Buckeyes’ Williams set to return vs

• Adam Rittenberg, ESPN

  Elder WriterNov 12, 2024, 01:21 PM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University.The protective line for

No. 2 Ohio State will once again be intact as deal with Tyleik Williams is set to return for Saturday’s game against Northwestern at Chicago’s Wrigley Field.Coach Ryan Day said Tuesday that Williams will play this week. The second-team All-Big 10 choice in 2023 left the Buckeyes’triumph versus Penn State on Nov. 2 in the fourth quarter with an ankle injury.Editor’s Picks 1 Associated Williams was offered recently against Purdue and might have played, Day stated, but did not see the field in Ohio State’s 45-0 win.The 6-foot-3, 327-pound tackle has 2.5 sacks

and four takes on for loss in 6 games this season. He missed contests against Marshall and Michigan State with an unspecified injury. He has 112 profession tackles, including 23 for loss and 11.5 sacks, along with 9 pass breakups.ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. rates Williams as the No. 6 defensive take on possibility for the 2025 NFL draft.