1 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: What is it like just sitting here in the Steelers' facility, 2 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 1: a place that you did not grow up that far from. 3 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, I feel like it's crazy, you know, to be here. 4 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 3: It's amazing just to you know, be you know, in 5 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:33,879 Speaker 3: the presence of you know, legends of if you think 6 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 3: about like the just the blueprint of everything. You know, 7 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:39,159 Speaker 3: there's still city, you know what it means, you know 8 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 3: everything behind it. I feel like it's a it's a 9 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 3: real moment. Like I walked in here, I did. I 10 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:46,279 Speaker 3: got to chill, especially looking at the trophies. I mean 11 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 3: I've seen too, but you know, just seeing the history 12 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 3: you know of everything, and you know the fans and 13 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 3: what it means to the city, you know, the the 14 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 3: city champions and things like that. I feel like it's 15 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 3: it's amazing. 16 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 1: So what did football mean to you growing up up, 17 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: specifically in high school and as you Furthered your career. 18 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, I feel like I started playing football around with 19 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 3: four or five years old, and in Pittsburgh. 20 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 2: You know, football is you know huge. 21 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 3: You know, you look at you know the roots of it, 22 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 3: you know all the legends I passed through here. You 23 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 3: look at the Hall of Famers, they really came from 24 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 3: Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh, so just being you know, growing up there, 25 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 3: just knowing you know how important football is and going 26 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 3: to a powerhouse like Gateway, like you said, you know, 27 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 3: just being around you know a lot of great athletes, 28 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 3: you know a lot of legends that's passed through there, 29 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 3: and you know things like that. 30 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 2: So I feel like I mean football and meant a 31 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 2: lot to me. 32 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 1: Awesome. I want to show you something and you can 33 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 1: just press play. 34 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, let's see what this kids talk about, 35 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:46,400 Speaker 3: jackoen Brisker. 36 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 4: I play safety and receiver and I go to gate 37 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 4: with high school. 38 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 2: And it's gonna go high in the air and. 39 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 4: Thirty going by touchdown. I've de tribed my player as 40 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 4: physical athletic and I can make plays whenever when my 41 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 4: team needs me to make plays. I won number three 42 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 4: because my brother passed and he played. 43 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 2: I gave it also and he had. 44 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 4: Number three, So I'm winning number three for my brother. 45 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:25,079 Speaker 2: That's crazy with the ball back in my hands. 46 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 4: My favorite music artist is Meek Mill. He's like a 47 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 4: serious rapper and that he's the best. My favorite athlete 48 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 4: would be Earl Thomas because he has to pass it 49 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 4: for a game. He takes a game serious and he 50 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 4: flies around the ball. My favorite homemade mill would be. 51 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 2: My mom makes it. It's her and I like, yeah, 52 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 2: that's still true. 53 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 4: True my energy colon brisker and that's my blitchick spot. 54 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:05,559 Speaker 2: Like, we'll have to get you a copy. That's hilarious. 55 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: What do you think that kid in that video would 56 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: be saying right now if he was sitting in this. 57 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 3: Chair man, You know, being a kid from the city 58 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 3: of Pittsburgh and being in this position, you know, we're 59 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 3: just blessed. We're just humble. You know where we came from, 60 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 3: you know the work we had to put in to 61 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 3: get here and to being a hometown playing you know 62 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:31,640 Speaker 3: for the city, you know in front of fans, you know, 63 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 3: for my family, people like for the last name back 64 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 3: of my jersey. You know, it's it's crazy. I feel like, 65 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 3: you know, that kid, you know, he knew he had 66 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 3: a future, but he just didn't know how you know 67 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 3: it would you know, how it would continue. 68 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 2: So that's crazy. 69 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: You answered a lot of questions in their favorite foods, 70 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: different things. Are all those still true? 71 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, maybe not the favorite rapper, but everything else. 72 00:03:54,880 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: Is pretty much in terms of telling people that you 73 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: were going to sign with the Steelers. 74 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 2: Who did you call first? 75 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: And what family members and friends got to know? 76 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 2: My mom? 77 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 3: My mom was the first one I called. I'm like, 78 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 3: Mom and stealing. 79 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 2: She's like you sure, baby, She's like, oh my god, 80 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 2: I'm so excited. 81 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 3: And then I had to tell my mom, had to 82 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 3: tell my father, had to tell, you know, my friends, 83 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 3: my brothers, you know, sisters, things like that. Really, my 84 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 3: whole family and everybody was just so excited. I was like, 85 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 3: this is meant to be. And I and I thought 86 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 3: the same thing. I said, it is meant to be. 87 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:35,480 Speaker 3: You know, I felt love, you know, immediately, and obviously 88 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 3: you know, grew up here and things like that. So no, 89 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 3: I feel like it's gonna be an amazing journey for sure. 90 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: In terms of Joey Porter Junior, did you tell him 91 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: or did he somehow find out? 92 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 2: To be honest, he was. He was already ringing like 93 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 2: what are you going to do? What are you going 94 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 2: to do? 95 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 1: He was recruited. 96 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:53,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, he's recruited. So I'm like, I'm probably gonna be 97 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 3: a stealer. And he kept calling. Then he called my agent, 98 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 3: He's like, what's going on? So when he called my agent. 99 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,479 Speaker 3: I'm like, yeah, it's serious. So that, like I said, 100 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 3: me and Joey talk all the time. So I called 101 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 3: him on face sound like I'm about to being stiller 102 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 3: for real. I'm like, let's go start. 103 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:13,920 Speaker 2: Let's good. You know, we were so excited. It was 104 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 2: it was a great moment. 105 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: So how cool would that be that you played in 106 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 1: college together and now you're doing it at the next level. 107 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 3: I mean, it's amazing because in college, you know, we 108 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 3: were young, but we were still you know, great teammates, 109 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 3: but you know, we performed on the field, and then 110 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 3: now you know, we try to train with each other 111 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 3: every year, so just moving forward being able to play 112 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 3: with each other is it's going to be amazing. Like 113 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 3: he obviously got older, he's more mature. We got a 114 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 3: lot more swagger and things like that, and you know, 115 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 3: we make plays and that's what the city needs. 116 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,919 Speaker 2: So it's gonna be amazing getting back with Joey. 117 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:50,919 Speaker 3: And you know, I missed playing with him and I 118 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 3: always told him we need to link up. 119 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 2: And now it's now it's here, So it's gonna be amazing. 120 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 1: It's perfect last one for you. What are you bringing 121 00:05:58,240 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: to this team, to this defense. 122 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:05,039 Speaker 3: I'll say leadership, some swagger, passion, you know, no care 123 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 3: for the game, and a lot of playmaking ability, just 124 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 3: you know, being around the football and helping my teammates elevate, 125 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:14,159 Speaker 3: you know, get better. You know, a lot of you know, 126 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 3: trash talking to but things like that. Just a lot 127 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 3: of a lot of different things. And I feel like, 128 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:22,039 Speaker 3: you know, my teammates would love me for and you know, 129 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:25,159 Speaker 3: once they know feel my presence, and you know, once 130 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:27,239 Speaker 3: they start making place to they gonna see how happy 131 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 3: I get for them. So once they just see what 132 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:31,719 Speaker 3: type of team I am, I feel like everybody's. 133 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 2: Gonna be happy. 134 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 4: Well, welcome home. 135 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:34,039 Speaker 1: I don't get to say that often. 136 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 2: Appreciate that. Thank you.