Sam Hubbard NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

Sam Hubbard is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places Hubbard in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Hubbard's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

Sam Hubbard

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Sam Hubbard

Top 11% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2019Two-Way Profile

Height6'5"

Weight265 lb

BornJun 29, 1995

Age31

CollegeOhio State See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2018

Draft2018 · Rd 3, Pick 77 · CIN

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

86thPlayoff Sacks·4

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time edge rusher who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 121 · #864 · High-Value

Worth 121 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 20% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +17.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

51

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

7

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+17.3

Avg surplus

peak +29

7 seasons × ~17.3 surplus ≈ VORP 121

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Receiving									Advanced (EPA)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2018	—	CIN	14	—	39	27	12	7	9	6.0	22.0	0	2	1	1	1	0	12	2.6%	508	45.3%	232	51.6%	1	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.1	0	1
2019	—	CIN	15	—	75	45	30	10	13	8.5	31.5	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	853	83.7%	89	22.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	CIN	13	—	60	31	29	5	11	2.0	18.0	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	664	75.7%	58	18.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	CIN	16	—	59	30	29	12	17	7.5	36.5	0	3	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	877	83.2%	72	16.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	CIN	15	—	57	31	26	11	22	6.5	39.5	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	801	82.0%	37	17.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	CIN	15	—	54	34	20	7	17	6.0	30.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	714	73.8%	6	3.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	—	CIN	13	—	39	23	16	3	9	2.0	14.0	1	2	1	—	0	1	6	1.8%	523	55.1%	2	3.5%	1	1	2	1	100.0%	2.0	2.0	—	1	—	—	—	—	—
2024	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.0	0	2
Career		—	101	—	383	221	162	55	98	38.5	191.5	1	16	6	5	1	1	18	2.2%	4,940	71.3%	496	19.1%	2	1	2	1	50.0%	2.0	1.0	—	1	—	—	0.9	0	3

Career EPA0.9··0.5/season

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	VAL
2018	23	CIN	1	0*	1	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0	—
2024	29	CIN	1	1*	1	1	2	1	100.0%	2.0	2.0	—	1	—
Career			2	1*	2	1	2	1	50.0%	2.0	1.0	—	1	70.9

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2018	23	CIN	14	0*	39	27	12	7	9	6.0	22.0	0	2	1	1	1	0
2019	24	CIN	15	13*	75	45	30	10	13	8.5	31.5	0	3	1	—	0	0
2020	25	CIN	13	10*	60	31	29	5	11	2.0	18.0	0	3	1	—	0	0
2021	26	CIN	16	13*	59	30	29	12	17	7.5	36.5	0	3	1	2	0	0
2022	27	CIN	15	12*	57	31	26	11	22	6.5	39.5	0	3	1	—	0	0
2023	28	CIN	15	11*	54	34	20	7	17	6.0	30.0	0	0	0	2	0	0
2024	29	CIN	13	8*	39	23	16	3	9	2.0	14.0	1	2	1	—	0	1
Career			101	67*	383	221	162	55	98	—	—	1	16	6	5	1	1

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2018	23	CIN	16	0*	12	2.6%	508	45.3%	232	51.6%
2019	24	CIN	15	13*	—	0.0%	853	83.7%	89	22.6%
2020	25	CIN	13	10*	—	0.0%	664	75.7%	58	18.6%
2021	26	CIN	16	13*	—	0.0%	877	83.2%	72	16.1%
2022	27	CIN	15	12*	—	0.0%	801	82.0%	37	17.5%
2023	28	CIN	15	11*	—	0.0%	714	73.8%	6	3.7%
2024	29	CIN	14	8*	6	1.8%	523	55.1%	2	3.5%
Career			104	67*	18	—	4,940	—	496	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2018	23	—	—	0*	—	—	-1.1	0	1
2024	29	—	—	8*	—	—	2.0	0	2
Career				8*	—	—	—	0	3

