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DE Jaylahn (JT) Tuimoloau (Owner, Giant Erector Set, All B1G)

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“I'M SO HAPPY FOR J.T. AND ALL THE WORK HE’S PUT IN AND IT’S FINALLY SHOWING IN THE RESULTS TODAY.”– ZACH HARRISON ON J.T. TUIMOLOAU



Tuimoloau’s favorite play, though, wasn’t his own interception but the one Harrison intercepted. He also made sure to shout out another one of his defensive linemates who had a big game: Tyleik Williams, who had a season-high five tackles including a sack and a key fourth-down stop on Penn State’s opening drive of the second half.

“I don’t know if people saw it, Tyleik had three big stops,” Tuimoloau said. “Big credit to him, he held it down inside.”

As he met with reporters minutes after the game, Tuimoloau said it still hadn’t hit him how well he played against Penn State, as his focus was on the team winning the game rather than on his individual play. And as well as he played on Saturday, he’ll still be critiquing his own film and looking for ways he can do better.

“I think there's a lot more things I can clean up out there,” Tuimoloau said. “A lot of little stuff I gotta clean up. We gotta go to the drawing board and get better.”

It’s that kind of work ethic that enabled Tuimoloau to play as well as he did in State College.

“It all started during practice. It all started with preparation,” Tuimoloau said. “Perfect practice makes a perfect play. The other guys hold me accountable every practice and that's where it started.”

While Ohio State defensive line coach Larry Johnson said before the season he thought his unit would have an “alpha dog” this year – and Tuimoloau certainly was one on Saturday – Tuimoloau’s performance coming on the heels of Harrison’s performance, which came on the heels of multiple dominant games in the first half of the season by Mike Hall, showed the Buckeyes have plenty of defensive linemen who are capable of dominant performances on any given day.
 
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