Qayden Samuels
Bio
Recruiting
Scouting Report
Qayden Samuels is a 5-star Small Forward from District Heights, MD (Bishop McNamara) in the 2026 class. Ranked No. 25 nationally. Composite rating: 0.9910. Committed to University of Alabama.
Physical Profile
Listed at 6-5, 210 lbs. Taller than 0% and heavier than 75% of 2026 Small Forward prospects in the SEC Scouts database (12 with a listed size).
Play Style
Not applicable. He has no football film. His basketball profile is a scoring wing who rebounds well and shoots from three.
Strengths
- Basketball context only: on the 2025 Nike EYBL circuit (Team Takeover) he averaged about 20 ppg and 9.6 rpg and shot over 40% from three
- Rated highly by the basketball services: 247 has him as a four-star, No. 18 overall and No. 6 SF; ESPN has him in its top 25 at SF; Zagsblog/Rivals call him a five-star
- No football strengths can be evaluated because he has no football film, camp results or stats
Areas to Improve
- Data pipeline: this basketball recruit was fed into the football scouting generator. analysis/scouting-report-generator.js never filters on Recruiting.SportID (checked 2026-09-30: the file contains no SportID reference)
- Record: the stored '5 stars / #25 national / 0.991 Composite' isn't tied to any named service, and Position=Unknown, 0 offers and a missing commit date all come from the same mis-sorted basketball row
College Projection
Not applicable to football. He is an Alabama men's basketball freshman for 2026-27.
Best Fit
Not applicable. Fix the root cause: add a Recruiting.SportID filter for football to the recruit query in analysis/scouting-report-generator.js, and remove or re-sport this record so it stops being queued for football reports. This is the third such leak, after Jason Crowe Jr. and Toni Bryant; Abdou Toure and JJ Andrews are also on file as basketball, not football.