1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: Yuh Sam, Welcome to the England. Thank you, thank you. Um. 2 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:08,319 Speaker 1: I noticed after you got drafted that you send out 3 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:11,719 Speaker 1: a tweet that said, oh my God. So I'm curious 4 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 1: as to what emotions led to that tweet. Just that, 5 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:19,279 Speaker 1: Oh my God, I've been praying for this, you know, 6 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 1: for a long time, and that was just that. My 7 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:23,799 Speaker 1: first instinct was like, oh my God, look at God words. 8 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: But UM, I had every emotion, every emotion went through 9 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 1: my body at that point in time. You know, you 10 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: were a card for this all your life, and when 11 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:34,240 Speaker 1: it comes to fruition, it's just like Jesus, everything is 12 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:36,879 Speaker 1: just like every emotion comes out. So if I could 13 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:38,520 Speaker 1: give if I could give you a word, I can't. 14 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: I would, but I can't. I'll just follow up quickly. 15 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 1: Just the terms of your playing ability. One thing I 16 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: notice is that you blocked five kicks in your career. Um, 17 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: it sounds like you's like playing special teams. Oh yes, sir, 18 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: whatever I can do, get on that noon. I'm you 19 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: know I'm gonna do it. You know I'm gonna do that. Great. 20 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: Thanks gratulations again, Thank you so much. Next question Alex Burn, 21 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: followed by Chris Mason. Hey sam My, congratulations. What do 22 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: you do you want to know about you as a 23 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: player and as a person. Um, I'm a hard working 24 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: guy on and off the field, and UM, I'm gonna 25 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 1: could move myself one hundred percent of this process on 26 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: and off the field. And UM, you know I love 27 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:27,959 Speaker 1: I love New England already, I feel it and I 28 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 1: just love it. Did you watch the Patriots growing up 29 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: at all? Yes? Actually I was a big time Brady guy. 30 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: See this big time Brady guy. You know, I love 31 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: Vince Wilford and um, you know I watched him growing 32 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: up and that was my team. So it's crazy that 33 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: this all things just kind of came full of thirdcle. Well, 34 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: thank you very much. Next question Chris Mason all by Nicomalley. Hey, Sam, 35 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: congrats on being drafted. Um, I wanted so much. You're welcome. 36 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: I want to ask you a little more about the 37 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: block kicks. You know, five of them is kind of 38 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: a crazy number. Is there do you have a knack 39 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:09,639 Speaker 1: for that? Is there something that you you know, kind 40 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: of pinpointed that like helps you to block so many? 41 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 1: I just just working hard, working hard, you know, got 42 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 1: try to come off the ball hard, get my hands up. 43 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: You know at my school, we love we love, we 44 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 1: sur pride and playing central teams and um, that was 45 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: just a major phase of the ball and we practice, 46 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 1: we practiced out a lot and it just kind of 47 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,359 Speaker 1: worked out for us to be pretty good. I've block 48 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: of kids that it was thank you, next question. I 49 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 1: give you one second time. I'm here, next question, Nick O'Malley, 50 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: and I would encourage anybody else to raise the hand 51 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 1: if you have a question. Hi, samp I want to 52 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 1: ask about, um, your experience getting the call today. Um, 53 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: we were you expecting to get drafted and what was 54 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,839 Speaker 1: the experience like getting the call? Um? When you found 55 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 1: out you were going to be drafted. You know, growing up, 56 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 1: you know that was the goal to always get drafted. 57 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: You know, to always tell myself that I would get drafted. 58 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 1: But UM, you never know. At the end of the day, 59 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:10,679 Speaker 1: you just never know. But either way, if I was 60 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: if I was a good get drafted or not, you're 61 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 1: gonna get I would have got the same performance out 62 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: of me on my work hard. I'm gonna play my 63 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: best in UM. When I didn't get the call, Bill 64 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: he kind of he coached Bill. He's like, that's a 65 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 1: that's a big time for me, you know, growing up 66 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 1: watching the Patriots, and when I heard his voice on 67 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 1: the phone, and I was just like I had to 68 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:31,799 Speaker 1: cast my breath for a second. And um, like I said, 69 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: I can't even put it into words to describe the 70 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: feeling that I got out of that. Man. I'm just 71 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: so excited to be in this position. And I just 72 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: want to thank thank the organization for seeing some mid 73 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: meetings picking me and I was reading a little bit, 74 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 1: uh your spirits getting the as a Cliff Harris Award. 