As thick as Dontay Corleone of Cincinnati bearcates is on the defensive line, Balloon Transfering Taran Tyo is a slightly larger version of a human brick wall on the offensive line.
Even if UC secondary has experienced difficulties in Big 12, one of the departure security could be a former quarter-back in division I. Xavier Williams is one of the two players of the team with the same first name as the Jesuit institution on Victory Parkway. Both pronounce it in the way that makes the fans of musketeers cringe: “X-Avier”.
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Both are part of the new class of coach Scott Satterfield 15 transfers and 13 high school signatories. Here are their stories.
Taran Tyo is a transfer of 6 -inch offensive line player and 326 pounds of ball state. The native of Greenville, Ohio is now on the list of cincinnati bearcates.
Better late than never, Tyo is cincinnati bearcat
Taran Tyo played at Lycée de Versailles and is from Greenville, northeast of Dayton. During a previous diet, he came to the Nippert Stadium for a camp and the offensive line coach said he would be in contact with an offer.
If you know the term “ghost”, you know what happened. Tyo, now at 6 feet 4 inches and 326 pounds, went to Ball State where he was the third conference of the third All-Mid-American team last season. The cardinals were the passage team n ° 2 in the Mac and Tyo was part of their protection against the passes. In the past two seasons, he started 11 games on the right and 12 games on the right. This spring, he sometimes spent Captain Gavin Gerhardt in the center.
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“I thought I had performed well enough at the camp,” Tyo said about his past experience. “I come from a smaller high school. Few guys are recruited from there.”
Tyo was broken on the UC, but coach of the offensive line Nic Cardwell and head coach Satterfield brought him. Color him happy to be back in Nippert in uniform and he will be talked about in the trenches.
“I’m quite calm with guys or something else,” said Tyo. “I like to do a lot about my discussions on the field. I don’t really like talking to anyone. I like to talk about my game and be mean on the field.”
Cincinnati Bearcats Tyo’s offensive line has posted a force of “godfather”
Dontay Corleone is generally recognized as the strongest bearcat on the bench press, but Tyo squat numbers have raised the eyebrows of the Director of Palazeti football performance.
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“The bench is like 350 at the moment, I have reached 605 per four on squat (Estimated a Max facelift of 685.7), “Says tyo.” Dead Lift? I’m not sure. Probably nearly 6 (as in 600). “”
UC Setterfield coach talks Tyo
“It was a pleasant surprise,” said Satterfield. “He was able to play on guard and the center. He can play both at a high level and that gives us a lot of value in advance. Obviously, Gavin (Gerhardt) can play in the center, but I like to have another guy to slip there if we need it.”
Satterfield says Tyo has taken the offensive as if he had been at the UC in the past three seasons.
Do not eat lovers around the UC
“In the Mac, there are great football players,” said Tyo. “The matches are always matches in a score, especially during the maction at the end of the year. They are always difficult, they are always physical. The battle of which is more physical will be released in this game.”
The quarter of the Middle Tennessee, Xavier Williams (12) passes the ball during an exercise during the football training of the Middle Tennessee last August. Williams was finally moved safely by the Blue Raiders where he made 77 plated. Williams joined the cincinnati bearcates in the portal during the off -season.
The long way for Xavier (Williams) could pay for its fruit in UC
The team of the Lycée de Xavier Williams in the County of Colquitt, in Georgia, had an abridged season due to the Pandemic Covid-19 but finished 7-0. It was good enough to give him a look like a quarter to Charlotte Where in seven games (one in 2021, six in 2022), it was 34 for 67 for 420 yards and two affected. He had 26 races for 108 yards and two affected and at the start against Maryland of the Atlantic coast conference, he was 19 for 35 for 191 and two affected.
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Williams left Charlotte to play the quarter to the UCF under Gus Malzahn but was moved safely. After not having seen any action for the KnightsHe went to the state of the Middle Tennessee last season.
Although a quarter-back from the start with four races for eight yards, he was again transferred to safe. In 10 games with nine departures, he had 77 plated for the Blue raiders And obtained honorable honors from the United States Conference. He also had three shortcomings, three plated for loss, interception and escaped recovery.
Williams has on average nearly 64 snaps per game in defense and recorded twice 13 plated in a match (against Jacksonville State and Liberty).
“I think I learned a lot from the place,” said Williams. “I took all the experiences I learned from each place. I took what I liked and hated and used it to adapt. It was a fun experience.”
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The 6 feet 2 inches and 215 pounds now seems to be the defensive part. But, he admits, looking in the eyes of an opposing signal call, he can sometimes have an advantage.
“Playing the quarter to help,” said Williams. “I treat things in a different way from that of most people because I used to think of much more, like a big image rather than one thing.”
Williams of the UC prefers to make int on launching them
“It’s night and day!” Said Williams. “Launching choices is not fun, but it comes with the game.”
The senior Redshirt quotes the love and the support he obtained by recruiting to have him wear a P-paw. He calls it a “real family”.
Is Cincinnati Bearcats Big 12 ready now?
“I don’t know what they looked like before, but we really look good and we are ready to win everything,” said Williams.
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It all starts on August 28 with the neutral site game at Kansas City arrow head stadium against NebraskaFollowed by a home slate that will start on September 6 against Bowling Green. A Williams COMPLLE game is the match of October 11 with UCF.
Although the staff of coaches who did not play him left, he smiles at the mention.
UC corner between the portal
The university football transfer portal does not start technically before April 16, but some have already jumped. One of them is the senior corner half Jordan Robinson, a 6 -foot 4 inch player and 210 who was transferred from Kentucky last year.
Robinson in 10 games last season succeeded in 18 plated, two for the loss, an escaped recovery and a forced escape. UC brought in Coastal Carolina’s Matthew McDodoom corner and moved Logan Wilson and Kye Stokes to the position.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Although it was transmitted, UC transfers tyo, Williams ready for Big 12
