WEBVTT - S1 Episode 1: On A Mission 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:02.880 Drafted as a production of tree Fort Media, Clutch Sports Group, 0:00:02.960 --> 0:00:06.880 and I Heart Radio. The first pick in the two 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:10.200 thousand twenty draft, and I finally got big calls for 0:00:11.280 --> 0:00:16.280 I'm Ready. Let's Go, I'm kigging Michael Key, and welcome 0:00:16.720 --> 0:00:19.960 to Draft It, where eight elite college football players tell 0:00:20.000 --> 0:00:22.439 their own stories as they try to make the leap 0:00:22.560 --> 0:00:26.360 from campus to the NFL. Over the next twelve episodes, 0:00:26.640 --> 0:00:29.440 these athletes will mike themselves up and give us a raw, 0:00:29.600 --> 0:00:31.800 honest look at what it takes to go from childhood 0:00:31.840 --> 0:00:36.600 dreamer to college star to this year's NFL Draft. Let's go, 0:00:36.680 --> 0:00:41.400 I'm Ready. No producers, directors or light shining down, no cameras. 0:00:41.920 --> 0:00:46.800 This is unfiltered, real life, real emotion unfolding in real time. 0:00:47.280 --> 0:00:49.480 We'll share in the moment when all their hard work 0:00:49.560 --> 0:00:53.080 does or does not pay off, with millions of dollars 0:00:53.120 --> 0:00:55.840 and countless years of sacrifice on the line. We'll hear 0:00:55.840 --> 0:00:58.160 from their parents, I'm so grateful to God that he 0:00:58.200 --> 0:01:00.440 came into our family, siblings. Just in the get go, 0:01:00.560 --> 0:01:02.720 he just knew what he wanted to be an NFL athlete. 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:05.959 Teammates and coaches providing a rare candid look at what 0:01:06.040 --> 0:01:09.080 it really takes to make it to the National Football League. 0:01:09.120 --> 0:01:14.160 Every day I've been put in my body since six 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:17.120 The NFL Draft has been established to increase the competition 0:01:17.200 --> 0:01:20.640 between teams by allowing the worst performing team to pick 0:01:20.680 --> 0:01:23.600 the best available player. It is a fresh start for 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:27.240 the teams and the players, and the stakes couldn't be higher. 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:30.959 Teams make or break their future in the draft. The 0:01:31.000 --> 0:01:34.240 cornerstones are franchises and Hall of Fame. Players can be 0:01:34.280 --> 0:01:38.160 discovered at any point, not just in the prestigious first 0:01:38.200 --> 0:01:41.160 round where millionaires are made. By far the biggest week 0:01:41.160 --> 0:01:43.360 of my life, this is not the team that I 0:01:43.400 --> 0:01:45.759 thought I would end up home. This year was unique 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:50.640 NFL Draft, unprecedented in the history of the sport. One 0:01:50.680 --> 0:01:53.400 of the highlights of these players young lives happened during 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:57.840 the COVID pandemic we're all experiencing, and soon afterward, unrest 0:01:57.880 --> 0:02:01.120 unfolded around the country. On the heels of Colin Kaepernick 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:03.640 becoming one of the faces of the new civil rights movement, 0:02:04.240 --> 0:02:07.880 comes a new generation wrestling with a significant racial divide. 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:13.600 The league, through its commissioner, recently changed course, announcing its 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:17.000 openness to all forms of public protest. The athletes you'll 0:02:17.040 --> 0:02:19.799 hear from are now living in a new normal, leaping 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:23.000 into public view with a new found platform as members 0:02:23.040 --> 0:02:26.280 of the National Football League and taking on the responsibility 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:29.520 that comes with that. In April, they couldn't travel to 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:32.560 Vegas to receive their jersey from Roger Goodell or walk 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:34.640 across the stage at the moment they were picked and 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:38.000 here cheering fans. Instead, these athletes watched from a more 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:45.320 intimate setting, their homes in their hometowns Helenny. It is 0:02:45.360 --> 0:02:48.680 here we find one of the best athletes in this class, 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:53.239 Chase Young, a defender so disruptive, opposing coach Lane Kiffin 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:56.120 claimed there are only ten guys like him in the world. 