Deebo Samuel Fantasy Football Week 1: Stats and Projections vs. Rams

Deebo Samuel and the San Francisco 49ers will meet the Los Angeles Rams -- whose pass defense was ranked 19th in the NFL last season (216.7 yards allowed per game) -- in Week 1, on Thursday at 8:35 p.m. ET.

With Samuel's next game against the Rams, should you consider him for your DFS roster? See below for more stats and information.

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Deebo Samuel Week 1 Fantasy Football Projection

• Matchup: San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams
• Game Date: September 10, 2026
• Game Time: 8:35 p.m.
• Projected Fantasy Points: 5.0
• PPR Projected Fantasy Points: 6.5
• Projected Receiving Yards: 30.65
• Projected Receiving TDs: 0.18

Projections provided by numberFire

Samuel 2025 Fantasy Performance

• Samuel was 31st at his position, and 122nd overall, with 116.2 fantasy points (7.3 per game) last season.
• In Week 5 last season against the Los Angeles Chargers, Samuel put up a season-high 15.6 fantasy points, with this stat line: eight receptions, 96 yards and one touchdown.
• In Week 1 against the New York Giants, Samuel picked up 15.6 fantasy points, with this stat line: seven receptions, 77 yards. That was his second-best output of the season.
• Samuel accumulated 1.2 fantasy points -- three catches, 11 yards, on six targets -- in Week 8 against the Kansas City Chiefs, which was his poorest game of the year.
• In his second-worst game of the year, Samuel ended up with 1.4 fantasy points -- four receptions, 15 yards, on five targets -- in Week 6 against the Chicago Bears.

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Rams Defensive Performance

• Last season, Los Angeles allowed just three quarterbacks to register over 300 passing yards in a game.
• The Rams gave up at least one passing TD to 14 opposing QBs last season.
• In the passing game, Los Angeles allowed eight players to throw at least two touchdowns in a game last year.
• Versus the Rams last year, four players threw for at least three touchdowns in a game.
• Los Angeles let seven players rack up more than 100 receiving yards in a game last season.
• The Rams allowed 24 players to catch a TD pass against them last season.
• Looking at pass defense, Los Angeles allowed just two players to catch at least two touchdown passes against it last year.
• On the ground, three players put up more than 100 rushing yards in a game against the Rams last season.
• On the ground, Los Angeles allowed eight players to score at least one rushing touchdown against them last season.
• In the run game, no player ran for multiple TDs against the Rams last season.

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