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Speaker 1: protecting Tennessee. It's for seventy five years. Today we welcome

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Speaker 1: the ot people to Martin, Tennessee and the University of

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Speaker 1: Tennessee at Martin Champions Club with coach Dave McGinnis and

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Speaker 1: Amy Wells. I am Mike Keith. Welcome to Martin. Amy.

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Speaker 1: It feels good to be here. I'm really enjoying my

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Speaker 1: time here at Martin. Coach Mack, you have an esteemed

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Speaker 1: I've got football practice going on here. I mean, I'm

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Speaker 1: introduce our esteemed guest. Everyone please welcome the University of Tennessee,

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Speaker 1: Martin Chancellor and Titans season ticket member, doctor Keith Carver. Doc.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for having us, Thanks for being here, love, love

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Speaker 1: and having you guys to Skyhall Country. It is wonderful

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Speaker 1: help but notice how this campus. First of all, it's

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Speaker 1: going on. We really are happy to be a part

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Speaker 1: your graduate programs too. Lots of people really jumping in

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Speaker 1: enrollment is really growing. Good stuff, all right. So the

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Speaker 1: most famous graduate of UT Martin Pat Summits. You think

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Speaker 1: Pat Summits right there, But you know we've got some

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Speaker 1: really good ones. Mike, You're not long in the tooth,

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Speaker 1: you well, well, you know you're two see politics. But

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Speaker 1: Congressman Ed Jones, sure, seventh District. That's exactly right, Yes,

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Speaker 1: that's exactly right. Jerry Reese, former CEO and president of

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Speaker 1: Alto's own. So we've we've got a lot of good

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Speaker 1: I want to quiz my group here, but because we

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Speaker 1: but I never do Wait wait a minute, a do

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Speaker 1: you like Mike Key's games? Not a single time. She

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Speaker 1: hates all of my games. Now, for those of you

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Speaker 1: which is in Weekly County. Coach Mac, what is the

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Speaker 1: I mean, how hard is that? Well? That was pretty good. Else,

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Speaker 1: all right, Well let's see how good you are outside

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Speaker 1: of ned Ray mcquirter, who was our governor, who is

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Speaker 1: the most famous person from Dresden that you might know,

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Speaker 1: even if you're not from Tennessee. Well, that's easy too.

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Speaker 1: Now I think he isn't. Okay, all right, well what

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Speaker 1: do we got? Well? High school here is martin Westview.

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Speaker 1: the thing that I really would like to talk about, Mike,

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Speaker 1: Keith here tells me the UT Martin has a rodeo team.

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Speaker 1: We do, Yes, we do. I was fortunate enough to

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Speaker 1: but we compete against schools from all over the country.

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Speaker 1: Keith Carver, wife Holly Ann children season ticket members of

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Speaker 1: Thousand and six, two thousand and seven. Okay, yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: did that apd? Well? So, Mike, I had an uncle

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Speaker 1: down backs. So it's a decent draft in the middle.

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Speaker 1: Do you think that there is a true number one

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Speaker 1: running back in this draft? I really don't, and I think,

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Speaker 1: you know, Breece Hall from Iowa State would be that

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Speaker 1: guy if indeed somebody's taking number one. I don't see

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Speaker 1: a running back going in the first round this year

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Speaker 1: at this point. Now. Ken Walker is a guy that

430
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Speaker 1: played at Michigan State, but he's actually from West Tennessee.

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Speaker 1: What do you like about Walker? Get out your notebook

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Speaker 1: This notebook. I've done thirty six drafts, and this is

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Speaker 1: what I write in by hand when I'm watching tape,

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Speaker 1: and we'll transfer to everything that you have to do

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Speaker 1: digitally anymore now in this day and age. But here's

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Speaker 1: what I wrote. Rocked up Bill means he's very strong, explosive,

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Speaker 1: vital agility, needs to improve as a receiver, and he's

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Speaker 1: also very limited in his past protection, got great instincts

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Speaker 1: as a runner. I think he's an immediate NFL star

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Speaker 1: right now. He reminds me a lot of someone that

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Speaker 1: I think people will be aware of in the Southeastern

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Speaker 1: Conference years past of Garrison Hurst. Oh yeah, Garrison Hurst. Okay.

