1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:04,280 Speaker 1: We're inside the Indiana Union Construction Industry Radio studio with 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: JJ Stangovitz along. I am Matt Taylor. We're talking about 3 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: free agency for the Indianapolis Colts and joining the Colts 4 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: in free agency weapon wise on special teams. It's Kicker, 5 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: Matt Gay. Matt, congratulations and welcome to Indianapolis. Thanks Matt, 6 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 1: appreciate it. Super excited to be here. I love the Colts. 7 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: I was here for a little stint on practice squad 8 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:26,239 Speaker 1: a couple years ago. I'm happy to be back. Yeah, 9 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: we'll talk about that coming up. But for you coming 10 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:30,639 Speaker 1: back to the Colts joining it in the regard that 11 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:33,519 Speaker 1: you do right now, what was most attractive to you 12 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: joining the Colts in free agency. I just love the organization, 13 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 1: super family orientated. I love the people that are in 14 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:44,560 Speaker 1: the building. I know Chris Baller pretty well, and just 15 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: just the organization and what they represent, their family, their 16 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: tighten it and I just just since I was here, 17 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: I've just always, you know, had an attraction to the Colts. Yeah, 18 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 1: you're thinking back to that time in twenty twenty when 19 00:00:57,160 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: you were here, Just what do you remember about the 20 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: experience of just being in the building, being around some 21 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 1: of the guys who are still here. Obviously there's been 22 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: some change, uh, you know, with a new special teams 23 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 1: coordinator coming in, but Luke Rhodes being here some of 24 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 1: those guys, yeah, I mean, first off, Luke Um, Luke 25 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 1: Rhodes and Rigoberto Sanchez were here when I was here, right, 26 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 1: and I got along really well with the guys even 27 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:20,399 Speaker 1: though I was I wasn't the starting kicker. I was 28 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: kind of on practice squad, but they kind of took 29 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 1: me in and we got along really well and we 30 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 1: hung out and um, so knowing that they were still 31 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: here and that relationship was still was still here was 32 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 1: was big for me. And just yeah, knowing that a 33 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 1: lot of the people were like DT and some of 34 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 1: these guys that are still in the building, it is 35 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: very comforting to know when you're coming back that I'm 36 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 1: going to know some people I know the building, yeah, Um, 37 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:47,040 Speaker 1: and you have a little bit of familiar familiarity with 38 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: the team, in the system and kind of how it works, 39 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 1: even though that there's some new pieces and things like sure, 40 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 1: no doubt about that. Now, you've been one of the 41 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 1: most consistent kickers the last couple of years. In fact, 42 00:01:57,080 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: you've only missed six field goals in the last three years. 43 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: How would you describe your consistency. How much pride do 44 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 1: you take in just being stable? And again, I just 45 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 1: go back to that word consistent, reliable, and clutch in 46 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: a lot of different scenarios. I take a lot of 47 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:15,519 Speaker 1: pride in it. I think that's just kind of like who. 48 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: I'm identifying myself as someone who's you know, consistent who 49 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: and not just that you see in the stats, but 50 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: you see in day to day work, consistent in practice 51 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 1: and how I go about my routine, in my process 52 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,079 Speaker 1: and the routine when I do kick, so when I 53 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: go out on the field of the same process, and 54 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 1: I know that if I take care of that, that 55 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 1: I'm consistent with that the results will will follow. And 56 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 1: if they don't, I can be content with the result 57 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: even if I go through my process and I can 58 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: accept what happens. Yeah, And so that's just something I 59 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: take one kick at a time. I try not to 60 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: get too far ahead and just take it, take it 61 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 1: one kick at a time, and trying to make one 62 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 1: kick at a time. You look at it statistically in 63 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 1: your career since two thousand and nine, team you've only 64 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: missed fourteen fuel goals, and then if you look at it, 65 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 1: eight of them came in your first year as a rookie. 