- Name
- Tyler Friday
- Nationality
- United States
- Position
- DE
- Height
- 6'3"
- Weight
- 255
- Hometown
- Ramsey, NJ
- High School
- Don Bosco Prep
- Past Teams
- Ohio State
- Seasons
- 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Major: Communications (2021), Undeclared (2019-20)
Weight: 260 (2021), 265 (2020), 260 (2019), 255 (2018)
2021 Media Guide: He is a veteran of 26 games with the Buckeyes and five starting assignments … has recorded 18 career tackles, 4.0 tackles-for-loss, three quarterback sacks and a fumble recovery.
2020: Could not get completely healthy during the 2020 season, but still managed to play in five of the team’s eight games and start the opener against Nebraska and did play in the CFP championship game against Alabama.
2020 Media Guide: Is exploring majors in the management and industry area.
2019: Was a key member of a deep and talented group of defensive ends … appeared in 11 of 14 games and started four times (vs. Cincinnati, Miami, Rutgers and Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship Game) … named a “champion” by the Ohio State coaches after playing 26 snaps in a 56-21 win at Rutgers … season-high three tackles, two tackles-for-loss and one sack vs. Indiana … registered a sack in the College Football Playoff Semifinal vs. Clemson at the Fiesta Bowl.
2019 Media Guide: Tyler Friday played in 10 games as a true freshman in 2018 and earned his first Varsity O letter … had a high of 25 snaps on defense in the Tulane game … was credited with three tackles on the season, including his first quarterback sack, for minus-1 yard, in the win over Tulane … Tyler is an OSU Scholar-Athlete who is exploring majors in the management and industry area.
2018 Media Guide: Tyler Friday was rated as a four-star prospect by every major recruiting service and one of five who signed NLI’s with Ohio State in the February signing period … a Top 100 prospect and rated as high as No. 68 by Rivals … the nation’s No. 4 strong side defensive end by Rivals and No. 6 defensive tackle according to 247Sports.com … selected to the Prepstar Dream Team as the No. 55
prospect.
High School: Selected as one of 50 Seniors to Watch by NorthJersey.com … a two-way lineman for head coach Mike Teel at Don Bosco Prep, one of the traditional powers in New Jersey … projects as a defensive end … tallied 25 tackles for loss and four sacks during his senior season while playing both inside and outside for the Ironmen.
Personal: Is the son of Evey and Sam Friday … has a brother, Sammy, who plays basketball at Siena College.
Defensive Stats
Season | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Asst | TFL | TFL Yds | Sacks | Sack Yds | FF | FR | Int | Int Yds | PBU | Blk | Def TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Ohio State | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 6 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | Ohio State | 11 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3.0 | 14 | 2.0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | Ohio State | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | - | 26 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |