Player Dossier

2019-2023

Ohio State

Tommy Eichenberg

LB • 6'2" • 239 lbs • Cleveland, OH, USA

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Tommy Eichenberg shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

90

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

94

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Ohio State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Ohio State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame

Player Story

Tommy Eichenberg built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Cleveland, OH wearing No. 35, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Tommy Eichenberg's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.9005

St Ignatius · Cleveland, OH

Committed To
Ohio State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2024
Selection
Round 5 · Pick 13
Overall
No. 148
NFL Team
Las Vegas Raiders

Tommy Eichenberg, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Ohio State. Tommy Eichenberg shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
256
TFL
21
Sacks
3.5
QB hurries
11
Passes defended
5
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Tommy Eichenberg quick answers

Latest team and position
Ohio State · LB
Career Tackles
256
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 35 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Ohio State
Top game
Notre Dame
Recruit profile
4-star · St Ignatius · Ohio State
High school pipeline
St Ignatius · 20 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
NFL Draft
2024 · Round 5 · Pick 13 · Las Vegas Raiders
Latest roster
No. 35 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
80 tackles · LB 105th (top 9%) · Big Ten 18th (top 3%) · National 150th (top 3%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonOhio State00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonOhio State00-0--0-
2021 PostseasonOhio State131710--048.2
2021 Regular SeasonOhio State13475.5022048.2
2022 Regular SeasonOhio State12112122.553275.1
2023 Regular SeasonOhio State10802.514-055.3

Related Context

Tommy Eichenberg played LB for Ohio State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tommy Eichenberg recorded 256 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Ohio State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Ohio State paired 23.5 primary output with 56 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 56 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · Ohio State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

2.0

Efficiency

56

Usage

16.1

Consistency

44.3

Best Game by takeover score

Notre Dame

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 5. Arkansas State: 0. Toledo: 1. Wisconsin: 2. Rutgers: 1.5. Michigan State: 3. Iowa: 3. Penn State: 1. Northwestern: 1. Indiana: 4. Maryland: 1. Michigan: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Notre Dame: 9 by 87.5. Arkansas State: 5 by 20.8. Toledo: 5 by 30.8. Wisconsin: 14 by 70. Rutgers: 9 by 52.5. Michigan State: 8 by 63.3. Iowa: 7 by 59.2. Penn State: 15 by 60. Northwestern: 13 by 60. Indiana: 7 by 69.2. Maryland: 13 by 60. Michigan: 7 by 39.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.0 · Games = 11 · +1.0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · -1.0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Notre Dame

Best efficiency game

87.5 vs Notre Dame

Result
Sat 11/26vs MichiganL 23-4575001
Sat 11/19@ Maryland10+ tacklesW 43-301310100
Sat 11/12vs IndianaSplash gameW 56-1474300
Sat 11/5@ Northwestern10+ tacklesW 21-71310100
Sat 10/29@ Penn State10+ tacklesW 44-311510000
Sat 10/22vs IowaSplash gameW 54-10751011
Sat 10/8@ Michigan StateSplash gameW 49-20850.500.501
Sat 10/1vs RutgersW 49-10930.5000
Sat 9/24vs Wisconsin10+ tackles · Splash gameW 52-21147200
Sat 9/17vs ToledoW 77-2153000
Sat 9/10vs Arkansas StateW 45-1254000
Sat 9/3vs Notre Dame2+ sacks · Splash gameW 21-1096320

Player Story

Tommy Eichenberg story

Tommy Eichenberg built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Cleveland, OH wearing No. 35, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Tommy Eichenberg's career was his defensive production: 256 tackles, 21 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Ohio State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Tommy Eichenberg's production has multiple signals. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Ohio State.

The arc is straightforward: Tommy Eichenberg moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Ohio State

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonOhio State0
2020 Regular SeasonOhio State00
2021 PostseasonOhio State11.527.87.211.5
2021 Regular SeasonOhio State11.527.87.20
2022 Regular SeasonOhio State23.55616.112
2023 Regular SeasonOhio State7.540.411.1-16

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Notre Dame

Week 1 · W 21-10

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5

Havoc Plays

95.8 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 95.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Indiana

Week 11 · W 56-14 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

83.1 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.

#3

vs Youngstown State

Week 2 · W 35-7

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Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

#4

@ Michigan State

Week 6 · W 49-20 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

74.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 74.4 takeover score.

#5

vs Penn State

Week 8 · W 20-12 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

74.4 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 74.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Ohio State

23.5 primary output · 56 efficiency · 16.1 usage

75.1

#2

2023 Regular Season · Ohio State

55.3

7.5 primary · 40.4 efficiency · 11.1 usage

#3

2021 Postseason · Ohio State

48.2

11.5 primary · 27.8 efficiency · 7.2 usage

Milestones

19

Impact games

9

Splash games

8

10+ tackle games