Dru Samia is a student athlete he plays for the Oklahoma Sooners football team at the University of Oklahoma. In November 2018, Samia was named as one of the three Big 12 Offensive Linemen of the Year by the Big 12 Conference.

Dru Samia is of Samoan and Caucasian ethnicity. He grew up in Sacramento, California in a football family. His father and two uncles played on the offensive line at Southern Oregon University, where his uncle Gilbert was an all-conference selection in 1993. However when Samia was growing up football wasn't talked about that much in the house. “It was never really prevalent,” Samia said of his father and uncles sharing football stories. “They didn’t make it a big deal around the house.”

Growing up, Samia spent most of his time with his mother and two sisters.

“There were really a lot of girls in the house,” said Samia, whose father, Drury, worked the night shift and rested during the day.

Samia had no brothers, so his uncle, Gilbert, filled the role.

“He was kind of like an older brother to me,” Samia said of Gilbert.

“He was someone to hang out with, talk video games and sports with. He definitely was the main factor in what got me here.” Samia started practicing football and doing workouts with his uncle Gilbert in middle school. He really fell in love with football when he started playing for his high school football team in his freshman year.

While playing football for River Valley High School, Dru Samia was ranked by Rivals, Scout and 247Sports as a four-star recruit and by ESPN as a three-star recruit. He was recognized as No. 136 player overall nationally by Scout. Samia was rated as No. 13 offensive tackle in the United States according to Scout and No. 23 according to Rivals. He was slotted as No. 14 offensive guard in country by Scout, No. 44 by 247Sports and No. 59 by ESPN. Samia was chosen as No. 21 player in state of California by Scout, No. 38 by Rivals, No. 56 by 247Sports and No. 93 by ESPN. He was ranked 136th in West Region by ESPN and invited to The Opening showcase event. Samia joined the Oklahoma Sooners football team at the University of Oklahoma after receiving offers from UCLA, Arizona State University, Texas Tech University, and University of California, Berkeley.

In 2015, Samia started playing for the Oklahoma Sooners football team at the University of Oklahoma. He played in 12 games with nine starts at right tackle. He started at right tackle against Clemson Tigers (12/31), Oklahoma State (11/28), TCU (11/21), Baylor (11/14), Iowa State (11/7), Kansas (10/31), Texas Tech (10/24) and Kansas State (10/17). He saw playing time against West Virginia (10/3), Tulsa (9/19) and Tennessee (9/12). Samia made his Sooners debut with a start at right tackle against Akron (9/5), becoming one of 10 freshmen in OU history to start at offensive tackle.

In 2016, Samia received an honorable mention as one of the All-Big 12 selections by the league's coaches.

He started all 13 games and started at right tackle in the season opener vs. Houston (9/3) before starting at right guard every game afterward.

Samia played 597 snaps and gave up no sacks.

He was also named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.

In 2017, Samia was a second-team All-Big 12 selection by the league's coaches and an Academic All-Big 12 First Team honoree.

He played in 13 games and made 12 starts (all at right guard).

Samia saw playing time against Texas (10/14).

He did not play against Iowa State (10/7) due to injury.

In 2018, Samia was named as one of the three Big 12 Offensive Linemen of the Year.

Samia was chosen as one of the five finalists for the Polynesian College Football Player of the Year award.

Samia started 13 games in 2018.