Former defensive tackle at Ohio State. 2020: 3 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 23 tackles.
6′2″ · 300 lb · Pocatello, ID
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 55 nationally · Signed with Ohio State
Statement game7 tackles · 3 TFL · 3 sacksat Penn State (FBS) · W 38-25
Top 1% sacks game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive tackle at Ohio State. 2020: 3 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 23 tackles.
Tommy Togiai
Tommy Togiai has been at Ohio State through two head coaches in three seasons. His first career honor landed in 2020: All-Big Ten. The receipt: 7 tackles, 3 sacks against Penn State — Week 9, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Ohio State, 49 tackles — drafted at #132 overall by Cleveland.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM
All-Big Ten 2nd team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Urban Meyer → Ryan Day. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
ClevelandEntering 6th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (90th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (29th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2020 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road2g | 4.0 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
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.
Player standing · 2020
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Ohio State | 23 | 12 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Ohio State | 16 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Ohio State | 10 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 49 | 27 | 8.5 | 3.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | W 52-17vs Nebraska | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-25@ Penn State | 7 | 4 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 49-27vs Rutgers | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-35vs Indiana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 52-12@ Michigan State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 16 | W 22-10vs Northwestern | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 8 | 3.5 | 3.0 | — | 1 |