Sam Hubbard: DE · Ohio State · #6.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Sam Hubbard
Turns pressure into sacks — pressures become finishes. Third year in the same defensive front at Ohio State. The first career honor came in 2017: All-Big Ten. One game to point at: 4 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Michigan State — Week 11, 2017.
Play style
Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
42 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 13.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Los Angeles Times Nov 1
Eleven Warriors Oct 29Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ohio State | 42 | 27 | 13.5 | 7.0 | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Ohio State | 46 | 21 | 8.5 | 3.5 | 2 | -- |
| 2015 | Ohio State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 88 | 48 | 22.0 | 10.5 | 2 | 1 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-21@ Indiana | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 sacks |
| Wk 2 | L 16-31vs No. 5 Oklahoma | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 38-7vs Army | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 56-0@ Rutgers | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 62-14vs Maryland | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 56-14@ Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 39-38vs No. 2 Penn State | 4 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-55@ Iowa | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 48-3vs No. 13 Michigan State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-14vs Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-20@ Michigan | 5 | 4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 sacks |
| Wk 14 | W 27-21vs No. 3 Wisconsin | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 24-7vs No. 8 USC | 4 | 3 | 3.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 27 | 13.5 | 7.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
17%7 sacksTFL rate
32%14 TFLHurry rate
7%3 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
70%7 of 10 pressures42 tackles · 13.5 for loss · 7 sacks.
3 seasons under Urban Meyer — 35-5 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Urban Meyer
Pass share
43.3%
439 pass / 575 run
Plays / game
72.4
14 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
477 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Three seasons at Ohio State, 10 sacks — drafted at #77 overall by the Cincinnati Bengals.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM
All-Big Ten 2nd team (2017)
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Urban Meyer.
Next stop · NFL
Cincinnati BengalsEntering 9th NFL season
Cincinnati BengalsEntering 9th NFL season
