Bradley Chubb

Former defensive end at NC State. 2017: 10 sacks, 25 tackles for loss, 72 tackles.

DE · NC State · #9

6′4″ · 275 lb · Marietta, GA

Denver — drafted 2018, Rd 1, Pick 5, #5 overall

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 733 nationally · Signed with NC State

Statement game5 tackles · 3.5 TFL · 3 sacksvs Notre Dame (FBS) · W 10-3

Top 1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive end at NC State. 2017: 10 sacks, 25 tackles for loss, 72 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to NC State in 2014.
Drafted round 1 by the Denver in 2018.

His career, year by year

Career, closed

Gone at #5 overall.

How it ended

Three seasons at NC State, 20 sacks — drafted at #5 overall by Denver.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2014

Signed with NC State3-star out of Hillgrove

2018

Drafted by Denverround 1, pick 5

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#733 national

CFB

College

NC State

2015–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #5

Denver · 2018

Coaching lineage · 2015–2017

1 coach

2015–2017

Dave Doeren

NC State

Played his entire career under Dave Doeren.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DenverEntering 9th NFL season

#5Rd 1 · Pick 5

DenverEntering 9th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dave Doeren — 23-16 over that span.

2015NC State7-6HC: Dave Doeren · Run-leaning

2016NC State7-6HC: Dave Doeren · Run-leaning

2017NC State9-4HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (100th percentile). Strength: sacks (100th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#2 / 2682 · 100th pct

25.0

Sacks#12 / 2682 · 100th pct

10.0

QB hurries#12 / 2682 · 99th pct

Tackles#275 / 2682 · 90th pct

Solo tackles#368 / 2682 · 86th pct

Passes defended#746 / 2682 · 66th 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

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	6.2	2.1	0.8	0.0
Road6g	5.8	2.1	0.9	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.3	2.0	0.9	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	7.0	2.2	0.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Doeren

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	NC State	72	39	25.0	10.0	2	--	--
2016	NC State	55	33	21.5	10.5	1	--	--
2015	NC State	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		127	72	46.5	20.5	3	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2017

W 27–21

at Florida State

7 TOT · 5 SOLO · 2 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With R. Finley — 230 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 81.0 · J. Samuels — 25 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.8 · 11 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week