1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,560 Speaker 1: Hey, Hey, how's it going. I'm good. How are you 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: doing pretty good? Yeah? So, you know I read that 3 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: there was a lot of teams are interesting you and 4 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:10,239 Speaker 1: as undrafted free agents, So like, what was the whole 5 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: process at the end when when the Giant announced they 6 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: were gonna pick you, Like, what was that kind of 7 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:16,759 Speaker 1: moment like where maybe you were thinking you weren't going 8 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: to get drafted or whatever. It was a crazy moment, 9 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: you know, it was really stressed with a lot of 10 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: teams was kind of saying the same thing. So I 11 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: had it came down to you know who I who 12 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 1: I thought was the best, but New York was one 13 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: of them and they end up putting the trigger. So 14 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: you know, I just thank God for that. And what 15 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: was that moment like when they when they did announced 16 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:42,599 Speaker 1: your name and you know you were a draft back. Uh, 17 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: it was. It was crazy, just because I was already 18 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:49,480 Speaker 1: planning on signing for free agent, so just uh that 19 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: that whole process it was. I don't I can't even 20 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: explain how I felt. But my family was happy. I 21 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: was happy, and uh that's all that matters. Say congratulations, 22 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,279 Speaker 1: um pint, can you can you have a little bit 23 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 1: of fun with the fact you know this the Mystery 24 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: Irrelevant thing, and uh how important is it? What's the 25 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: difference between and grafting and becoming a you know, as 26 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: you said, you're kind of ready to be you know, 27 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 1: signed as a free agent contract. Are you familiar with 28 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: the Mr Irrelevant concept and whatnot? And can you have 29 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:23,960 Speaker 1: a little bit of fun with it? Obviously I can't 30 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: done that that uh that I've read up on it, 31 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: but at first I know about Mystery Irrelevant, but I 32 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: didn't know all this stuff that came with it. So 33 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: that's pretty Uh that's pretty special for me and my 34 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 1: family and uh, well we'll have fun with it. Tell 35 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: you they're gonna do uh I think you got usually 36 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: get the parade and things like that. Is I don't 37 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: know if they're gonna be able to do that this year. 38 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: But did you get anything for from this? Uh dishonor uh? Yeah. 39 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: So they called me right after the Jeff and UM, 40 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: we kind of talked about everything, but I'm not sure 41 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: when I'll be able to actually do it. I think 42 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: they'll reach out to I guess from everything clears up 43 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: and we'll just have to find a way to plan 44 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: it with my family and then and then just to clarify, 45 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: were you you said you were you going to sign 46 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: with the Giants? That was the team you would you 47 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 1: had chosen. Oh. Um, I don't know who I was 48 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: gonna sign with it at the moment, but um, you know, 49 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:20,519 Speaker 1: I just thank god that they pulled the trigger in 50 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: uh drafted. Thank you, congratulations Tay, and welcome. Um. So, 51 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: I was doing some research on you, and I saw 52 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:31,639 Speaker 1: you had a rather interesting path to get to to 53 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: where you are. You started off Georgia's Southern and then 54 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:39,359 Speaker 1: you pitched over to Georgia. Um, and you were initially recruited. 55 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: I think he has a running back, if I'm not mistaking. 56 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 1: He just kind of walk us through that journey a 57 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 1: little bit and how you kind of got from point 58 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 1: A to where you are now. Um. Yes, so um. 59 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 1: I was committed to Georgia Sutton for a while and uh, 60 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 1: and I was I was gonna end up switching to 61 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:00,080 Speaker 1: the University of Kentucky late, but I always knew I 62 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 1: wanted to go to George's. I was having conversations with 63 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: different people, trying to figure out some things and trying 64 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 1: to see if Georgia was gonna ever offer me. But 65 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: the weaker signing day. That's when I ended up finding 66 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 1: out they wanted to give me the offer, and they 67 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: gave me the offer like two days or a day 68 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:19,959 Speaker 1: prior to uh sign a day, So that whole time 69 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 1: was stressful for me too. But um, that's how I 70 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: ended up going to Georgia and stuff like that. And 71 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 1: and how did they flip you from running back, which 72 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 1: I believe they initially recruited you as to line back? 73 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: And how did that come about? I was just some 74 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: scout team at practice, just uh working hard, and my 75 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 1: coach end up noticing it, just going against the number 76 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: one defense making plays. Uh. He saw that I was 77 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: an athlete and that I should be on the field, 78 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: and he reached out to him. We had a meeting 79 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: and he was like, uh, he seen me as a 80 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 1: linebacker and stuff like that, as a defensive player. And 81 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 1: we just had a one day trial and at that trial, 82 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 1: UH up doing pretty good and I stayed there from there. Okay, UM, 83 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: just curious when I know you're excited to be drafted 84 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 1: and all, Um, there are some that believe that when 85 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: you get that low in the draft, it's actually better 86 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: to have the option of being a free agent to 87 