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'''Asante Samuel''' is a [[National Football League]] cornerback for the [[New England Patriots]]. He was born on January 6, 1981 in Fort Lauderdale, [[Florida]]. Asante is "5-10" (tall) and weighs 185 pounds.
'''Asante Samuel''' is a [[National Football League]] cornerback for the [[New England Patriots]]. He was born on January 6, 1981 in Fort Lauderdale, [[Florida]]. Asante is "5-10" (tall) and weighs 185 pounds.
== College Football ==
== College Football ==
Asante attended the [[University of Central Florida]] and played at cornerback for the Central Florida (college football team) Golden Knights three of his four years there. In his freshmen year he played at strong safety. He was an impact player both on special teams and defensive back for the team throughout his playing time with the team. In his career with the Golden Knights Asente accumulated a total of 127 tackles, 38 pass deflections (a school record) and 8 interceptions. On the special teams unit he contributed a career total of 63 punt returns for 673 yards (10.8 avg) and 10 kickoff returns for 168 yards. He was named the teams special teams unit captain in his senior season.
== NFL Career ==
== NFL Career ==
In 2003, Samuel entered the NFL Draft and was picked by the [[New England Patriots]] in the fourth round. In his rookie season with the Patriots he played in all sixteen games mostly as a backup cornerback and made one start (week seven vs the [[Miami Dolphins]]). He made his first career NFL interception on the third week of the season in a game vs the [[New York Jets]] when he intercepted a tipped pass from Jets quarterback [[Vinny Testaverde]]and returned it 55 yards for a Patriots touchdown. The points gained on the touchdown scored ended up being the difference in a 23-16 Patriots victory over the Jets and Samuel was named the Defensive Rookie of the Week... In the 2003 postseason, he made a big play in the divisional game vs the Tennessee Titians when he broke up a 4th down pass intended for Titians wide receiver [[Drew Bennett]] to seal a Patriots victory.
=== NFL Stats ===
=== NFL Stats ===