A durable rotational edge rusher out of Tulane who fought back from a torn Achilles to log a full season in Cincinnati in 2025.
Cameron Sample is a defensive end who carved out a rotational pass-rushing role with the Cincinnati Bengals after being drafted in the fourth round out of Tulane. A torn Achilles wiped out his 2024 season, but he returned healthy in 2025 to play a full slate of games before signing with a new team in 2026.
Path to the league
Sample played college football at Tulane before the Cincinnati Bengals selected him in the fourth round of the 2021 NFL Draft.
Career highlights
Sample missed only four games through his first three seasons in Cincinnati, playing more than a third of the Bengals' defensive snaps while compiling five career sacks and 20 quarterback hits as a rotational edge presence. His 2024 season was wiped out entirely by a torn Achilles tendon.
2025 season recap
Returning from his Achilles injury, Sample played in 14 regular-season games for Cincinnati in 2025, recording 17 tackles and two sacks as he worked his way back into the Bengals' defensive line rotation.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Cameron Sample
- RotoWire: Cameron Sample
Statistics
2025 season and career2025 Season · Defense
14 games played▶Defense · career
| Year | Team | GP | TOT | SOLO | SACK | INT | FF | FR | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | bengals | 14 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | bengals | 17 | 29 | 18 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | bengals | 16 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | bengals | 14 | 14 | 9 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player Profile
Background
- Position
- Defensive End
- Group
- defense
- College
- Tulane
- Hometown
- Snellville, GA, USA
- Age
- 26
- Status
- active
