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Dylan Sampson

Drafted by CLE · GM Andrew Berry · Tennessee

All NFL teams

Full-career context

These totals follow Dylan Sampson across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.

Games played15
Games started2
Weighted career AV3
Pro Bowls0
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons1

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

2025 · Round 4 · #126

CLE draft credit

GM Andrew Berry

Team games15
Team starts2
On-team AV3
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Good+0.25 contribution19th of 44 picks for this GM

Games: direct team-season record. Starts: direct team-season record.

A Good pick

Dylan Sampson was Andrew Berry's 19th-best of 44 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is +0.25. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Andrew Berry's leaderboard composite θ.

The walkthrough below shows which bucket carried the pick: playing time, value quality, or league honors.

Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
15
on drafting team
Games started
2
on drafting team
Snap-z
0.2
1 modeled season
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
3
modeled; full weighted AV 3
AV / 1k snaps
9.7
308 snaps in rate base
AV-rate z
-0.1
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
0
all on drafting team
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 0
All-Decade
0
context only

Did this pick move Andrew Berry's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Andrew Berry pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. Dylan Sampson totals +0.25. The second chart breaks that same contribution into the seasons when the evidence arrived. Opportunity and quality can move separately, which keeps high-snap, low-AV profiles from looking cleaner than they are.

Aggregate contribution by player

-10+152. Owusu-Koramoah#52 · Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah · aggregate +1.40144. Sanders#144 · Shedeur Sanders · aggregate +1.31187. Peoples-Jones#187 · Donovan Peoples-Jones · aggregate +1.0568. Emerson#68 · Martin Emerson · aggregate +0.93140. Thompson-Robinson#140 · Dorian Thompson-Robinson · aggregate +0.7167. Fannin#67 · Harold Fannin · aggregate +0.6944. Delpit#44 · Grant Delpit · aggregate +0.6788. Elliott#88 · Jordan Elliott · aggregate +0.48206. Watson#206 · Nathaniel Watson · aggregate +0.47243. Briggs#243 · Jowon Briggs · aggregate +0.44126. McGuire#126 · Isaiah McGuire · aggregate +0.44124. York#124 · Cade York · aggregate +0.43153. Fields#153 · Tony Fields · aggregate +0.4094. Gabriel#94 · Dillon Gabriel · aggregate +0.38156. Ford#156 · Jerome Ford · aggregate +0.37227. Harden#227 · Myles Harden · aggregate +0.34223. Thomas#223 · Isaiah Thomas · aggregate +0.30190. Wypler#190 · Luke Wypler · aggregate +0.29126. Sampson#126 · Dylan Sampson · aggregate +0.25Sampson +0.378. Wright#78 · Alex Wright · aggregate +0.15156. Thrash#156 · Jamari Thrash · aggregate -0.02115. Bryant#115 · Harrison Bryant · aggregate -0.0333. Schwesinger#33 · Carson Schwesinger · aggregate -0.09160. Harris#160 · Nick Harris · aggregate -0.10142. Mitchell#142 · Cameron Mitchell · aggregate -0.1526. II#26 · Greg Newsome II · aggregate -0.24111. Jones#111 · Dawand Jones · aggregate -0.30202. II#202 · Michael Woods II · aggregate -0.3354. Hall#54 · Michael Hall · aggregate -0.3374. Tillman#74 · Cedric Tillman · aggregate -0.3699. Bell#99 · David Bell · aggregate -0.3736. Judkins#36 · Quinshon Judkins · aggregate -0.43132. Togiai#132 · Tommy Togiai · aggregate -0.4685. Zinter#85 · Zak Zinter · aggregate -0.49108. Winfrey#108 · Perrion Winfrey · aggregate -0.515. Graham#5 · Mason Graham · aggregate -0.51110. Hudson#110 · James Hudson · aggregate -0.54246. Deaton#246 · Dawson Deaton · aggregate -0.6610. Jr.#10 · Jedrick Wills Jr. · aggregate -0.74211. Felton#211 · Demetric Felton · aggregate -0.7798. Ika#98 · Siaki Ika · aggregate -0.77169. LeCounte#169 · Richard LeCounte · aggregate -0.9097. Phillips#97 · Jacob Phillips · aggregate -0.9291. Schwartz#91 · Anthony Schwartz · aggregate -1.34