66 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: Did you make any changes, any adjustments or is that 67 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 1: just come with time and experience? How I guess what 68 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: I'm asking you is, how have you been able to 69 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 1: make that one year an outlier and then turn yourself 70 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: into one of the most accurate kickers since the twenty 71 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,079 Speaker 1: twenty season. Yeah, definitely my rookie year had um it's 72 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,359 Speaker 1: ups and downs. And I think for me just coming 73 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: into a rookie in the NFL, I I didn't know 74 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: a lot of things um and I think I let like, 75 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: I don't know if I would say like the mentality 76 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: of the games in the NFL. I don't think I 77 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: realized the severity of how important it was. I know 78 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: that sounds kind of silly, But then after that first 79 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 1: year I made it. Definitely made some changes to some 80 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: techniques and clean clean some stuff up. Sure, I can 81 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 1: just take some things out of it. Then, I mean, 82 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 1: there's the less there is to worry about, the less 83 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: you can go wrong, the less. So I think taking 84 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 1: some things out of it and simplifying it and making 85 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: things a little bit easy year on myself as far 86 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: as like routine and steps really helped my transition too. 87 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: And then my time here an idiot, I think mentally 88 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: in Tampa was hard for me and what I went 89 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: through down there, and then to come here and just 90 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: be able to have them give you just so much confidence. 91 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: And I mean that came from Chris, and I know 92 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: Bob is not here, but Bubba Ventrone and Luke and Rigo, 93 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 1: they just you know, they believed in you, They tell 94 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,919 Speaker 1: you good things, they give you confidence. And so my 95 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: time here in India was really really important for my 96 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: career because I was able to just kind of just 97 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,359 Speaker 1: reset mentally and physically and just kind of kick free 98 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: and get back to who I am and how I 99 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: like to kick, and that kind of set me up 100 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:40,840 Speaker 1: for kind of my time in LA. Is it one 101 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: of those things that when you hit you hit that 102 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 1: confidence here and it kind of starts growing again, and 103 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:47,160 Speaker 1: then you start making kicks for the Rams, you start 104 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: making kicks in the playoffs, he start making it kicks 105 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl that it just kind of continues 106 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: to build and build and build to the point where 107 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 1: you know you can go out. I think I saw 108 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 1: the stag. You're twenty eight to thirty two and the 109 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:01,039 Speaker 1: fourth quarter in your career where any s situation is 110 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,480 Speaker 1: not going to phase you when you're kicking a field goal. Yeah, 111 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: I think definitely, you in your mind, you believe you 112 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 1: can do it, and you know you can do it, 113 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: and you have the confidence that you can do it. 114 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:10,839 Speaker 1: And then I think you go out there and you 115 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: make one, and the confidence builds, and then you make another, 116 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 1: confidence builds, and then the confidence for me is almost 117 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: as not thinking like and then it all just becomes 118 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 1: just like I don't think, I jog on the field. 119 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: I kicked the ball and I dug off and so 120 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: I think you just get in this routine, in this 121 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: rhythm where you're you're not thinking, and I think that's 122 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: where like a lot of this the success comes is 123 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: kind of just when it's my trust my body, and 124 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:35,599 Speaker 1: my body knows what to do and I don't have 125 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 1: to think about it and I just kind of can 126 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 1: go out there and do it, and then yeah, you 127 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: just kind of build on those confidence and I think 128 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 1: that's just kind of how that Yeah, I mean, that's builds. 129 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 1: You just confidence builds as you as you do more 130 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: and more you're kind of talking about that. When did 131 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: you learn how to miss? Like how to respond to 132 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 1: a miss? Because I've talked to like closers in baseball 133 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 1: who've talked about, you got it, you know you have 134 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 1: to flush it, you have to be quick about that. 135 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 1: Is it sort of that you know, you just go 136 00:05:57,839 --> 00:05:59,600 Speaker 1: out there and you're you're trusting your process. You don't 137 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 1: really think about it, so if you do miss, it 138 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: doesn't lead to another one. I think I think just 139 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:07,279 Speaker 1: kind of as a young kid, I kind of always 140 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: had that, like even playing soccer and growing up. It's 141 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: like I wanted to be the one to take the penalty. 