J.T. Tuimoloau

#44 · DE · Sr. · Ohio State6′5″ · 269 lb · Edgewood, WA · Eastside Catholic

J.T. Tuimoloau: DE · Ohio State · #44.

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J.T. Tuimoloau

DE · Ohio State · Sr · #44

Turns pressure into sacks — pressures become finishes. Fourth year in the same defensive front at Ohio State. A game that shows it: 3 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Michigan — Week 14, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes.

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

15 games

61Tackles

35Solo

21.5TFL

12.5Sacks

3Pass def.

0INT

61 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 21.5 TFL.

Week 11.5 sacks
Week 12 sacks · 1 PD
Week 11.5 sacks
Week 12 sacks · 1 PD
Week 11 sack
Week 51 sack
Week 60.5 sacks
Week 91 sack
Week 100.5 sacks
Week 110.5 sacks · 1 PD

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Ohio State in the news

Fans storm field after USC upsets Ohio StateLos Angeles Times Nov 1
Ohio State injury report releasedEleven Warriors Oct 29
Big Ten limits NIL dealsOct 28
Oregon fires offensive coordinatorOct 25

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Ohio State	61	35	21.5	12.5	3	--
2023	Ohio State	38	12	7.0	5.0	2	--
2022	Ohio State	28	17	11.0	4.0	2	2
2021	Ohio State	17	8	4.5	2.5	1	--
Career		144	72	44.0	24.0	8	2

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 15 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 52-6vs Akron	3	2	1.5	1.5	—	0	2.5 TFL
Wk 2	W 56-0vs Western Michigan	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 49-14vs Marshall	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 38-7@ Michigan State	3	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 35-7vs Iowa	2	1	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 7	L 31-32@ No. 3 Oregon	3	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 21-17vs Nebraska	5	4	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 20-13@ No. 3 Penn State	6	3	1.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 11	W 45-0vs Purdue	4	1	1.5	0.5	—	1
Wk 13	W 38-15vs No. 5 Indiana	5	0	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 10-13vs Michigan	3	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 42-17vs No. 7 Tennessee	8	5	2.5	2.0	—	1
Bowl	W 41-21vs No. 1 Oregon	3	3	3.0	2.0	—	1
Bowl	W 28-14vs No. 4 Texas	7	3	2.5	1.5	—	0
Bowl	W 34-23vs No. 3 Notre Dame	5	5	2.0	1.0	—	0
Total		61	35	21.5	12.5	—	3

Signature game

Bowl · 2024

W 42-17

vs Tennessee

2 sacks · 2.5 tackles for loss · 8 tackles

Dominant 25-point win at home against Tennessee.

Defensive profile

Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet

Sack rate

20%12 sacks

TFL rate

35%22 TFL

Hurry rate

8%5 hurries

Pressure-to-sack conversion

71%12 of 18 pressures

61 tackles · 21.5 for loss · 12.5 sacks.

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Ryan Day — 47-8 over that span.

2021Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced

2023Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced

2024Ohio State14-2HC: Ryan Day · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 77 (#62 of 426). Show the ratings

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort · 2024 season

77All-Conference level #62 of 426 · 2024?

6 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: tackles for loss (100th percentile). Strength: sacks (100th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#2 / 2892 · 100th pct

21.5

Sacks#5 / 2892 · 100th pct

12.5

QB hurries#160 / 2892 · 93rd pct

Solo tackles#345 / 2892 · 87th pct

Tackles#355 / 2892 · 87th pct

Passes defended#504 / 2892 · 78th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2024, 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 15 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home9g	3.8	1.2	0.7	0.2
Road3g	4.0	1.2	0.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-710g	3.8	1.5	0.9	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	4.6	1.3	0.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2024 season

Head Coach

Ryan Day

Pass share

46.5%

455 pass / 523 run

Plays / game

61.1

16 games

Team sack rate

3.4%

470 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Impact starter

61 tackles in 15 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

77 · #62 of 426 edge rushers · 2024

Former five-star. Now #62 at the position.

J.T. Tuimoloau

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Style of play

Fans

Ohio State in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Defensive profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Four seasons at Ohio State, drafted

2021 10 games

2025