Incremental contribution by season

-12-10-8-6-4-20+2+4+6+8+10+12+14+162020 · Donovan Peoples-Jones · incremental +0.222020 · Harrison Bryant · incremental -0.022020 · Jordan Elliott · incremental -0.032020 · Nick Harris · incremental -0.092020 · Grant Delpit · incremental -0.562020 · Jacob Phillips · incremental -0.732020 · Jedrick Wills Jr. · incremental -0.752021 · Tony Fields · incremental +0.012021 · Harrison Bryant · incremental +0.132021 · Jordan Elliott · incremental +0.322021 · Grant Delpit · incremental +0.412021 · Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah · incremental +0.502021 · Donovan Peoples-Jones · incremental +1.042021 · Nick Harris · incremental -0.092021 · Jedrick Wills Jr. · incremental -0.162021 · Greg Newsome II · incremental -0.342021 · James Hudson · incremental -0.402021 · Jacob Phillips · incremental -0.462021 · Tommy Togiai · incremental -0.462021 · Demetric Felton · incremental -0.822021 · Richard LeCounte · incremental -1.262021 · Anthony Schwartz · incremental -1.322022 · Greg Newsome II · incremental +0.042022 · Harrison Bryant · incremental +0.122022 · Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah · incremental +0.442022 · Tony Fields · incremental +0.502022 · Grant Delpit · incremental +0.582022 · Jordan Elliott · incremental +0.652022 · Martin Emerson · incremental +0.722022 · Isaiah Thomas · incremental +0.742022 · Cade York · incremental +0.882022 · Donovan Peoples-Jones · incremental +1.702022 · Jerome Ford · incremental -0.012022 · Michael Woods II · incremental -0.072022 · Alex Wright · incremental -0.072022 · James Hudson · incremental -0.212022 · Jedrick Wills Jr. · incremental -0.222022 · Demetric Felton · incremental -0.342022 · David Bell · incremental -0.372022 · Richard LeCounte · incremental -0.392022 · Jacob Phillips · incremental -0.562022 · Tommy Togiai · incremental -0.802022 · Anthony Schwartz · incremental -0.862022 · Perrion Winfrey · incremental -1.042022 · Dawson Deaton · incremental -1.102023 · Greg Newsome II · incremental +0.022023 · Harrison Bryant · incremental +0.112023 · Luke Wypler · incremental +0.142023 · Alex Wright · incremental +0.152023 · Isaiah McGuire · incremental +0.302023 · Donovan Peoples-Jones · incremental +0.332023 · Jordan Elliott · incremental +0.382023 · Grant Delpit · incremental +0.432023 · Tony Fields · incremental +0.502023 · Jerome Ford · incremental +0.662023 · Martin Emerson · incremental +0.932023 · Dorian Thompson-Robinson · incremental +0.942023 · Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah · incremental +1.842023 · Nick Harris · incremental -0.032023 · Cameron Mitchell · incremental -0.092023 · Jedrick Wills Jr. · incremental -0.142023 · Dawson Deaton · incremental -0.152023 · David Bell · incremental -0.192023 · Demetric Felton · incremental -0.232023 · James Hudson · incremental -0.232023 · Cedric Tillman · incremental -0.242023 · Dawand Jones · incremental -0.292023 · Jacob Phillips · incremental -0.402023 · Anthony Schwartz · incremental -0.432023 · Siaki Ika · incremental -1.192024 · Greg Newsome II · incremental +0.032024 · Jamari Thrash · incremental +0.042024 · Alex Wright · incremental +0.242024 · Isaiah McGuire · incremental +0.322024 · Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah · incremental +0.382024 · Jerome Ford · incremental +0.512024 · Grant Delpit · incremental +0.562024 · Martin Emerson · incremental +0.842024 · Dorian Thompson-Robinson · incremental +0.872024 · Jowon Briggs · incremental +0.942024 · Nathaniel Watson · incremental +1.162024 · Cameron Mitchell · incremental -0.052024 · Jedrick Wills Jr. · incremental -0.092024 · Tony Fields · incremental -0.112024 · Nick Harris · incremental -0.142024 · Dawson Deaton · incremental -0.142024 · Cedric Tillman · incremental -0.152024 · David Bell · incremental -0.162024 · Dawand Jones · incremental -0.192024 · Demetric Felton · incremental -0.252024 · Richard LeCounte · incremental -0.292024 · James Hudson · incremental -0.342024 · Siaki Ika · incremental -0.362024 · Michael Woods II · incremental -0.372024 · Anthony Schwartz · incremental -0.392024 · Jacob Phillips · incremental -0.402024 · Donovan Peoples-Jones · incremental -0.502024 · Michael Hall · incremental -0.582024 · Zak Zinter · incremental -0.672024 · Myles Harden · incremental -7.992025 · Alex Wright · incremental +0.072025 · Jerome Ford · incremental +0.142025 · Isaiah McGuire · incremental +0.472025 · Luke Wypler · incremental +0.502025 · Dylan Sampson · incremental +0.522025 · Grant Delpit · incremental +0.622025 · Dillon Gabriel · incremental +0.982025 · Harold Fannin · incremental +1.462025 · Shedeur Sanders · incremental +2.862025 · Myles Harden · incremental +9.092025 · Jamari Thrash · incremental -0.022025 · Greg Newsome II · incremental -0.022025 · Dawand Jones · incremental -0.072025 · Cameron Mitchell · incremental -0.092025 · Cedric Tillman · incremental -0.122025 · Dawson Deaton · incremental -0.152025 · Demetric Felton · incremental -0.232025 · Richard LeCounte · incremental -0.272025 · Zak Zinter · incremental -0.292025 · Carson Schwesinger · incremental -0.312025 · Siaki Ika · incremental -0.332025 · Michael Hall · incremental -0.382025 · Anthony Schwartz · incremental -0.412025 · Quinshon Judkins · incremental -0.752025 · Mason Graham · incremental -1.36Peoples-Jones +1.7Owusu-Koramoah +1.8Harden -8.0Sampson +0.5Sanders +2.9Harden +9.120207 players202115 players202223 players202325 players202430 players202525 players
Above expectationBelow expectationDylan SampsonGM total +0.1Dylan Sampson by season +0.5

