Samkelo "Sam" Cele (born 28 December 1997) is a South African professional basketball player who plays for Dyamo.
[1] Cele played with the KwaZulu Marlins of the South African top tier Basketball National League (BNL) in 2015, at age 17.
[3] He then finished his career with the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in the NAIA, because he was ineligible to continue in the NCAA, and was named an All-American third-team selection in 2023.
[4] In 2023, Cele signed his first professional contract with the South African team Cape Town Tigers of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).
On 6 May 2023, on the final day of the Nile Conference, Cele scored 28 points in a win over City Oilers, that clinched the Tigers' playoff spot.