Senior linebacker for Ohio State. 2020: 48 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.
6′1″ · 234 lb · Bolingbrook, IL
Recruiting
OLB recruit
No. 312 nationally · Signed with Ohio State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Ohio State. 2020: 48 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.
Tuf Borland
Tuf Borland has played for two head coaches in five seasons at Ohio State. The receipt on tape: 7 tackles, 1 TFL against Northwestern, Week 16, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Ohio State, 229 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Urban Meyer → Ryan Day. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: tackles (86th percentile). Concern: passes defended (21st 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 · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 5.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
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
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Ohio State | 48 | 22 | 3.5 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Ohio State | 55 | 27 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Ohio State | 67 | 33 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Ohio State | 58 | 35 | 3.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Ohio State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 229 | 117 | 19.0 | 6.5 | 2 | 1 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | W 52-17vs Nebraska | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-25@ Penn State | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 49-27vs Rutgers | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-35vs Indiana | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 16 | W 22-10vs Northwestern | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Total | 26 | 11 | 3.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 |