Press Conference (Tyliek Williams) Elite Edition Mar 11

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2:04running, you know, almost a second man up behind you and Ty. What have you seen from him? Well, as a workhorse, he's going to stay quiet, he's going to work hard, and that's all I love about him. He focuses, he don't really talk much, he's going to get a job done, do a job right, rarely has any mistakes. What would be a successful season? A national championship? Ring, win, all the games, we don't want to lose anything. We got a mindset that we can't be beat, and we just got to go show it. That mindset is different. It seems like you guys expect a national championship every year, this year even more so, you guys have all come back for this. You guys have all decided, like enough is enough. Does that feel the difference? Or is there not really any difference? It's just the same work. It's definitely a difference. Everyone working harder. We noticed our last run, like most of us don't have any years after this, so we got to go bigger going home and we're not trying to go home. Finish big. We know what you guys think of Michigan, but when you look at what they did, they won the

3:05national championship, and you guys took them down to the final minute, right? You were right there. Something goes a little different. You guys could have won that game against them. Does that tell you anything about like that, hey, you guys want to win a national championship, but you played to the 59th minute with the team that won the national championship last year, like you're that close. That's what I'm saying. We just work harder. That kind of coach makes a saying, you know, nobody cares, just work harder. When we played Georgia, it's the same thing. Last play, they went on the win in 90s, so we just got to get over that hump at the end of the season. I think we'll be fine. How frustrating is that? You're that close against the last two national titles? Of course it is frustrating, but you can't change the outcome. You can't really dwell on it. You just got to come back and work harder. Do things better than you did last year, and hopefully the outcome will change. Is that as you get older, you kind of learn. I thought I was working hard, and then you always find out there's a little more than you could have been doing.

4:06Yeah, definitely. I mean, that's how that's what growing up is basically in college. I thought freshman year I was working as hard as I could, but now I look back at it. I really wasn't working hard at all, compared to what I'm doing now. So just to learn anything. What do you need it to be to be your best? It is at 75. 80, 85? I mean, it's all on me. I think it's a little higher. I was just trying to be funny, but I mean, it's all on me. I just got to run harder in shape. It's been a thing, yeah. The idea of potential is 15 or 17 or 17 or 17. What's the side of that idea that makes you nervous about can you last that long? Where are you? I think I'll go that way. I think I definitely can last. I was just, you know, we got to get the young guys that come along with us. We can't play 50 snaps again. That's just too much on our bodies. Just everybody. It's like, O-line D-line. We got to get those younger guys to play.

5:07You know, get that pieces on the D-line and O-line and everywhere else. So we can last that long around. Speaking of it, how do you like playing that many snaps again last year? I don't know if any of us were really expected to be playing that many snaps. Yeah, I did. Unless we were like winning by a lot. I thought, like, there are no moments you know, I can go sit down or something. But we're not playing them big games like, you know, Notre Dame, too, or North, those kind of games. Of course, I want to be, because I know I can contribute. And I won't want to put that on anyone else when I know I need to job them. What stands out about Kaden McDonald is he got the key. You guys in a second here. Oh, yeah, definitely. K-Mac is a K-Mac's animal. Y'all, you haven't really seen it yet, but in practice, he shows all the time. He's just, he's grown right now. He has to work, I think. He just has to get, you know, in the playbook and things like that. You guys are about the exact same size. Listen. You're both listening to 6-3. You're 3-27. He's 3-26. Yeah, I kind of look at him like my junior. But, you know, K-Mac, he's going to be a great player.

6:07He's just got to develop more in getting the playbook. So really a lot on you, older guys. There's that large group of young guys, and then there's the seniors in the back. Is that part of your task for this year to bring those guys along as well? Yeah, definitely. We've got to be leaders. Like I said, we've got to have them play this year. We can't just play all the snaps. They've got to get in there and get some work. And we've got to get them right, learn all season. So they can play. And not just play. They want to like contribute, like, make plays, tackle, and sex. It seems like these guys get bigger. Each one of the freshmen class is looking bigger and bigger. Do those guys kind of while you want to solve the first? Yeah, they're definitely some big dudes. And they all work hard. I haven't really seen much of some of the day, too, when I'm passing on. But throughout the workouts, they've been working hard. You know, they're determined. I just say that. And it looks like they're ready to work with me. How important is those? It feels like there's a lot of great defenses that you have big, athletic defensive tactics

7:08who can eat up space, but also move, you know, right? That is that. Does that have an environment maybe from a great defense? To have guys like you that have some balls, but also have great feet? I think that is definitely. I think if you look at the last couple of national champions and winners, like Team up North, they got two good detacles, two athletic detacles. Look at Georgia, two athletic detacles. I think that's definitely neat if you want to go on that big run and beat those big teams. If you think about this, they won't define by the defense. It's like, what's Georgia? It's Jordan Davis and Daniel Carter. Let's miss you again. It's Chris Jenkins. Couple more questions for you guys. How? I mean, you understand because you play it. But I feel like some time, I don't know, are people realizing how important defense tackles are? A little bit more than they used to? I think so. I think they're starting to develop more and more of these like freakish detacles. Yeah. Like in the combine, just now, you see in like those guys, they're moving four to four, seven, eights and things like that.

