2008 (Sophomore): rotating starter at defensive tackle … 15 tackles, 3.5 TFL for season … sack against Ohio … TFL in the Purdue win … pair of tackles at Michigan State and at Illinois … 10-yard sack against Michigan

2007 (Freshman): redshirt freshman who was a contributor along the defensive line … 16 tackles, 5.5 TFL for season … starter at Purdue … sack and three tackles against Michigan State … fumble recovery and TFL in the Wisconsin win … sack at Michigan … Attack Force award: Youngstown State, Kent State

2006 (Redshirt): OSU coaches made decision to redshirt him … spent the year gaining strength and knowledge of OSU’s system

High School: collected 88 tackles (57 solo), 17 tackles for loss (47 yards), five quarterback sacks, 13 QB pressures and three passes batted down as a senior … graded at 90% offensively with 18 pancakes … first-team 5A all-state and conference defensive player of the year … all-state as a junior when he had five quarterback sacks, 52 tackles (26 solos), 12 tackles for loss (56 yards), 10 QB pressures and one fumble recovery … graded at 87% with 17 pancakes as a junior … 160-15 career record as a heavyweight wrestler … state runner-up on the mat as a sophomore and junior before winning state as a senior and ending the season ranked the No. 1 in the nation … placed seventh in the state in the shot put as a junior and returned to the finals as a senior

Personal: Son of Jeff and Theresia Larimore … an accomplished ceramics artist, his work was selected to be shown in Washington, D.C., at a student artist exhibition during the 2009 NCAA Convention … 2007-08 Big Ten all-academic