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: choose your own face because that thought and did that 88 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:23,040 Speaker 1: thought ever cross your mind? Laid in the draft? Oh yeah, man, 89 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 1: my agent was talking about an old time like I said, 90 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:32,039 Speaker 1: who's already planning on doing free aid and stuff? And 91 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 1: it worried out for me to. Uh, I mean, I 92 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:38,280 Speaker 1: can't complain about, you know, getting drafted and come into 93 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 1: a great organization. So like I said, I'm just truly 94 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 1: blessed with us. Thank you. Just following up on the 95 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 1: mry relevant thing that whatnot, I just kind of wonder 96 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: if what is the difference between being the last pick 97 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: in the draft, you know, in terms of what it 98 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,599 Speaker 1: means to you just to be drafted versus you know, 99 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: being okay, you know, a free agency. I mean obviously 100 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: in terms of money, maybe it's a little bit of 101 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: a difference or whatever. But you know, just what does 102 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 1: it mean to be drafted as opposed to just being 103 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:16,279 Speaker 1: you know, having done you know, undrafted. It means a 104 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: lot to me and my family and my community. One 105 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:22,160 Speaker 1: of the first ones from my town to get drafted, 106 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 1: and that's pretty big from from from a smaller town. 107 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: Many people don't really make it from here, and uh, 108 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: this is uh, you know, brought it brought the city. Uh, 109 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:36,239 Speaker 1: they got you know, my name hanging up different places 110 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 1: and stuff like that. So it was just a blessing 111 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:41,479 Speaker 1: and a dream come true for me. What kind of 112 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 1: places you know, what kind of can you give me 113 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: to be more specific about what kind of things were 114 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,040 Speaker 1: hanging in town or whatever? They have some banners up 115 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: for you or something like that. Oh yeah, some banners 116 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:52,160 Speaker 1: and that my high school where they have light on 117 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:54,479 Speaker 1: the on the program thing they had my name on 118 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: their like, congrats take crowd of NFL Draft twenty twenty. 119 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:00,720 Speaker 1: Stuff like maybe that wouldn't happened if you were a 120 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:07,159 Speaker 1: free agent obviously, right, we never know, you know, Hey, 121 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,280 Speaker 1: can you talk a little bit about your your teammate 122 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: in college? Who's gonna be your team in the NFL? Now? Oh, 123 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: Andrew Thomas, Uh, I'm a great player, great person. Um 124 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 1: he takes his words is uh, he's uh, he's just 125 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: a great kid. And uh, football and off the field 126 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 1: stuff is just really important to him. And I respect 127 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 1: him for that, and I love each day at practice 128 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: in college is going to work with him, have a 129 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 1: leading the team stuff like that. So highly respect my 130 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 1: teammate Andrew Thomas. Did you go up against him a 131 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:47,160 Speaker 1: lot in practices? Oh? Yeah, we went up against each 132 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: other a few times, and uh, he was pretty good. 133 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 1: Pretty you could have been running behind him instead of 134 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: going up against him. Hey, you're right about that. I 135 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 1: think I read a run behind shank you. I have 136 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 1: a two part question. First part, you went against um 137 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: Sony Michelle and Nick Chubb. I think in practice a lot. 138 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 1: Can you just talk about the challenges and what that 139 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: taught you and how that helped refine your skills as 140 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 1: a one backor Oh yeah, so just banding a room 141 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 1: with them as a running back, it was crazy, just 142 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: switching sides. Now I gotta you know, from running drills 143 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 1: with them. Now I gotta run drills against him. And 144 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 1: you know, it just made me better as a young 145 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: linebacker run against uh great athletes like now and it 146 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 1: was fine. Sometimes it was tough just moving uh to 147 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 1: backer and going against them who was number one, you know, 148 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 1: uh first round and second round peaks. But it paid 149 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: off and it made me better. And then the second 150 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: part of my question is you're being reunited with a 151 00:07:56,120 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 1: couple of quote unquote your dogs hold off, right, Laurental 152 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 1: Carter DeAndre Baker. What does that mean to to be 153 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 1: reunited with them on the same defense And and I 154 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: don't know if you you followed them, you know through 155 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 1: their their first couple of years or so in the NFL. 156 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: But what what is what can you guys bring together 157 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: with that Georgia bulldog mentality? It's just a dream come true. 158 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 1: We know how, we know how each other works. Um, 159 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 1: it'll be It'll just be fine catching up, going to 160 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 1: work with him and band on the field with each 161 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 1: other once again. Hey, how are you doing, toy? I'm good, 162 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: doing good. Can you just describe what kind of a 163 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 1: player are you? Um? And what can you play? Will Sam? 164 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 1: Can you cover running backs? Can you just give me 165 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 1: a hint on that. I'm an aggressive player, disc player, 166 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 1: hard working player, and I like to make plays for 167 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 1: the team. I can play I can play Sarah M. 168 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 1: I can play will Am. Um, I'm pretty good at coverage. 169 00:08:57,320 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: I love the fitting right and I love the cover back. 170 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: True