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Speaker 1: Congratsville. Where are you? I'm back home and those a

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Speaker 1: long time. You got a little family draft party? What

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Speaker 1: do you have fun? Yeah, it feels like half downs here,

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Speaker 1: but a lot of a lot of relatives, the coachers

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Speaker 1: and some of my good good friends too. When we

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Speaker 1: talked to the combine, you said, the Seahawks talk to you.

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Speaker 1: Did you have a feeling this might happen? Or is

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Speaker 1: this a surprise? Um? You know, I just tried to

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Speaker 1: have an open mind going in. Um, have a few expectations,

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Speaker 1: but um, you know I really enjoyed getting out, you know,

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Speaker 1: coach Carroll and coaching aperising, you know, throughout the process.

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Speaker 1: So UM, when I heard I got the call, Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, I was just really tired to come of Seahawk,

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Speaker 1: just to be sticking around Seattle. How excited it is

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Speaker 1: that for you to just play for the team's nearby.

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Speaker 1: Yeah that's awesome. I mean, you know, just four years

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Speaker 1: of Utah and you know, the right across the water

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Speaker 1: there and um, just being a Northwest guys, it's an

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Speaker 1: unbelieval experience. You know. I can't wait to get in there. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, compete and learning, you know, I'm play at

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Speaker 1: a really high level pee. Carroll's talked a lot about

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Speaker 1: one to kind of get back to running the ball

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Speaker 1: this off season. How big a part of your game

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Speaker 1: is that? You know, I think that's you know, one

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Speaker 1: of my trunk suits. Um, you know, obviously I'm working

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Speaker 1: to grow my game as much as possible, but um,

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Speaker 1: you know I always put my we'll put my pride

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Speaker 1: in my run blocking. And um, you know I'm first

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Speaker 1: to say I'm not afraid to block and run the ball,

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Speaker 1: and so, um, yeah, right about that. When you were

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Speaker 1: talking to Carol and Schneider, did they mention that specifically?

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Speaker 1: Did they seem pretty keen on it? The run blocking? Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, I think they just really you know, I

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Speaker 1: appreciate it, you know, the complete player from complete tight

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Speaker 1: end that I am. Um, you know, I think I'm

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Speaker 1: They're excited. You know, versatility is big. So whatever they

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Speaker 1: have planned, I'm going forward and I think I'm just

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Speaker 1: excited to be a part of it. And um, you know,

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Speaker 1: hopefully went from games when when when Washington asked you

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Speaker 1: think to switch the tight end, I mean, could you

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Speaker 1: could you imagine I guess two years later for years

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Speaker 1: like you're getting drafted by it by the NFL team

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Speaker 1: to play that position or yeah, it's unbelievable. Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: it wasn't the perfect story by any means, but um,

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Speaker 1: you know, I'm just really glad the way it worked out. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, I don't I don't think it's tops here now.

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Speaker 1: I keep working hard and uh, you know, let's go

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Speaker 1: on some games for the Hawks. Hey, well, where were

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Speaker 1: you when you got the call today? Wait? Did anyone

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Speaker 1: this time? Yeah? Yeah, just getting just kidding, I walked

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Speaker 1: over late. We'll considering he did make the move to

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Speaker 1: the position a little bit later on. Do you feel

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Speaker 1: like he still has a pretty significant amount of room

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Speaker 1: to grow still at that spot? Yeah? Absolutely. Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: I think we got to a point there that senior year,

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Speaker 1: I was playing at a high level and um and

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Speaker 1: at the same time, I think, you know, obviously I

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Speaker 1: haven't haven't been playing two years just tight end and uh,

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Speaker 1: I'm still excited to wearing the nuances, you know, the

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Speaker 1: little details that you know can make me really good players. Um. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: so I just think I'm really excited to grow. I

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Speaker 1: definitely think he hit the nail on the head there.

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Speaker 1: You know, only two years and I'm ready to grow

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Speaker 1: and there'll be a contributor to the hours. Hey, well,

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Speaker 1: I'm sure you've told this story a few times before,

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Speaker 1: but could you kind of rehash how it all came about.

