Education
He finished his college career as the school"s all-time career (39 1/2) and single season (17 in 1986) sack leader.
He finished his college career as the school"s all-time career (39 1/2) and single season (17 in 1986) sack leader.
He played for ten seasons from 1988 to 1999 for the San Francisco 49ers, the Dallas Cowboys, the Cincinnati Bengals, the Philadelphia Eagles, and the Miami Dolphins. Stubbs played on two Super Bowl winning teams for the 49ers in his first two seasons of his career. Stubbs played high school football at Red Bank Regional High School in Little Silver, New Jersey.
He also was a basketball star who had a school-record 74 careers blocks, while leading his team to a state basketball title as a senior.
He was recruited by Howard Schnellenberger to play college football at the University of Miami, but he departed for the USFL before his freshman season started, making Jimmy Johnson his head coach. As a sophomore, he was moved from outside linebacker to defensive education
He also had 25 tackles for loss and 267 total tackles and holds the school record for his position with 139 assists. In 1999 he was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame.
San Francisco 49ers
He was selected in the second round of the 1988 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers and although he never started for them, he was part of the 1988 and 1989 Super Bowl winning teams.
Selected to the 1988 All-Rookie Team. Dallas Cowboys
In 1990, the Dallas Cowboys traded a second and third-round draft choices to the San Francisco 49ers for Stubbs, Terrence Flagler and the 49ers third and eleventh-round draft picks. That year he started 15 games at left defensive end and finished tied with defensive tackle Jimmie Jones for the team lead with 7 1/2 sacks, while also leading the Cowboys with 30 quarterback pressures.
The next year, he was passed over on the depth chat by Tony Tolbert and was eventually waived nine games into the 1991 season.
Cincinnati Bengals
He was claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati Bengals and had a career high 9 sacks in 1992. He was eventually waived during the 1994 offseason
Philadelphia Eagles
Stubbs spent a year out of football before being signed as a free agent in 1995 by the Philadelphia Eagles, reuniting him with Ray Rhodes.
He started 6 games and had 5 1/2 sacks. Miami Dolphins
In 1996 as a free agent, he rejected an offer from the Eagles and signed instead a one-year contract with the Miami Dolphins, reuniting him with Jimmy Johnson.
Stubbs started 15 games at right defensive end and finished with 9 sacks.
He was re-signed by the Dolphins, but his play would suffer during the next two seasons because of injuries, before retiring with 51 1/2 career sacks. NFL stats
The Stubbs Sandwich is a food item named in his honor, that is sold in a restaurant chain in Coppell, Texas and heavily-endorsed by John Madden.