Bradley Chubb

Bradley Austin Chubb (born June 24, 1996) is an American professional football linebacker for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the NC State Wolfpack, and was selected by the Denver Broncos in the first round of the 2018 NFL draft. Chubb was traded to the Miami Dolphins in 2022, and played for them until he was released in 2026.

Chubb was a hybrid linebacker-defensive end at Hillgrove High School, where he helped the Hawks advance to the Georgia 6A quarterfinals as a senior. He officially committed to North Carolina State University on June 24, 2013. Chubb also had offers from Duke, West Virginia, Wake Forest, East Carolina, and others.

As a freshman, Chubb received marginal playing time, mostly on special teams. He switched from outside linebacker to defensive end before his sophomore season and broke the starting lineup by the beginning of the season.

As a junior, he continued to start and became a team leader off the field. He finished third in the Atlantic Coast Conference in tackles for loss. During the 2016 Independence Bowl, Chubb sacked Vanderbilt quarterback Kyle Shurmur, which made a favorable impression on Kyle's father Pat Shurmur, who scouted Chubb extensively in early 2018.

In his senior season, Chubb, after winning a game against then-No. 12 Florida State, ran to midfield at FSU's Doak Campbell Stadium and spat on the Seminole logo in an apparent act of disrespect. He later apologized for the incident. As for a cause, he alluded to a February 2017 Instagram post on which some Florida State players negatively commented. On November 4, 2017, playing Clemson, Chubb took opposing quarterback Kelly Bryant's towel three times. After not eliciting a reaction after the first two, a Clemson offensive lineman held Chubb after the third time until he gave the towel back. Chubb met with officials after the incident but was not penalized. A week later in a game against Boston College, Chubb recorded two and a half sacks to pass Mario Williams as the all-time sack leader in NC State Wolfpack history. In the same game, he also passed Williams to become the Wolfpack leader in tackles for loss.

During his senior season at NC State, Chubb recorded ten sacks and had almost a third of his 72 total tackles go for a loss. The 23 tackles for loss put him second among NCAA Division I players in 2017. His postseason accolades included being named ACC Defensive Player of the Year, first-team All ACC, first-team All-America, the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, and the Ted Hendricks Award.

Chubb was projected to go in the first round of the 2018 NFL draft. Different projections pegged him as going within the top five (as high as first to the Cleveland Browns) or to the Indianapolis Colts at the sixth pick. During the 2018 NFL Scouting Combine, Chubb named Von Miller and Khalil Mack as players whom he models his play after.

The Denver Broncos selected Chubb in the first round with the fifth overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. Chubb was the first defensive end drafted in 2018. On June 21, 2018, the Broncos signed Chubb to a fully guaranteed four-year, $27.27 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $17.91 million.