1 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: What's Good Command is Familey Brian Cooble Junior here, and 2 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: this is the Next Man Up Podcast. 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 2: Our next Man Up is no other than our starting 4 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 2: corner Kendall Fuller. 5 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: Kendall talks about being from Baltimore, Maryland and how growing 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:17,959 Speaker 1: up with three brothers helped him form to be the 7 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: player that he is today. He talks about almost committing 8 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:24,800 Speaker 1: to Clemson for backing out last minute, and also what 9 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: it's been like being a leader for such a young secondary. 10 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 2: All that and more starts right now. 11 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: What's Good Command is Familey Brian Coole Junior here, and 12 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,239 Speaker 1: this is the Next Man Up podcast where we talk 13 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 1: to your favorite command as players. Not so much about 14 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: X and o's more about the man behind the helmet. 15 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:46,240 Speaker 1: And our next man Up is no other than our leader, 16 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 1: Kendall Fuller. 17 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 2: Can How you doing today? Brother? 18 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:49,239 Speaker 3: Pretty good? How you doing? 19 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:51,480 Speaker 2: Thank? I now? I'm doing real good. Course. Man's happy 20 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 2: to have you. Man. 21 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: You know we're fresh off the bye weekend. I asked 22 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:56,319 Speaker 1: you this off camera and I wish I would have waited. Man, 23 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:58,639 Speaker 1: how did you spend your abide week? 24 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 2: Man? Tell us about it. 25 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 3: Took a took a little getaway trip to Mexico ended 26 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:07,680 Speaker 3: up proposing to my girl, which was which was amazing, 27 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 3: have the whole family down there to celebrate with us 28 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 3: and things like that. So it was definitely a good 29 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 3: goodbye week for me. 30 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:15,040 Speaker 2: That's awesome that I'll see. 31 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: I recently just got engaged as well, so I know 32 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: how much goes into planning that. How nervous war you 33 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 1: during this whole process of planning this could it takes 34 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: some time? 35 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, it wasn't. Honestly, it wasn't too bad. I had 36 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:27,760 Speaker 3: a lot of people that was helping me out, a 37 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 3: lot of friends that were helping me out and things 38 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 3: like that. So the biggest thing is getting the ring. You. 39 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 3: Once I kind of figured out that I can get 40 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 3: the ring in time, I was able to kind of 41 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 3: set it up with the help of some friends, but 42 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 3: really just holding holding a surprise because I had all 43 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,399 Speaker 3: our family come down there, so holding a surprise was 44 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 3: mainly the big thing. But executed on that so it 45 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 3: was it went as good as plann. 46 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 1: I'm happy for you and I'm glad, she said, yes, man, congratulations, man, 47 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: I can't wait. 48 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 2: To see what happens. 49 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: You know, what your wedding and all that stuff and 50 00:01:58,160 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: like I said, man, we don't talk so much football 51 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: on the show. We really want to go back to 52 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: who this person is, right, who is Kendell Fullest. So 53 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: let's start it from the beginning. 54 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 2: Baltimore, Maryland. That's home for you, man. What does Baltimore 55 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 2: mean to you? 56 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 3: That means a lot, man, just everything that you know, 57 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 3: me and my brothers did growing up. We played a 58 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 3: We were a sports family, so we grew up all 59 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 3: around Baltimore playing sports and things like that. The people 60 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 3: that you meet, the connections that you have, it was 61 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 3: it was a blessing for us to be able to, 62 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 3: you know, just grow up in that type of culture, 63 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,799 Speaker 3: that type of environment. It was a blessing, man. And 64 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 3: you know, we definitely tribute a lot of that to 65 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 3: our dad, who just got us around the right people. 66 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:39,919 Speaker 3: There's a lot of coaches that that have a hand 67 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 3: and that's being where we are now. So it was 68 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 3: definitely a blessing. 69 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, man, And you mentioned your three brothers. Three brothers, 70 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 1: all four of y'all have played college football. 71 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 2: All four of y'all have been in the NFL. 72 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,359 Speaker 1: I can't imagine growing up in a household like that. 73 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: Were three older brothers that are that talented as well. 74 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 2: It was easy? Was it? Was it easy? Was it? 75 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 2: Was it a little tough? No? 76 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 3: I mean it was as you're the baby, right, you're 77 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 3: the youngest. 78 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:04,839 Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. 79 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 3: As I always tell people, the summers were the worst 80 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 3: because your parents, parents are gone out of the house. 81 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,239 Speaker 3: Older brothers are kind of getting some get back. There's 82 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 3: a younger brother. Always. I always knew we had our basement. 