Is he a wide receiver?
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Or is he a running back?
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The Carolina Panthers are absolutely loaded up on multi-talented athletes, adding Stanford all-purpose back/return man Christian McCaffrey to ultimate dual-threat QB Cam Newton and then picking Ohio State’s Curtis Samuel, the guy who does so much stuff, neither NFL draft network listed the same position for him.
Ranking No. 3 on Ohio State in rushing and leading the team in receiving, Samuel raised plenty of questions about how exactly he’d be used in the pros.
His combine profile listed him as a WR, he was technically listed as an H-back in college, and he can run back a punt or two if need be.
During his time at Ohio State, Samuel was the ultimate playmaker for Urban Meyer. The Brooklyn native began his career as a true freshman running back behind Ezekiel Elliott, where he averaged 6.6 yards per carry on Ohio State’s national championship squad.
As a sophomore, he was moved to a hybrid RB/WR role on a loaded roster, where he was unable to steal carries from the workhorse that was Elliott, or see much time with the barrage of future NFL talent that was on the perimeter.
With Braxton Miller out of the picture, Samuel was able to settle in at H-back, aka the “Percy Harvin position” in Meyer’s offense. In that ultimate playmaking role, Samuel racked up 771 yards and eight touchdowns on the ground, while compiling 865 yards and seven touchdowns on a team-leading 74 receptions. As one can see, the kid from Brooklyn was the ultimate Swiss-Army Knife for the Buckeyes.