8:10So we'll see. And when you think about this freakish attack defense attack, how do you think you fit into that mold of that kind of player? You watch that and say, yeah, that's me. Definitely. I think I'm top notch when it comes to detacles, but I don't want to, you know, get a big head. But, you know, watch it come on. I watch it do the drills. I have tapes here. You're like, you're looking like my film. Yeah. So I think I'm up there with all those things. Do you become like an artist who comes to batting down passes the figure wags and your things? When you're going to spring practice, you're not doing as much a 11 or 11. How do you work on that? Do you have like a goal in mind? I don't remember. I don't remember how much you had last trip. Like, you have a goal in mind. How many do you want to have? I mean, as many as I can have, I think I have more than that. But I think it counts. He said it. I think it counts some of them. And it's some of them where I like just missed it. So, but I think we work on drills matching the hand. I think that's, uh, goes big. And, uh, what we do is a D line, you know, just affecting the quarter bag is, anyway, you can.

9:11It's just great for the defense. You know, just that little thing you cover in his eye, you know, he might throw it. A little bit to the left to our players. So, so it's something that you really, really have to work on. It's really, that's one of the things that you've maybe worked on the most during your time here, because there are a few guys that I've seen. Like, oh, that pastor takes it out. We don't have to ask. We kind of, kind of, kind of expect it. I think I just have like a, like, an eye for the ball, kind of. I kind of just look at the quarterback and just, I see him like, load up. I just try to get in his way. And sometimes he just throws it to me. I don't know. I'm irritated if you want to be a high state quarterback. You're not in your back, dumbasses. I mean, they get frustrated by, you know, we're a team, you know, we're just getting better. I should lot of, lot of different backs, man, and just learn to grow for them. You got to pick your top three backs, you got to go right now. One, two, three. I don't really have a top three, but I'll give you, I'll give you one. I would say, say, Juan Gibbs and, I like McCaffrey.

10:17Auto, he was injured this year. I like McCaffrey. Who's the best back in this drive? Best back in this drive. I lead out of the yard. That's y'all, that's y'all decision. Playing well with Howard. What I'm going to remember most. We're a Howard, man. He's just such a great lead, such a great leader, man. It's just like, in moments where, you know, usually a lot of players they fold, man. He was just always calm and relaxed, man. And he, just the leader that he was, man. That's one thing I'm going to remember about him. Yeah, he's shoot. He's going to be really good, man. He's on Coach Lock. I think he got the transfer in as well from West Virginia. Just that one, two punch with them both as well. They're going to be really good backs. And so James Peoples, man, he's smart. The way that he goes about his business, man. He's mature. And so, man. He's growing, you know, just as a person and as a player. And so, man. Yeah. Definitely Ohio State. You know, that running back room is in great hands.

11:24Yeah. Coach Hardline, man. He's full of energy, man. And he's creative as well. You know, I'm just learning from him as well. You know, I'm trying to run more outside the backfield. It was being able to learn from Coach Hardline. And so, he's definitely creative at what he does. And he brings a lot of energy to the team as well. And so, I think they'll do really good. Just the intensity, man. And the intensity of the playoffs, every game. And it's like the intensity got, you know, higher and higher. And so, you know, being able, I know in the lead. It's the same thing. Even if it's not the playoffs, just every game. And the intensity keeps getting higher and higher. So, yeah, you just, I know you got to bring it. You know, each and every day and come in and work. Just like Ohio State. You know, I definitely feel like Ohio State. They definitely do a good job of preparing us for that. You know, I just remember, even before going through this process, I'll talk to a lot of players before then. And they told me a lot of just about how much Ohio State prepared them. You know, for the NFL. And so, yeah.

12:31Yeah. I know I took a couple of days off after the National Championship. And then, shoot, right after that, I'm writing sample Florida. And I'm right to it. And so, yeah, I think while I trained, I trained at your birth performance. I think it's called the House of Athlete or the Compound now. They did a good job, man. They're just bringing us in. And the way they went about training us, man. They did a really good job. The Bucking Nears. No, I haven't. Tampa, Tampa nice. It's a nice city, man. Really nice. The 40, the broad and the vert. Yeah. Yeah. No, man. It's really all about technique. And then it's about mindset as well. And so, I say, you know, it's for the love of my brother. It's for the love of Wil Howard.

