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Speaker 1: It is the Cleveland Browns Draft Show, presented by Gregory

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Speaker 1: Industries on the University Hospitals Cleveland Browns Radio Network, and

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Speaker 1: we are joined by the newest member of your Brown's

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Speaker 1: fourth round pick, the running back out of Tennessee Rocky Top,

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Speaker 1: Dylan Samson. Dylan, first of all, congratulations on becoming a

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Speaker 1: member of the Cleveland Browns and getting drafted in the

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Speaker 1: National Football League. I'm sure this is a very very

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Speaker 1: special day for you.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it is. Thank you. I'm glad to be a

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Speaker 2: partner of an organization.

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Speaker 1: Well, you know this team wants to run the football.

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Speaker 1: They drafted Quinnchawn Judkins earlier. They draft you now, coming

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Speaker 1: off a season which you rush for fourteen hundred and

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Speaker 1: ninety one yards and twenty two touchdowns SEC Offensive Player

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Speaker 1: of the Year for the fans who maybe didn't get

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Speaker 1: to see you as much in this part of the country,

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Speaker 1: how would you describe your style and what you bring

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Speaker 1: to this football team as a running back?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I'm just I think I'm a bout

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Speaker 2: of runner. You know, I played with a certain type

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Speaker 2: of fenacity and you can see the passion when I played.

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Speaker 2: But you know, I stay poor as I believe my

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Speaker 2: vision shows I don't take my speed, my contact balance,

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Speaker 2: and you know, I'm also looking to show everybody, you know,

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Speaker 2: how well I can play out in space, whether that's

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Speaker 2: on the perimeter, catching the ball and doing other things

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Speaker 2: to you know, help the offense.

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Speaker 3: And Dylan, have you had an opportunity to talk to

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Speaker 3: your running back coach Duke Staley? And if so, my man,

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Speaker 3: what did you guys talk about?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah, it was real brief on the phone call,

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Speaker 2: but you know he was telling me, you know, you

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Speaker 2: fired up to get here and you know it's time

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Speaker 2: to work. You know, short and simple. But you know

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Speaker 2: we had an opportunity to you know, talk of the

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Speaker 2: combine as well doing during interviews, and that went well.

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Speaker 2: So it's it good to talk to him again.

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Speaker 4: Hey, Dylan, this is andrews Aileato here. Congratulations man. I

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Speaker 4: know you're from Baton Rouge. You know you probably grew

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Speaker 4: up a Saints fan wearing six Alvin Camara, I know

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Speaker 4: you love him. Tell me about that? Is that who

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Speaker 4: you model your game after?

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Speaker 2: Oh yes, sir, it was one of the you know

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Speaker 2: players I like to watch growing up out of my

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Speaker 2: game after, so you know it was special to get

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Speaker 2: that six at Tennessee too. Yeah, he was.

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Speaker 1: I remember a preseason game when the Saints drafted him

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Speaker 1: in Cleveland. I was on the side, I'm like, man,

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Speaker 1: that guy is special and we certainly hope that you

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Speaker 1: can have that kind of an impact here for the

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Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns. Uh. When you think about coming to a

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Speaker 1: team where you know you're going to be able to

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Speaker 1: be fresh, right, they're going to be both of you

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Speaker 1: in this backfield. Jerome Ford's here as well has been

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Speaker 1: very successful. The idea to be able to stay fresh,

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Speaker 1: the idea will be able to go all out every

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Speaker 1: single run. Is that something that's appealing in kind of

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Speaker 1: like a thunder and lightning type of a situation.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think. I really think it's like the blueprint

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Speaker 2: you know, in the league. If you talk about, you know,

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Speaker 2: the best rustler texts. You know, I look back at

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Speaker 2: Alga Kamara and mark Ingram and you look at your

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Speaker 2: mayor Gids Montgomery. Now you know some of the things

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Speaker 2: they're doing the really stay fresh. Like, especially at our position,

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Speaker 2: there's only so much wear and carry you could take.

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Speaker 2: So you got two guys you know, coming at you

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Speaker 3: When I look at your stats, one of the things

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Speaker 3: that stands out is that you have the elusiveness to

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Speaker 3: make guys miss and at the same time you'll run

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Speaker 3: a guy over. What's your thought processing? How you go

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Speaker 3: about that? But man, whn't running?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? I think you know, it's an area area of

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Speaker 2: my grain I could always improve, you know, But it's

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Speaker 2: all about time and space, you know, and kind of

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Speaker 2: what I'm feeling. It says enough, you know, enough space

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Speaker 2: to you know, kind of set somebody up and make

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Speaker 2: the run, I'm gonna do that. But it's just all

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Speaker 2: about being decisive, you know, and want to get the

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Speaker 4: You feel comfortable dealing in wide zone, you feel comfortable

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Speaker 4: pressing that whole one cut and just hitting it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I'm ready. I'm ready to do all that.

