A steady leg with legit pedigree, but still fighting for a 2025 role
Samaha arrived at Akron as a former three-star kicker with strong high-school production, including a 49-yard long and perfect extra-point seasons in 2022, and he’s already shown enough technical upside to earn an Academic All-Big Ten nod during his Michigan tenure. In 2025, though, his on-field impact at Akron was limited, and reports noted an undisclosed injury that kept him out of action, so the biggest question is reliability and availability rather than raw talent. If healthy, he looks like a solid fit for a team that values a strong-legged specialist with room to develop.