13:31It's for the love of the receivers who I got on the perimeter. Just making sure, you know, first of all, my quarterback doesn't get sacked. And I tell Wil, I think it was before the first game. I was like, I got your brother. It's like, I said, man, I'm not going to let you get hit, you know. And so, I don't know if I gave up a sack. I'm not sure that. But I know if I did, I haven't given up too many. And so, man, it's for the love of my brothers, though, man. Making sure the ball get in their hands. You know, the guys on the outside. And making sure they get fit. It's tax season. And by now, I know we're all a bit tired of numbers. But here's an important one you need to hear. $16 billion. That's how much money and refunds the IRS flagged for possible identity fraud. Here's another one. One in four honest, hardworking tax-paying Americans has been a victim of identity theft. But it's not all grim news. Liflock monitors millions of data points per second for your personal information and alerts you to threats you could easily miss on your own.

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16:33And each year we get bigger and better, and our army grows. So the number will hopefully keep getting bigger and bigger as time goes on. Awesome. So how does someone get in contact with Morgan and Morgan? What would I do if I got into an accident? Probably the easiest way is dialing pound law. It's pound 529 from your cell phone. We are always open. Our call center is always waiting to take your call. 24-7365. Wow, Dan Morgan. From Morgan and Morgan, America's largest injury law firm. Thanks for coming by the show. Thanks for having me. Visit forthepeople.com for an office near you. In my game, you can't really work on this. You know, in all season, I feel like it's more so, you know, you got to put the pads on. You got to go through some inside run, you know, maybe. It's really just continuing to run through tackles. And so that's, I feel like that's one of the areas in my game. You know, I want to continue to get better at it. I feel like I did a good job of that in my senior year. And so I just want to continue to build on that. Yes, I did. Yes, I did.

17:36I did meet with New Orleans as well. I never got that comparison. Actually, I know Ivan Camera. Sure, yeah, man. Ivan Camera, great, great back, man. Just what he does, and those 101 matchups, he's dangerous, man. And he's so smooth. He's so smooth as well. I'm not going to lie. He's smooth. Yeah. Inside zone from stack, being able to hit that thing downhill. And I'll say the next one is probably just an option route out of the backfield. You know, a man and man coverage. You're getting on that line backer. And so Yeah, I say to man, the biggest thing is the way that he carries himself, man. And the way that man, he approaches the game. He comes in with the mindset, you know, he's going to work every single week.

18:37You know, every practice, you know, he's working hard. You know, even shooting. I don't know. Every game was a good game for him, man. But still, man, he always has the mentality to mindset that, you know, he's going to come in each and every day. He's going to continue to work and get better, man. And so he's definitely, man. He's going to be a special player, man. He really is. How do you reflect on your last game in the air, when we were on Star Kid, your three-year-old, some injuries? I know his master's injury, and when he looked back on him, what do you stand for? Man, a lot of ups and downs, man. It's just how you respond to adversity. And I feel like that's something that God has definitely helped me to do better. It's just, I'm not having something to lean on now. You know, I remember before I met him, you know, going through those adversity. I had none to run to. You know, you can run to people, but they still can't. It's not too much. They can't truly help you. You know, I feel like, you know, I feel like the only person that can truly help you is your relationship with Jesus Christ. And so being able to lean on him, you know, he gives you, in those moments where it's tough, you know, where it's slow.

19:37And when you're behind the scenes and you're going through things that people don't know about, he gives you that peace and comfort, you know, even in those moments, man, where it's so hard that you can't explain. It's like, man, I'm going through this, but like, how am I still filled with this internal joy? You know, how do I have so much peace in this situation? And so that's something that only Jesus Christ can give you. And so... You know, for the back of the firm, you need to power and judge on this spiritual effect. Which aspect of each of those other individuals you want to come from being around power? Um... Man, those guys have such a great mentality, man. I just really love their mentality, especially Q as well. And I talked about Will Howard, his leadership, but Quinsha, I'm mentality, man, um... That boy just... Yeah, that boy just gifted, you know. You see, you know, sometimes he put in a situation where he looked like, you know, he should have a negative five yards. And then as soon as you know it, you know, he, they're running through somebody, still farming somebody,

20:38and she would just gain a 10. And so... You some of the things that he does, he just realizes two different things. Yeah. Um... Shoot, I think... Yeah, man. I think it's just like... He's just gifted, man, too, beyond it. He's just gifted. You know, he's a big back. You know, he's strong. And so, um... You know, he's able to do those things. And so, um... Yeah, man, it's definitely... You know, I look at his game, and I want to... You know, at the same time, I want to learn from Quinsha. You know, I want to look at his game. It's like, man, where... Where can I get better at as well? You know, that's the type of player I am. I'm always looking to get better, man. I'm always looking to grow as a player. Julian Sand. Oh, yeah, he's going to be a great... He's going to be a great quarterback, man. He's so... So accurate. And so, um... He's definitely, man. I know Coach Day is definitely going to get him right. Just, you know, um... Continuing to grow as a leader, continuing to grow as a player. And so, he's going... He's going to be really good for a high state. Thank you so much. You're welcome. You're welcome. Sorry. Uh... He's... I know just the quarterback position. Um... I feel like, you know, the quarterbacks in the past, they've...

