Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 70-0vs Grambling | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#33
Eli Lee
Sophomore linebacker for Ohio State. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
6′3″ · 237 lb · Akron, OH
Returning to Ohio State for 2026
The numbers
2
tackles · 2025
1 game into 2025 so far -- Best game: 2 tackles, vs Grambling
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 linebacker for Ohio State. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ohio State in 2025.
Eli Lee
The receipt: 2 tackles against Grambling — Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- game log
His career
2025
- Signed with Ohio State3-star out of Archbishop Hoban
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Ohio State
NFL
NFL Draft
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2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Ohio State12-2HC: Ryan Day · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 2.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Day
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ohio State | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Ohio State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Ohio State
Returning around him
- 11 Ohio State players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -21 net (17 in / 38 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Ohio State · Last season: 12-2 (AP #3) · Talent rank #5 · 2026 recruiting class #4
Background
Pronunciation Career Highs 2 Tackles vs. Grambling (Sept. 6, 2025) Honors and Awards 2025: OSU Scholar-Athlete Freshman (2025) Appeared in two games as a freshman, totaling eight snaps at linebacker and on special teams against Grambling and also playing against Wisconsin GRAMBLING (9/6): Made hi...
The linebacker corps · Ohio State
- #14Christian Alliegro48 tackles · 2025
- #26Payton Pierce44 tackles · 2025
- #5Riley Pettijohn9 tackles · 2025
- #17Tarvos Alford6 tackles · 2025
- #33Eli Lee2 tackles · 2025
9 more on the roster · Ohio State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology