1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 1: Christian, where were you when you got the call? I 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: was at home with my family because my mom and 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: my dad, my two sisters, and my brother, so I 4 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:12,640 Speaker 1: was just meeting my family shared this moment, Christian. How 5 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: would you describe your game for those who don't know you, 6 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: I'll say it the answer. How would you describe your 7 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: game on the field for those who don't know you? 8 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 1: I'll like to describe my game as fast and tells 9 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: it phisical and a guy who gets the balls and 10 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: try to make plays for the team. Christian. This might 11 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: be kind of a silly question, but NFL dot com 12 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: puts out these draft profiles that you know, say have 13 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 1: evaluations of players, and it says that you're not a 14 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:45,880 Speaker 1: huge fan of practice. I wondered what you thought about 15 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:48,880 Speaker 1: that evaluation of you. You know, everyone has nown opinion. 16 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: They're intelligent on opinions, So I feel like that was 17 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: you know, that was something that was put up there 18 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: that wasn't true. You know, I'm a god, you know 19 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 1: who when I when I'm practicing, you know, I take 20 00:00:57,480 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: rod and practicing because I know it a preparamer for 21 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: the game and I know how big practice is. You know, 22 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: if you able to get prepared for the game and 23 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: play at a very high level that we've you know, 24 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:08,680 Speaker 1: so I feel like everyone's in town zill opinion, you know, 25 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 1: and that's something I got out to do that, you know, 26 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 1: I couldn't control. The one thing I controlled that moving 27 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: forward is to make sure I'm the best practice player 28 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:17,680 Speaker 1: I could be. Christian, excuse me, Christian. Did you have 29 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 1: a lot of contact with the Patriots and how would 30 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: you describe your relationship with coach Graham who has developed 31 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 1: it seems a strong relationship with Bill Belichick. You know, 32 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: I talked to the pastures during the pre draft, you know, 33 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: going going forward, you know, I talked him a little 34 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 1: bit and with him, you know. And as far as 35 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: coach Graham, we had a good relationship. Um, you know, 36 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: he recruiting me out of high school. He coached my 37 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: high school formerly, you know, so we did a pretty 38 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: good relationship. You know. He helped me grow from a 39 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: you know, from a game man, you know, from a 40 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 1: boys the young man going through college. So I feel 41 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: we had a fairly good, really good relationship. Like Christian, 42 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: how familiar are you with the way the Patriots use 43 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: their linebackers and just the team's history of that position. 44 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: You know, no one football like I do, you know, 45 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: and watched the pages. I know they like sort of 46 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: linebacks in the first at all. And you know, I 47 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: feel like that's something they can pay toll on me. 48 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 1: And you know, and I thank them for that, you know, 49 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: but just in the past, I've always seen this. You know, 50 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 1: they love the guy a round and you know, they 51 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: they want guys to go to do a lot of jobs, 52 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:18,919 Speaker 1: you know, and you know, I'm thankful they told that 53 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: to me and they're able to give me an opportunity 54 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 1: to come into it's gonna try to help the team 55 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:28,919 Speaker 1: out a Christian one. Are the multiple jobs you can do. 56 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 1: You know, I'm coming in and they see something that 57 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 1: the paper like I do coming in, you know, and 58 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,799 Speaker 1: I'm I'm gonna go in there and do what they're 59 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: coming to do, and you know, the coached up and 60 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: you know, just make sure I'm doing the right thing 61 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: the first time and having to be told over now, 62 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: you know, that's that's my job and so to be 63 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 1: going responsibility going forward. Is most of your experience Christian 64 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: off the line or have you played some on the 65 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:52,959 Speaker 1: line as well? So I've done both, you know, I 66 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 1: feel like that they they they were comfortable with that 67 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: versatility met and they took the cancel me. You know, 68 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,639 Speaker 1: that's my job going there, like I said, and the 69 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,079 Speaker 1: coach and children, I could do that, do what they 70 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 1: saw used. So what linebackers do you do you study 71 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: in the pros? Are there any guys you model your 72 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 1: game after or compare yourself too? You know? Going forward now, 73 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: I mean be in the NFL now, you know that 74 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: I have to be my own, be my own lineback, 75 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: you know, and spend it for myself, you know, and 76 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:21,640 Speaker 1: just take the coach and I'm going to get you know, 77 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 1: from the coaches of the pagers and moving forward and 78 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:26,079 Speaker 1: just be the best player I can be, you know 79 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 1: wherever I mind up that. There's not much experience do 80 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: you have on special teams? I played some teams every 81 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 1: year when I was here on the stage, so and 82 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 1: I had a former specials twitter in the NFL, So 83 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 1: I've pretty good knowledge background on special teas. Also, I 84 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: think I read that early in your career, or at 85 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 1: least when you were recruited, there was some consideration of 86 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: playing you in the secondaries. Any truths to that? And yeah, 87 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: so that's one of the truth. I played DV when 88 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 1: I was in high school all the way up to 89 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 1: my junior year when I got moved to outside like 90 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: row down takeing, I have some experience in the taking 91 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: their years or so safe to say you're comfortable and 92 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: coverage because I feel like I am so Christian. Do 93 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 1: you know anyone on the Patriots right now? I currently 94 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: do not know sort of Christian? Were you ever, um 95 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 1: in touching all with guys like Devin Lucien or DJ 96 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: Foster and did you ever talk to them about their 97 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 1: experiences here? Um? I thought DJ Foster of the past 98 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: about his experience not much so uh devolution. I didn't 99 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 1: really know him as well. He was a transferred as 100 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 1: on mistake later later in his career. But DJ talke 101 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: Uh he talked to his team about, you know, his 102 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 1: experience with the Patriots. So I've had a little bit 103 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 1: knowledge of the Patriots. What did he say? It's a 104 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 1: great program to be you know, it's a winning program. 105 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:52,280 Speaker 1: You know this business, you know they want to win. 106 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 1: You know they do everything they came to win, and 107 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: this is a great atmosphere. So Christian, what should we 108 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: know about you just as a person. So I'm a 109 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: high character guy. You know, you can always count me 110 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: to get the job turning, never gonna be in the 111 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 1: wrong place, doing the wrong thing. I'm a guy who's 112 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 1: gonna take your his business and helped help people around him. Christian, 113 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 1: was it a difficult decision to declare for the draft 114 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: or did you feel like you were absolutely ready? I 115 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 1: feel like I was ready, you know. I also I 116 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: graduated early, and I feel like that would be a 117 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: big reason for me leaving school early, graduated early and 118 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: getting my getting my diploma, So you know, I feel 119 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 1: like that was a big thing for me, and I 120 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:31,359 Speaker 1: feel like I was ready to get into the draft. 121 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 1: How would you describe that twenty sixteen year for you 122 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 1: when you went out and didn't play any games. What 123 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:40,359 Speaker 1: was the road back like? It was a rough no, 124 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 1: But I trusted in God, you know, my family for support, 125 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:44,480 Speaker 1: you know, and that's something that really helped me get 126 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,280 Speaker 1: through that that whole time, you know, and I came back. 127 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 1: I made sure I was going to come back stronger, 128 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 1: you know, bigger, faster or stronger, and it's better and 129 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 1: be able to come back the next year and help 130 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 1: my team out. Did you do anything differently they made 131 00:05:56,400 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: you come back bigger and stronger and faster, you know, 132 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 1: so I thtick to my stick to my hand presume 133 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,280 Speaker 1: you know, they even healthier, you know, just thinking of 134 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 1: the same thing I was doing, you know, yoga, eating healthy, 135 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:10,039 Speaker 1: you know, just working out and take care of my 136 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 1: body more. And you know, I'd actually had probably more 137 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:14,039 Speaker 1: extra time to do that, and you know, helped me 138 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: out in the wrong run, you know, But I staid 139 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 1: to my stick to my scream. Christian, did you stay 140 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: in the Tempe area, Phoenix area and the run up 141 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: to the draft and the combine or did you go offsite, 142 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:30,160 Speaker 1: go back home to Texas or elsewhere? Um? I did 143 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:33,039 Speaker 1: my free call, my train and border and for my 144 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:35,159 Speaker 1: project was back Arizona and I was out there for 145 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 1: the reminder and then I just now recently came back 146 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 1: to Dallas to spend some of my family