0:02:56.520 --> 0:03:00.000 Others say he's a generational talent, but that was in college. 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:03.040 Now Chase has a new world to conquer, starting one 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:05.760 week from today at the draft. Because I used to 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:13.840 tell you, if you can twilt, I feel like that 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:19.760 little three today break help my muscles recover. I'm a 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:32.480 savage bad For the past year, Chase Young has listened 0:03:32.480 --> 0:03:35.520 to the media tout him as a rare find with 0:03:35.680 --> 0:03:39.200 potential to become one of the NFL's most prolific playmakers 0:03:39.320 --> 0:03:42.560 on the defensive side of the ball. Of those defensive players, 0:03:42.600 --> 0:03:44.280 as you mentioned, some studs that will be at the 0:03:44.280 --> 0:03:46.440 top of the board in any draft year. It doesn't matter. 0:03:46.560 --> 0:03:48.880 You're always gonna have Chase Young at or near the 0:03:48.880 --> 0:03:51.440 top of that list with his pass Russia bloody. So 0:03:51.520 --> 0:03:55.120 if you're looking for immediate NFL success, you fits the 0:03:55.160 --> 0:04:02.680 description Nick and Joey Bosa Boots had insta. Chase has 0:04:02.720 --> 0:04:05.800 the same elite skills and now has the same high 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:09.360 expectations to change the course of a game and a 0:04:09.400 --> 0:04:14.360 franchise in the blink of an eye. Chase Young Ohio State, 0:04:14.440 --> 0:04:16.840 let's get after it. If he is a football god, 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:20.880 if he is Bruce Smith combined with j Wine. But 0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:23.520 he might live up to the Chase Young expectations. And 0:04:23.560 --> 0:04:25.480 I think this guy's got my goods in them. At 0:04:25.520 --> 0:04:29.039 six five inches, his long stride quickly eats up turf 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:33.000 and gets him to the opposing quarterback astonishingly fast. At 0:04:33.040 --> 0:04:36.680 nearly two hundred and seventy pounds, his strength over powers 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:39.240 would be blockers. What he brings to the table is 0:04:39.279 --> 0:04:42.480 in very high demand. I feel like my playing style, 0:04:42.640 --> 0:04:45.680 I feel like I'm all around the physics end just 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:47.640 meaning that I believe I do it all. I can 0:04:47.680 --> 0:04:50.200 play in the round game. I can rush to pastor 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:53.120 I can drop, I can cover a tight end back 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:57.000 if need be. I feel like I bring aggressiveness and 0:04:57.000 --> 0:05:00.320 and just dog like mentality to the game of fo ball. 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:04.960 But that's I'm definitely try to carry to the next level. 0:05:05.240 --> 0:05:08.760 Defensive line and associate head coach Larry Johnson recruited Chase 0:05:08.760 --> 0:05:11.839 to Ohio State and work with him to develop the versatile, 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:15.480 disruptive defender we know today. Jay said, I are really 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:18.479 close and I started doing a recruiting process, and I 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:21.280 think what happened Chase and I was a real real conversation, 0:05:21.480 --> 0:05:23.159 what do you want? What do you want to be? 0:05:23.279 --> 0:05:25.240 How great a player he wants to be? And then 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:27.960 the more I gave him, the more you wanted. So 0:05:28.040 --> 0:05:30.760 you knew you got a guy who was really talented, 0:05:31.120 --> 0:05:36.320 but he's also a guy's very hungry. Most fans don't 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:38.600 see