL Year|2005}}–{{CFL Year|2006}})
* [[Edmonton Eskimos]] ({{CFL Year|2007}})
* Winnipeg Blue Bombers ({{CFL Year|2008}})
* [[Montreal Alouettes]] ({{CFL Year|2009}}–{{CFL Year|2010}})
| pastcoaching =
* [[Florida State Seminoles football|Florida State]] (2019) <br>Defensive assistant
* [[Florida Atlantic Owls football|Florida Atlantic]] (2020–2022)<br>Cornerbacks coach
* [[Louisville Cardinals football|Louisville Cardinals]] (2022–present)<br>Recruiting coordinator
| highlights =
* [[Grey Cup]] champion ([[97th Grey Cup|2009]])
* [[BCS national champion]] ([[2000 Sugar Bowl|1999]])
* First-team All-[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] ([[2003 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team|2003]])
| cfl-archive = https://web.archive.org/web/20111106204706/http://www.cfl.ca/roster/show/id/403
}}

'''Stanford Samuels Jr ''' (born July 27, 1980) is a former professional [[Canadian football]] [[cornerback]] and current recruiting coordinator for [[Louisville Cardinals football]]. He was originally signed as an [[undrafted free agent]] by the [[Indianapolis Colts]] in 2004. He played [[college football]] for [[Florida State Seminoles football|Florida State]].

Samuels also played for the [[Edmonton Eskimos]], [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]], and [[Montreal Alouettes]].

==Professional career==

===Indianapolis Colts===
Samuels went undrafted in the [[2004 NFL draft]] and signed with the [[Indianapolis Colts]]. He was cut by the Colts after training camp when they were cutting their roster down to the [[National Football League|NFL]] mandated 53-man roster.<ref name="Als">{{cite web|url=http://en.montrealalouettes.com/roster/show/id/403|title=Montreal Alouettes bio|publisher=Montreal Alouettes|access-date=2009-06-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090701071924/http://en.montrealalouettes.com/roster/show/id/403|archive-date=2009-07-01}}</ref><ref name="Peg">{{cite web|url=http://www.bluebombers.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=249 |title=Winnipeg Blue Bombers bio|publisher=Winnipeg Blue Bombers|access-date=2009-06-26}}</ref>

===First stint with Blue Bombers===
Days before the start of the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] [[2005 CFL season|2005]] training camp he joined the team.<ref name="Peg" /> Samuels debuted for Winnipeg in week one against the [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]]. His starting debut came in week eight against the [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]. He played in 17 of the 18 games, missing the last game against [[Calgary Stampeders|Calgary]] due to injury.<ref name="Als" /><ref name="Peg" /> He finished third on the team in [[Tackle (football move)|tackles]] with 62 and then was second on the team with two [[fumble]] recoveries.<ref name="Peg" />

In 2006, Samuels started 12 games for Winnipeg while missing seven games including a playoff game due to injury.<ref name="Peg" /> However, he still finished second on the team with five pass knockdowns and three [[interceptions]].<ref name="Peg" /> He also had 28 tackles and one tackle for a loss.<ref name="Peg" /> The teams' only blocked punt of the season came when Samuels blocked a punt attempt of the [[Montreal Alouettes]] [[Damon Duval]].<ref name="Peg" />

===Edmonton Eskimos===
Following the 2006 season, Samuels signed as a [[free agent]] with the [[Edmonton Eskimos]].<ref name="Als" /><ref name="Peg" /> With Edmonton he started 14 games and was fourth one team<ref name="Als" /> with 51 tackles and four pass knockdowns.<ref name="Peg" /> He also recorded one tackle for a loss and one interception.<ref name="Peg" />

Samuels was released by Edmonton following their 2008 training camp.<ref name="Als" />

===Second stint with Blue Bombers===
Samuels re-signed with the Blue Bombers on July 20, 2008.<ref name="Peg" /> He led Winnipeg in fumble recoveries and finished second on the team in interceptions.<ref name="Als" /> He was released on February 6, 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.winnipegsun.com/sports/football/2009/02/06/8284731-sun.html|title=Released Samuels still hopes to be back in Blue|last=Penton|first=Kirk|date=February 6, 2009|publisher=Winnipeg Sun|access-date=2009-06-26}}</ref>

===Montreal Alouettes===
Samuels signed with the [[Montreal Alouettes]] on February 24, 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.radio-canada.ca/sports/football/2009/02/24/001-samuels-mardi.shtml|title=Une pierre de plus dans le mur|date=February 24, 2009|publisher=Radio-Canada|language=fr|access-date=2009-06-26}}</ref>

On July 20, 2010, Samuels was released by the Alouettes.

==Coaching career==
Samuels began his coaching career in [[2019 Florida State Seminoles football team|2019]] at his [[alma mater]] as a defensive assistant under [[Willie Taggart]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=III|first=Wayne McGahee|title=Florida State hires former cornerback Stanford Samuels Jr. as defensive analyst|url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/college/fsu/football/2019/08/01/fsu-football-hires-stanford-samuels-jr-defensive-analyst/1895483001/|access-date=2021-07-24|website=Tallahassee Democrat|language=en-US}}</ref> In [[2020 Florida Atlantic Owls football team|2020]] he went with Taggart to Florida Atlantic<ref>{{Cite web|last=Price|first=Khobi|title=FAU coach Willie Taggart hires two more assistant coaches|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/fau-owls/fl-sp-fau-adds-two-assistant-coaches-20200109-2ltugrezungordw3mfdc2dhore-story.html|access-date=2021-07-24|website=sun-sentinel.com}}</ref> and became the team’s cornerbacks coach.

==Personal==
Throughout his CFL career, Samuels has lashed out against management, having called former Blue Bombers [[general manager]] [[Brendan Taman]] a "snake" and then getting into a heated argument with former Eskimos [[head coach]] [[Danny Maciocia]], following the release of [[Ron Warner (American football)|Ron Warner]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://montrealgazette.com/Health/Alouette+Samuels+talented+loose+cannon/1325058/story.html |title=New Alouette Samuels talented, but is he a loose cannon? |last=Zurkowsky |first=Herb |date=February 24, 2009 |publisher=The Montreal Gazette |access-date=2009-06-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502021229/http://www.montrealgazette.com/Health/Alouette+Samuels+talented+loose+cannon/1325058/story.html |archive-date=May 2, 2009 }}</ref> He was born in [[Miami, Florida]] and attended [[Florida State University]].<ref name="Als" /><ref name="Peg" /> While there, he majored in social sciences and was a teammate of [[Michael Boulware]] and [[Darnell Dockett]].<ref name="Peg" /> He also has a son named [[Stanford Samuels III]] and another named [[Semaj Samuels]].<ref name="Als" /><ref name="Peg" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://archive.today/20131011232037/http://www.seminoles.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/stanford_samuels_7584.html Florida State Seminoles bio]

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