Linebacker, Ohio State, 2005–08
James Laurinaitis
Lettered 2005–08 (school media guide)
- Born
- Dec 3, 1986, in Wayzata, Minnesota
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James Laurinaitis played linebacker at Ohio State (2005–08). He won the 2006 Bronko Nagurski Trophy and the 2007 Butkus Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2006, 2007 and 2008. The St. Louis Rams took Laurinaitis in round 2, No. 35 overall in the 2009 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2026.
At a glance
Honors
- Inducted 2026College Football Hall of Fame
- 2006Bronko Nagurski Trophy
- 2006, 2007, 2008Consensus All‑American
- 2006, 2007, 2008First-team All-Big Ten
- 2007Butkus Award
- 2007, 2008Jack Lambert Trophy
- 2007, 2008Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year
- 2008Lott IMPACT Trophy
- 2008Senior CLASS Award
Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2006, 2007 and 2008
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Games | Tackles | Int & fumbles | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | GS | Tot | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sacks | PD | Int | FF | FR | TD | |
| 2005 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 13 | 13 | 115 | 53 | 62 | 8.5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 13 | 13 | 121 | 51 | 70 | 8.5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 13 | 13 | 130 | 52 | 78 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 51 | 39 | 375 | 159 | 216 | 24.5 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
From the college statistics table in Laurinaitis’s Wikipedia article (James Laurinaitis, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005N | 12 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.5 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| 2006 | 13 | 53 | 62 | 115 | 8.5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2007 | 13 | 51 | 70 | 121 | 8.5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 13 | 52 | 78 | 130 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| On file | 159 | 216 | 375 | 24.5 | 13 | – | – | – | – | |
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.
Game by game
2008 Ohio State 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6 | vs. Ohio | W 26–14 | 1 |
| Nov 8 | at Northwestern | W 45–10 | 1 |
2007 Ohio State 1 game with an interception on file, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15 | at Washington | W 33–14 | 2 |
2006 Ohio State 5 games with an interception on file, 5 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 | at Texas | W 24–7 | 1 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Cincinnati | W 37–7 | 1 |
| Sep 23 | vs. Penn State | W 28–6 | 1 |
| Sep 30 | at Iowa | W 38–17 | 1 |
| Nov 4 | at Illinois | W 17–10 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2009 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′1⅞″ |
| Weight | 244 lb |
| Arm length | 31⅝″ |
| Hand size | 10″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.88 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.74 sW |
| Vertical jump | 33″ |
| Broad jump | 9′7″ |
| Bench press | 22 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.93 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.24 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
8 seasons, 115 games with a stat; latest team: New Orleans Saints.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | St. Louis Rams | 16 | 101 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | St. Louis Rams | 16 | 100 | 3 | 1 |
| 2011 | St. Louis Rams | 16 | 132 | 3 | 2 |
| 2012 | St. Louis Rams | 16 | 135 | 0.5 | 2 |
| 2013 | St. Louis Rams | 16 | 113 | 3.5 | 2 |
| 2014 | St. Louis Rams | 16 | 99 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 2015 | St. Louis Rams | 16 | 107 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | New Orleans Saints | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 115 | 803 | 16.5 | 10 | |
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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