the work and dedication it takes to go from 0:05:38.640 --> 0:05:41.880 that tall, fast, athletic eighteen year old recruit into a 0:05:41.960 --> 0:05:45.680 nearly unblockable force of nature standing atop the draft. The 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:48.560 athletes we all call a natural are often the guys 0:05:48.560 --> 0:05:51.400 spending the most time in the weight room, watching film 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:55.320 and constantly working to improve themselves. This big boat of 0:05:55.400 --> 0:05:58.479 high school was arm over, chopped down and run. That 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:00.880 was a smooth and if that didn't work and he 0:06:00.960 --> 0:06:03.560 was stuck, and when he got in trouble, he would 0:06:03.560 --> 0:06:06.080 go back to that move. It's a freshman he goes 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:08.200 and trying to get knocked out into the sidelines, and 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:09.960 that's the chase. We're not using the high school movie. 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:11.560 We're not doing that. We have to get rid of 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:14.560 that thing. Telling a highly recruited player to get rid 0:06:14.560 --> 0:06:17.840 of their most successful move doesn't always sit well. Habits 0:06:17.839 --> 0:06:20.599 are hard to break, and some top players can get 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:23.440 by on their athleticism alone. And of his freshman year 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:26.880 going into spring football when we had more time to 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:29.239 spend one on one, just trying to continue to build 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:31.320 his two bucks. So what I would do is cut 0:06:31.360 --> 0:06:34.000 those clips out, showing to him and said, this is 0:06:34.000 --> 0:06:36.479 why it doesn't work at this level, and this is 0:06:36.520 --> 0:06:38.919 why these techniques were Let me show you the boast's 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:41.200 brother doing the exact same thing. I'm telling you, we're 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:42.960 gonna train you to do it. Let me show it 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:45.679 to your live in situations see it and we'll spend 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:48.640 hours of watching video tape just how to be a 0:06:48.640 --> 0:06:51.200 great player. And I think best the moment it's sold him, 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:53.520 like god, man, this this really works, coach, And the 0:06:53.680 --> 0:06:56.600 one sophomore year he was a totally different player. But 0:06:56.600 --> 0:06:58.520 I think, as we say at the house, stayble, coach 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:01.160 day is really drinking the kool a. My sophomore year, 0:07:01.200 --> 0:07:04.960 you know I was sipping it. But after season that winning, 0:07:05.120 --> 0:07:07.400 that's springing that summer, you know I was drinking. Guy, 0:07:07.440 --> 0:07:09.400 that's all the time. So I think it goes out 0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:12.280 to coach j extra work with him, film study got 0:07:12.280 --> 0:07:15.080 real detailed and real specific and everything that he's asked 0:07:15.120 --> 0:07:17.280 me to do. I mean he changed from a software 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:19.360 to junior like night and night, and that's what you 0:07:19.360 --> 0:07:21.440 want to see happen. But he really did. It took 0:07:21.440 --> 0:07:23.960 a bigger jump because he had the techniques so early 0:07:24.200 --> 0:07:26.040 and he just worked on it. And that's something people 0:07:26.080 --> 0:07:28.800 don't realize. Chase really wants to be the best, and 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:31.080 I think that took him through his high school career 0:07:31.400 --> 0:07:35.040 obviously con for his college career. Despite missing two games 0:07:35.120 --> 0:07:38.520 due to suspension last season, Young broke the Ohio state 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:42.440 single season sack record and led the nation with sixteen 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:51.760 and a half quarterback takedowns. He became the