Samori
Toure.
Samori
Toure.
Nebraska
"An FCS star who led the Big Ten in yards per catch in his one transfer season, made a Packers roster as the 258th pick, and has spent the years since as a fifth receiver five organizations kept nearby."Pre-draft read
A 6-0 3/4, 191-pound perimeter receiver who plays taller than he measures because of his tracking and timing on deep balls. He averaged 19.5 yards per catch in the Big Ten as a senior, the best mark in the conference, which is the number that defines his game.
He wins with tempo and stems rather than pure burst off the line, selling vertical and snapping into comebacks with clean footwork. A 4.48 forty with a 6.77 three-cone is a good blend of speed and change of direction for a Z receiver. The concerns are physical: seven bench reps and a thin frame mean press coverage disrupts his release, and he does not break tackles after the catch. He is a rhythm route runner who needs space to operate, not a receiver who creates it against contact.
A vertical play-action offense that uses him as a Z off the line and asks him to win down the field on timing, not against press.
Year 1: fourth or fifth receiver who plays on vertical shot plays. Ceiling: a productive No. 3 who averages 15 yards a catch.
A heavy-motion West Coast offense that lines him up tight against physical corners and asks him to win manufactured touches after the catch.
Every part of his value lives beyond 15 yards, which is why he needs a free release to matter at all.
Samori Toure ultimate Nebraska highlights 2021
The Big Ten season that made him a draft pick.
Every Samori Toure rookie season touchdown
His rookie production in Green Bay.
Samori Toure first NFL touchdown
The only touchdown of his NFL career so far.
Toure was born in Portland, Oregon, is of Senegalese descent and is named after Almami Samori Toure, the founder of the Wassoulou Empire and his great-great grandfather. He attended Westview High School in Portland and went to Montana as an FCS recruit without FBS offers.
He developed slowly and then all at once. He caught 31 passes for 553 yards and five touchdowns in 2017 and 37 for 440 and two scores in 2018, then broke out as a senior in 2019 with 87 receptions for 1,495 yards and 13 touchdowns, averaging 124.6 receiving yards a game across 12 games with six 100-yard performances.
The Big Sky canceled its 2020 fall season, so he transferred to Nebraska for a final year in the Big Ten, the level scouts needed to see. He delivered 46 catches for 898 yards and five touchdowns in 12 games, leading the conference with 19.5 yards a reception, and added eight carries for 63 yards and a rushing touchdown. He finished his college career with 201 receptions for 3,386 yards and 25 touchdowns across 45 games at two levels, then ran a 4.48 forty at his pro day and was the 258th pick in the draft.
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Deep ball tracking
a Big Ten-leading 19.5 yards per reception built on adjusting to the ball in flight over his shoulder.
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Route tempo
he varies his speed through the stem and separates at the top of the route without needing a violent cut.
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Level-to-level proof
87 catches for 1,495 yards in the FCS, then a conference yards-per-catch title in the Big Ten.
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Change of direction
a 6.77 three-cone and 4.22 shuttle at his pro day, quick numbers for a receiver of his length.
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Versatility flash
eight carries for 63 yards and a rushing score at Nebraska on jet sweep and reverse action.
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Play strength
seven bench reps and a light frame, which means press corners can reroute him before he gets going.
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Yards after catch
he goes down on first contact and has never produced meaningful yardage in the open field.
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Age curve
he was a 24-year-old rookie after five college seasons, so the developmental runway was already short.
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Contested catch volume
he wins with timing and space, rather than by outmuscling a corner for the ball in traffic.
| Yr | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Montana | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | Montana | 10 | 31 | 553 | 5 |
| 2018 | Montana | 11 | 37 | 440 | 2 |
| 2019 | Montana | 12 | 87 | 1495 | 13 |
| 2020 | Montana | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Nebraska | 12 | 46 | 898 | 5 |
| Career | — | 45 | 201 | 3386 | 25 |
Season totals sum exactly to the career line of 201 receptions for 3,386 yards and 25 touchdowns over 45 games. Montana figures are FCS competition and the Nebraska season is Big Ten; they are listed separately rather than blended. The 2016 and 2020 seasons carry no statistical rows because he did not record any.
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
A big-play depth receiver whose career runs through camps and practice squads.
A polished route runner whose technique made him a long-term starter without elite traits.
A late-round receiver whose speed never translated into a defined NFL role.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Green Bay took Toure with the 258th pick and he made the initial 53-man roster as a rookie, which is already an accomplishment for a last-round receiver. He was inactive for the first six games of 2022, then got on the field and finished with five catches for 82 yards and a touchdown in 11 games with two starts, including a 37-yard reception. He played 11 more games in 2023 with eight catches for 78 yards before the Packers placed him on injured reserve on January 1, 2024. His two Green Bay seasons produced 13 receptions for 160 yards and a score across 22 games.
Chicago added him to its practice squad on August 29, 2024. Denver signed him to its practice squad on October 6, 2025, and New Orleans signed him to its practice squad on November 25, 2025, where he got into one game and caught a three-yard pass. Philadelphia signed him on June 1, 2026. His career line is 23 games, 14 receptions, 163 yards and one touchdown. That is a marginal NFL receiver, but it is also two years on an active roster and five organizations that wanted him, from a pick where most players never appear in a game. The FCS-to-Big Ten jump was real; the leap to NFL starter was not.