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Speaker 1: Jerome Ford started his career at Alabama, transferred to Cincinnati

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Speaker 1: and became a star. What is Jerome Ford all about

445
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Speaker 1: as a running back? Five little shade over five ten,

446
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Speaker 1: two hundred and ten pounds runs a four to four

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Speaker 1: to six, So he's got some juice to him. He's

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Speaker 1: an effective just blend of size and strength and speed.

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Speaker 1: To me, Jerome Ford will be an excellent number two

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Speaker 1: back on somebody's roster. He's a number two back. He

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Speaker 1: needs to improve more and just be more creative with

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Speaker 1: his runs. You can get away with some things being static.

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Speaker 1: In collegiate football, you need he needs to be more

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Speaker 1: creative behind the line of scrimmage. Once he gets the ball,

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Speaker 1: he'll be a good number two back to begin with,

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Speaker 1: Mike Coachback, I've heard a lot of people talking about

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Speaker 1: by US Tyler Outgier, maybe because they like his story.

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Speaker 1: He walked on his first two years at BYU to

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Speaker 1: be able to pay the rent. He worked at Walmart,

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Speaker 1: so that's a cool story. He goes on and he

461
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Speaker 1: has a nice career for the Cougars. What do you

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Speaker 1: like about Tyler Algier Algier from BYU. First of all,

463
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Speaker 1: he's different than these other two we've talked about. He

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Speaker 1: doesn't have that real jump out speed. He's five to

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Speaker 1: ten six, two hundred and twenty four pounds, runs a

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Speaker 1: four to six and that's what he runs. He's not

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Speaker 1: an explosive runner, but he's a very consistent back. He's

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Speaker 1: got great feet for a bigger back. He's excellent, excellent

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Speaker 1: when they throw him the football. This guy can be

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Speaker 1: a third down back for you. He reminds me a lot,

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Speaker 1: Mike of a guy that is in the league now,

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Speaker 1: James Conner, who doesn't have great speed, but can catch

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Speaker 1: the ball and he'll be I think he'll play all

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Speaker 1: three downs whoever drafts him. All right, let's pivot a

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Speaker 1: little bit and look at the sixteen inside linebackers that

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Speaker 1: are on the coach Mac one fifty. I'll list him

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Speaker 1: for you. Nakobe Deane from Georgia, Devin Lloyd from Utah,

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Speaker 1: Chad Muma from Wyoming, Quay Walker from Georgia, Troy Anderson

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Speaker 1: from Montana State, Damon Clark from elis You, Brian Asamoa

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Speaker 1: from Oklahoma, Leo Channel from Wisconsin, Christian Harris from Alabama,

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Speaker 1: Channing Tendall from Georgia, Terrell Bernard from Baylor, Darien b

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Speaker 1: Versh from Cincinnati, Jojo Doman from Nebraska, Mike Rose Iowa State,

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Speaker 1: Malcolm Rodriguez Oklahoma State, and Jesse Lukeda Penn State. Now,

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Speaker 1: I said into Kobe Dean's name first, but is he

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Speaker 1: your top rated insidebacker? I think Devin Lloyd is ut

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Speaker 1: I think that that's I think that's my number one guy,

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Speaker 1: just because he's a little bigger six h two six,

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Speaker 1: two hundred and thirty seven pounds. There are different types

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Speaker 1: of linebackers, Amy I mean, you and I do a

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Speaker 1: lot of work on the draft, you know, leading up

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Speaker 1: to it. He's a bigger thumper inside linebacker guy. NA

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Speaker 1: Kobe Dean would be my choice if I want to

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Speaker 1: cover linebacker immediately. I mean, he's a guy that can go,

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Speaker 1: but he's not he's five eleven two two twenty nine,

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Speaker 1: but he makes tackles all over the field. Both of

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Speaker 1: those guys are my top two. I think it depends

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Speaker 1: a lot on the type of defense that you're running

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Speaker 1: as to where you'd take those those linebackers, but they

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Speaker 1: are my top two. There's some people that I respect

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Speaker 1: who believe that when we look back at this group

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Speaker 1: of linebackers in this draft class, Troy Anderson will end

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Speaker 1: up being the biggest star. Coachmack, Why is Troy Anderson

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Speaker 1: such an intriguing process. He's a guy, Mike that has

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Speaker 1: risen throughout this pre draft process. I mean, his numbers

505
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Speaker 1: at the combine were just off the charts. You know,

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Speaker 1: he's a big linebacker first of all. I mean he's

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Speaker 1: got size and he ran a four four two in

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Speaker 1: the forty which is amazing. Thirty six ins vertical jumps

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Speaker 1: what measures your explosive ability? He's a size speed athlete.

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Speaker 1: He's very tough, he's got versatility. Here's what he's got.

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Speaker 1: He needs to refine his skills playing linebacker behind the

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Speaker 1: line right now. He's a sea ball get ball guy.

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Speaker 1: He just sees it and goes. He's gonna have to

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Speaker 1: learn how to read the center guard triangle. He's gonna

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Speaker 1: need to learn nuances of hand usage. But he's got

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Speaker 1: the athletic marks that make you think once he puts

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Speaker 1: it all together, he can be a really good player

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Speaker 1: in this league. Amy he started his college career as

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Speaker 1: a running back. He also played quarterback before moving to linebacker.

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Speaker 1: That's the kind of athlete Troy Anderson is well. I

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Speaker 1: like the people who can play a lot of different positions.

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Speaker 1: And another guy who has played a lot of different

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Speaker 1: positions is Jojo Doman. I mean he played five different

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Speaker 1: positions on defense, and so Mack, he's getting a lot

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Speaker 1: of attention. I mean, he's a great story. But is

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Speaker 1: it because he has played so many different positions on defense. No,

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Speaker 1: this guy has very attractive athletic traits, great anticipation player.

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Speaker 1: He's six h one two two twenty eight, you know,

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Speaker 1: four or five eight, which is about the middle of

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Speaker 1: the range for a linebacker in this league to be

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Speaker 1: able to run things down. But he's very good in space,

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Speaker 1: which this game has played a lot. Now games expanded

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Speaker 1: a lot horizontally, he's very good at that. And to me,

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Speaker 1: Jojoe Doman is an immediate sub package starter and he's

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Speaker 1: gonna be an immediate special team's contributor. Jesse Aketa from

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Speaker 1: Penn State's a guy that I saw at the Senior

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Speaker 1: Bowl and he he's two hundred and sixty one pounds.

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Speaker 1: Coach is heavy like an Anville. Is he a true insideline?

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Speaker 1: He is not Mike And what you saw is good

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Speaker 1: his strength. He played overhang. He played an overhang linebacker

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Speaker 1: there at Penn State, which means he was off the line,

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Speaker 1: off the edge of the defensive end. But they rushed

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Speaker 1: him a lot. That's what he does best. And so

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Speaker 1: if you're going to draft Jesse Lukita, you're gonna have

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Speaker 1: to have a role for him, especially in your sub

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Speaker 1: packages as a rusher. But he will be an immediate

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Speaker 1: special teams player. But I don't think anybody's gonna take

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Speaker 1: him and put him behind the line of scrimmage and

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Speaker 1: ask him to play that. Who's the inside linebacker that

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Speaker 1: you would want to grab on day three? Is there

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Speaker 1: a guy? Sure? I got plenty of guys, got one

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Speaker 1: hat looks so national championship. You wear that really well.

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Speaker 1: I mean I feel like a winner and I also

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Speaker 1: Meet a horse. Oh yeah, there's two. There's two that

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Speaker 1: I like. Channing Tendall from George. Yeah. I like this

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Speaker 1: defensive team. That guy's a good football player. But the

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567
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Speaker 1: know this guy is a bigger guy six o three

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Speaker 1: six two thirty seven. Uh, He's an inside linebacker that

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