first defensive 0:07:51.760 --> 0:07:54.320 player since two thousand and twelve to be named a 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:56.840 finalist for the Heisman Trophy, but in the end lost 0:07:56.840 --> 0:07:58.920 out to Joe Burrow, a player he's competing with to 0:07:59.000 --> 0:08:01.720 be the top pick. He be the number one overall pack, 0:08:02.040 --> 0:08:03.880 I think he should be a numbering draft pick, and 0:08:03.960 --> 0:08:06.000 I think he will be the number one draft pick. Um. 0:08:06.040 --> 0:08:09.640 He is the most dominant player at his position in 0:08:09.760 --> 0:08:12.480 all of college football. Mock draft boards and pundits have 0:08:12.560 --> 0:08:16.280 the phenomen going either first overall to Cincinnati, number two 0:08:16.320 --> 0:08:19.840 to Washington, or third to the Detroit Lions. But what 0:08:19.920 --> 0:08:22.440 does all this hype and the prospect of being picked 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:24.680 in the top three mean to Chase in his family 0:08:25.000 --> 0:08:27.600 as they await the draft from home and do like 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:40.920 this shirt dog o, huh uh yeah, don't fit you. 0:08:46.840 --> 0:08:50.520 You're gonna be good in the minute. You're gonna be 0:08:50.559 --> 0:08:54.360 good in a minute. To be patient, be patient. You're 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:59.199 gonna be fine in a minute. You're gonna be able 0:08:59.200 --> 0:09:04.040 to buy me and sure right now in quarantine, it's 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:07.000 all about being patient and focusing on what the young 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:11.319 playmaker can control. I just celebrated my twenty one birthday 0:09:11.800 --> 0:09:15.559 with my family and a few friends and just chilling 0:09:15.600 --> 0:09:18.320 the house. And I'm just just spend some time together, 0:09:18.679 --> 0:09:21.560 spending time with his friends and family, waiting for his 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:24.960 name to be called, preparing his body for the upcoming season. 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:28.400 He said, block out the noise, and we said, basically, 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:32.000 do what we do. Basically what's at three or five? 0:09:33.760 --> 0:09:40.360 Getting shown chap getting my ship back. Yeah, I'm telling 0:09:40.400 --> 0:09:43.839 you that first we get cat when I'm good and 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:49.199 I'm when I'm with it. It's a rap, no, I 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:53.200 know that. You know they told me. You know what 0:09:53.240 --> 0:09:59.080 they said though they said, hey, nah, that's it. Say 0:09:59.160 --> 0:10:15.680 he na full centistra cool, cool, but analystle some mind 0:10:16.400 --> 0:10:21.800 and then general say order pass where he's got likens. 0:10:22.640 --> 0:10:28.280 He's like, I'm sure Chase break to Tama. Chase's former 0:10:28.320 --> 0:10:31.400 Ohio state teammate, Nick Bosa, led all rookies with nine 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:35.319 sacks last season. Already he's setting his sights on surpassing that, 0:10:35.800 --> 0:10:38.520 going after the rookie record for sacks set by Javon 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:41.960 Curse at fourteen and a half. It's this dogged pursuit 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:45.440 of greatness and his pursuit of opposing quarterbacks that led 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:52.320 to Chase's nickname the Predator. He's gonna be expected to 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:55.280 be Jadeveon Clowney's gonna be expected to be Miles Garrett 0:10:55.280 --> 0:10:58.400 to Leo Mack that great outside passed Russia. And if 0:10:58.400 --> 0:11:01.560 he's picked first overall by the Bengal, Chase will play 0:11:01.600 --> 0:11:04.400 only a few hours from Ohio States campus. If you 0:11:04.440 --> 0:11:07.240 go second to Washington, Young will play home games just 0:11:07.400 --> 0:11:09.520 twenty minutes away from the community he grew up in 0:11:09.920 --> 0:11:12.840 Upper Marlboro, Maryland. It will definitely be honored. You know, 0:11:13.080 --> 0:11:16.040 that's the team I've been growing up watching my whole life, 0:11:16.360 --> 0:11:19.360 and um, you know, to be able to go play, uh, 0:11:19.480 --> 0:11:22.480 you know, for him right in my backyard will definitely 0:11:22.760 --> 0:11:24.760 definitely be a blessing just because you know, my family 0:11:25.280 --> 0:11:27.520 will be close and uh, he come to see me play. 