83 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 3: We were mainly be down there, and if I made 84 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:25,079 Speaker 3: it up the steps to Pops, I'm good, he'll get 85 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 3: he'll get my big brothers off me. 86 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 2: But you had to make it up. 87 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 3: But I had to make it up them steps, which 88 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 3: I did a good amount of times. But uh, in 89 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 3: the summers where I ain't had nobody to run to, 90 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 3: they definitely they definitely got their get back. So it 91 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 3: was definitely tough, but it was fun, you know, just 92 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 3: kids being kids. 93 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 2: Yeah. And I read that you're the you're the spoiled 94 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 2: one out of all the kids. Man, is that true? 95 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 2: Would you say that's what? 96 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 3: That's what? Probably? Corey was Older siblings say the younger 97 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 3: siblings are the most spoiled, But I say the younger 98 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 3: siblings just learned the most because they watched the older 99 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 3: siblings mess up and they just like, I'm gonna just 100 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 3: not do what you did. So now I don't think 101 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 3: I'm spoiled. I think I just I learned. I had 102 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 3: a coach that said, you either learned the smart way 103 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 3: or the wise way. Smart way is learning from your 104 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 3: own mistakes. Wise way is learning from somebody else's mistakes. 105 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 3: I tried to learn the wise. 106 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: Way, and clearly these brothers, man, they paved a big 107 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 1: way for you, right, You guys kind of all followed 108 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 1: it like same trajectory, the same path, but as that 109 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 1: kid as a youth, right before you even made it 110 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: to college. We even made it as like a high 111 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:26,479 Speaker 1: school star. What were you getting from those moments where 112 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 1: you had to fight to get upstairs to your dad, 113 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: where you had to maybe you know, fight for that 114 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: first meal or that last piece on the plate. 115 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 2: What did those things do for you as a person? 116 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I think really it's just the toughness 117 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 3: and just like that competitive nature. You know, it's just 118 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 3: you're competing against For me, my brother's being older than me, 119 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 3: and even my dad he'll always have us play up 120 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 3: a age group just to where like when we got 121 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 3: to our age group. It wasn't something that was like 122 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:54,840 Speaker 3: it was almost easier for a little bit, but just 123 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 3: creating that competitive household, that competitive nature in you, which 124 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 3: definitely did lot for all of us. And you know, 125 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 3: it's it's something that you know, when I'm thinking about 126 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 3: having a family in my future, that's something that I 127 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 3: want to you know, have in my household. 128 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 2: That's really cool. Man. Did it? Did it put a 129 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:12,480 Speaker 2: chip on your shoulder? 130 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: Being the youngest, being the baby of the household, being 131 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: the smallest one you know, growing up? 132 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 2: Did it put a chip on your shoulder at all? 133 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 3: Not too much, because I mean when you're young, you're 134 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:25,039 Speaker 3: just playing sports. Yeah, you know, you're not thinking about 135 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 3: necessarily college or NFL. You just want to go out 136 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 3: there and play with your friends. But I think for me, 137 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 3: kind of when I started getting recruited in high school 138 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 3: and started going to camps, it created that chip because 139 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,040 Speaker 3: you know, guys will kind of look at me and say, oh, 140 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 3: you're only getting offers or people only pay attention to 141 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 3: you because of your brother's success. So that kind of 142 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,039 Speaker 3: put that chip on my shoulder, like all right, let 143 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 3: me let me show you why so and that competitive 144 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 3: nature that I have with my brothers, that that created, 145 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 3: you know, definitely helped me with going through things like that. 146 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:00,600 Speaker 2: When did you realize that it was really for you? Right? 147 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 2: Like you said, you know your brother's are talent and 148 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:02,919 Speaker 2: you know they're going on. 149 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: When did you realize as kindle yourself that you know, 150 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 1: I'm really good at this football thing and it's not 151 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:08,839 Speaker 1: just my brothers. 152 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 2: I'm good because I got this skill set. 153 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean I knew I was pretty talented in 154 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,279 Speaker 3: high school, you know, just we had a ton of 155 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 3: athletes come out of my high school. But in terms 156 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:22,799 Speaker 3: of the NFL, I would probably say after my freshman 157 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 3: year of college just being able to go out there. 158 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 3: I think had a great freshman year, had like six 159 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 3: interceptions as a freshman. That off season, I went and 160 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 3: watched my brother get drafted in the first round. So 161 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:40,839 Speaker 3: for me, it was just like, all right, I saw 162 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 3: how he prepared for the game. I saw how he 163 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 3: studying the off seasons, how he went about just his 164 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:50,599 Speaker 3: off season and just training, and like the sacrifices that 165 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 3: he made to get himself to that level. And I 166 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 3: was like, I got the blueprint. That's that's what I'm 167 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 3: gonna do so. I think after my freshman year was 168 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,200 Speaker 3: when I was kind of just like, like, I I 169 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:01,719 Speaker 3: can have a career in the NFL. 170 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 1: It's awesome, man, And you choose to go to Virginia Tech. 171 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: Your three older brothers went to Virginia Tech as well. 172 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 1: So I got to ask, was it even an option 173 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 1: to go to Virginia Tech at this pot or was 174 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 1: it just like, hey, brou you're going to Virginia Tech. 175 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 2: You're following the family legacy. 176 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 3: Honestly, and most people are surprised, but they didn't say 177 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 3: anything to me. 178 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 2: Wow. 179 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 3: The only thing that I remember happening is my brother 180 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 3: when he was at Virginia Tech and I was getting recruited. 181 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 3: He had got asked with if he would take it, 182 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 3: if he would take it personal if I went to 183 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 3: somewhere else, and the school that I was really close 184 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 3: to going to was Clemson, and I think somebody asked 185 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 3: him like, would you take it personal if he went 186 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 3: to Clemson? And I think he was just like yeah. 187 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 3: He didn't tell me about the interview, but I had 188 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 3: just saw it, but it was yeah, Virginia Tech was home, 189 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 3: but I didn't feel pressure. I think that was the 190 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 3: only moment, and then I think on my official visit 191 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 3: to Clemson, my mother was with me and she's in 192 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 3: Coach Sweeney's office just talking about Virginia Tech in front 193 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 3: of him. So like that kind of told me how 194 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 3: bad she wanted me to go to Virginia Tech. But 195 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 3: besides that, they kind of let me make the decision 196 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 3: for myself because they knew that, like I would be 197 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 3: the one living. 198 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 2: In Yeah, and I heard this story. 199 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: I don't know if it is true, and I ain't 200 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 1: trying to snitch all you, but I heard that you 201 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 1: actually picked up the phone to commit to Clemson, but 202 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 1: as the phone started ringing, you hung up. 203 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 2: What was that feeling. 204 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 1: That you had, because that's such a big decision to 205 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 1: even pick up the phone and make the call and 206 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: then it just back out of it like that. 207 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 2: What was going on? 208 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 3: I know, I loved Clemson. It was a beautiful campus. 209 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 3: I knew when I was in high school, I was 210 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 3: it was we had a ton of athletes, a ton 211 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 3: of good talent that was going D one every single year. 212 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 3: So my thought process about Clemson was, I think at 213 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 3: that time, they had Sammy Watkins, Martavius Brian, DeAndre Hopkins, 214 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 3: at a squad. I was I'm gonna go against the 215 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 3: best receivers year and the year out, and so I 216 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 3: think that was like my biggest thing. I don't know 217 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:02,199 Speaker 3: what exactly told me to hang up that phone. The 218 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 3: only thing I can think of is God, And in 219 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 3: hindsight I see why. But something told me to hang 220 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 3: up that phone, and I think it may be about 221 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 3: like a month or two later, I ended up committing 222 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 3: to Virginia Tech. 223 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:19,439 Speaker 2: Wow, I don't I don't. 224 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:21,199 Speaker 3: Know the feel The only thing I can genuinely, the 225 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:23,680 Speaker 3: only thing I can say is probably just God, and man. 226 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:25,679 Speaker 2: God is good. Man, Clearly you made the right decision. 227 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:27,679 Speaker 2: So let's go to that freshman year Virginia Tech. 228 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: Right, You get on campus and you have three older 229 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 1: brothers who have already made a name for themselves on 230 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 1: this campus, have built their own legacy. 231 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 2: Is there a shadow there for you? Man? 232 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,440 Speaker 1: Was it kind of hard to get past the shadow 233 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 1: that your brother is in the legacy they had built already? 234 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 3: Not really, just because like me and my brothers, we 235 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,319 Speaker 3: weren't we were we were all football, you know what 236 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 3: I mean? So like we weren't big part of yours, 237 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 3: we weren't big big anything. It was just the only 238 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 3: thing we knew how to do was work. It's kind 239 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 3: of something that I father instilled in us was just 240 00:09:56,120 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 3: always work, always grind, always do whatever you need to 241 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 3: do to be successful. So even for me when I 242 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 3: came into Virginia Tech, it was just like and even 243 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 3: watching my brother Kyle, that's all he was doing. 244 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 2: You know. 245 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 3: It wasn't out doing this, out doing that. It was just, hey, 246 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 3: I'm here for football. And the best I think the 247 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:19,960 Speaker 3: best piece of advice that my oldest brother ever gave 248 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 3: all of us was you know, he kind of told 249 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,440 Speaker 3: us like, hey, like there's a lot of people when 250 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 3: they go to college, they want college to be the 251 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:30,520 Speaker 3: best four years of their life. Yeah, and he was like, 252 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:34,079 Speaker 3: he was like, you leave college at twenty one years old. 253 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 3: You got the rest of your life ahead of you. 254 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 3: He was like, I want you to have the mindset 255 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:39,679 Speaker 3: of like you want the best four years of your 256 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 3: life to be after college, and like whatever you do 257 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 3: in college, that's what's going to set you up for 258 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 3: your future. 259 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:45,840 Speaker 2: Yeah. 260 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:48,200 Speaker 3: So like him being able to even have someone like 261 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:50,960 Speaker 3: give us that type of advice and set that mindset 262 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 3: for us was. 263 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:53,839 Speaker 2: Big, and you know, being a little brother. 264 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 1: Like you know, things are always different as you're growing up, right, 265 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 1: Like you know, things are different. You probably communicate differently 266 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 1: with your brothers in middle school, differently in high school. 267 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 1: But once you're in college and you really made it 268 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 1: to that point that they have all made it to 269 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:06,680 Speaker 1: as well, did the conversation between you and your brother's changed, 270 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 1: Like was it more about like we're more peers now 271 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:09,959 Speaker 1: and like getting that game? 272 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:11,839 Speaker 2: It was tho conversations like with your brothers, it. 273 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 3: Was just more so just it was definitely more conversations 274 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 3: in terms of like like my oldest brother's a thirteen 275 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 3: year old age gap. 276 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 2: Wow, So like. 277 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:23,440 Speaker 3: The more I kind of moved up in each level, 278 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 3: it was more in depth conversations we were able to have, 279 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 3: you know what I mean now compared to high school 280 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 3: and college. Now it's like we can really have in 281 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 3: depth conversations about football, how to break down film, Like 282 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:38,319 Speaker 3: my brother played safety smart, so like just different things 283 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 3: to look for and things like that. Even my brother Corey, 284 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 3: just being able to talk to him at this point 285 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 3: he was an NFL receiver, so being able to get 286 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 3: his outlook from a receiver standpoint and things like that, 287 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 3: and then I mean Kyle, I was just whatever he did, 288 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:57,040 Speaker 3: I was doing, so I was right behind him and everything. 289 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:01,319 Speaker 3: I think my senior year of my senior year of 290 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 3: high school, Kyle was calling me to kind of watch 291 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:08,839 Speaker 3: tape with him from springball. Wow, you know what I mean, 292 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 3: just kind of showing me, teaching me little things like that. 293 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 3: So it definitely got easier. Started just more in depth conversations. 294 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,680 Speaker 3: That was definitely helpful for me and just impacted you 295 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 3: know how well I could could see the game. 296 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 2: And clearly your parents they mean a lot to you 297 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 2: and your brothers. 298 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 1: How did they manage having for successful kids playing sports 299 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 1: at different areas, different places, at different points in their career, 300 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 1: because it seems like your parents are very involved, right, 301 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 1: It seems like they want. 302 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:38,679 Speaker 2: To be at your guys and stuff. How did they 303 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 2: handle that? 304 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 1: What was that like to your parents go from place 305 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 1: to place trying to sports you guys. 306 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:44,760 Speaker 3: I mean, when you're in it, you don't think too 307 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 3: much of it. You're kind of thinking like, hey, this 308 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 3: is what we got to do. But I know for them, 309 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 3: you know, my father started with my father, his main 310 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 3: thing was just like y'all are going to college. I 311 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 3: don't care what it's for. I don't care if it's academically, 312 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 3: I don't care if it's for sports, But like you're 313 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 3: going to college, and he just did his best to 314 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 3: put us in and give us the opportunity to do that, 315 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 3: get us around good coaching and whether that means sometimes 316 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 3: we would have to travel thirty forty minutes away to 317 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:15,960 Speaker 3: go play a sport to where we could have just 318 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 3: traveled five. But he was like, you know, there's better coaches, 319 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:22,719 Speaker 3: better team here, So like we're going to make this sacrifice. 320 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 3: And that's what they did. They sacrificed a lot for us. 321 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 2: Even my mom. 322 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 3: I remember my mom just kind of working nine to five, 323 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:34,079 Speaker 3: get home, She calling us before we leave the practice, 324 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 3: just saying like, hey, like can y'all take the chicken 325 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 3: out so I can cook it later? And we forget that. 326 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 3: I forget, I mean, but like she go work all day, 327 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 3: we go to practice, come home, and like she has 328 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:47,080 Speaker 3: dinner ready for us and things like that. So just 329 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 3: it's a ton of sacrifices that they made and just 330 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 3: you know, we were fortunate that they made those sacrifices, 331 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 3: that they cared enough to kind of invest in us 332 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 3: and invest in our future that young they've definitely been 333 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:02,319 Speaker 3: been a blessing. 334 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:05,680 Speaker 1: That's so cool, man, And clearly their their sacrifices paid off. 335 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 2: Man. 336 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: You were the fourth fuller to make it into the NFL. Man, 337 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 1: you got drafted here by Washington, And I mean you've 338 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:14,079 Speaker 1: stayed pretty close to home, or you stay closer to 339 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 1: the DMV. It's not you know, Virginia is in Baltimore, 340 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 1: but DMV, you know it's pretty pretty close together. What 341 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 1: did it mean to you to get drafted by like 342 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: not your hometown team, but a team that was very 343 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 1: close to home. 344 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 3: It was I think honestly because of my situation, you know, 345 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 3: kind of being protected early having my injury. I think 346 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 3: I was just kind of upset fall into the third round. 347 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 3: So once I once I got the call, at that point, 348 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 3: I didn't care where it was going to be. And 349 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 3: I would say probably around my second years when I 350 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 3: really started like appreciating being able to be so close 351 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 3: to home, because I would tell people I would after games, 352 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 3: instead of driving all the way back out here with FedEx, 353 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 3: I would just drive home. I would stay with my parents, 354 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 3: stay with my parents at their game. I was telling 355 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 3: my mom like, hey, you only have to come. You 356 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 3: can just make Sunday dinner. Yeah, go out after the game, 357 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 3: go home, get some dinner, stay the night, and then 358 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 3: in the morning and drive back out here. So and 359 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 3: just especially going to Virginia Tech. There's a ton of 360 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 3: hokies out here in this area. Yeah, exactly. So I 361 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 3: think the more the more time I spent out here, 362 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 3: the more I was able to, like really appreciate it. 363 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 1: And you mentioned being that moment where you got picked 364 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 1: in the third round. You know, those kind of moments 365 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: can shape a person's whole outlook on life. You said, 366 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 1: you know you were expecting to go a lot higher, 367 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 1: and you know you did it because of the injury. 368 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 1: What did that do for you that third round selection? Man, 369 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 1: how did that change your mindset? And how did that 370 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 1: affect the rest of your career? 371 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 3: I mean, it just motivated me, honestly. And as a competitor, 372 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 3: there's a lot of things that you probably shouldn't take personal, 373 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 3: but you make it personal. And for me, that was 374 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 3: something that I took personal because I was telling somebody 375 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 3: the other day, like when you like you did what 376 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 3: you needed to and you put into work to achieve 377 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 3: a hurtain goal, and you and you feel like you 378 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 3: should have earned that and you didn't. It sticks with you, 379 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 3: and that's something that's always going to stick with me. Yeah. 380 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 3: One of my best friends, he made a comment to 381 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 3: me the other day just kind of talking about some 382 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:18,880 Speaker 3: of the guys that were d drafted before me. It's 383 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 3: just it's something that and all of those guys earned it. 384 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 3: But as a competitor, that's just something that motivates, you know, 385 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 3: and things like that. So that definitely motivated me. Just 386 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:30,920 Speaker 3: put that fire fire in me. And uh, you know, 387 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 3: at that point, once you're no matter where you get drafted, 388 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 3: once you're in your end. Yeah, and but it definitely 389 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 3: it motivated me a lot. 390 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: And then you know, you're in in the NFL, you 391 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 1: have one of the best seasons of your young career, 392 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 1: and then you get the call said, hey, hit it 393 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 1: to Kansas City. 394 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 2: How did that affect you? 395 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:51,800 Speaker 1: I mean, you don't hear a lot of cornerbacks in 396 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 1: stuff of getting traded within the NFL at that level, 397 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 1: right for like a franchise quarterback. 398 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 2: How did that affect you? 399 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 3: It was tough. I think genuinely, I was just as 400 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 3: confused as anybody and just I mean at that point, 401 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:05,680 Speaker 3: you just go with the flow. 402 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:07,119 Speaker 2: You know. 403 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:09,359 Speaker 3: At the end of the day, I loved football, and like, 404 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:13,119 Speaker 3: no matter I think my mentality was when that happened, 405 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 3: was like, no matter where I'm playing at, I get 406 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 3: to play football. I get to play the game that 407 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:22,200 Speaker 3: I love. I get to honor and worship guy with 408 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,399 Speaker 3: my play, no matter what city that's in. So like 409 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 3: for me, it was just kind of playing football. The 410 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 3: tough part is just you build relationships. You know, the 411 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:33,240 Speaker 3: guys that we had on that team, we had a good, 412 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:35,679 Speaker 3: good group of games, good bond and things like that, 413 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 3: so that's always tough. But I mean at the end 414 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 3: of the day, I was young too, so you kind 415 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:42,919 Speaker 3: of just go with the flow. You still learning the NFL. 416 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 3: People kind of ask me now when things happen. I'm 417 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 3: just like, man, nothing surprises me in the NFL. You know, 418 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:50,399 Speaker 3: you never know, and I think that happening to me 419 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 3: early on kind of had that impact. But at the 420 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:56,199 Speaker 3: end of the day, I was fortunate, you know, to 421 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 3: go to another franchise, a good franchise, win a Super Bowl. 422 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 3: So I was definitely grateful for the opportunity. 423 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:05,440 Speaker 1: And God always has a plan, man, and clearly had 424 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:08,200 Speaker 1: one for you because in that Super Bowl you got 425 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:11,399 Speaker 1: the game ceiling in exception. I don't know if this 426 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 1: is true, but I don't think any other fuller can 427 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:16,160 Speaker 1: say that. I think you're the only full of the youngest. 428 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:18,680 Speaker 1: But the only fuller that can say that. Is there 429 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 1: a little pride there? 430 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:19,639 Speaker 2: Man? 431 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:21,119 Speaker 1: Do you call your brothers and kind to say your 432 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:23,360 Speaker 1: brother's like, hey, man, I got me one yet? 433 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:25,080 Speaker 2: Not? Yeah, it's too early. 434 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 3: Thinking right now you're still working to get another one. 435 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:28,639 Speaker 3: But I think when I finished my career and like 436 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 3: we started getting older and having those conversations football talks, 437 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:33,359 Speaker 3: that will definitely probably come up. 438 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, are you guys, who's the most competitive out of 439 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 1: all the brothers? 440 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:39,919 Speaker 2: Since we're on the tope, all of the all of 441 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:41,920 Speaker 2: you guys. Yeah, yeah, I heard you're the trash talker. 442 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 2: Though I heard you talk the best trash. 443 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:47,800 Speaker 3: All right, I would say that, yeah, but granted none 444 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 3: of us are trash talkers. Yeah, Like, I don't think 445 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 3: anybody will ever see me talking on the field, but 446 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:57,680 Speaker 3: my brothers are probably the only ones I talked trash too, 447 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 3: so I probably I probably am the biggest trash talk 448 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 3: out of us. 449 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,439 Speaker 1: For Yeah, you guys do like a a well I 450 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 1: heard I don't know if you'll do anymore, but like 451 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 1: a fifty yard race every summer where y'all stay up 452 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:09,880 Speaker 1: the young line and then race. I even seen photos 453 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 1: of this man, how does that come about? 454 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:14,440 Speaker 2: And like how cool is that? Though they have something 455 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 2: like that with your face. 456 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,200 Speaker 3: It used to be fun because I mean, we would 457 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 3: just have talks about like who's faster, everybody saying like 458 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 3: I'm faster, like and it's kind of like, bro, like 459 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:25,879 Speaker 3: you wouldn't beat me. So we just started saying, like, 460 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:30,359 Speaker 3: all right, let's just race. And at the time, Vinnie 461 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 3: was retired, but me, Corey and Kyle we were still 462 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:35,479 Speaker 3: all playing, so our schedules were all the same. So 463 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 3: we would just start going out, go back home, and 464 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:43,440 Speaker 3: we're all just race. And it's been a while since 465 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:46,639 Speaker 3: the last time we raced. But genuinely, I think we 466 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:50,040 Speaker 3: stopped because the last time. 467 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:53,119 Speaker 2: I won is that one they sitting down not doing this. 468 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,440 Speaker 3: I genuinely think that's why, Like I had a conversation 469 00:19:56,560 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 3: with somebody the youngest ship. When you're getting beat up 470 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 3: growing up, they win in all the fights. But as 471 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:07,720 Speaker 3: you start getting bigger, now it's like they don't want 472 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 3: to fight. It's like you're being a kid around. So 473 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:14,880 Speaker 3: I think for them it's kind of just like like man, 474 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:16,399 Speaker 3: like now we're not trying to race, no more, like 475 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 3: nobody trying to nobody want to. 476 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:19,600 Speaker 2: Race this childish. 477 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:21,840 Speaker 3: But ultimately I think it was because, like I won, 478 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 3: they probably knew that, like they weren't gonna beat me anymore. 479 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 1: So you can hear the competitor insu as you even 480 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 1: say that, Man, how good did it feel? 481 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:34,840 Speaker 2: Is that your first time winning the race? Yeah? What wow? 482 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 3: First time winning it? 483 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:37,200 Speaker 2: That felt good? Man? It did? 484 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:41,920 Speaker 1: Huh felt well? Chess was out the rest of the holiday. Well, man, 485 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 1: like back to football. Man, So you make this, you know, 486 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 1: game saving play essentially for the Chiefs, right, steal the 487 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:51,640 Speaker 1: game up for them, win your Super Bowl, and then 488 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:54,200 Speaker 1: right after you decide to come back here, you decide 489 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:57,680 Speaker 1: to come back to Washington. I can't say that's something 490 00:20:57,720 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 1: we see a lot where a guy gets traded for 491 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 1: Francis and they they I'm going to go back. 492 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 2: Well went into that decision. 493 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 3: I mean genuinely, I think we we had a lot 494 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 3: of talent when I was here that I never felt 495 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:12,600 Speaker 3: I felt like we'd never seen the fruit of all 496 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:16,200 Speaker 3: the talent that we had and always I think the 497 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 3: first thing I told somebody, I was like, I couldn't 498 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 3: imagine a Super Bowl be porde in DC. I was 499 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:24,639 Speaker 3: just like, and like being able to experience it in 500 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 3: Kansas City, which was like crazy as I don't know 501 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 3: what it is amazing. I was just like, man, I 502 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 3: couldn't imagine that in DC. So just kind of wanting 503 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 3: wanting to see that, wanting wanting to experience that, and 504 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 3: then just being able to be home, h being able 505 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 3: to drive, be able to see my mom, drive, be 506 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:49,240 Speaker 3: able to see my brother, my nephew, you know, just 507 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:51,399 Speaker 3: all your family and friends that you have in this area. 508 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 3: It means a lot to be able to, you know, 509 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:58,680 Speaker 3: have people that you know, friends, family, to be able 510 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 3: to come out and support you and things like that. 511 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 3: So I think those were the two biggest reasons. 512 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 1: So it's fair to say you feel like you have 513 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:07,440 Speaker 1: some unfinished business in Washington, Yeah for sure. 514 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 3: Yeah. 515 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 2: Man. And then now you're back year eight. You're not 516 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 2: even thirty yet. 517 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 1: You are a very young eight year veteran, but you 518 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 1: also are in a secondary room with a lot of 519 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:18,680 Speaker 1: young players. 520 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:20,120 Speaker 2: Extremely young players. 521 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 1: How has it been turning into that savvy veteran leadership 522 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 1: role that you've been able to wear, especially for these 523 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:26,480 Speaker 1: young guys. 524 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 3: Now, yeah, it's been fun. I think, like especially being 525 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,440 Speaker 3: in year eight but only being twenty eight. It's like 526 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 3: I'm not at that point in my career to where 527 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:39,439 Speaker 3: like I can't play, you know what I mean, Like 528 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 3: to where like they can listen to me in the 529 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 3: film run, but they can also watch me out on 530 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:49,960 Speaker 3: the field. And I think that's been like the biggest, 531 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:52,560 Speaker 3: the biggest thing in the biggest help even for me 532 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:55,480 Speaker 3: and for them. And I'm always always been a guy, 533 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 3: and I always try to be the type of leader 534 00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:59,199 Speaker 3: of just doing things the right way, you know what 535 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:02,879 Speaker 3: I mean. I'll definitely pull guys aside and have conversations. 536 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:05,919 Speaker 3: But for me, my biggest thing with my brothers was 537 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,119 Speaker 3: like it wasn't always what they said, but it's what 538 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 3: they did. They showed me how to be a professional. 539 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 3: They showed me what it looked like to be a professional. 540 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:15,560 Speaker 3: They showed me what it looked like to invest in 541 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:18,719 Speaker 3: your body. They showed me what it looked like, you know, 542 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 3: just even in terms of little things of how off 543 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:24,159 Speaker 3: season should look so just all of those different things. 544 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 3: And I think that's something that I've kind of just 545 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,399 Speaker 3: attributed from watching my brothers to being that for the 546 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:34,400 Speaker 3: young guys, just showing them like, hey, like like this 547 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 3: is how you do things, This is the right way 548 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,200 Speaker 3: to do it, this is how you look, and this 549 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:40,120 Speaker 3: is how you be a professional, you know what I mean. 550 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:43,399 Speaker 3: And we have so many talented guys, so many guys 551 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:46,879 Speaker 3: that are that are young, and once you get to 552 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 3: this level, there's so many guys that do so many 553 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:51,920 Speaker 3: different things well. And I always tell them like, hey, 554 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,879 Speaker 3: take this and pieces from everybody around you that you 555 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 3: can learn and apply to your game. And so we 556 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:01,560 Speaker 3: gotta we gotta do man. We got a good close group. 557 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:05,160 Speaker 3: So our biggest thing right now is just finishing the year. 558 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:08,480 Speaker 3: Are strong. We feel like we haven't done the things 559 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 3: that we're capable of doing. But at the end of 560 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:13,160 Speaker 3: the day, you can't get those games back, can't get 561 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 3: those plays back. All you can do is just go 562 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 3: focus on, you know how we want to finish these 563 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:19,160 Speaker 3: last couple of games. 