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2018	23	CIN	16	0*	1.0	—	—	0	0	0.0	—	39.6
2024	29	CIN	14	8*	2.0	2.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	118.7
Career			30	8*	—	—	—	0	0	—	1	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	23	CIN	16	0*	5	4	0.8	149.6	-0.8	13	5	2	1	6	0.1
2019	24	CIN	15	13*	7	5	0.7	86.0	3.0	19	7	3	3	5	0.1
2020	25	CIN	13	10*	4	4	1.0	97.9	3.0	18	6	9	0	7	0.1
2021	26	CIN	16	13*	5	3	0.6	64.6	0.4	39	20	10	9	3	0.0
2022	27	CIN	15	12*	6	5	0.8	91.0	1.2	32	9	15	1	4	0.1
2023	28	CIN	15	11*	5	5	1.0	99.2	-1.4	22	5	11	3	1	0.0
2024	29	CIN	14	8*	3	2	0.7	44.4	-1.0	8	0	6	1	2	0.0
Career			104	67*	35	28	—	—	—	151	52	56	18	28	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 72 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 72 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

69

Sustained

career value

×.6

76

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 71.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 72· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 69

On-field 51.4

Availability 17.6

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)

2018bestavg 68elite 702024

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

20

Depth

of 100

Reached 19% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

19% of the all-time Sacks leader19

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

0.47 EPA/season over 2 seasons50

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 95%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

59

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.342See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.342Snap share71.2%Def snaps4,940ConsistentCV 0.17

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within edge rushers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average edge rushers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2018

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

EDGE · 2018 class

35"

Vertical

Above avg · 68th pct

Pos 68thAll 64thClass Pos 63thClass All 67th

116"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 50th pct

Pos 50thAll 46thClass Pos 43thClass All 39th

6.84s

3-Cone

Elite · 96th pct

Pos 96thAll 87thClass Pos 97thClass All 85th

4.32s

Shuttle

Above avg · 66th pct

Pos 66thAll 53thClass Pos 79thClass All 58th

Postseason Career

7 playoff games

Defense

Tkl26Solo14Ast12TFL6QBHits7Sk4.0Dis17.0PD1FF1FR2TD1

College Stats

Ohio StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Ohio State), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2018 Draft Class· this player went #77

#69B.J. HillDE #70Fred WarnerMLB #71Royce FreemanRB #72Nathan ShepherdDE #73Jerome BakerOLB #74Geron ChristianOT #75Derrick NnadiNT #76Mason RudolphQB #78Malik JeffersonLB #79Rasheem GreenDE #80Martinas RankinOT #81Michael GallupWR #82Tracy Walker IIIDB #83Orlando BrownOL #84Justin JonesDT #85Rashaan GauldenDB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Sam inherited the Cincinnati Bengals DL room from Carl Lawson (2017–2020), and handed it to DJ Reader (2020–2023).

Alfred Williams 1991–1994John Copeland 1993–2000Dan Wilkinson 1994–1997Kimo von Oelhoffen 1994–1999Jevon Langford 1996–2001Michael Bankston

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Movementderived from season history

2024final season
Last recorded season with CIN
2018draft
Drafted by CIN — Round 3, Pick 77

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 265 lb

Frame

35" vert / 116" broad

Explosion

Injury History

7 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	CIN	3	W16Out· KneeW17Out· KneeW18Out· Knee
2023	CIN	2	W10Out· AnkleW11Out· Ankle
2022	CIN	1	W16Out· CalfW17Questionable· Calf
2021	CIN	0	W18Questionable· Thigh
2019	CIN	1	W14Out· Knee

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 7-season peers. See all →

72

peak 76

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

B+2018

A2019

C+2020

B+2021

B+2022

B+2023

C+2024

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

90%

Era Translator

Sacks translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Sacks	Sacks/G	→ 2025 Sacks	→ 2025 /G
2018	6	0.4	7+1	0.4
2019	8.5	0.6	9+0.5	0.6
2020	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2021	7.5	0.5	8+0.5	0.5
2022	6.5	0.4	8+1.5	0.5
2023	6	0.4	7+1	0.4
2024	2	0.2	3+1	0.2

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

121 career value over replacement — #864 all-time of 4,642. 17.3/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #77 (Rd 3) · CIN · 2018 · +32 vs expected KV-H

72actual

40 expected · Δ+32

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