YSU’s Tyler Booth anxious to return to lineup

By Pete Mollica

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State senior tackle Tyler Booth is certainly hoping the 2008 football season is a lot better for him than 2007.

The 6-foot-6, 315-pound three-year letterwinner returns to the Penguins after missing all but a couple of quarters of last season with a knee injury.

The New Philadelphia native has been a regular with YSU since he stepped onto campus as a freshman in 2004.

After being a part-time starter as both a freshman and sophomore, Booth started all 14 games his junior season when the Penguins reached the semifinals of the NCAA Championship Subdivision playoffs.

Then in the spring of 2007 he suffered a knee injury and underwent surgery in March of that year. Since it was his fourth season as a player, he applied for a medical redshirt even though he wasn’t sure if he’d be able to play or not in 2007.