Background and career
Tyshun Raequan "Deebo" Samuel Sr. (born January 15, 1996) is an American professional football wide receiver and kick returner for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the South Carolina Gamecocks, earning first-team All-American honors in 2018. Samuel was selected by the 49ers in the second round of the 2019 NFL draft. With San Francisco, Samuel received Pro Bowl and first-team All-Pro honors in 2021 after leading the league in average receiving yards. He was traded in 2025 to the Washington Commanders before rejoining the 49ers the following year. Samuel holds the NFL record for rushing touchdowns by a wide receiver and is the only wide receiver in league history to have at least 20 receiving and 20 rushing touchdowns.
Samuel played football at Chapman High School in Inman, South Carolina. As a senior, he led his team to the semifinals of the AAA playoffs. During his career, Samuel had 166 catches for 2,751 yards and 36 touchdowns; he rushed 133 times for 898 yards and 13 touchdowns. He finished with a school-record 53 career touchdowns, 94 tackles and 12 interceptions. He won the High School Sports Report Class AAA Offensive Player of the Year, and played in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas, a high-school all-star game with players from North and South Carolina. Coming out of high school, Samuel was rated as a three-star recruit in the 2014 college football recruiting class. He committed to the University of South Carolina to play college football for the Gamecocks over offers from Appalachian State, Charlotte, East Carolina, Maryland, NC State, North Carolina, Old Dominion, and Vanderbilt.
Samuel redshirted in his true freshman year of 2014.
Samuel played in five games, making three starts while struggling with injuries. He suffered a hamstring injury in the season opener against North Carolina. Samuel finished the season with 12 receptions for 161 yards.
In his sophomore season, Samuel played in 10 games, led the team with 59 receptions for 783 yards, and rushed 15 times for 98 yards and six touchdowns. In the Birmingham Bowl against USF, he had 14 receptions for 190 receiving yards.
In the first game of the season against NC State, Samuel returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown and had five catches for 83 yards for two touchdowns. In Week 2 against Missouri, Samuel once again returned a kickoff for a touchdown, and finished with five catches for 45 yards, and also ran the ball two times for 30 yards and a touchdown. In Week 3 against Kentucky, on the first play from scrimmage Samuel caught a 68-yard touchdown pass from Gamecock quarterback Jake Bentley. After suffering a season-ending injury later in the game, Samuel would finish the season having not even played three full games, yet accumulated 250 yards receiving for three touchdowns, two carries for 30 yards and a touchdown, and two kickoff returns for two touchdowns for a combined 194 yards.
Sources
Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth (October 2026), in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
