Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 20-33@ Florida International | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#3
Oliver Bridges
Senior cornerback on Buffalo's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 215 lb · Potomac, MD · The Bullis School
Returning to Buffalo for 2026
Recruiting
3★
CB recruit
No. 636 nationally · Signed with Cincinnati
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 cornerback on Buffalo's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Cincinnati in 2022.
- Transferred from Cincinnati to Buffalo in 2024.
Oliver Bridges
Jams receivers off their route at the line. Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 2 tackles against Florida International — Week 2, 2026.
2 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2022
- Signed with Cincinnati3-star out of The Bullis School
20246 games
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coaches2023–2024
Buffalo
Coaching transition mid-career: Maurice Linguist → Pete Lembo. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Cincinnati3-9HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning
2024Buffalo9-4HC: Maurice Linguist · Run-heavy
2025Buffalo5-7HC: Pete Lembo · Balanced
2026Buffalo1-1HC: Pete Lembo · Pass-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 2.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pete Lembo
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Buffalo | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Buffalo | 12 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Buffalo | 15 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Cincinnati | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 32 | 21 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Long and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Buffalo
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · Buffalo
Returning around him
- 1 Buffalo player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +0 net (16 in / 16 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Buffalo · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #120 · 2026 recruiting class #101
DNA match
Player DNA
Press Corner
Long and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line.
CB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to John Gregory’s 2022 season.
Matches John on
Tackle volume
PD rate
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kevin Winston Jr.'s junior season at Penn State (2024).
97%match
NFL Rd 3 · Pk 18
Matches Kevin on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Background
Hoof Prints: Transfer from Cincinnati who was a key part of the cornerback rotation over the last two seasons... father played football at Howard and later competed at the 1989 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships... father was bronze medalist in the 400m at the 1989 World University Games and...
The secondary · Buffalo
- #6Miles Greer74 tackles · 2025
- #9Keontez Bradley28 tackles · 2025
- Kobi Blackwell20 tackles · 2025
- #7John Keough14 tackles · 2025
- #3Oliver Bridges12 tackles · 2025
17 more on the roster · Buffalo team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology