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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Cleveland Browns Draft Show, presented by

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Speaker 1: Gregory Industries on the University Hospitals Cleveland Browns Radio Network.

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Speaker 1: Nathan Segura, the three time, three time, three times Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl champ, Gerrod Cherry, and we are joined now by

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Speaker 1: one of the newest members of your Cleveland Browns, the

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Speaker 1: thirty third pick in the twenty twenty five NFL Draft,

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Speaker 1: linebacker Carson sweesssinger from UCLA talked to you last night.

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Speaker 1: Congratulations again, great to see in person. I'm sure it's

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Speaker 1: been a whirlwind. Fortunately for you on the West coast

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Speaker 1: that means a red eye here, so the day has

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Speaker 1: not really ended for you as you keep rolling here.

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Speaker 2: How are you feeling, oh man, I mean, like you said,

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Speaker 2: whirlwind of just emotions. I mean, even with the getting pick,

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Speaker 2: you know, the stress of everything, and you're just a

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Speaker 2: whole lot of excitement and just just really feeling blessed,

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Speaker 2: I think is what I'm feeling now. And I'm you know,

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Speaker 2: excited to get to work and come in and you know,

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Speaker 2: get back to football.

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Speaker 1: Have you already been Have you seen coach Tarvers since

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Speaker 1: you've been here?

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Speaker 3: Yes?

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Speaker 1: Uh huh, Raving, Are you ready for that Oh yeah intensity. Yeah, guy,

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Speaker 1: I'm telling you right now, I've been fortunate enough to

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Speaker 1: be around this game and certainly this organization for well

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Speaker 1: over a decade. You play league, if there's a mount

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Speaker 1: rushmore people who just love ball and talking ball and

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Speaker 1: breathing and eating and sleeping ball. Jason tarms on that list,

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Speaker 1: so you have a lot of fun with him.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: And funny thing, so I was in a cafeteria last

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Speaker 4: night talking to Tar, but he was like, I could

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Speaker 4: tarm at U c l A as a teacher and

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Speaker 4: also could have coached from a ball as well. So

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Speaker 4: it's gonna be very intriguing to see what you two

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Speaker 4: produced with that brain power as well as your physical

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Speaker 4: presence as well. But my men, you're here. You had

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Speaker 4: a chance to tour the building. What are you feeling

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Speaker 4: right now? You're you're living in your dream right now? Huh.

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Speaker 2: I'm I mean this is a dream come true. I

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Speaker 2: mean touring, I mean touring the building. I mean they

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Speaker 2: got it all here. You know, I thought UCLA had

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Speaker 2: a nice and I'm walking through here like man U Clas,

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Speaker 1: But just so you know that U c l A.

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Speaker 1: Your setup inspired are set up here. When we had that,

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Speaker 1: and that inspired kind of.

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Speaker 1: A for you.

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Speaker 2: Uh huh.

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Speaker 3: Yes, Yeah, I'm excited.

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Speaker 1: This is not beautiful southern California that you'll be given

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes level.

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Speaker 2: This is the first time I've I've had an enclosed

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Speaker 1: Okay, have those No, they they certainly don't for people

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Speaker 1: who didn't, you know, catch our interview yesterday with you,

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Speaker 1: or who are not as familiar with your game. Led

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Speaker 1: the nation in solo tackles last year at UCLA, incredibly

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Speaker 1: productive one hundred and thirty six tackles, eight and a

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Speaker 1: half tackles for a lost four sacks. So you can blitz.

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Speaker 1: We know that you had a couple of passes, three

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Speaker 1: Team All Big Ten, led the Big Ten and tackles,

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Speaker 1: of your peers. You were also a team captain. What

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Speaker 1: do you bring as a true three down linebacker to

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that that's part of it. I'm I

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Speaker 2: bring a three down linebacker. Whether it's you want me

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Speaker 2: do all of those exceptionally well. And then aside from

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Speaker 3: It's it's not something that you don't.

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Speaker 2: Get to where I'm at without having that that type

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Speaker 1: At You're a walk on yep, you're a no star recruit,

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Speaker 1: You're basically a first round pick here in the National

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Speaker 1: Football League. I have to ask, after last year or

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Speaker 3: Yeah? You know we we I was, you know, blessed enough.

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Speaker 2: We had a coaching change and the defensive coordinator who

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Speaker 2: So all you need, that's that's that's what I've been saying.

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Speaker 2: All I needed was just one shot for me. You know,

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Speaker 3: And so that was really the.

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Speaker 4: So obviously, what I appreciate is the fact that a

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Speaker 4: And you have to obviously make the play when it

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Speaker 4: So I can't say it enough to you, man, the

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Speaker 4: fact that you went through your journey is gonna pay

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Speaker 4: dividends because it's all about what you just said, outworking people. Now,

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Speaker 4: what part do your upbringing? How did this come to

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Speaker 1: Up and say, you know what, it's not meant for me.

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Speaker 2: You know, I've just been competitive my whole life, whether

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Speaker 2: And then, you know, that's been something that's been a

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Speaker 3: And so that that's one of the big things for me.

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Speaker 4: And what was your major in college?

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Speaker 2: If I were to go that route, I always found

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Speaker 2: So even anytime I'm sitting in class and they're talking

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Speaker 1: Nice all right, So I know Jim Schwartz is excited.

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Speaker 1: I know Tarver's excited. I know Bubba vent Trone's got

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Speaker 1: of you're gonna have to earn everything? Nothing will be

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think just even based off the tape, I

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Speaker 2: what I'm looking to do, is anytime I step on

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Speaker 3: I think that's what I'm looking to do.

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Speaker 1: It's got to be cool to know that you walked

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Speaker 1: in here today with Quinn, Shawn Judkins, Harold Fan and yourself.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna be dealing with them a lot in practice.

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Speaker 1: So you guys are gonna iron sharpens iron. You guys

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Speaker 1: And Dylan Samson was just drafted as well, another running back.

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Speaker 2: And and you know, like you said, iron Sharpen's iron.

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Speaker 1: When you're in the field house is Denzel Ward? Yeah

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Speaker 1: he did? You guys, Uh huh how about that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's it's it's definitely a little surreal seeing you know,

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Speaker 4: And you've got the little taste of the thickleness of

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Speaker 4: Ohio weather Northeast Ohio in particular, recommendaation, recommendation for you,

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Speaker 4: my man, make sure you get a heavy coat. You're

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Speaker 4: gonna need that at some point. True, maybe before the

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Speaker 4: month's even over with, you may need it. But wish

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Speaker 4: you nothing but success, man, and great story, and I

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Speaker 4: love again your approach.

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Speaker 1: Walk on.

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Speaker 4: And now you find yourself in the thirty third pick

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Speaker 1: Yes, sir, and this is a blue collar town, yep.

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Speaker 1: This is not Hollywood its glamour. So your story, your

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Speaker 1: resident ethic, it's going to resonate very very well. You

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Speaker 1: be to the moon my friend. So congratulations again, welcome

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Speaker 1: to the Cleveland Browns.

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Speaker 3: Thank you all right.

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Speaker 1: That is Carson Swesssinger, the newest linebackers your Cleveland Browns,

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Speaker 1: the thirty third pick in the twenty twenty five NFL Draft.

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