Samuels played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers of Purdue University. He was on the freshman year in 1949.[1] He was then a three-year starter and letterman from 1950 to 1952.[2][1] He was the first Boilermaker to record 1,000 passing yards in a season when he threw for 1,076 yards in 1950. In his second game for the Boilermakers on October 7, 1950, he helped Purdue defeat the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and end their 39-game undefeated streak. The Boilermakers won the Big Ten co-championship his senior year in 1952. He recorded college career totals of 3,161 passing yards and 27 touchdowns.[2] Samuels played in the Chicago Charities College All-Star Game and North–South Shrine Game after his senior year.[2]
Samuels was inducted into the Purdue Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001.[3] He was inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 2018.[2] Upon being inducted in 2018, Samuels stated "If you would have told me in 1948 before my senior year of high school that I would be standing here today being inducted into the (Hall of Fame) I would have questioned your sanity. No one in my family went to college."[4]
Professional career
Samuels was selected by the Chicago Cardinals in the third round, with the 28th overall pick, of the 1953 NFL draft.[1] He played in one game for the Cardinals during the 1953 Chicago Cardinals season|1953 season]] before being released on September 29, 1953.[5][6]
Samuels was an assistant football coach at Northwestern University in the late 1950s.[2] He then held the following positions at Purdue; assistant football coach for five years; administrative assistant to the head football coach for ten years, and associate athletics director for 13 years.[2] He retired in 1995 as the Associate Athletics Director for Facilities.[2]
Samuels was also a color commentator for Purdue football radio broadcasts.[2]
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