{"id":274602,"date":"2026-04-14T15:12:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=274602"},"modified":"2026-04-14T15:12:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:12:06","slug":"sam-roush-2026-nfl-draft-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2026\/04\/14\/sam-roush-2026-nfl-draft-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Roush 2026 NFL Draft Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the pre-draft process has moved forward, the 2026 TE class has really made themselves a lot of money. Specifically, this group set the NFL Combine ablaze. Led by presumable first-round selection Kenyon Sadiq<\/a>, the TE group averaged a time of 4.62 in the 40-yard dash, a height of 34.5 inches in the vertical jump, and a distance of 10 feet and 2 inches in the broad jump. One of the highlight players from the event was Stanford’s Sam Roush, who specifically ran a 4.70 40-yard dash, recorded a 38.5-inch vertical, and a 10.5-foot broad jump. Roush is currently the 105th player on the LWOS Big Board<\/a>, which equates to TE8.<\/p>\n

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Sam Roush 2026 NFL Draft Profile<\/h2>\n

Measurements*<\/h3>\n

Height: 6’6″<\/p>\n

Weight: 267<\/p>\n

Arm Length: 30 5\/8″<\/p>\n

Hand Size: 10″<\/p>\n

*confirmed at NFL Scouting Combine<\/a><\/p>\n

Player Background<\/h3>\n

Sam Roush was a 4-star recruit out of Lipscomb Academy in Nashville, Tennessee. His family is littered with athletic experience, as both his mother and father played college sports. His father played football at Duke, and his mother played volleyball at Montana State. Also, his grandfather on his mother’s side, Phil Olsen, played professional football for the Rams, Broncos, and Bills. This athletic prowess continues throughout his family, all the way back to his great-grandfather on his father’s side, who played professional baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals. His other paternal great-grandfather was a national runner-up at the 1941 National Invitational Tournament with Ohio.<\/p>\n

Out of high school, Sam committed to Stanford, the university where he would end up playing his entire collegiate career. Through his first three seasons, he wasn’t an incredible contributor. As a freshman, he was mostly a special teamer. Once he became a sophomore, he began starting at tight end. He started 10 games that season. In his final two seasons at Stanford, Roush started all 24 games (12 each season). In 2025, during his senior season, he racked up 49 catches, 545 yards, and 2 TDs on 80 targets. He was named Second Team All-ACC by the coaches for his play. Sam didn’t get much recognition strictly for football at Stanford, but he did get recognized an awful lot for his academics. He received academic awards every year at Stanford, headlined by the Al Masters Award and the Tommy Vardell Award in 2025.<\/p>\n

Strengths<\/strong><\/h4>\n