Top 10: Ohio State's Single Season Tackles For Loss Leaders

Michael Bennett and Joey Bosa combined for 35 tackles for loss in 2014.

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Joey Bosa led the 2014 Buckeyes with 21 tackles for loss. He was 5 shy of tying Mike Vrabel's school record of 26 tackles for loss set in 1995.

Single Season Tackles For Loss Leaders
Rank	Player	TFL	Year
1	MIKE VRABLE	26	1995
2	ANDY KATZENMOYER	23	1996
3	RYAN SHAZIER	22.5	2013

4	JOEY BOSA	21	2014
5	WILL SMITH	20	2003
5	MIKE VRABEL	20	1994
5	MATT FINKES	20	1994

8	MATT WILHELM	19.5	2002
9	MATT FINKES	19.5	1995
10	JASON SIMMONS	18.5	1991

Darron Lee 16.5 TFL

For a brief period Finkes and Vrabel had the single sesaon tackles for loss record at Ohio State.

1994 THE TACKLES FOR LOSS SEASON THAT HAS BEEN LOST
With 20 tackles for loss Matt Finkes and Mike Vrabel are currently tied for fifth on the all-time single season list with Will Smith. However, if you look closely at the numbers you will see that the 1994 was a special year for the defensive linemen. Finkes and Vrabel finished the '94 season tied for the most tackles for loss in a single season in the history of Ohio State football. The two combined for an astounding 40 TFLs.

2014 WAS ALMOST LIKE 1994
Darron Lee finished the 2014 season with 16.5 tackles for loss. Had Lee collected two more TFLs it would have been the first time since 1994 that two Buckeyes finished in the top 10 of tackles for loss in the same season. Bosa's and Lee's combined 37.5 tackles for loss is still very impressive.

2014's TOP THREE TACKLERS FOR LOSS

Joey Bosa..............21
Darron Lee.............16.5
Michael Bennett.....14