#86

Sam Roush

Former tight end at Stanford. 2025: 49 catches, 545 receiving yards, 2 TD.

TE · Stanford · Sr. · #86

6′5″ · 260 lb · Nashville, TN

CFB Index 74 · #12 of 156 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-ConferenceDrafted by Chicago — Rd 3, Pick 5, #69 overall

The numbers

545

receiving yards · 2025

49 catches · 2 TD · 11.1 per catch

Best game: 8 rec, 104 yds, vs Pittsburgh

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Stanford. 2025: 49 catches, 545 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Stanford in 2022.
Drafted round 3 by the Chicago in 2026.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.

TD rate: 53rd percentile.

The full scouting read

How it ended

Four seasons at Stanford, 1,201 receiving yards — drafted at #69 overall by Chicago.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 104 yds vs Pittsburgh.Pittsburgh · L 20-352025

20225 games

Signed with Stanford4-star out of Lipscomb Academy

202511 games

The role got bigger.

All-ACCsecond

2026

Drafted by Chicagoround 3, pick 69

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#296 national

CFB

College

Stanford

2022–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #69

Chicago · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM

All-ACC 2nd team (2025)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2025

3 coaches

2022

David Shaw

Stanford

2023–2024

Troy Taylor

Stanford

era →

2025

Frank Reich

Stanford

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: David Shaw, Troy Taylor, and Frank Reich. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Chicago2026 NFL rookie season

#69Rd 3 · Pick 5

Chicago2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Stanford3-9HC: David Shaw · Balanced

2023Stanford3-9HC: Troy Taylor · Balanced

2024Stanford3-9HC: Troy Taylor · Run-leaning

2025Stanford4-8HC: Frank Reich · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

74Quality starter #12 of 156?

Medium-low confidenceAscending11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (96th percentile). Strength: long catch (95th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#374 / 798 · 53rd pct

2.6%

Yards / catch#438 / 798 · 45th pct

11.1

Catch rate#535 / 798 · 33rd pct

63.2%

EPA / target#539 / 798 · 33rd pct

0.30

Explosive rate#607 / 798 · 23rd pct

5.3%

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#7 / 175 · 96th pct

Long catch#9 / 175 · 95th pct

Rec yards#10 / 175 · 95th pct

545

Fumbles lost#1 / 33 · 74th pct

Yards / catch#72 / 175 · 59th pct

11.1

Rec TDs#76 / 175 · 43rd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

23rd → 33rd percentile

Explosive rate

17th → 23rd percentile

Catch rate

72nd → 33rd percentile

TD rate

41st → 53rd percentile

Yards / catch

13th → 45th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

18%14 of his 76 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.3	62.7	14.9	0.3
Road5g	4.6	33.8	5.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.6	43.8	11.1	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	5.2	54.3	10.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tavita Pritchard

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

74 · #12 of 156 TEs

Former four-star. Now #12 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Stanford	49	545	11.1	2	--
2024	Stanford	40	334	8.3	2	--
2023	Stanford	28	288	10.3	0	--
2022	Stanford	2	34	17.0	0	--
Career		119	1,201	10.1	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 20–13

vs Florida State

6 rec · 63 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With A. Flintoft — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 48 AVG · C. Tabb — 118 rush yds (28 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Boston College · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +6.52Ben Gulbranson pass complete to Sam Roush for 69 yds for a TD (Emmet Kenney KICK)
Week 10 · Pittsburgh · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +4.23(11:04) Shotgun #15 B.Gulbranson pass complete deep left to #86 S.Roush caught at PITT20, for 53 yards to the PITT20 (#15 R.Battle), 1ST DOWN
Week 5 · San José State · 2&15 · Q1 · EPA +3.09Ben Gulbranson pass complete to Sam Roush for 21 yds to the SJSU 34 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · SMU · 4&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.98Ben Gulbranson pass complete to Sam Roush for 11 yds to the STAN 46 for a 1ST down SMU Penalty, Defensive Offside (Yards) declined for a 1ST down
Week 5 · San José State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.56Ben Gulbranson pass complete to Sam Roush for 15 yds for a TD (Emmet Kenney KICK)
Week 14 · Notre Dame · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.36(14:19) Shotgun #2 E.Brown pass complete short middle to #86 S.Roush caught at STAN38, for 27 yards to the UND44 (#7 J.Stroman), 1ST DOWN
Week 8 · Florida State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.42Ben Gulbranson pass complete to Sam Roush for 16 yds to the STAN 41 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Hawai'i · 2&1 · Q1 · EPA -1.34Ben Gulbranson pass complete to Sam Roush for no gain to the HAW 48
Week 10 · Pittsburgh · 2&20 · Q1 · EPA +1.33Shotgun #15 B.Gulbranson pass complete short right to #86 S.Roush caught at PITT43, for 11 yards to the PITT35 (#9 K.Louis; #24 C.Lindsey)
Week 14 · Notre Dame · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.22(01:51) Shotgun #2 E.Brown pass complete short middle to #86 S.Roush caught at STAN32, for 14 yards to the STAN39 (#34 D.Bowen; #4 J.Ausberry), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 20-23@ Hawai'i	3	6	2.0	0	3
Wk 2	L 3-27@ BYU	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 3	W 30-20vs Boston College	3	79	26.3	1	69
Wk 5	W 30-29vs San José State	3	43	14.3	1	21
Wk 7	L 10-34@ SMU	8	89	11.1	0	14
Wk 8	W 20-13vs Florida State	6	63	10.5	0	16
Wk 9	L 7-42@ Miami	5	23	4.6	0	7
Wk 10	L 20-35vs Pittsburgh	8	104	13.0	0	53	Season-high 104 yds
Wk 11	L 15-20@ North Carolina	6	49	8.2	0	12
Wk 13	W 31-10vs California	2	14	7.0	0	11
Wk 14	L 20-49vs Notre Dame	4	73	18.3	0	27
Total		49	545	10.7	2	69

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Sam Roush

20225 games

202511 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

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