Defensive end, Texas, 2007–10
Sam Acho
- Number
- No. 81
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 260 lb
- Hometown
- Dallas, TX
- Born
- Sep 6, 1988, in Dallas, Texas
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Sam Acho played defensive end at Texas (2007–10). He won the 2010 William V. Campbell Trophy and the 2010 Wuerffel Trophy. The Arizona Cardinals took Acho in round 4, No. 103 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2009
All-America: Walter Camp second team 2010; AP third team 2010
The teams
No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007N | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – |
| 2008N | 13 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 2009 | 14 | 42 | 17 | 59 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 12 | 39 | 19 | 58 | 15.5 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| On file | 93 | 44 | 137 | 32.5 | 19 | 8 | – | – | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
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.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2011 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′1⅝″ |
| Weight | 262 lb |
| Arm length | 33½″ |
| Hand size | 9¾″ |
| Wingspan | 80″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.76 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.69 sW |
| Vertical jump | 33½″ |
| Broad jump | 9′4″ |
| Bench press | 23 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.69 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.32 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
9 seasons, 91 games with a stat; latest team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Arizona Cardinals | 13 | 40 | 7 | 0 |
| 2012 | Arizona Cardinals | 16 | 48 | 4 | 2 |
| 2013 | Arizona Cardinals | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | Arizona Cardinals | 13 | 30 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | Chicago Bears | 14 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Chicago Bears | 14 | 27 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | Chicago Bears | 15 | 44 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | Chicago Bears | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| NFL career | 91 | 235 | 18 | 3 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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