Tommy Eichenberg

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Ohio State Overview
• Tommy was a two-time captain and was one of the outstanding linebackers in college football in the 2022 and 2023 seasons
• He was a three-year starter at linebacker for the Buckeyes and played a total of five seasons (2019-23)
• Has one more season of eligibility remaining because of the COVID-19 season of 2020
• Earned four Varsity O letters and graduated in the spring of 2023 with his degree in real estate
• Earned three Academic all-Big Ten honors and two OSU Scholar-Athlete honors
• He played in 41 games and started 27 times at linebacker
• He earned the Big Ten Conference's Butkus-Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year award and was named first-team all-Big Ten by the coaches and media in 2023
• Missed three games in 2023 because of injury but still recorded 82 tackles to rank second on the team
• Named second-team All-America by the Football Writers Association of America, Sports Illustrated and Phil Steele and was a semifinalist for the Butkus Award
• Had high games of 13 tackles in 2023 vs. Maryland and 10 vs. Western Kentucky
• Also had an honors-laden 2022 campaign in which he led Ohio State in tackles with 120, TFLs with 12 and was fourth with four passes defensed (one interception, a 15-yard pick-6 vs. Iowa, and three pass break-ups)
• Ranked fifth nationally, and first in the Big Ten, with 77 solo stops and ranked in the Top 25 nationally in tackles per game with 9.23
• 77 solo stops were most in nine seasons by a Buckeye (Ryan Shazier, 101 in 2013) and the second-most by a Buckeye in the last 20 years
• Named first-team all-Big Ten Conference (coaches and media teams)
• Named a finalist for the Lott IMPACT Trophy and was a semifinalist for the Butkus Award
• Earned second-team All-America honors in 2022 by virtually every major organization: AP, FWAA, Walter Camp and The Sporting News 
• Had four double-figure tackling games in 2022: 15 vs. Penn State, 14 vs. Wisconsin and 13 vs. both Northwestern and Maryland
• Selected as the Lott IMPACT Trophy player of the week back-to-back after wins over Penn State (15 tackles) and Iowa (seven tackles and a pick-6)
• Named the Bronko Nagurski national defensive player of the week after nine-tackle, two-sack game vs. Notre Dame
• Had a breakout 2021 campaign when he was second on the team in tackles with 64, played in all 13 games and started four times
• Terrific against Utah in the Rose Bowl with a Rose Bowl-record 17 tackles, including 11 solo stops
• Recorded seven tackles in the wins over Maryland and Michigan State
• Played in five games, on special teams, in his first two seasons (2019 and 2020) and he did red-shirt the 2019 campaign after playing in only four games

Honors & Awards
2023: Team captain, Graduated in May with his degree in real estate, Butkus-Fitzgerald Big Ten Linebacker of the Year, first-team all-Big Ten (coaches & media), second-team All-American (FWAA, SI and Phil Steele)
2022: Team captain, First-team all-Big Ten Conference (coaches & media), Lott IMPACT Trophy finalist, Butkus Award semifinalist, Second-team All-American (Walter Camp, CBS Sports, FWAA, Associated Press and The Sporting News), Academic All-Big Ten Conference
2021: Academic all-Big Ten Conference; Rose Bowl-record 17 tackles vs. Utah 
2020: Academic all-Big Ten, OSU Scholar-Athlete
2019: OSU Scholar-Athlete

More on Tommy
• He was a four-star recruit according to 247Sports.com who was a consensus top-10 ranked player in the state of Ohio as a high school senior
• One of the top-20 ranked linebacker prospects by all of the major recruiting services
• A first-team All-Ohio selection as a senior by the Ohio Prep Sports Writers Association
• Moved from outside to middle linebacker early in the 2018 season and finished with 126 total tackles (80 solo, 46 assists), eight sacks, 23 tackles-for-loss and five pass breakups
• Also had seven quarterback hurries, five forced fumbles and an interception
• St. Ignatius started 0-2 but finished 8-1 and made the state playoffs with Eichenberg at middle linebacker
• Included in those eight wins was a 21-7 win over eventual state champion St. Edward
• Led the team with 81 tackles and 7.5 sacks as a junior
• A state qualifier for the St. Ignatius track and field team in the shot put and finished eighth at the state championship meet in 2018
• Parents are Heather and Gregg Eichenberg
• Brother, Liam, played at Notre Dame and is in his third season with the Miami Dolphins

2022

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
12.0	5.0	112.0	1.0	3.0	2.5	72.0

interceptions
TD	AVG	YDS	INT
1.0	15.0	15.0	1.0

2021

fumbles
REC	LOST	FUM
1.0	0.0	0.0

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
6.5	2.0	64.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	33.0

interceptions
TD	AVG	YDS	INT
0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0