{"id":242848,"date":"2025-07-28T13:58:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T13:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/242848\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T13:58:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T13:58:10","slug":"michigan-edge-tj-guy-ready-to-show-the-world-who-he-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/242848\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan EDGE TJ Guy ready to ‘show the world’ who he is"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAS VEGAS \u2014\u00a0Graduate EDGE TJ Guy<\/a> joined the Michigan Wolverines football<\/a> program in summer 2021, but didn\u2019t play much of a role until the 2024 season. That\u2019s not because the former four-star recruit out of Mansfield<\/a> (Mass.) High doesn\u2019t have talent, but instead it\u2019s due to being in a highly competitive position group that featured all sorts of NFL talent.<\/p>\n

Throughout his time at Michigan, Guy backed up five NFL Draft picks, in addition to other talented players: Aidan Hutchinson<\/a> (No. 2 overall in 2022), David Ojabo<\/a> (No. 45 in 2022), Mike Morris<\/a> (No. 151 in 2023), Jaylen Harrell<\/a> (No. 252 in 2024) and Josaiah Stewart<\/a> (No. 90 in 2025).<\/p>\n

Now, it\u2019s the 6-foot-4, 250-pound Brockton, Mass., native\u2019s time to shine as a full-time starter, after receiving valuable experience and confidence last season. <\/p>\n

\u201cTJ is one of those guys who I feel like if you\u2019re a younger guy, I will for point you in his direction like, \u2018Look at him,’\u201d said senior EDGE Derrick Moore<\/a>, a returning starter. \u201cTJ\u2019s been here five years. He\u2019s a fifth-year grad. He\u2019s patiently waited his time. He has a lot of maturity.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, he knows his worth, and I think he\u2019s just ready to show the world who TJ Guy is.<\/p>\n

In 2024, Guy started to put that on display. He totaled 29 tackles, including 7 for loss, and ranked second on the team with 5.5 sacks. He checked in fifth on an elite defense with 25 pressures and laid 4 hits on the quarterback.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorking out with him, working with him and talking with him, I learn a lot from him, as well,\u201d Moore continued. \u201cI just feel like he\u2019s ready. That\u2019s all I can really say. He\u2019s ready, and he\u2019s definitely gonna show the Big Ten and also college football who he is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guy has proven he can be a game-changer, showing out with monster performances in multiple big outings. Guy posted sacks in four clashes, with 1.5 against Washington and 2 versus Indiana.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t even say Indiana,\u201d Moore said of Guy\u2019s best game for Michigan last season. \u201cI would really say Washington. I feel like Washington was the game where everything just popped. The Minnesota game, Josaiah got hurt, and he stepped up and played a lead role in that defense that game. And then I ended up getting hurt, and he came out at Washington and just went crazy and dominated the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

The trust level has been there with Guy for some time.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne thing about TJ is he knows the defense so well, so we could put him pretty much everywhere,\u201d Moore stated. \u201cWe could put him at safety or linebacker, put him at corner or D-tackle, and he\u2019s gonna go out there and he\u2019s gonna play and perform.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOne thing I like about TJ is he just loves football. He loves the game, and he loves to study the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m proud to play across from him, and I\u2019m ready to dominate every game with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michigan plans to rotate four EDGEs \u2014\u00a0Moore, Guy, junior Cameron Brandt<\/a> and sophomore Dominic Nichols<\/a> \u2014\u00a0this fall. Brandt was in the rotation a season ago, while Nichols had an impressive freshman year behind the scenes and played a key role in the bowl game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m pretty excited for those two going into this year,\u201d Moore said of Brandt and Nichols. \u201cWith our defense, also our defensive line with [Michigan position] Coach [Lou] Espo[sito<\/a>], he likes to rotate us a lot, so I\u2019m really excited for those guys to come out and be in this rotation and step up to be some of those leaders in their class.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like they work hard for it, they grind hard for it. They keep their heads down, and they\u2019ve been sponges since they\u2019ve gotten to Michigan, learning from a lot of guys like myself and guys from the past.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose boys are just hungry and ready to play.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS \u2014\u00a0Graduate EDGE TJ Guy joined the Michigan Wolverines football program in summer 2021, but didn\u2019t play…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,49,48,48914],"class_list":{"0":"post-242848","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-tj-guy-21-mansfield"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114931217481316271","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}