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Speaker 1: You're switched to tight ends. Yeah, so, um, you play

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Speaker 1: as a true freshman defense. Then you know that was

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Speaker 1: an unbelievable decaise corner. You don't ask Janie Shelton, Howard

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Speaker 1: keep Kaha and um some other guys that played really

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Speaker 1: really well that year. Um, you know maybe if you

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Speaker 1: plays you know what kind of did but what I

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Speaker 1: was ask And then the next year had high expectations

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Speaker 1: going in and um, you maybe gained a little weight

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Speaker 1: around in a bowl game and I heard a bowl

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Speaker 1: practice and so Peterson was like, you know, hey, do

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Speaker 1: you want to have package for this bowl game? I said, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm just trying to play and help for

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Speaker 1: and do you want to make this full time in

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Speaker 1: spring ball? So you know we did it, and then um,

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Speaker 1: final four that next year, you know, and then just

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Speaker 1: kind of having that role expand each year and having

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Speaker 1: the production I had last year. So it's it's been

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Speaker 1: a fun ride. Um. I had to give a lot

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Speaker 1: of credit to my coach, Jordan Houthout, you know, a

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Speaker 1: lot of a lot of extra time spent with me,

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Speaker 1: a lot of learning. Um. But uh yeah, I mean

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Speaker 1: I have a lot a lot of credits to go

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Speaker 1: to south Out. Um. Just really fortunate to be where

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Speaker 1: I am. I know it's only been a few minutes,

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Speaker 1: but have you hear from Joe Peterson yet? I haven't.

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Speaker 1: I've been able to check my song my dog, so um,

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Speaker 1: I'm serial reached out. It'll be nice to, you know,

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Speaker 1: go back and see him every time I want. No Yeattle,

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Speaker 1: you said you when you said you were messing out

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Speaker 1: the bull practice, were you just catching passes from a

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Speaker 1: buddy from a manager we'll be doing yeah, I think.

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Speaker 1: So we have a hindoor in the east field and

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Speaker 1: the three line is running to the east field and

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Speaker 1: and I just they were doing I think they're going

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Speaker 1: half like seven on seven, but it was this half

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Speaker 1: side and I, hey, let me get it. Let me

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Speaker 1: get a reft here and get pass our company, run

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Speaker 1: a little stock route. You know, made the time of

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Speaker 1: the tough catch and I think you're not open surbides there. Um,

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Speaker 1: but yeah, it was just alling fun. I really at

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Speaker 1: the moment, I didn't think any anything of it. But uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, I guess I caught from attention. Well made

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Speaker 1: you most offensive linemen don't jump into seven on seven drill?

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Speaker 1: What made you do that? Yeah? Well I played both

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Speaker 1: plays in high school. Um, and coach Mcalax, I think

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Speaker 1: was only guy to recruit me to play defensive end.

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Speaker 1: Most most guys wanted me to play tight ends. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, as it was getting recruited. So I definitely

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Speaker 1: have that um in my nature. Um. What's funny is

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Speaker 1: that was probably more of a rescuing guy in high

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Speaker 1: school and then you know now I'm more walking tight

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Speaker 1: end and um, so that's that's why I think you

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Speaker 1: know that second police acage and um, you know, I

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Speaker 1: think they understand, you know, the body gits you know,

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Speaker 1: six four two sixty tight end. It's kind of what

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Speaker 1: you looked for. And um, just trying to find a role,

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Speaker 1: you know, in the hutsky offense and and win some games.

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Speaker 1: Is what what ended up happening. That's the best ever

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Speaker 1: jumped in obviously, Yes, yeah, yeah that Bowl game. What

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Speaker 1: was that like kind of being thrown in there and

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Speaker 1: having not really played that position for a few years

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Speaker 1: since high school. Yeah, yeah, Um, it was a limited role. Um,

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Speaker 1: so only if you plays, Um what's nice is threw

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Speaker 1: sample um the other tight end we came in together

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Speaker 1: if we were roommates for three years, and so I

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Speaker 1: think I had him I could always ask questions, um,

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Speaker 1: and he was, you know, tremendously helpful to have on

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Speaker 1: my side. Um, you know, just kind of going through

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Speaker 1: the growing you know, just because meetings were after I

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Speaker 1: you know, i'd haven, hey, what are the formation, what

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Speaker 1: are the you know, give me some run golf and

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Speaker 1: pack dolgs and you know, just kind of stricted stuff.

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Speaker 1: And so he was he was really helpful with that

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Speaker 1: first kind of that full full package, I guess I

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Speaker 1: would say. And then you made you made so you

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Speaker 1: made the switch full time starting the next seasons that right, yep, yep,

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Speaker 1: you're gonna misswaring that D line number in the nfl

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Speaker 1: um We'll see, we'll see what numb really gave me.

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Speaker 1: I'm not thinking you about it anything upset. Thank you will,

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Speaker 1: thank you. Grabs you yeah, thank you, thank you will.

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Speaker 1: Have a good day. I got up distracted,