{"id":786721,"date":"2026-03-02T13:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T13:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/786721\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T13:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T13:42:18","slug":"former-ohio-state-teammates-have-high-praise-for-detroit-lions-dl-tyleik-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/786721\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Ohio State teammates have high praise for Detroit Lions DL Tyleik Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Lions selected defensive lineman <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitlions.com\/team\/players-roster\/tyleik-williams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tyleik Williams<\/a> with the 28th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. Now, his primary reserve during the Ohio State Buckeyes&#8217; 2024 national championship run is projected to be a first-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Kayden McDonald emerged as one of the leading forces along Ohio State&#8217;s defensive front following Williams&#8217; departure. In his third year, McDonald recorded 65 tackles, 9.0 tackles for loss, three sacks and two forced fumbles.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during prospect availability at the 2026 NFL Combine, McDonald praised Williams&#8217; personal impact and leadership.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Off the field, having a guy you can talk to,&#8221; McDonald said of his time shared with Williams. &#8220;A guy that holds you accountable and holds his own teammates accountable, comes to work every day and really taking advantage of the opportunity being at Ohio State.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Lions selected defensive lineman Tyleik Williams with the 28th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[146,113,2506,7,416,147,6,1491],"class_list":["post-786721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-detroit-lions","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-lions","tag-detroitlions","tag-football","tag-homepage-centerpiece-package","tag-lions","tag-nfl","tag-tyleik-williams"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116159875858783300","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786721","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=786721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}