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Career Sacks: Ohio State's Leaders

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March 17, 2015 at 6:15pm
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Apologies to those who read this before it went to Blog Heaven.

Mike Vrabel is Ohio State's sacks leader.

Mike Vrabel is Ohio State's sacks leader.

A LEAGUE OF HIS OWN
Mike Vrabel is the only Ohio State football player with over 30 sacks for his career. Vrabel's 36 sacks are 8.5 more than the player listed second on Ohio State's all-time sacks list. What is amazing is that Vrabel (36) and Matt Finkes (25) combined for 61 sacks between 1993 and 1996. I'm sure the quarterbacks playing in 1997 were very happy that Vrabel and Finkes graduated in 1996.

 

CAREER SACKS LEADERS
RANK PLAYER SACKS YEAR
1 MIKE VRABEL 36.0 1993-1996
2 JASON SIMMONS 27.5 1990-1993
3 MATT FINKES 25.0 1993-1996
       
4 ERIC KUMEROW 23.0 1984-1987
5 VERNON GHOLSTON 22.5 2004, 2006-2007
6 WILL SMITH 22.0 2000-2003
7 JOEY BOSA 21.0 2013-PRESENT
       
8 JOHN SIMON 20.5 2009-2012
9 MICHAEL BENNETT 18.0 2011-2014
9 BRENT JOHNSON 18.0 1997-2000
9 NA'IL DIGGS 18.0 1997-1999

 

Joey Bosa can become Ohio State's second player to record 30 sacks.

Joey Bosa can become Ohio State's second player to record 30 sacks.

2014 Career Sacks Leaders
Joey Bosa.....................21.0
Michael Bennett............18.0
Adolphus Washington....9.5
Darron Lee.....................7.5
 

CAN JOEY BOSA CRACK THE 30 CLUB?
Joey Bosa currently has 21.0 sacks. He is nine short of becoming the second player in Ohio State's history to have 30+ sacks. With 2015 likely being his last season with the Scarlet and Gray Bosa will have to break the school's single season sack record to take the top spot away from Mike Vrabel.

 

THE TOP 10 BY DECADE
1990s- Jason Simmons, Mike Vrabel, Matt Finkes, Andy Katzenmoyer, Brent Johnson, Na'il Diggs and Rodney Bailey
2000s- Will Smith, Vernon Gholston
2010s- John Simon

*Majority of years played in decade.

 

Single Season Sack Leaders
Rank Player Sacks Year
1 VERNON GHOLSTON 14.0 2007
2 JOEY BOSA 13.5 2014
3 MIKE VRABEL 13.0 1995
       
4 ANDY KATZENMOYER 12.0 1996
4 MIKE VRABEL 12.0 1994
6 MATT FINKES 11.0 1994
7 WILL SMITH 10.5 2003
       
7 JASON SIMMONS 10.5 1991
9 A.J. HAWK 9.5 2005
9 MIKE KUDLA 9.5 2005

2014 LEADERS
Joey Bosa.............13.5
Darron Lee............7.5
Michael Bennett....7.0

Darron Lee had 7.5 sacks in 2014.

Darron Lee had 7.5 sacks in 2014.

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