Clev Lubin generated 64 quarterback pressures -- fifth-most in the country and the most by a Louisville player in a decade. He bypassed the NFL to run it back as the Cardinals' headliner off the edge.
6′3″ · 260 lb · Suffern, NY · Suffern
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
sacks · 2026
5 tackles · 2 hurries
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 3 tackles, vs Ole Miss
Statement game9 tackles · 3.5 TFL · 3 sacksvs App State (FBS) · W 38-24
Top 1% tackles for loss game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Clev Lubin generated 64 quarterback pressures -- fifth-most in the country and the most by a Louisville player in a decade. He bypassed the NFL to run it back as the Cardinals' headliner off the edge.
Fan claims · every quote verified verbatim
I know that is against FCS competition But good lord I love Clev Lubin’s motor already Both his sacks he’s been one move and motor to the QB
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Aug 30, 2025 · via CFB
Lubin's first ACC season after transferring from Coastal Carolina was a pressure clinic: 61 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, three forced fumbles and five pass breakups, plus 64 quarterback pressures that ranked fifth in FBS and were the most by a Cardinal in ten years. He earned All-ACC honors and chose to return rather than declare. The forward stakes are conversion: the pressure volume says he's constantly in the backfield, so 2026 is about turning more of those hurries into sacks -- and a bigger sack number into a higher draft slot. He's a relentless, high-motor rusher who simply doesn't stop coming.
His career
He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.
Lubin is a high-motor, high-volume pressure rusher -- the defining trait is relentlessness. The 64 pressures (fifth in FBS) tell the story: he wins reps over and over across a game, wearing tackles down even when the sack doesn't show up on the box score. He converts that into real production (8.5 sacks, 13.5 TFL) and adds a finishing element with three forced fumbles and five batted passes -- a rusher who affects the play even when he doesn't get home. At 6-3, 260 he's a motor-and-effort edge more than a freaky athlete, the kind whose pressure volume usually outpaces his sack total -- which is exactly the gap 2026 is about closing.
Written by our staff.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC
All-ACC mention (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Jeff Brohm.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (96th percentile). Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 2.5 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Brohm
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2026
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Recognition
2026 outlook
In the mix to repeat All-ACC
Based on 2025: #3 of 73 ACC DLs
49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. 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.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Louisville | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Louisville | 59 | 35 | 13.0 | 8.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Coastal Carolina | 43 | 23 | 11.0 | 9.5 | 3 | -- | -- |
| Career | 107 | 62 | 24.0 | 17.5 | 6 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 59–13
vs Villanova
2 TOT · 1 SOLO
Dominant 46-point win at home against Villanova.
With L. Kienholz — 332 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.7 · 42 rush yds (6 car) · 2 TD · T. Richardson — 11 rush yds (1 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 38-41@ Ole Miss | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 59-13vs Villanova | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Lubin is a high-motor, high-volume pressure rusher -- the defining trait is relentlessness. The 64 pressures (fifth in FBS) tell the story: he wins reps over and over across a game, wearing tackles down even when the sack doesn't show up on the box score. He converts that into real production (8.5 sacks, 13.5 TFL) and adds a finishing element with three forced fumbles and five batted passes -- a rusher who affects the play even when he doesn't get home. At 6-3, 260 he's a motor-and-effort edge more than a freaky athlete, the kind whose pressure volume usually outpaces his sack total -- which is exactly the gap 2026 is about closing.
Our classifier reads him the same way: disrupts the pocket from the interior.
2026 Outlook
Louisville
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Louisville
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Louisville · Last season: 9-4 (AP #19) · Talent rank #37 · 2026 recruiting class #48
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Justin Ellis’s 2021 season.
Matches Justin on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Justin Ellis's sophomore season at Georgia Southern (2021).
Matches Justin on
Player DNA
PRONUNCIATION LOO-bin 2025: Named Third Team All-ACC ... Earned All-ACC Academic accolades ... Appeared in all 13 contests ... Finished 25th nationally and tied for fourth in the ACC in sacks with 8.5 ... Recorded Made his Louisville debut against Eastern Kentucky, recording two sacks and four to...
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