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:30.960 Chase's family has played a major role in his life, 0:11:31.320 --> 0:11:35.280 sharing their work ethic, commitment to detail, and even their athleticism. 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:38.480 Young's father, Greg was a basketball player at his uncle 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:42.000 Bernard Joseph, played defensive end for Virginia Tech. Families were 0:11:42.040 --> 0:11:45.600 big for me. Um, you know, just people that you 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:48.400 know that that that always have your back, and you 0:11:48.440 --> 0:11:50.960 know I try to keep those people as close as possible. 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:53.760 I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for them. You know, 0:11:53.800 --> 0:11:56.400 they raised me, made me, help me become the man 0:11:56.480 --> 0:11:59.920 I am today on end on the field, and they 0:12:00.120 --> 0:12:03.480 he deserved to, you know, be a little priderful because 0:12:03.600 --> 0:12:05.559 they were key people, but to help me get to 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:07.400 swear on the day. And you know, I can't say 0:12:07.960 --> 0:12:10.720 I will be here without him. Growing up in Maryland, 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:13.600 he had a lot of off field interests while attending St. 0:12:13.679 --> 0:12:22.319 Vincent Pelate High School, getting money with you. He was 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:25.400 a talented singer and musician. As I grew up, my 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:28.600 mom will put me in course um and things like that, 0:12:28.720 --> 0:12:31.439 so you sound pretty good. But as he got older, 0:12:31.559 --> 0:12:34.640 the Predator knew his true calling wouldn't involve his voice 0:12:34.920 --> 0:12:37.320 or instruments. I had a lot of James would just 0:12:37.360 --> 0:12:40.040 be one of the best football players ever to put 0:12:40.040 --> 0:12:42.599 a game. My dream was to be and one of 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:44.719 the best players in high school, the best play in 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:49.040 state in Maryland. They all came to reality. As the 0:12:49.120 --> 0:12:54.000 draft approaches, Chase carries heavy expectations teams and fans and 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:57.000 visioned greatness from him, and the bar is as high 0:12:57.040 --> 0:12:59.439 as it can be. I hear a lot of teams 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:03.280 um that are are interested wherever I go. I'm gonna 0:13:03.280 --> 0:13:06.080 put my best be four. Some prospects struggle under the 0:13:06.080 --> 0:13:10.480 weight of this immense pressure. Some even break completely. It's 0:13:10.480 --> 0:13:12.880 twenty one year old Chase ready for what the football 0:13:12.920 --> 0:13:15.839 world and tens of millions of dollars in salary will 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:18.880 soon demand. Does he fear not living up to fans 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:22.600 who expect an immediate game changing talent whereas journey will 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:24.680 take him? We don't know. But what we do know 0:13:24.960 --> 0:13:27.960 is that journey begins the moment in the draft when 0:13:28.000 --> 0:13:31.400 his name is finally called. She got someunthing that they 0:13:31.600 --> 0:13:52.920 are no, she be my nuh uh h, I don't 0:13:52.960 --> 0:13:57.560 want to be a Life as the Predator is a 0:13:57.640 --> 0:14:00.560 very different experience from what most draft hopeful Let's go through. 0:14:00.800 --> 0:14:02.800 For the hundreds of prospects not at the top of 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:06.920 the NFL draft food chain, the process is filled with doubt, anxiety, 0:14:07.280 --> 0:14:10.080 and what can feel like a never ending series of questions. 