Pronunciation: TWO-ee-mow-low-ow
Weight: 269 (2024), 271 (2023), 270 (2022), 277 (2021)

2024 Media Guide: Tuimoloau enters the 2024 season with 83 career tackles including a team-leading 22.0 tackles-for-losses totaling 115 yards, 11.0 sacks, 11 quarterback hurries, five pass break-ups, two fumble recoveries and a forced fumble.

2023: J.T. had an All-America season in 2023 when he totaled 38 tackles and 7.0 tackles-for-loss, including 5.0 quarterback sacks … earned first-team all-Big Ten Conference honors (coaches and media polls) for the second consecutive year … he tied his career-high with six tackles at Notre Dame and then set a new career standard with seven tackles vs. Rutgers.

2023 Media Guide: JT is one of the top defensive ends in all of college football and he will be a candidate for major national honors in 2023 … enters the 2023 season with 45 career tackles including 15.0 tackles-for-losses totaling 69 yards, 6.0 sacks and five quarterback hurries and pass break-ups, respectively.

2022: He was named first-team all-Big Ten Conference last year after a 28-tackle season that included 10.5 TFLs totaling 39 yards and 3.5 sacks … 2022 stats also included two interceptions, including a pick-6, four PBUs, four QB hurries, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery … had one of the great defensive performances ever by a defensive lineman in the Buckeyes’ 44-31 win at Penn State with career-high six tackles, three TFLs, including two sacks, two interceptions, one PBU, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery … in all, he helped force four takeaways vs. Penn State which directly led to 21 Ohio State points … he was named the Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week, the Bednarik Award Player of the Week and the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts … also had two TFLs and four total tackles vs. Michigan.

2021: He played in all 13 games as a true freshman in 2021 … his 339 plays were second-most among all true freshmen defenders and fourth among all freshmen on the team … contributed 17 total tackles, including 4.5 tackles-for-losses totaling 30 yards … had quarterback sacks vs. in consecutive games vs. Maryland, Indiana and Penn State … his high game of three tackles came in the Rose Bowl vs. Utah.

2021 Media Guide: Made his commitment to Ohio State on July 4, 2021, becoming the final member of the 2021 recruiting class … is the highest-rated defensive prospect to sign with Ohio State in the modern recruiting era (2000-present) … the nation’s No. 1-rated overall prospect according to 247Sports.com … his commitment gave the Buckeyes five of the nation’s top-10 ranked players in the 2021 signing class … named the 2021 Polynesian High School Football Player of the Year.

High School: Led Eastside Catholic to a pair of 3A state titles in his career (2018 and 2019) … named the SBLive Washington Player of the Year despite a shortened high school season that occurred in the spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic … as a junior in 2019, he led Eastside Catholic in tackles (64) and sacks (11) … was a 2020 All-American Bowl selection … selected as SBLive’s 3A Senior Athlete of the Year … four-year member of the Eastside Catholic basketball team with a career scoring average of 11.1 points per game … in a pandemic-shortened senior season, he averaged 18.0 points per game and eight rebounds while playing guard, forward and center.

Personal: Is the son of Ponce de Leon Faletoi and Alofa Tuimoloau.