142 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:13,280 Speaker 1: I wanted to be the one to take the free kick. 143 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 1: Like I wanted the moment, and I was fine, like 144 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 1: if it if it didn't work like I just wanted it, 145 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:23,720 Speaker 1: and if it didn't work out, it was didn't change 146 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:25,599 Speaker 1: the fact that I still wanted the next one. Or 147 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: I think kind of as a young age that just 148 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 1: kind of was in me. I think when I got 149 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: to the league that changed a little bit because the 150 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 1: severe I mean the NFL is a big deal, and 151 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: I think the severity of a miss, I mean, I 152 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 1: missed a game winner in Tampa Um and you miss 153 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 1: kicks and you don't want to let it build, and 154 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 1: then you think, Okay, But I think if I can 155 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: trust the process, and if I go by my process 156 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 1: the way I know I'm supposed to, then I can 157 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 1: live with the result. I did everything I should have done. 158 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:56,159 Speaker 1: I trusted that, And I think just for me, the 159 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:59,479 Speaker 1: knowledge of knowing that, like whether I made it or 160 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:02,279 Speaker 1: missed the kick, it doesn't has no bearing on the 161 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:05,160 Speaker 1: next one. Like it's a completely new opportunity. It's a 162 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: completely new kick. And that's if I made it or 163 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 1: missed it. I mean that just because I missed it 164 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: doesn't mean the next one I'm not going to go 165 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 1: out there and make it. If I can just kind 166 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 1: of reset and go do the same process, and most 167 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: of the time you're gonna make him. I think that's 168 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: what I've and so I just I've learned to handle 169 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: the miss and move on to the next one. Yeah, 170 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 1: I'll say, I mean, you know, only again, the only 171 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: six miss is the last three years. Pro Bowler. In 172 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one Super Bowl champ that year with the 173 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 1: Los Angeles Rams, that's Matt Gay. He's the kicker for 174 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: the Colts now coming in in free agency signing with Indianapolis, 175 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 1: and Brian Mason is now the special teams coordinator for 176 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 1: the Colts. He's a young guy making this transition to 177 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 1: a special teams coordinator at the NFL level for the 178 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 1: first time. What do you know about him and what 179 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 1: excites you working with him now as your special teams coordinators. Yeah, 180 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 1: I know Brian had a lot of success at the 181 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: college level, and I know that he's he has an 182 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 1: NFL mindset when it comes to special teams in kicking 183 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 1: and just talking with him, I know that that's something 184 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 1: that's kind of rare, I think in college coaches because 185 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 1: there's such a differential difference between college in the NFL 186 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 1: and how they do a lot of things. Yeah, scheming up, 187 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: scheming up, and how they do things, and even just 188 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 1: like the way they the workload and things like that 189 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 1: and how and he even just talking to him, he's 190 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 1: very open to like what I like to do and 191 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 1: my suggestions and feeding off me. And so he's he's 192 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: been nothing but a awesome to me so far, and 193 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: so I'm excited to work with him and get do 194 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:39,439 Speaker 1: you know, to help each other's careers and just kind 195 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 1: of build off each other and the kind of help 196 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 1: one another along this process. So, Matt, you played one 197 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: season in high school football, then you were a soccer 198 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:51,320 Speaker 1: player at Utah val University, and then you transferred to 199 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 1: Utah and started kicking there. Ye when did it become 200 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 1: real for you that you could be sitting here in 201 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 1: this chair getting a contract from the Colts free agent? 202 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 1: You could be a Super Bowl champion, a Pro bowler, 203 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:05,439 Speaker 1: put together the NFL career that you have so far. Well, 204 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 1: when I was playing soccer at Utah Valley and I 205 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:12,680 Speaker 1: decided to make the transition to kicking, I said, if 206 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:14,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do this, if I'm gonna try and go 207 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 1: kick and I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna do it 208 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: to go to the NFL. I'm not gonna do it 209 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: to go to college. I'm not gonna I could stay 210 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: in college and play soccer. I could say these things, 211 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 1: but the whole goal was when I wanted to switch, 212 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:26,319 Speaker 1: because my whole goal was to play professional sports, play 213 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 1: soccer professionally, and when that wasn't going the way I 214 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 1: wanted it to. After my olds mission and things like that, 215 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:36,679 