Tommy Eichenberg in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Maize & Blue Nation, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, Ohio State, 2019–⁠23

Tommy Eichenberg

Number
No. 35
Height
6′2″
Weight
239 lb
Class (2023)
Senior
Hometown
Cleveland, OH
Born
Jan 11, 2001

Tommy Eichenberg played linebacker at Ohio State (2019–⁠23). The Las Vegas Raiders took Eichenberg in round 5, No. 148 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
112
Tackles, 2022 (Ohio State, 11–⁠2)
Drafted
No. 148
Round 5, 2024 NFL Draft (Las Vegas Raiders)

Career highs

17tackles, career highvs. Utah, 20212sacks, career highvs. Notre Dame, 2022

Honors

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2019 and 2020

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2021Ohio State64336.50122
2022Ohio State11272122.5135
2023Ohio State80402.51004
Career256145213.52511

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2019Ohio State35LBRS
2020Ohio State35LBFr.
2021Ohio State35LBSo.
2022Ohio State35LBJr.
2023Ohio State35LBSr.6′2″239

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.

Game by game

2023 Ohio State 10 games, 80 tackles, 1 sack
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 2atIndianaW 23–⁠3430000
Sep 9vs.Youngstown StateW 35–⁠7631100
Sep 16vs.Western KentuckyW 63–⁠101090000
Sep 23atNotre DameW 17–⁠14540000
Oct 7vs.MarylandW 37–⁠171370000
Oct 14atPurdueW 41–⁠7841000
Oct 21vs.Penn StateW 20–⁠12820.5000
Oct 28atWisconsinW 24–⁠10730000
Nov 4atRutgersW 35–⁠161220000
Nov 25atMichiganL 24–⁠30730000
2022 Ohio State 12 games, 112 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 3vs.Notre DameW 21–⁠10963200
Sep 10vs.Arkansas StateW 45–⁠12540000
Sep 17vs.ToledoW 77–⁠21530000
Sep 24vs.WisconsinW 52–⁠211472000
Oct 1vs.RutgersW 49–⁠10930.5000
Oct 8atMichigan StateW 49–⁠20850.50.501
Oct 22vs.IowaW 54–⁠10751011
Oct 29atPenn StateW 44–⁠3115100000
Nov 5atNorthwesternW 21–⁠713101000
Nov 12vs.IndianaW 56–⁠14743000
Nov 19atMarylandW 43–⁠3013101000
Nov 26vs.MichiganL 23–⁠45750001
2021 Ohio State 13 games, 64 tackles, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 2atMinnesotaW 45–⁠31510000
Sep 11vs.OregonL 28–⁠35420000
Sep 18vs.TulsaW 41–⁠20000001
Sep 25vs.AkronW 59–⁠7100000
Oct 2atRutgersW 52–⁠13310010
Oct 9vs.MarylandW 66–⁠17740.5000
Oct 23atIndianaW 54–⁠7432000
Oct 30vs.Penn StateW 33–⁠24110000
Nov 6atNebraskaW 26–⁠17432000
Nov 13vs.PurdueW 59–⁠31630.5000
Nov 20vs.Michigan StateW 56–⁠7720.5001
Nov 27atMichiganL 27–⁠42520000
Jan 1 ✦vs.UtahW 48–⁠4517111000

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2024Combine or pro day 2024
Height6′2⅜″
Weight233 lb
Arm length31⅝″
Hand size9¼″
Wingspan77⅛″W
Vertical jump32½″
Broad jump9′8″
Bench press25 repsW
3-cone drill7.02 s
20-yard shuttle4.24 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 26 games with a stat; latest team: Las Vegas Raiders.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2024Las Vegas Raiders81200
2025Las Vegas Raiders143600
2026 (so far)Las Vegas Raiders4900
NFL career265700

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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