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Speaker 1: What have you kind of heard about Cleveland? And did

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I knew it kind of was, but I

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Speaker 2: didn't know what it was gonna you know, look like,

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Speaker 2: you know, with them selecting junkins yesterday, but I knew

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Speaker 2: with how kind of deep this running back class was,

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Speaker 2: it was a possibility that some teams were going to draft,

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Speaker 2: you know, two running backs, and I mean, this is

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Speaker 2: a great situation to be in, you know, having the

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Speaker 2: opportunity of going there, both of us, you know, kind

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Speaker 2: of around the same years and age, both being young,

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Speaker 2: you know, opportunity to start fresh and learn and you know,

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Speaker 2: attack it, you know strong. It's a blessing.

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Speaker 4: Hey, Joe, let's talk about that because, like we were

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Speaker 4: talking about that exact topic before you you joined us

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Speaker 4: on the phone, and that is how deep this class is.

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Speaker 4: You have worked your entire life for this weekend, Dylan Samson,

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Speaker 4: I'm sure you got family with you this weekend. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: So what's it like sitting there like this is a

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Speaker 4: the average guy can't can't relate to what you, as

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Speaker 4: an NFL draft d have to go through this weekend

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Speaker 4: uncertain like I'm going to get on a plane, I

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Speaker 4: don't know where I'm going and where my life will

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Speaker 4: take me. Like what is that?

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Speaker 2: Like? Yeah, it's a different type of feeling, like you

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Speaker 2: said that not too many people can relate to. You know,

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Speaker 2: it's a blessing and scary at the same time because

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Speaker 2: you know, a lot of things I was hearing was

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Speaker 2: you know I was gonna be picked on day two,

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Speaker 2: and so we all got together yesterday and you know,

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Speaker 2: just not to you know, have my name get called.

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Speaker 2: It is disappointing, you know, but you know, I just

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Speaker 2: believe that you know, the right fit will come, you know,

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Speaker 2: regardless of what day I get picked, it, whether I

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Speaker 2: get selected, you know, it's gonna be a blessing and

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Speaker 2: it's time to hit the go out running. I think

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Speaker 2: this is you know, one of the best situations you know,

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Speaker 2: to be in, you know, having the opportunity to be

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Speaker 2: like a one to two punch with junkins. But you know,

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Speaker 2: my family was all behind me, you know, uh was

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Speaker 2: I was gonna get my name called. But yeah, it's scary,

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Speaker 2: you know, not knowing you know, you know when you're

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Speaker 2: before you it's like, dang, like, I don't know how

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Speaker 2: people really value me for real. So but to him

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Speaker 2: to get that phone call and see my name get

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Speaker 2: called on TV, you know it's not time to just

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Speaker 1: And the best thing about this league is it's not

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Speaker 1: it doesn't matter where you are drafted once you get here,

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Speaker 1: it's about what you do, what you produce. And you

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Speaker 1: mentioned being part of a one to two punch. There

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Speaker 1: is a rich, rich history. Obviously the goat, Jim Brown

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Speaker 1: was a Cleveland Brown, but you talk about one to

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Speaker 1: two punches, you go back to the eighties Byner and Mack,

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Speaker 1: Ernest Biner and Kevin Mack and then more recently Nick

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Speaker 1: Chubb and Kareem Hunt. That is something the Browns have

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Speaker 1: had throughout their history, an opportunity to do it again

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Speaker 1: and we're thrilled that you have an opportunity to be

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Speaker 3: And with that, Dylan, when did you realize in your

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Speaker 3: journey that, Okay, I have a shot because you're living

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Speaker 3: on I gotta imagine the childhood dream of being in

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Speaker 3: the NFL getting drafted, But what did you know in college, Okay,

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Speaker 3: I have a shot at this.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think really my sophomore year. You know, first

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Speaker 2: of all, just playing at the SEC, you know, great confidence.

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Speaker 2: You know there's a lot of great commerce out there,

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Speaker 2: but just playing at the SEC, you know, I feel

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Speaker 2: like if you're able to showcase on a consistent basis,

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Speaker 2: you know that you can go out there and compete

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Speaker 2: and compete at a high level against you know, the

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Speaker 2: defenses and the SEC that you know, there's always a shot,

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Speaker 2: you know, kind of get to the lead and display

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Speaker 2: your skill no matter how that looks. So I was

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Speaker 2: able to jump on the scene for real my sophomore

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Speaker 2: year after splitting time with Jay Wright and Jabari, you know,

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Speaker 2: just you know, finding time throughout games. You know, I

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Speaker 2: got my own drives on a series, being able to

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Speaker 2: kind of that consistency each and every game, and kind

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Speaker 2: of when it got about like mid season or like

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Speaker 2: mid SEC player, I was like, you know, it could

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Speaker 2: be a real possibility that you know, I could be

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Speaker 2: able to leave this year. But I was just focused on,

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Speaker 2: you know, every single day, every game, just being my best.

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Speaker 1: Homecoming, King SEC Offensive Player of the Year and now

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Speaker 1: a Cleveland brown Dylan, congratulations. Can't wait to see it.

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Speaker 1: Get up here and get to work. It's going to

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Speaker 1: be a lot of fun and you'll have a familiar

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Speaker 1: face in the building in Cedric Tillman, so hopefully that

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Speaker 1: that helps with the transition.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely, thank you.

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Speaker 1: You got congratulations Dylan Samson, the newest member of your

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Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns,