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THIRD-YEAR OUTLOOK
With Chase Young gone from Ohio State, the Buckeyes will be counting on a multitude of defensive ends to step up and make up for his departed production, and Friday shouldn’t be forgotten in that equation.

Jonathon Cooper is in line to start at one defensive end spot after missing all of last season with an ankle injury, while Smith and Harrison – who are more explosive athletes with higher upside as outside pass-rushers – are widely regarded as the top candidates to start opposite him. But Friday’s role as a regular in the defensive end rotation isn’t going anywhere, and it certainly has the potential to increase, as it’s unlikely any defensive end will be relied upon to play the same amount of snaps that Young was in 2019.

Friday said last year that he was nicknamed “Baby Tyquan” because of his similarities to former Ohio State defensive end Tyquan Lewis, and if Friday can become even close to the kind of player that Lewis was in his junior and senior seasons for the Buckeyes – Lewis earned first-team All-Big Ten honors in both seasons – he’ll surely see no shortage of playing time.

In addition to a spot in the two-deep as a defensive end in the base defense, Friday also offers the size and strength to also kick inside and play defensive tackle as a situational pass-rusher. At 6-foot-3 and 265 pounds, he could offer significant value in that role if the Buckeyes go back to using a “Rushmen” package.

Despite an unconventional offseason in which the Buckeyes have had just one week of actual football practices so far, Friday looked to be in as good of shape as he’s ever been in a photo posted by the Ohio State football team’s official Twitter account on Saturday.

Friday doesn’t necessarily project to be a superstar like Young was, but with DaVon Hamilton, Jashon Cornell and Robert Landers also gone from last season, the Buckeyes need some role players on the defensive line to step up and become more impactful playmakers, and Friday is one of the players Johnson – who said he believes Friday, along with Smith and Jean-Baptiste, “all have a chance to be really special players” – will be most counting on to do that.
 
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AFTER MISSING 2021 SEASON WITH TORN ACL, TYLER FRIDAY LOOKING TO TURN LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE SIDELINES INTO BIG 2022 SEASON

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Tyler Friday thought the 2021 season would be his final season at Ohio State. Instead, his 2021 season ended before preseason camp even began.

About two weeks before camp started last summer, Friday was running through some bag drills at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center with some of his fellow Ohio State defensive linemen when his cleat got stuck in the turf and his leg gave out. Immediately, Friday felt a pain in his right knee that was different from any pain he had ever felt before, but he didn’t realize quite how serious the injury was until after he got home.

“I was able to drive home and all that. But once I sat on that couch, watched some TV for about an hour, I couldn't get back up,” Friday said last week. “I was trying to push off this right leg, and I was like, ‘Oh no, that’s painful.’ And then I looked at my knee, and they say when it swells up that fast, that's usually an indication that something's wrong.”

Friday was devastated when he received the diagnosis of a torn ACL.

“It was hard, man,” Friday said. “Going into your senior year, everybody thinks ‘That’s it, one more year and I'm out.’ And then two weeks before fall camp, on a non-contact injury, we didn't have pads on when this happened, so that's the last thing on your mind is getting hurt like that. And then when it happened, man, it just broke my heart. Broke my heart.”



“Right now I feel the best I've ever felt,” Friday said. “I feel like I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.”

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...sons-learned-from-the-sidelines-into-big-2022
 
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