What’s going on with Deebo Samuel?
The 30-year-old wide receiver and 2021 All-Pro is among the best remaining players on the NFL free agent market, but the ex-Washington Commanders and San Francisco 49ers receiver has no intention of hanging up his cleats anytime soon.
“Going on Year 8 … [I] nonetheless really feel like I received so much, no less than like three, 4 good years left,” Samuel said in a latest video posted to his YouTube web page. “It is sort of been powerful, not even going to deceive you. All of the free company stuff occurring, waking up within the morning, your cellphone, seeing in case your agent hit you and was like, ‘This group is ,’ or issues alongside these traces. And it has been sort of like a curler coaster. [I’ve] been by way of so much, not simply ball.
“With me and the way I play this recreation, it is identical to, it doesn’t matter what I am going by way of, it doesn’t matter what I am doing, if I can carry out, I’ll go on the market and put it on the road for my group.”
Following six seasons with the 49ers (2019-24), San Francisco traded Samuel to Washington, which was coming off a 2024 marketing campaign that noticed it attain the NFC Championship Sport for the primary time since 1991 — when it gained Tremendous Bowl XXV — and noticed quarterback Jayden Daniels win Offensive Rookie of the Yr honors.
All that stated, the Commanders went on to have a 5-12 season in 2025, with Daniels enjoying in simply seven video games because of knee, hamstring and elbow accidents, respectively. Throughout 16 video games, Samuel totaled 72 receptions for 727 yards (10.1 yards per reception) and 5 touchdowns. All three totals led the Commanders, with Samuel additionally speeding for 75 yards and one rating.
“Some folks ask like, ‘Are you prepared to hold it up?’ And I am like, nah, every part’s received timing,” Samuel stated. “So, I promise you, when the time comes, it’ll come. And I am overly ready, overly prepared for the second. And each time that proper alternative exhibits up, we right here first, man. I am able to rock out.”
Since Samuel’s 2021 All-Professional marketing campaign, which noticed him common an NFL-high 18.2 yards per reception and log 365 speeding yards and eight speeding touchdowns, the veteran has averaged 59.8 receptions for 730.3 yards and 4.3 touchdowns per season from 2022-25, whereas speeding for 167.0 yards per yr.
