#91

Aidan Hubbard

Senior defensive lineman for Northwestern. 2025: 7.5 sacks, 10 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.

DL · Northwestern · Sr. · #91

6′4″ · 255 lb · Cleveland, OH

CFB Index 67 · #112 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceReturning to Northwestern for 2026

How he plays

Disrupts the pocket from the interior.

Sacks: 99th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

7.5

sacks · 2025

10 TFL · 26 tackles · 5 hurries

Statement game3 tackles · 3 TFL · 3 sacksvs Central Michigan (FBS) · W 34-7

Top 1% sacks game since 2021.

Woohoo Hubbardr/CFB game thread · ▲ 4His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Northwestern. 2025: 7.5 sacks, 10 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northwestern in 2021.

His career, year by year

Aidan Hubbard

DL · Northwestern · Sr · #91

Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Aidan Hubbard has been at Northwestern through two head coaches in four seasons. His first career honor landed in 2023: Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week. One game to point at: 5 tackles, 2 TFL against Nebraska — Week 9, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Northwestern1-11HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Balanced

2023Northwestern8-5HC: David Braun · Run-leaning

2024Northwestern4-8HC: David Braun · Balanced, slow tempo

2025Northwestern7-6HC: David Braun · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

67Quality starter #112 of 420?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (99th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (96th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#34 / 2975 · 99th pct

7.5

Tackles for loss#103 / 2975 · 96th pct

10.0

QB hurries#188 / 2975 · 92nd pct

Tackles#1609 / 2975 · 45th pct

Solo tackles#1622 / 2975 · 44th pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.3	1.0	0.8	0.0
Road3g	3.3	1.0	0.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.6	0.9	0.8	0.0
Weeks 8+3g	2.7	1.2	0.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

David Braun

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #112 of 420 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #112 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #22 of 69 Big Ten DLs

How the All-Big Ten estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Northwestern	26	13	10.0	7.5	--	--	--
2024	Northwestern	33	12	7.0	6.0	1	--	--
2023	Northwestern	26	17	8.5	6.0	1	--	--
2022	Northwestern	17	12	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		102	54	26.5	20.5	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2025

W 22–21

at Penn State

2 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 on the road.

With P. Stone — 163 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 73.3 · -8 rush yds (5 car) · L. Akers — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 49 AVG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 3-23@ Tulane	3	2	1.0	1.0	—	3 sacks
Wk 2	W 42-7vs Western Illinois	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 14-34vs Oregon	5	2	1.0	0.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 5	W 17-14vs UCLA	3	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 6	W 42-7vs UL Monroe	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 7	W 22-21@ Penn State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 19-0vs Purdue	2	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 21-28@ Nebraska	5	4	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 12	L 22-24vs Michigan	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Bowl	W 34-7vs Central Michigan	3	3	3.0	3.0	—
Total		26	13	10.0	7.5	—

How he plays

Play style

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

26Tackles

13Solo

10TFL

7.5Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

26 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 10 TFL.

Week 11 sack
Week 13 sacks
Week 50.5 sacks
Week 61 sack
Week 91 sack
Week 121 sack

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

Northwestern

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Northwestern

Returning around him

2 Northwestern players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +9 net (17 in / 8 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Northwestern · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #60 · 2026 recruiting class #52

DNA match

Player DNA

3-Tech Penetrator

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jimmori Robinson’s 2024 season.

Jimmori Robinson

75%match

UTSA · 2024

All-AAC

Michael Heldman

Central Michigan · 2025

All-MAC

74%

Laiatu Latu

UCLA · 2023

Consensus All-AmericanNFL Rd 1 · Pk 15

72%

Jordan Walker

Rutgers · 2024

68%

Matches Jimmori on

Hurry rate

Weight

TFL rate

Differs from Jimmori on

Sack rate (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to David Bailey's senior season at Texas Tech (2025).

David Bailey

90%match

Texas Tech · 2025

Consensus All-AmericanNFL Rd 1 · Pk 2

Jimmori Robinson

UTSA · 2024

All-AAC

76%

Malachi Lawrence

UCF · 2025

All-Big 12NFL Rd 1 · Pk 23

73%

Nadame Tucker

Western Michigan · 2025

All-MAC

71%

Khalid Duke

Kansas State · 2023

70%

Matches David on

TFL rate

Hurry rate

Sack rate

Player DNA

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Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology