Tyler Friday thought the 2021 season would be his final season at Ohio State. Instead, his 2021 season ended before preseason camp even began.
About two weeks before camp started last summer, Friday was running through some bag drills at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center with some of his fellow Ohio State defensive linemen when his cleat got stuck in the turf and his leg gave out. Immediately, Friday felt a pain in his right knee that was different from any pain he had ever felt before, but he didn’t realize quite how serious the injury was until after he got home.