6′3″ · 293 lb · Elyria, OH
Tracy Sprinkle: DL · Ohio State · #93.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Tracy Sprinkle
Wins his gap play after play. A game that shows it: 5 tackles against Army — Week 3, 2017.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ohio State | 16 | 7 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Career | 16 | 7 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-21@ Indiana | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 16-31vs No. 5 Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-7vs Army | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 56-0@ Rutgers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 62-14vs Maryland | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 39-38vs No. 2 Penn State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-55@ Iowa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 48-3vs No. 13 Michigan State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-20@ Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-21@ No. 3 Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 24-7vs No. 8 USC | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 7 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
19%3 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
6%1 hurry16 tackles · 3 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Urban Meyer
Pass share
43.3%
439 pass / 575 run
Plays / game
72.4
14 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
477 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Ohio State — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Urban Meyer.