How much retained production did Dylan Sampson return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: RBs drafted within ±5 picks of Dylan Sampson since 2010 (27 players).The score is the retained production/value bucket from the pick-residual model: on-team AV plus AV-rate quality, adjusted for draft slot, position, and era. Opportunity snaps and league honors are excluded.

-1.5-1-0.50+0.5+1Model value above slot125. IrvingBucky Irving · model value +1.4130. WhiteJames White · model value +0.9128. DavisRay Davis · model value +0.8128. PollardTony Pollard · model value +0.8126. HubbardChuba Hubbard · model value +0.4126. SampsonDylan Sampson · model value +0.1+0.1125. AllenJavorius Allen · model value 0129. GuerendoIsaac Guerendo · model value 0127. StrongPierre Strong · model value -0.1126. PowellBilal Powell · model value -0.1130. HarperJamie Harper · model value -0.1122. WhiteZamir White · model value -0.2126. SmithIto Smith · model value -0.2125. FranklinJohnathan Franklin · model value -0.2124. MarecicOwen Marecic · model value -0.2131. LattimoreMarcus Lattimore · model value -0.2131. HaskinsHassan Haskins · model value -0.2123. SpillerIsaiah Spiller · model value -0.3121. WilliamsJoe Williams · model value -0.3124. ThomasDe'Anthony Thomas · model value -0.3124. Jr.Anthony McFarland Jr. · model value -0.3122. Jr.Benny Snell Jr. · model value -0.5131. BallageKalen Ballage · model value -0.5130. JuszczykKyle Juszczyk · model value -0.6127. ShipleyWill Shipley · model value -0.6126. DavisMike Davis · model value -0.8128. EllisonRhett Ellison · model value -0.9125. JonesTaiwan Jones · model value -1.8
Dylan SampsonSlot-similar peers (27)

Cumulative value over time

Year-by-year running totals since draft. Left axis = games started. Right axis = honors (Pro Bowl / AP1 / AP2). Pre-2013 picks have no games-started line because that comes from per-game snap counts (not available for older players). Honors extend back to 1980.

'250011101Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (1 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
2025CLE1513080.239.7

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