Linebacker, Ohio, 2013–⁠17

Quentin Poling

Number
No. 32
Height
6′0″
Weight
235 lb
Hometown
Gomer, OH
Born
Aug 17, 1994, in Gomer, Ohio

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Quentin Poling played linebacker at Ohio (2013–⁠17). The Miami Dolphins took Poling in round 7, No. 227 overall in the 2018 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
109
Tackles, 2016 (Ohio, 8–⁠6)
Best game
12 tackles
Vs. Toledo, week 11, 2017: No. 2 defensive game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 227
Round 7, 2018 NFL Draft (Miami Dolphins)

Career highs

19tackles, career highat Massachusetts, 20173sacks, career highvs. Toledo, 20173interceptions, career highvs. Idaho, 2014

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2014Ohio––––3––
2015Ohio––––4––
2016Ohio1096613.54044
2017Ohio1074912.55.5055
Career216115269.5799

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTkl
20148 of 12222042
20158 of 13251136

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2013Ohio32LB
2014Ohio32LB
2015Ohio32LB
2016Ohio32LB
2017Ohio32LB6′0″235

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2017 Ohio 13 games, 107 tackles, 5.5 sacks
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 2vs.HamptonW 59–⁠0630001
Sep 8atPurdueL 21–⁠44221000
Sep 16vs.KansasW 42–⁠301041.50.500
Sep 23atEastern MichiganW 27–⁠20831001
Sep 30atMassachusettsW 58–⁠501990.5000
Oct 7vs.Central MichiganL 23–⁠26810000
Oct 14atBowling GreenW 48–⁠301062101
Oct 21vs.Kent StateW 48–⁠3731000
Oct 31vs.Miami (OH)W 45–⁠281041.5000
Nov 8vs.ToledoW 38–⁠101253300
Nov 14atAkronL 34–⁠37740001
Nov 24atBuffaloL 24–⁠31331101
Dec 22 ✦vs.UABW 41–⁠6520000
2016 Ohio 14 games, 109 tackles, 4 sacks
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 3vs.Texas StateL 54–⁠56952.50.501
Sep 10atKansasW 37–⁠21750000
Sep 17atTennesseeL 19–⁠281491.5000
Sep 24vs.Gardner-WebbW 37–⁠21620000
Oct 1atMiami (OH)W 17–⁠7520000
Oct 8vs.Bowling GreenW 30–⁠24831.51.501
Oct 15vs.Eastern MichiganL 20–⁠27630000
Oct 22atKent StateW 14–⁠10541002
Oct 27atToledoW 31–⁠2611100000
Nov 3vs.BuffaloW 34–⁠10642100
Nov 15atCentral MichiganL 20–⁠27872000
Nov 22vs.AkronW 9–⁠3952100
Dec 2vs.Western MichiganL 23–⁠29620000
Dec 23 ✦vs.TroyL 23–⁠28951000
2015 Ohio 4 games, 4 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Oct 3atAkronW 14–⁠12––––1–
Oct 10vs.Miami (OH)W 34–⁠3––––1–
Nov 10vs.Kent StateW 27–⁠0––––1–
Dec 19 ✦vs.App StateL 29–⁠31––––1–
2014 Ohio 1 game, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 20vs.IdahoW 36–⁠24––––3–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2018
Height6′0⅜″
Weight235 lb
Arm length32½″
Hand size10⅛″
40-yard dash4.58 s
Vertical jump38″
Broad jump10′7″
Bench press24 reps
3-cone drill6.88 s
20-yard shuttle4.22 s

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2022–⁠23USFLBirmingham Stallions

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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