Pronunciation: tuh-RON
Major: Sport Industry (2020-21), Undeclared (2019)
Weight: 300 (2021), 295 (2020), 293 (2019), 288 (2018)

2021 Media Guide: A fourth-year junior, he enters the 2021 season as a veteran of 15 games with 12 tackles, three TFLs and 1.5 sacks.

2020: Missed the first two games of the 2020 season but returned to play in the final six contests … finished the season with nine tackles, two tackles-for-loss and half a sack … had his best statistical outing vs. Northwestern in the Big Ten Championship Game, totaling three tackles, one TFL and half a sack.

2019: Did not see any game action in 2019 due to injury and redshirted.

2019 Media Guide: Earned playing time along a deep and talented defensive line in 2018, appearing in 10 games while totaling three tackles … had a sack in the Big Ten championship game vs. Northwestern … also had two tackles in the season-opener against Oregon State … earned Ohio State Scholar-Athlete honors last year and is exploring majors in management and industry.

High School: Taron Vincent was a five-star prospect by 247Sports.com and Rivals.com and both of these recruiting services rated him as the No. 1 defensive tackle prospect in the nation … nationally rated among all players at No. 19 on the ESPN 300 and No. 20 on the 247Sports composite … honored as the prestigious Maxwell Club’s first-ever national high school defensive player of the year … A Prepstar Dream Team member … selected to play in the 2018 U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio … strong and explosive in the trenches … totaled 60 tackles with 10 tackles-for-loss and three sacks during his senior season for head coach Kevin Wright … had 172 tackles for his career at IMG… IMG has been unbeaten in each of the last three years and been ranked in the top-five nationally in each of those seasons … Vincent started his prep career in Baltimore, Md., at the Gilman School.

Personal: parents are Tommi and Troy Vincent … father played football at Wisconsin and was a five-time NFL Pro Bowler for the Philadelphia Eagles.