Speaker 1: when I got back, it was like Okay, well, how 216 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do this. Even if I want to make 217 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 1: some money, I want to do these things. I'm gonna 218 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:43,199 Speaker 1: try and go to the NFL. And so that was 219 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: the mindset immediately from when I started kicking, like I'm 220 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 1: gonna quit soccer, I'm gonna start kicking. I'm gonna go 221 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 1: to the NFL. And then the whole process led me 222 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 1: to Utah. I got to Utah and end up playing 223 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 1: and I'm kicking in games, and I think halfway about 224 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 1: halfway through the year, the punter at the time, Mitch Wishnowski, 225 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 1: was like, hey, mate, like, I don't know if you 226 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 1: know this, but like you're you're in the running for 227 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:11,679 Speaker 1: the Luke Rosa, and I want I had asked him, 228 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 1: I said, what's the Luke Rosa? Who's lou Groza? Yeah, 229 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: I'd asked him, I said, what's the Luke Rosa? And 230 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 1: we had this talk about like the Rey guy lou 231 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:23,839 Speaker 1: Groza and what it was and was like, and then 232 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 1: I was like, holy cow, like I could win this 233 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 1: thing and ended up winning it. And then I think 234 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:32,840 Speaker 1: after that year it was like, Okay, this is what 235 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 1: I wanted it, and I set out to do it 236 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 1: was go to the NFL. But I got a shot here, 237 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 1: like I could actually, I could actually do this. And 238 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 1: then I got granted. They we fought the NCAAA. I 239 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 1: had lost a year and things like that. So I 240 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 1: got my second year of eligibility back to play my 241 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:48,440 Speaker 1: senior year. And I think going into that senior year, 242 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 1: it was like, okay, like if if I play well here, 243 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 1: if I do this, I mean I go to the NFL. 244 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:55,199 Speaker 1: And I think that's kind of after that first year, 245 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:57,599 Speaker 1: it was like I got a shot to make it 246 00:10:57,679 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: run at this When when you transferred to Utah, were 247 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 1: you guaranteed a spot to kick? Were you a walk 248 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: on or did you have to compete to then be 249 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 1: the Utah kicker that year? So I went to a 250 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:09,839 Speaker 1: specialist camp for Utah in the summer. I ended up 251 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 1: winning the camp and they granted me. They said, hey, 252 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 1: you can walk on here if you want. And it 253 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 1: wasn't a preferred walk on it. I had to wait 254 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 1: a couple of days till someone got hurt, I think, 255 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 1: and a spot opened up in fall camp and then 256 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 1: I got brought in like three four days into camp, 257 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:27,200 Speaker 1: and there was four of the kickers at the time, 258 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 1: and we just started kind of competing and kicking against 259 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 1: each other, and then it slowly became a battle between 260 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: me and one other guy. He was a freshman. He 261 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:38,960 Speaker 1: was also coming back off at LDS mission and he 262 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 1: was on scholarship things like that, and so it became 263 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:47,079 Speaker 1: me and him, and they gave him the start in 264 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: the first game, and he ended up going out there. 265 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:53,079 Speaker 1: He actually missed his first kick and the coach came 266 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:56,199 Speaker 1: to me, you're up, brother, and I kind of took 267 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 1: a second on the sideline and had like a little 268 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 1: a moment for myself on the side line where I 269 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 1: just and for me personally, I said a little prayer. 270 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 1: I was like, all right, well, this is because I 271 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 1: go into the game. I was like, I'm not gonna play. 272 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 1: Like they gave this guy to start, this is like 273 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna play. Yeah. Yeah. I told family not 274 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:12,440 Speaker 1: to come. I was like, I'm not playing. And then 275 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:14,679 Speaker 1: he comes to you and says, all right, you got 276 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:15,959 Speaker 1: the next one. So I take this little moment on 277 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 1: the sideline and I was able to go out there 278 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 1: and make my first kick and kind of settle in 279 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 1: and that's kind of where the process started. Yeah. Yeah, 280 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:26,319 Speaker 1: I mean just walking on incredible journey and a new 281 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 1: chapter starts here with the Indianapolis Colts. Kicker Matt Gay 282 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 1: has signed with the team in free agency. Matt, congratulations 283 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 1: for you and your family. I know you have your 284 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 1: wife here with you today as well. So excited for 285 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 1: you and you can't wait to see here in the spring. 286 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 1: Thanks you, guys, I appreciate it.