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:29.840 We'll be right back. Huh hey is saying, yeah, Hey, 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:31.680 this is Birch Trud the lines. How are you doing 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:33.720 how are you. I'm doing good? And did I say 0:14:33.760 --> 0:14:35.600 that right? I don't want to. I've got a funny name, 0:14:35.640 --> 0:14:37.760 so I don't mess up your name. No, yeah, you did. 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:40.440 You're good? Okay, all right, well now i'll be quick. 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:43.120 I'm sorrying across the late. So is this number going 0:14:43.160 --> 0:14:46.400 to be your draft day number two? Yes? Yes, okay, 0:14:47.120 --> 0:14:49.960 it's easy. Um, all right? Have you had any injuries 0:14:49.960 --> 0:14:54.720 since the Senior Bowl? No? Um? And he also instances 0:14:54.800 --> 0:15:01.040 most like Forest guys do, but in the alstiled incidence. No, no, okay, 0:15:02.040 --> 0:15:06.600 I answer all right. No, I appreciate the time, man, 0:15:06.640 --> 0:15:08.320 And good luck this weekend. I know it's been a 0:15:08.480 --> 0:15:12.040 nice long four month interview, but it'll be good to 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:15.680 have a team to be working towards somebody, so no doubt. Yeah, 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:18.040 good luck with this process though, and good luck this weekend. 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:24.120 All right, thanks fare meet, He sang Bassie, an undersized 0:15:24.200 --> 0:15:27.280 five ft ten cornerback from wake Forest who's projected to 0:15:27.320 --> 0:15:30.000 be drafted in the mid to late rounds next week. 0:15:30.240 --> 0:15:36.400 I'm me saying, you're saying Bassie from Columbus Georgia. Uh, Georgia, boy, 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:40.360 Columbus Georgia sits about one miles southwest of Atlanta, in 0:15:40.440 --> 0:15:43.880 a state where high school games and college recruiting are 0:15:44.000 --> 0:15:46.760 particularly fierce. A lot of people question my size. I'm 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:49.600 smaller guy or whatever, But you know, that's never ever 0:15:49.720 --> 0:15:51.760 mattered to me when I was playing ball, Like, I 0:15:51.880 --> 0:15:54.000 never even knew my size was an issue in my 0:15:54.080 --> 0:15:57.040 game until this whole draft process started, because I've always 0:15:57.080 --> 0:16:00.720 been the type of player to you know, attack anybody 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:02.920 who's who linds up in front of me. It's never 0:16:03.280 --> 0:16:06.120 never backed down from anything. Despite the upcoming draft being 0:16:06.160 --> 0:16:08.760 touted as the year of the wide receiver, with a 0:16:08.960 --> 0:16:11.840 dozen top rated pass catchers expected to be selected in 0:16:11.880 --> 0:16:14.640 the first two rounds, someone has to cover all these 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:17.200 new weapons in the league on defense, and so it's 0:16:17.240 --> 0:16:21.000 a sayings athleticism, aggressive nose for the ball, and four 0:16:21.360 --> 0:16:24.520 four six speed that caught the attention of scouts. It 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:26.840 is four seasons in the a c C he totaled 0:16:26.880 --> 0:16:30.880 two hundred and twenty seven tackles, five interceptions, and forty 0:16:31.000 --> 0:16:34.800 five broken up passes, lofty numbers for someone playing his position. 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:37.280 My hope on draft day is that my name gets 0:16:37.320 --> 0:16:41.720 called flat out. That's my biggest concern and for my 0:16:41.800 --> 0:16:45.360 family to you know see, see that happened for me 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:47.920 and you know know that all the support they put 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:49.720 into me and I was worth it that feeling for 0:16:49.800 --> 0:16:52.400 them as well. For many players, the journey to the 0:16:52.520 --> 0:16:55.520 NFL is a group effort. It's a collective dream about 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:58.680 more than just a career playing football. This is especially 0:16:58.760 --> 0:17:02.760 true for a saying span L. They're Nigerian immigrants, which 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:06.520 isn't too unusual in the NFL. But their story is 0:17:07.640 --> 0:17:12.520 about to go get my brother to make sure he 0:17:12.640 --> 0:17:16.280 comes out to