Austyn Carta-Samuels

Austyn Carta-Samuels (born April 20, 1991) is an American football quarterback and coach. He is currently the head coach at Meridian High School in Meridian, Idaho. He played college football for the Wyoming Cowboys and Vanderbilt Commodores. He also played for the Dresden Monarchs of the German Football League (GFL). His younger brother Kyle was his predecessor in the role for the Monarchs.

Early life Carta-Samuels grew up in San Jose, California and attended Bellarmine College Preparatory. In his high school career, Carta-Samuels completed 140 of his 234 pass attempts for 2,058 yards, 11 touchdowns and six interceptions. He would also rush for 433 yards and 13 touchdowns. He was a three-star rated recruit and committed to play college football at the University of Wyoming.

College career Wyoming During Carta-Samuels' true freshman season in 2009, he played in all 13 games and earned the title of the MWC Offensive Player of the Week for three consecutive weeks along with the MWC Freshman of the Year. He finished the season with completing 191 of his 326 passing attempts for 1,953 yards, 10 touchdowns and five interceptions, along with rushing for 366 yards. He was also named the Offensive MVP for the 2009 New Mexico Bowl. During the 2010 season, played in and started 11 games, finishing the season with completing 154 of his 252 passing attempts for 1,702 yards, nine touchdowns and eight interceptions, along with rushing for 392 yards and three touchdowns.

On January 10, 2011, Carta-Samuels announced that he would transfer from Wyoming.

Vanderbilt On August 20, 2011, Carta-Samuels transferred to Vanderbilt.

Carta-Samuels sat out for the 2011 season, but he did earn the honor of the Scout Team Offensive Player of the Year from coaches after his fall practices. During the 2012 season, he played in six games as a top reserve quarterback and finished the season with completing 14 out of his 25 passing attempts for 208 yards and a touchdown, along with rushing for 27 yards. During the 2013 season, he played in and started 10 games, missing three games including the 2014 BBVA Compass Bowl due to an ACL injury. He finished the season with completing 193 out of his 281 passing attempts for 2,268 yards, 11 touchdowns and nine interceptions, along with rushing for 115 yards and five touchdowns.

Coaching career Missouri In 2014, Carta-Samuels was hired as a recruiting graduate assistant at Missouri.

In 2016, he was promoted to a recruiting coordinator and in 2018 was promoted as an offensive quality control assistant.

In 2019, he was named as the program's first ever director of character and culture development.

On April 15, 2025, Carta-Samuels was named as the head coach at Meridian High School in Meridian, Idaho.

Professional career In 2022, Carta-Samuels signed to play for the Dresden Monarchs, where his brother had previously played for.

Career statistics GFL Year Team Games Passing Rushing 2022 Dresden 5 5 2–3 88 141 62.4 864 6.1 10 4 131.6 7 –19 –2.7 0Career 5 5 2–3 88 141 62.4 864 6.1 10 4 131.6 7 –19 –2.7 0 College Year Team Games Passing Rushing 2009 Wyoming 13 10 6–4 191 326 58.6 1,953 6.0 10 5 116.0 142 366 2.6 32010 Wyoming 11 11 3–8 154 252 61.1 1,702 6.8 9 8 123.3 117 392 3.4 32011 Vanderbilt Did not play due to NCAA transfer rules 2012 Vanderbilt 6 1 1–0 16 25 56.0 208 8.3 1 0 139.1 5 27 5.4 02013 Vanderbilt 10 10 7–3 193 281 68.7 2,268 8.1 11 9 143.0 75 115 1.5 5Career 40 32 17–15 552 884 62.4 6,131 6.9 31 22 127.3 339 900 2.7 11