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James Laurinaitis

School: Ohio State
Position: LB

Career Defense: 9 Int, 72 Yds, 0 TD

Consensus All-America: 2006, 2007 and 2008

Defense & Fumbles

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 ▪ Statistics complete back to 2000
Tackles Def Int Fumbles
Year School Conf Class Pos Solo Ast Tot Loss Sk Int Yds Avg TD PD FR Yds TD FF
2005 Ohio State Big Ten FR LB 3 6 9 0.5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 Ohio State Big Ten SO LB 53 62 115 8.5 4.0 5 56 11.2 0 7 0 0 0 3
2007 Ohio State Big Ten JR LB 51 70 121 8.5 5.0 2 16 8.0 0 3 0 0 0 0
2008 Ohio State Big Ten SR LB 52 78 130 7.0 4.0 2 0 0.0 0 6 0 0 0 1
Career Ohio State 159 216 375 24.5 13.0 9 72 8.0 0 16 0 0 0 4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Career leaders since 2000 ▪ Tackles, passes defended, and forced fumbles since 2005

Awards and Honors

2006 Bronko Nagurski Award
2006 Consensus All-America
2007 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year
2007 Consensus All-America
2007 Dick Butkus Award
2008 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year
2008 Consensus All-America
2008 Ronnie Lott Trophy

Solo Tackles

Career Big Ten* 159 (10th)

Assisted Tackles

2006 Big Ten 62 (3rd)
2007 Big Ten 70 (5th)
2008 NCAA 78 (3rd)
2008 Big Ten 78 (1st)
Career NCAA* 216 (14th)
Career Big Ten* 216 (2nd)

Total Tackles

2006 Big Ten 115 (4th)
2007 Big Ten 121 (6th)
2008 Big Ten 130 (2nd)
Career Big Ten* 375 (2nd)

Interceptions

2006 Big Ten 5 (2nd)
Career Big Ten* 9 (14th)

Fumbles Forced

2006 Big Ten 3 (6th)