eat dinner. So a lot of times 0:17:16.320 --> 0:17:20.879 when he's hungry, you know, he doesn't he can't communicate 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:24.679 that he's hungry. So we you know, we kind of know. Uh, 0:17:25.119 --> 0:17:29.720 he suffers from autism. He has autism. Um, he's been 0:17:29.760 --> 0:17:31.680 in the house with us, living with us, you know, 0:17:31.840 --> 0:17:35.359 my whole life. I've seen him grow up and you 0:17:35.400 --> 0:17:36.800 know I had to kind of take care of him 0:17:37.280 --> 0:17:40.640 being the younger brother my whole life. You're gonna sit 0:17:40.760 --> 0:17:43.640 with him. Let me give you a naphtew make sure 0:17:43.680 --> 0:17:47.520 because he might end up just not eating the you 0:17:47.640 --> 0:17:51.600 can make sure he is the yeah, at least the 0:17:53.560 --> 0:18:14.320 rank here You're yeah, I'm you are there. You go 0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:19.920 so I'm almost saying he's not allowed upstairs for a 0:18:20.000 --> 0:18:23.159 minute because he was kind of jumping around screaming the 0:18:23.240 --> 0:18:27.320 other day and he like accidentally bumped in one of 0:18:27.359 --> 0:18:32.040 our cabinets and broke one of the cabinets. So she's 0:18:32.040 --> 0:18:36.280 still kind of mad about that. So he's very, very hyperactive. 0:18:36.359 --> 0:18:38.720 When people think of autism, you know, they think of 0:18:38.840 --> 0:18:42.520 like functional, they can do this that. But he, you know, 0:18:42.680 --> 0:18:46.320 he's I'm sure you can probably hear he's down there 0:18:46.359 --> 0:18:49.600 like yelling and screaming, doing his own thing. But now 0:18:50.000 --> 0:18:52.520 I love him, and he's actually a big reason why 0:18:53.400 --> 0:18:56.000 I play football and one of the things that that 0:18:56.160 --> 0:18:59.600 keeps me going. So, you know, everybody in my family 0:18:59.680 --> 0:19:02.920 kind of talking. My brothers in medical school because of 0:19:02.960 --> 0:19:05.639 my brother. My dad's a doctor obviously takes care of 0:19:05.680 --> 0:19:08.720 people every day. My mom as a teacher, she special ed, 0:19:09.119 --> 0:19:12.040 you know, that's kind of her thing. Um sisters and nurse, 0:19:12.680 --> 0:19:15.439 so everybody's kind of has those, you know, keep him 0:19:15.680 --> 0:19:17.920 in mind with their careers and with me being the 0:19:18.000 --> 0:19:20.800 athlete of the family. You know, he can't play sports 0:19:21.320 --> 0:19:24.000 organized sports, so that's kind of you know how I 0:19:24.080 --> 0:19:27.399 expressed my you know, thinking of him. You know how 0:19:27.560 --> 0:19:30.119 how the impact he has on me just you know, 0:19:30.240 --> 0:19:33.000 I played because he can't, and I eventually want to 0:19:33.000 --> 0:19:35.719 be able to take care of him, you know, give 0:19:35.800 --> 0:19:38.720 him the best care that he needs. And you know, 0:19:38.800 --> 0:19:41.240 it's really cool to see how my whole family kind 0:19:41.280 --> 0:19:45.080 of rallies around him, and you know, he impacts all 0:19:45.119 --> 0:19:48.720 of us so much so and I know football and 0:19:48.800 --> 0:19:51.600 this this path I'm on and everything I'm doing. Uh, 0:19:51.920 --> 0:19:54.439 that's kind of been one of the main driving factors 0:19:54.520 --> 0:19:57.480 for well. The Saying's brother has been an inspiration pulling 0:19:57.560 --> 0:20:00.159 him towards his NFL dream. He's not alone. A other 0:20:00.240 --> 0:20:03.040 fource He's also been pushing the Sayings journey forward from 0:20:03.080 --> 0:20:05.760 behind the scenes. My biggest fan is definitely my mom. 0:20:07.400 --> 0:20:10.600 Definitely my mom. For the past two years, actually three years, 0:20:10.640 --> 0:20:13.760 she made it to like every football game home in 0:20:13.840 --> 0:20:17.400 a way. Um she she like takes off work. She'll 0:20:17.440 --> 0:20:19.160 take off work on the Friday and comes to come 0:20:19.200 --> 0:20:23.320 to the game. Hi, good afternoon. My name is Omar 0:20:23.480 --> 0:20:28.120 Bassie um A San Bassie's mother. I always have mixed 0:20:28.119 --> 0:20:30.760 feelings when I talk about this because San was the 0:20:30.800 --> 0:20:34.240 baby of the family and personally I wanted a girl 0:20:34.480 --> 0:20:37.879 I already had two boys before him. So when the 0:20:37.960 --> 0:20:43.000 dad told me it was another um male, I was like, oh, 0:20:43.840 --> 0:20:48.440 But then I immediately asked God for forgiveness because I 0:20:48.680 --> 0:20:52.600 was a little bit worried on how to raise three 0:20:53.359 --> 0:20:58.480 males in the same home. Um. I kind of initially 0:20:58.520 --> 0:21:01.280 had a mixed feelings, but I'm so grateful to God 0:21:01.359 --> 0:21:04.120 that he came into a family. She's always been been 0:21:04.160 --> 0:21:05.760 my biggest fan. She's always been the one that went 0:21:05.840 --> 0:21:08.720 to all my games in Little League Peewee. She took 0:21:08.760 --> 0:21:13.119 me to all my math tournaments, my whatever I was 0:21:13.240 --> 0:21:18.040 doing in school. She was on me from my academic stuff. 