Wide Receiver

Deebo Samuel Sr.

8th season

Training camps are opening and Deebo Samuel is still waiting by the phone

The gates are swinging open at camps across the league. For Deebo Samuel, that sound means something specific right now.

Samuel spent years as one of the more versatile offensive weapons in the game — a wide receiver who lined up everywhere, took handoffs, and made defensive coordinators draw extra arrows on their whiteboards. He was not a depth piece. He was a problem to solve.

He is a free agent as the 2026 season begins to take shape, and by his own word, he is ready to go. The only thing missing is the call.

There is a particular kind of waiting that happens in late July — veterans who know what they offer, watching rosters fill up around them. It is not panic. It is patience with an edge to it.

Camps will get their first injury reports soon. Needs will clarify. The question is whether a team figures out the answer before Samuel has to.

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