Last confirmed: Ohio, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · Rocky Mount, VA · Hargrave Military Academy
Tarell Basham: DL · Ohio · #93.
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Tarell Basham
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. 2 stars out of high school, 1 seasons of real snaps at Ohio since. One game to point at: 9 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Kent State — Week 8, 2016.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 15 TFL.
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.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Ohio | 50 | 30 | 15.0 | 11.5 | 2 |
| Career | 50 | 30 | 15.0 | 11.5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 54-56vs Texas State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-21@ Kansas | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 19-28@ No. 15 Tennessee | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 4 | W 37-21vs Gardner-Webb | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 17-7@ Miami (OH) | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 30-24vs Bowling Green | 4 | 1 | 2.0 | 1.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-27vs Eastern Michigan | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 14-10@ Kent State | 9 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 31-26@ Toledo | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 34-10vs Buffalo | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-27@ Central Michigan | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 9-3vs Akron | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 14 | L 23-29vs No. 13 Western Michigan | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 23-28@ Troy | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 30 | 15.0 | 11.5 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
30%15 TFLSack rate
23%12 sacksHurry rate
20%10 hurries50 tackles · 15 for loss · 11.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 3.8 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Frank Solich
Pass share
46.2%
458 pass / 534 run
Plays / game
70.9
14 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
492 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
50 tackles in 14 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Ohio, 12 sacks — drafted at #80 overall by the Indianapolis Colts.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Frank Solich.
Where he ended up · NFL
Indianapolis ColtsEntering 10th NFL season
Indianapolis ColtsEntering 10th NFL season