75 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: Did you make a double show that you were gonna 76 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 1: have your phone on you today on draft day? Oh 77 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: for sure. Yeah, mister Cliffs, great guy. You know, I 78 00:03:57,640 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: was honored to get the Cliff Erris Award of course, 79 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 1: like you said, And you know, he's been in contact 80 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: with me throughout you know, all this, and he always 81 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 1: had faith that I could get drafted, and he kept 82 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: telling me that, I kept telling me that, so it 83 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: was really crazy you know that that actually did happen. Great, 84 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: thank you, And the last question would be Mike Griefs right, 85 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 1: Thanks Ccy. Congratulations. Sam m had two questions, if that's 86 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: okay that the first is just coming from Northwest Missouri 87 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: State obviously you know the lower level division. Um, you 88 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: had that great production, you won the award we were 89 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: just talking about, so everyone knew about you. But how 90 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 1: did you feel like you got noticed, like more from 91 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 1: NFL teams in this process, like when there an All 92 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: Star Game or something that you felt really helped you elevate? Right? Well, 93 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:50,239 Speaker 1: I played in the Hula Bowl in the East West 94 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,159 Speaker 1: Game and I think those those um definitely helped me, 95 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:54,679 Speaker 1: you know, get more eyes on me. And the Cliff 96 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 1: Harris Award. Mister Cliff worked pretty hard, um to get 97 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,080 Speaker 1: my name out there, you know, and I'm along with that. 98 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 1: My agent was really good in this pole process and 99 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:05,039 Speaker 1: get actually getting me into the Eat West Shrine game. 100 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 1: But um, you know, I'm a true believer if if 101 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 1: you can, you know, if you're you can play football, 102 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:12,839 Speaker 1: they'll find you. And like that's what people have were preaching, 103 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 1: and um, I kind of I think that. I think 104 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: that's that there's a lot of truth in that. And 105 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 1: sim just to follow up on that, specific to the Patriots, 106 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:24,840 Speaker 1: was there any moment leading into the draft that made 107 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:29,720 Speaker 1: you think, yeah, it might end up in New England? Uh? 108 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: I mean that we've been in contact, you know, for 109 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 1: a fe you know, we talked a few times over 110 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 1: the past few months, but I never knew. I just 111 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: I've never regt any indication on which way. But i 112 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:42,280 Speaker 1: just have faith that someone would take me, and I'm 113 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 1: happy with this organization. Tim, congratulations, thank you, Thank you guys. 114 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: And I'm so excited to get up there and get 115 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 1: to work. I'm gonna squeeze in one more. There was 116 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: another hand raise Andrew Callahan. Last question, Hey, than sorry 117 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:00,280 Speaker 1: for holding you up a little bit of congratulations are 118 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 1: getting drafted and welcome to New England. Man um, because 119 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 1: you mentioned this was your team, you know, were you 120 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: any more nervous talking to the Patriots kind of into 121 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 1: the pre draft process. Now, I think I just gave 122 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: me a whole lot of excitement. They gave me an 123 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: extra boost to just keep going hard, you know, and 124 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,840 Speaker 1: keep working hard. And it just seems like it's like 125 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 1: a little fairytale in and almost you know, you grew 126 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 1: up watching the team and then they they end up 127 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:27,479 Speaker 1: picking you in the draft. It's just like wow, I'm 128 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:30,040 Speaker 1: just I'm still out lost for awards and it's been 129 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:35,359 Speaker 1: like two hours now. Well, that's fantastic. What what what 130 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 1: things did you want to learn from them? What? What 131 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: things did they want to learn from you when you 132 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: finally had those talks. Uh, they just want to know 133 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 1: a little bit more about me, you know, get you know, 134 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 1: me off um deeper than surface level pretty much. And 135 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: because you know the film has already watched, this is 136 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 1: what they told me. So yeah, awesome, thanks against them 137 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 1: and Condost, Thank you guys so much. Can't wait to 138 00:06:58,200 --> 00:06:58,720 Speaker 1: get out there.