Jersey #: 35 (2020-23), 41 (2019)
Major: Grad (2023), Real Estate (2023), Business (2020-22)
Weight: 239 (2022-23), 235 (2021), 238 (2020), 235 (2019)

2023 Media Guide: Tommy is one of the outstanding linebackers in college football and will be a major awards candidate in 2023 as he enters the season with 186 career tackles, 18.5 TFLs, 31 games played and 17 starts … the fifth-year senior graduated in May 2023 with his degree in real estate, and he is a two-time Academic all-Big Ten honoree and OSU Scholar-Athlete … team captain for the 2023 season.

2022: An honors-laden 2022 campaign in which he led Ohio State in tackles with 120, TFLs with 12 and was fourth with four passes defensed (one interception, a 15-yard pick-6 vs. Iowa, and three pass break-ups) … ranked fifth nationally, and first in the Big Ten, with 77 solo stops and ranked in the Top 25 nationally in tackles per game with 9.23 … 77 solo stops are most in nine seasons by a Buckeye (Ryan Shazier, 101 in 2013) and the second-most by a Buckeye in the last 20 years … named first-team all-Big Ten Conference (coaches and media teams) … named a finalist for the Lott IMPACT Trophy and was a semifinalist for the
Butkus Award … also earned second-team All-America honors in 2022 by virtually every major organization: AP, FWAA, Walter Camp and The Sporting News … had four double-figure tackling games in 2022: 15 vs. Penn State, 14 vs. Wisconsin and 13 vs. both Northwestern and Maryland … selected as the Lott IMPACT Trophy player of the week back-to-back after wins over Penn State (15 tackles) and Iowa (seven tackles and a pick-6) … named the Bronko Nagurski national defensive player of the week after nine-tackle, two-sack game vs. Notre Dame.

2022 Media Guide: Tommy is in his fourth year with the program and is an OSU Scholar-Athlete … is a veteran of 18 games and four starting assignments, and he has three seasons of eligibility.

2021: Had a fine 2021 campaign when he was second on the team in tackles with 64, played in all 13 games and started four times … terrific against Utah in the Rose Bowl with a Rose Bowl-record 17 tackles,
including 11 solo stops … recorded seven tackles in the wins over Maryland and Michigan State.

2021 Media Guide: Tommy is a junior academically who is majoring in business … he is a two-time OSU Scholar-Athlete and he was named Academic All-Big Ten in 2020 … coming off an impressive spring drills and is going to make an impact on a linebacker corps that lost four starters off the 2020 team.

2020: Played in only one game.

2019: Played in four games as a true freshman in 2019, mainly on special teams, and redshirted.

High School: Tommy Eichenberg was a four-star recruit according to 247Sports.com who was a consensus top-10 ranked player in the state of Ohio … one of the top-20 ranked linebacker prospects by all of the major recruiting services … a first-team All-Ohio selection as a senior by the Ohio Prep Sports Writers Association … moved from outside to middle linebacker early in the 2018 season and finished with 126 total tackles (80 solo, 46 assists), eight sacks, 23 tackles-for-loss and five pass breakups … also had seven quarterback hurries, five forced fumbles and an interception … St. Ignatius started 0-2 but finished 8-1 and made the state playoffs with Eichenberg at middle linebacker … included in those eight wins was a 21-7 win over eventual state champion St. Edward … led the team with 81 tackles and 7.5 sacks as a junior … a state qualifier for the St. Ignatius track and field team in the shot put … finished eighth at the state championship meet last spring.

Personal: Parents are Heather and Gregg Eichenberg.