564 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 1: Let me tell you making an impact with the young guys. 565 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 1: Because the first interview I did, like here, like when 566 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:24,920 Speaker 1: I moved here. The first thing I do is the 567 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,919 Speaker 1: may Or fours Union, and he heralded your leadership and 568 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 1: how much you meant to him. I'd love to hear 569 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:31,879 Speaker 1: in your words how it's been playing the big brother 570 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 1: role for him and be in there and watch him develop. 571 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 3: This first shit, it's been good. It's been fun because 572 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:38,639 Speaker 3: he's gonna he's gonna have a heck of her career, 573 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:41,200 Speaker 3: just his skills that he has. But it's been fun 574 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 3: just being able to see him grow and watch him grow. 575 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:48,680 Speaker 3: I would tell people just certain things that certain things 576 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:53,159 Speaker 3: that would happen in the game to where like it 577 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:55,200 Speaker 3: can be one little thing that you say to somebody, 578 00:24:55,280 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 3: and just like that confidence that he feels from us, 579 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 3: you know what I mean, especially as a corner. You're 580 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:04,800 Speaker 3: gonna go through ups and downs in his career. That's 581 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 3: never gonna change. And to see him kind of, you know, 582 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,399 Speaker 3: take all the criticism that he was getting, all the 583 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:15,680 Speaker 3: hate that he was getting, and still see him come 584 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:19,680 Speaker 3: to work, still see him competing. And I told him, 585 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:23,200 Speaker 3: I was like, dog, like, you're gonna keep on working, 586 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:25,359 Speaker 3: put your head down, keep on working, and keep on grinding, 587 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:27,399 Speaker 3: and it's gonna show. Yeah, you know, I think he 588 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 3: kind of took that well because he understands that that 589 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:31,720 Speaker 3: all of us have been through the same thing. And 590 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 3: he took that well. And even the couple of games 591 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,800 Speaker 3: that he came back, he balled out. And you know, 592 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:38,960 Speaker 3: the more he gets healthy, the more he you know, 593 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 3: gets back to himself physically. I know that it's gonna show. 594 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 2: Up, kidder Man. 595 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 1: We appreciate your impact on the field. We appreciate your 596 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:46,080 Speaker 1: impact in the locker room. 597 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:46,440 Speaker 2: Now. 598 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:47,879 Speaker 1: One thing I do to always in the show is 599 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:49,680 Speaker 1: I have people look at that isl camera right there 600 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:51,680 Speaker 1: and either say something about themselves or say something to 601 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 1: the fans. But talking to you right now, man, and 602 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:55,840 Speaker 1: if you're comfortable, got a feeling, man, I want you 603 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 1: look at the Isico camera and talk to your parents. 604 00:25:58,320 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 3: Man. 605 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 2: You know you are hitting a big point of your life. 606 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 2: You're about to be a husband. 607 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:04,800 Speaker 1: You know, your fiance now, your eight year, nine year, 608 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 1: ten those things are on the cusp. Your parents are 609 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 1: a big part of that, clearly. 610 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 2: Man. 611 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 1: You're looking at him right there, and just say whatever 612 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:13,040 Speaker 1: you feel in your spirit right now to your parents, man, 613 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 1: whether it's taking them with just a message to them, Yeah. 614 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,119 Speaker 3: Mom, Dad, I just you know, appreciate everything that you 615 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:22,159 Speaker 3: guys have did for me, Corey, Kyle and Benny, you know, 616 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:25,679 Speaker 3: for just Karen, just loving us and most importantly just 617 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:29,199 Speaker 3: investing in our future to take the time make the 618 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 3: sacrifices that you guys did, and you guys know those 619 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:37,640 Speaker 3: sacrifices that you made. We're just appreciative of that. It's 620 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 3: been a blessing to have you guys be able to 621 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:42,920 Speaker 3: call you mom and dad, and I just want both 622 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 3: of you know that that I love you well. 623 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:47,680 Speaker 2: Man, Kendall Man, your parents did an amazing job. 624 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:49,439 Speaker 1: Man, It's been a pleasure talking to you, and I 625 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:51,119 Speaker 1: could keep talking to you, and we're gonna let you go. 626 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:53,639 Speaker 1: You're a busy, busy man, command this family. This is 627 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 1: the next Man Up Comcast. I'm Brian Coole with JR. 628 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 1: And I am with no other than Kendall Fuller. 629 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:00,640 Speaker 2: Brother. Thank you so much for time in. I can't 630 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 2: wait to see how y'all finish out the year. And 631 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 2: I know you got a long career ahead of you, brother, 632 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 2: so we're gonna keep watching. Man. 633 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:06,679 Speaker 3: Appreciate it. 634 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:09,960 Speaker 2: Love podcasts. 635 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:12,440 Speaker 1: We have a lot more for you on the Commander's 636 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:13,520 Speaker 1: podcast Network. 637 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 2: That's right. 638 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 1: We have the command Center Podcast with Logan Paulson, Fred 639 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:18,919 Speaker 1: Smooth and Santanta Mars. It's like hanging out with your 640 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:22,119 Speaker 1: best friends, but you're talking all Commander's football. 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