Cameron Hollobaugh is a linebacker at Ohio who has not played in Ohio's 9 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
The consensus depth chart of May 27 lists Hollobaugh at LB, No. 1.
Ohio lists 16 linebackers this season.
Ohio is 7-2. Next: at Miami (OH), Tue Nov 10.
Hollobaugh is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Came to Ohio by way of Walsh. The first career honor came in 2025: MAC Defensive Player of the Week. A game that shows it: 10 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Ball State — Week 6, 2025.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
45 tackles. 1 pass defended. 2 interceptions. 3 TFL.
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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ohio | 45 | 21 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Career | 45 | 21 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 31-34@ Rutgers | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 17-10vs West Virginia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 9-37@ No. 1 Ohio State | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 52-35vs Gardner-Webb | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-20vs Bowling Green | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-20@ Ball State | 10 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 48-21vs Northern Illinois | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-20vs Miami (OH) | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-14vs Massachusetts | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-26@ Buffalo | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 45 | 21 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
45tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%3 TFLSack rate
2%1 sackPD rate
2%1 pass breakups45 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 5.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Smith
Pass share
36.6%
311 pass / 539 run
Plays / game
65.4
13 games
Team sack rate
7.7%
337 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #19 of 55 Mid-American LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
Returning starter at linebacker for a 9-4 Ohio team that went +3 in the portal.
Honored in a first season.
Coaching lineage · 2025–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Brian Smith → John Hauser. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
