#91

Tyleik Williams

Former defensive tackle at Ohio State. 2024: 2.5 sacks, 8 tackles for loss, 46 tackles.

DT · Ohio State · Sr. · #91

6′3″ · 327 lb · Manassas, VA

CFB Index 74 · #50 of 285 interior linemenLow confidenceAll-ConferenceDetroit — drafted 2025, Rd 1, Pick 28, #28 overall

Recruiting

4★

OLB recruit

No. 166 nationally · Signed with Ohio State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive tackle at Ohio State. 2024: 2.5 sacks, 8 tackles for loss, 46 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Ohio State in 2020.
Drafted round 1 by the Detroit in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Ohio State, 137 tackles — drafted at #28 overall by Detroit.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

2020

Signed with Ohio State4-star out of St. John Bosco

202313 games

All-Big Tensecond

202413 games

All-Big Tenthird

2025

Drafted by Detroitround 1, pick 28

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#166 national

CFB

College

Ohio State

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #28

Detroit · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-BIG TEN

All-Big Ten mention (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Ryan Day

Ohio State

Played his entire career under Ryan Day.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DetroitEntering 2nd NFL season

#28Rd 1 · Pick 28

DetroitEntering 2nd NFL season

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2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Ryan Day — 47-8 over that span.

2021Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced

2023Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced

2024Ohio State14-2HC: Ryan Day · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

74Quality starter #50 of 285?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (92nd percentile). Strength: sacks (84th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#218 / 2892 · 92nd pct

8.0

Sacks#412 / 2892 · 84th pct

2.5

Tackles#713 / 2892 · 75th pct

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Solo tackles#1346 / 2892 · 52nd pct

Passes defended#1155 / 2892 · 49th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.0	0.9	0.4	0.0
Road6g	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.8	0.6	0.2	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	3.2	0.7	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Day

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

74 · #50 of 285 interior linemen

Former four-star. Now #50 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Ohio State	46	16	8.0	2.5	1	--	--
2023	Ohio State	54	20	10.0	3.0	5	--	--
2022	Ohio State	21	10	2.5	1.0	1	--	--
2021	Ohio State	16	10	6.5	5.0	2	--	--
Career		137	56	27.0	11.5	9	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2024

W 41–21

at Oregon

3 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 TFL

With W. Howard — 319 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.7 · -3 rush yds (5 car) · J. McGuire — 40 AVG · 47 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 52-6vs Akron	7	2	1.5	1.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 2	W 56-0vs Western Michigan	2	0	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 6	W 35-7vs Iowa	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 31-32@ Oregon	5	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 21-17vs Nebraska	4	3	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 20-13@ Penn State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 31-7@ Northwestern	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 38-15vs Indiana	3	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 10-13vs Michigan	7	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 42-17vs Tennessee	3	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 41-21@ Oregon	3	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 28-14@ Texas	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Bowl	W 34-23@ Notre Dame	4	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Total		46	16	8.0	2.5	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology