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== 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<ref>http://www.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=23745</ref>.

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 Asante 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<ref>http://www.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=23745</ref>.

   

   

== NFL Career ==

== NFL Career ==

In 2003, the [[New England Patriots]] drafted Samuel in the fourth round of the [[2003 NFL Draft]]. 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.   

In 2003, the [[New England Patriots]] drafted Samuel in the fourth round of the [[2003 NFL Draft]]. 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 Titans when he broke up a 4th down pass intended for Titans wide receiver [[Drew Bennett]] to seal a Patriots victory.   

The following season, 2004, Samuel essentially became the Patriots starter at cornerback as both of the original starters at the position ([[Ty Law]] & Tyrone Pool] went down with season ending injures. Samuel was not exempt from the injury bug that hit the Patriots secondary as he himself missed three games due to a shoulder injury  suffered in a game vs the [[Saint Louis Rams]] on the first play of the game<ref>http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=nfl&id=1918110</ref>. He still managed to make a impact when he played however, starting ten games and playing in thirteen. In the Patriots week thirteen matchup with the [[Cincinnati Bengals]] he provided the winning points in a 35-28 victory when he intercepted Bengals quarterback [[Carson Palmer]] and returned the interception 34 yards for a touchdown. He started all three of the Patriots 2004 postseason games and in the AFC Championship game batted down an amazing 5 passes.  

The following season, 2004, Samuel essentially became the Patriots starter at cornerback as both of the original starters at the position ([[Ty Law]] & Tyrone Pool] went down with season ending injures. Samuel was not exempt from the injury bug that hit the Patriots secondary as he himself missed three games due to a shoulder injury  suffered in a game vs the [[Saint Louis Rams]] on the first play of the game<ref>http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=nfl&id=1918110</ref>. He still managed to make a impact when he played however, starting ten games and playing in thirteen. In the Patriots week thirteen matchup with the [[Cincinnati Bengals]] he provided the winning points in a 35-28 victory when he intercepted Bengals quarterback [[Carson Palmer]] and returned the interception 34 yards for a touchdown. He started all three of the Patriots 2004 postseason games and in the AFC Championship game batted down an amazing 5 passes.