Cameron Sample

Former defensive end at Tulane. 2020: 5 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, 52 tackles.

DE · Tulane · Sr. · #5

6′3″ · 280 lb · Snellville, GA

All-Conf 1st teamCincinnati — drafted 2021, Rd 4, Pick 6, #111 overall

The story

Former defensive end at Tulane. 2020: 5 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, 52 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Tulane in 2017.
Drafted round 4 by the Cincinnati in 2021.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

SDE recruit

No. 2596 nationally · Signed with Tulane

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Tulane, 10 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #111 overall by Cincinnati.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20178 games

Signed with Tulane2-star out of Shiloh

202011 games

All-AACfirst

2021

Drafted by Cincinnatiround 4, pick 111

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2596 national

CFB

College

Tulane

2017–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #111

Cincinnati · 2021

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM

All-AAC 1st team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2020

1 coach

2017–2020

Willie Fritz

Tulane

Played his entire career under Willie Fritz.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CincinnatiEntering 6th NFL season

#111Rd 4 · Pick 6

CincinnatiEntering 6th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Willie Fritz, all run-heavy offenses — 25-25 over that span.

2017Tulane5-7HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

2018Tulane7-6HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

2019Tulane7-6HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

2020Tulane6-6HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (97th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (93rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#58 / 2211 · 97th pct

5.0

Tackles for loss#147 / 2211 · 93rd pct

7.5

QB hurries#136 / 2211 · 91st pct

Tackles#264 / 2211 · 88th pct

Solo tackles#296 / 2211 · 86th pct

Passes defended#749 / 2211 · 54th 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

2020 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.6	0.3	0.2	0.2
Road6g	4.8	1.0	0.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	5.4	1.0	0.6	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.2	0.4	0.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Hall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Tulane	52	29	7.5	5.0	1	--	--
2019	Tulane	44	30	5.5	1.5	4	--	--
2018	Tulane	40	17	5.5	4.0	1	--	--
2017	Tulane	26	15	2.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		162	91	20.5	10.5	7	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2020

W 35–21

vs Memphis

3 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 SACKS

With M. Pratt — 254 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 24 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD · R. Wright — 43 AVG · 52 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week