“The NFL chose what position they wanted me to play,” Samuel said. “It didn’t really matter to me whether it was running back or receiver. I definitely have to show them that I can run good routes and also catch the ball.”
Despite the designation, Samuel still considers himself part receiver, part running back..
“I can’t say I feel like a full-time receiver still, just because of my running back background,” he said. “I love to run the ball. I love to catch the ball. I say I’m both. I’m still a hybrid.”
There was one other choice he had to make, whether to leave Ohio State a year early, and he said he struggled with it.
“It definitely was a tough decision to come out,” he said. “I talked to my parents every day, plus my coaches and my friends. Just a bunch of people that were a part of the decision. It was pretty hard. It came down to the last day. I had mixed emotions about it all the way through. But I felt it was right for me to come out for the draft.”
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