21:38They've definitely been vocal. And so, I feel like that's something that they're definitely going to, um... Ask Julian Sand as well. It's to be that vocal leader, and lead the... Um... And lead the offense, and lead the steam. Thanks, guys. Thanks, guys. Shoot. Man, he has... He has a build like JK Dobbins. And, um... I kind of see them, you know, similarities in their game as well. And I know JK Dobbins, he was a great running back. Um... I feel like he's not talked about his none. Um... A lot, but man. His career here, you watch his highlights, is great. I remember, um... Before I recruit... Before I commit it here, I remember watching JK Dobbins highlights like every... Every, um... One of his years here, like, four or five times. And so, man, he was such a great back. And, um... I feel like, you know, um... When I see JK Dobbins, when I see, um... James people, I see similarities to both of their games. I feel like they play the same. And so... Appreciate you all. Yeah, I'll be going. You get back. This...

24:15You get back. Yeah, I know. You get back. You get back. Yeah, I know. I know. Yeah, I know. I know. Yeah, I know. Yeah... I know. I know. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You get back. Yeah, you get back. Yeah, you get back. Yeah. Oh, I got coming in. Last shot, I knew it all, so I just... It's a tacky everyday. Really the same way. Thanks for taking the Van-Zary rep. physically how different are you weight wise body wise on that from the year I think I got a lot bigger I'm like 240 I'm like 244 right now last year I played it like 236 to 37 what does it feel like a 244 or a belt you feel like a almost a different machine out there yeah what does it what does it feel like be run around out there like you are but with more more bands I just feel like I'm like like like more downhill like stronger like I'm taking all blocks better it's bigger is it don't think maybe that's not the correct

25:16term but to think you're going to be playing much more than you did even last year and you played quite a bit last year and stuff what do you have to get straight in your head about being on the field that much more this is gotta get ready to just play 30 more snaps so but are you are you how would you describe how much you're looking forward to it from an age standpoint yeah I'm looking forward to it I'm ready for it my I'm ready for it it's a rematch but it's not really two different teams compared to one time y'all played stuff how's that enhanced this camp for you and this team getting ready for the where an opener of that magnitude yeah with an opener like that we've been we've been emphasizing it a lot we know we got coming so we know we got to do we prepare for it I think Riley ready to play right now he he advanced freshman like he ended he in the book he stood in like he advanced and his measurements is crazy like he saw like the saw line to say you're ready what

26:17was that process like during last season could you feel yourself becoming more and more ready yeah cuz that's pretty much what my role was just whenever I was needed I had to step up so I feel like that's what built me into me being able to say I'm ready for this year when you say ready is it more a physical thing is it a mental thing when I say ready I think it's pretty much like everything physically mentally mostly I think I'm there a different is that feeling this year I feel like it's a it's a way bigger responsibility with me having to step up this year but I kind of go about it the same way like last year I was attention over everything I did I feel like this year it's gonna be the same thing it's probably a little bit more

27:22it won't work I say describe like now I say like when you think of me you think of like a like a bully like a silver bullet I don't really a bullet I'm always on the ball that's how I like to play a thing no I ain't ain't got to be my nickname but I'm saying that the big thing oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah it's like um think it fit me cuz I don't know I just like the defense I feel like we got like you said we got a lot of freedom and we're moving around a lot a lot of times is like no I don't know I don't really not answer that I don't even know if I say that cuz there's a lot of thinking going on but it's like I just

28:25like it's different I like I'm pretty different I like what you got going on uh now I want to much sad I was kind of like happy fun yeah that's what you want all right no that's my dog I'm gonna say yeah kind of missing a little bit but yeah I'm happy fun though thank you go ahead one last quick coach days talked a lot about the guys who played some last year but maybe weren't the starters and the hunger for that wasn't maybe your national championship you guys will win your own yeah how much do you feel that as a guy who certainly contributed last year but will be in this bigger role and along with some of your your classmates yeah I do feel like um yeah I do feel like I did win the national championship but like you said my role wasn't same as how's gonna be this year so yeah I definitely want to want to go get another one experienced that like feeling maybe on the field a lot more place it's great oh Bill thank you very much it's tax season and by now we're all a bit tired of numbers but here's an important one you

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