Sam Hubbard

Former defensive end at Ohio State. 2017: 7 sacks, 13.5 tackles for loss, 42 tackles.

DE · Ohio State · #6

6′5″ · 265 lb · Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati — drafted 2018, Rd 3, Pick 13, #77 overall

Recruiting

4★

ATH recruit

No. 183 nationally · Signed with Ohio State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive end at Ohio State. 2017: 7 sacks, 13.5 tackles for loss, 42 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Ohio State in 2014.
Drafted round 3 by the Cincinnati in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Ohio State, 10 sacks — drafted at #77 overall by Cincinnati.

His career

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

2014

Signed with Ohio State4-star out of Archbishop Moeller

2018

Drafted by Cincinnatiround 3, pick 77

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#183 national

CFB

College

Ohio State

2015–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #77

Cincinnati · 2018

Featured in The Canon

#41

The 100 Best Players of the CFP Era

Coaching lineage · 2015–2017

1 coach

2015–2017

Urban Meyer

Ohio State

Played his entire career under Urban Meyer.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CincinnatiEntering 9th NFL season

#77Rd 3 · Pick 13

CincinnatiEntering 9th NFL season

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2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Urban Meyer — 35-5 over that span.

2015Ohio State12-1HC: Urban Meyer · Run-heavy

2016Ohio State11-2HC: Urban Meyer · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Ohio State12-2HC: Urban Meyer · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (98th percentile). Strength: sacks (98th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#52 / 2682 · 98th pct

13.5

Sacks#49 / 2682 · 98th pct

7.0

QB hurries#294 / 2682 · 86th pct

Solo tackles#798 / 2682 · 70th pct

Tackles#882 / 2682 · 67th pct

Passes defended#1669 / 2682 · 19th 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.4	1.3	0.5	0.0
Road6g	3.0	0.8	0.6	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Day

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

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	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2017

W 27–21

at Wisconsin

2 TOT · 1 SOLO

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

With J. Barrett — 211 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 32.0 · 60 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD · D. Chrisman — 46 AVG · 55 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week