Dru Samia


Dru Samia III is an American football offensive guard for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. He played college football at Oklahoma.

College career

A four-star offensive tackle recruit, Samia chose Oklahoma out of 15 scholarship offers received.
Samia won the 2018 Joe Moore Award, and was named a second-team All-American and first-team All-Big 12 Conference after moving from right tackle to right guard. Scouts noted Samia for his hustle to the whistle, but also noted an occasionally high pad level. During his time at OU, Samia also made the All-Big 12 Academic Team twice.

Professional career

At the 2019 NFL Scouting Combine, Samia ran the 40-yard dash in 5.29 seconds, recorded 28 reps on the bench press, a 27.5-inch vertical jump and a 101-inch broad jump.
Samia was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the fourth round of the 2019 NFL Draft.

Personal life

Samia is half Samoan, and got a tattoo to signify the importance of the Samoan culture to him.