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JT Tuimoloau

Ohio State · Edge Rusher · 2021-24

SACKS
24
TFL
44
TKL
144

Career totals · 4 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

Tuimoloau was a 3-time first-team all-conference pick (2022, 2023 and 2024).

In the Ohio State record book, Tuimoloau ranks No. 6 in career sacks. Tuimoloau's 2024 season ranks No. 5 in program history for sacks.

From 2021 to 2024, Tuimoloau recorded 144 tackles, 44 tackles for loss and 24 sacks.

Tuimoloau was the No. 45 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 77 overall, the 18th-highest edge rusher rating at Ohio State since 1990 and No. 37 among all edge rushers of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2022
    • First-team all-conference
  2. 2023
    • First-team all-conference
  3. 2024
    • First-team all-conference
  4. 2025
    • No. 45 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

JT Tuimoloau season-by-season statistics at Ohio State
SeasonTklTFLSacksPD
2021174.52.51
2022281142
202338752
20246121.512.53
Total14444248

Seasons with tracked stats at Ohio State. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Ohio State Record Book

  • No. 6 in career sacks
  • No. 5 in single-season sacks (2024)

Top-10 entries in the program's career and single-season lists.

Ohio State Teammates

  1. 93C.J. Stroud2020-22QB
  2. 93Marvin Harrison Jr.2021-23WR
  3. 91Caleb Downs2024-25S
  4. 91Jeremiah Smith2024-26WR
  5. 90Garrett Wilson2019-21WR
  6. 90Justin Fields2019-20QB
  7. 86Chris Olave2018-21WR
  8. 86Shaun Wade2017-20CB
  9. 83Jaxon Smith-Njigba2020-22WR
  10. 80Cody Simon2020-24LB

Full Ohio State all-time roster

Top Edge Rushers of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 93Aidan HutchinsonMichigan · 2018-21EDGE
  2. 93Will Anderson Jr.Alabama · 2020-22EDGE
  3. 90T'Vondre SweatTexas · 2019-23EDGE
  4. 90Jordan DavisGeorgia · 2018-21EDGE
  5. 90Abdul CarterPenn State · 2022-24EDGE
  6. 90Calijah KanceyPittsburgh · 2020-22EDGE
  7. 90Jalen CarterGeorgia · 2020-22EDGE
  8. 90Kayvon ThibodeauxOregon · 2019-21EDGE

Best college edge rushers since 1990Best Big Ten players

Sources: Wikipedia (JT Tuimoloau) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.