0:21:18.080 --> 0:21:21.280 She was always at my awards ceremonies. She keeps all 0:21:21.320 --> 0:21:24.600 my trophies, everything I have. So it's definitely my mom 0:21:25.200 --> 0:21:29.760 that I'll say is my number one fan. Football is 0:21:29.840 --> 0:21:33.920 his life. That was his statement, And if this is 0:21:34.000 --> 0:21:36.679 what it is, we have no choice. You've done all 0:21:36.760 --> 0:21:41.600 that we expected of a child. However, I never had 0:21:41.640 --> 0:21:44.440 any point in time let him slack with the education. 0:21:44.640 --> 0:21:47.879 His high school coaches will tell you how many times 0:21:47.920 --> 0:21:50.040 I've tried him to take him off whenever he had 0:21:50.119 --> 0:21:52.960 a beat, I mean, or he didn't turn an assignment. 0:21:53.760 --> 0:21:56.760 I just didn't want him to think football is it. 0:21:57.400 --> 0:22:01.040 I've always tried to make him under Then you have 0:22:01.280 --> 0:22:03.720 to have something to lean back on in case this 0:22:03.880 --> 0:22:06.560 doesn't work. There's a saying in sports that you can't 0:22:06.600 --> 0:22:09.600 teach size. For the Chase Youngs of the world, this 0:22:09.760 --> 0:22:12.560 works in their favor. For many others, like a saying 0:22:12.960 --> 0:22:15.480 it raises a lot of doubt, teams have been known 0:22:15.560 --> 0:22:18.240 to shy away from smaller players for fear of injury, 0:22:18.520 --> 0:22:21.120 that their production won't translate, or that they simply can't 0:22:21.200 --> 0:22:24.000 match up with bigger, stronger opponents. Eight of the top 0:22:24.080 --> 0:22:26.520 receivers expected to be drafted this year or at least 0:22:26.600 --> 0:22:29.679 four to six inches taller than a saying that alone 0:22:30.040 --> 0:22:35.840 puts his draft ability in serious jeopardy. We'll be right back. 0:22:43.440 --> 0:22:49.600 Hold so our according stuff, am I just hold on. 0:22:50.520 --> 0:22:53.360 If there's one prospect who never doubted his place in football, 0:22:54.040 --> 0:23:00.760 it's Jeff Okuda. Jeff was Chase Young's teammated stayed and 0:23:00.840 --> 0:23:05.359 a well known cornerback prospect, Jevo Kuta one Dallas, Texas, 0:23:05.800 --> 0:23:09.600 Ohio State University cornerback. This is the same position as 0:23:09.640 --> 0:23:12.800 saying place and Jeff's role on defense isn't all he 0:23:13.000 --> 0:23:15.919 and his sister Karen have in common with a Saying. Hi, 0:23:16.080 --> 0:23:20.720 this is Karen and Kuda um So Jeffrey Ni where Nigerian. 0:23:21.080 --> 0:23:23.160 Both our parents are Nigerian, so my mom was born 0:23:23.400 --> 0:23:26.840 in Nigeria and we have that background. That's how we 0:23:26.920 --> 0:23:30.040 were raised. With both Jeff and a Saying being brought 0:23:30.119 --> 0:23:33.840 up by Nigerian immigrants and both playing cornerback, it's difficult 0:23:33.920 --> 0:23:36.840 not to compare the two. Jeff played three years in college, 0:23:37.000 --> 0:23:41.159 the Saying played four. On paper, Saying's collegiate stats dwarf 0:23:41.320 --> 0:23:45.160 Jeff's on field accomplishments, but stats can be deceiving, especially 0:23:45.240 --> 0:23:47.840 for NFL draft picks. My family calls me Jeff, but 0:23:48.160 --> 0:23:51.200 you know, Ohio State, everyone's like, you know, Jeff's a 0:23:51.240 --> 0:23:53.720 little bit boring. One of the colleges was like like today, 0:23:53.720 --> 0:23:57.040 you're not gonna be Jeff, You're gonna be halfan you know, soday, 0:23:57.040 --> 0:24:00.280 and everyone started going crazy and then everyone start saying 0:24:00.320 --> 0:24:03.920 freef a and then from there it just kind of 0:24:03.960 --> 0:24:07.600 grew having the fans. They just loved it so stuck 0:24:07.640 --> 0:24:09.800 with it. I don't know, it's strange hearing everyone call 0:24:09.920 --> 0:24:12.159 him Jeff for half and all this stuff. I've just 0:24:12.200 --> 0:24:14.480