Zach Harrison

HISTORY — from college bio

—Played four seasons with the Buckeyes and totaled 46 games played and 27 starting assignments, including 11 starts in 2021 and 13 in 2022. 

—Closed out his career with 106 career tackles, 25.5 TFLs (-75 yards) and 13.0 quarterback sacks

2022 (sr): Earned first-team all-Big Ten Conference honors after recording 34 tackles, 8.0 TFLs, 3.5 sacks, four PBUs and six quarterback hurries ... Earned first-team all-Big Ten Conference honors after recording 34 tackles, 8.0 TFLs, 3.5 sacks, four PBUs and six quarterback hurries ... Had 2.5 TFLs (-16 yards) in the win over Maryland and 2.0 in the win over Iowa ... Closed his career with TFLs in final three games, including 1.0 vs. Michigan and 1.5 in the CFP vs. Georgia

2021: Selected as a team captain in 2021 ... Started 11 games and finished with  8.0 TFLs, 4.0 sacks, four pass break-ups, two forced fumbles and two quarterback hurries ... Had two “strip sacks” that resulted in TDs vs. Minnesota and Penn State ... Named second-team all-Big Ten Conference (by media) ... Named third-team by the coaches ... Had a career high six tackles vs. Purdue and had five in the win over Utah in the Rose Bowl ... Named second-team all-Big Ten in 2020 by the conference coaches ... Played in seven of the team’s eight games in 2020; started vs. Penn State

2020: Second-team all-Big Ten (coaches), OSU Scholar-Athlete, Selected as one of eight Ohio State representatives on the Big Ten’s Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition, and one of only 11 Big Ten football players named.

2019: Appeared in all 14 games in 2019 and started vs. Maryland and vs. Clemson in the College Football Playoff semifinal ... Had four tackles and a sack in Big Ten championship game vs. Wisconsin.

High school: Was the consensus top-ranked player in the state of Ohio in 2018 and a top-five prospect nationally ... Rated the nation’s No. 1 defensive end by all the major scouting services ... Earned a five-star designation by 247Sports.com, Scout.com and Rivals ... A superb athlete, clocked at 4.47 in the 40-yard dash. He’s also run a 10.7 100 meters and a 21.5 200 meters ... First team all-Ohio by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association and the Delaware County defensive player of the year ... Had 14 tackles-for-loss and seven sacks in just seven games as a senior ... Played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl ... Invited to The Opening in 2017 and 2018 ... Named a finalist for the All-American Bowl Man of the Year

PERSONAL
Parents are Tracey and Jimmie Harrison ...  Graduated in December 2022 with his degree in criminology

2022

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
7.0	6.0	31.0	0.0	4.0	3.5	18.0

interceptions
TD	AVG	YDS	INT
0.0	2.0	2.0	1.0

2021

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
8.0	2.0	33.0	0.0	4.0	3.0	22.0

2020

fumbles
REC	LOST	FUM
1.0	0.0	0.0

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
4.5	0.0	14.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	6.0

2019

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
5.5	1.0	24.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	14.0