Speaker 1: Closing in on the one o'clock hour as we continue
Speaker 1: rolling through Day three coverage of the twenty twenty one
Speaker 1: NFL Draft on one oh five three The Fan and
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys Dot Com from Inside the Star in Frisco.
Speaker 1: We are three picks in to the fifth round, and
Speaker 1: with the final selection of the fourth round for the
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys at one thirty eight, they selected offensive tackle
Speaker 1: Josh Ball out of Marshall. He's on the line, Josh, Congratulations,
Speaker 1: A big day for you coming from Huntington all the
Speaker 1: way to Frisco. What's going through your mind right now? Wow?
Speaker 1: Just what an amazing opportunity. Can't wait be down there
Speaker 1: Frisco and just to be a part of the Dallas
Speaker 1: Cowboys organization. And it's it's just a blessing and uh,
Speaker 1: I'm ready. I'm ready to the work. Hey, Josh, you
Speaker 1: know you're sitting here watching your name come off. The
Speaker 1: scouting part on you is, you know, the natural talent
Speaker 1: to have maybe gone yesterday higher in the draft and
Speaker 1: maybe it's more issues with your time at Florida State
Speaker 1: that led to you falling today. I'm just curious what
Speaker 1: this draft process has been like to uh, for you
Speaker 1: and what your conversations have been like with NFL teams
Speaker 1: and with the Cowboys, Uh, to help teams get a
Speaker 1: handle on all that. Yeah. Absolutely, you know, the pass
Speaker 1: of the past. It's over with and done with. Everybody's
Speaker 1: moved on. Um, And I don't really have a comment
Speaker 1: about that. It's just uh, it's just a lot uh
Speaker 1: you know, about getting to know me as a as
Speaker 1: a person and getting getting to know my mental side
Speaker 1: on the ball stuff and uh just seeing how my
Speaker 1: mind works, uh with with with the protections, run game
Speaker 1: and stuff like that, and just kind of running that
Speaker 1: through my head and seeing how I work and put
Speaker 1: things together. So uh, you know that's how most of
Speaker 1: these calls went, especially with the Cowboys. And uh, yeah
Speaker 1: that's what and you know you you mentioned calls with
Speaker 1: the Cowboys. What what's this process been like with Dallas?
Speaker 1: Have you had a chance to talk to to Joe
Speaker 1: Philban or just what what has this process been like
Speaker 1: for you with Dallas? Did you did you have an
Speaker 1: inkling they might have an interest? Right? So yeah, I
Speaker 1: had a zoom with coach Philban and we went over
Speaker 1: some stuff, went some uh some passing stuff and run
Speaker 1: run game stuff. As well, and uh we went over
Speaker 1: some things and uh, you know, I was thinking, uh
Speaker 1: you know, I was going to be a Dallas Cowboy
Speaker 1: today about a round one thirty and I got the
Speaker 1: call and uh yeah, I talk coach Stilban and they're
Speaker 1: fired up to get me down there. Some things I
Speaker 1: definitely got to work on before I get there, and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, and take just get down there in Dallas
Speaker 1: and uh work on some things to be a better
Speaker 1: football player. So we kind of gave you that inkling,
Speaker 1: any kind of indication there as to where you were
Speaker 1: going to fall with the Cowboys. Honestly, no, Uh, it
Speaker 1: came out of nowhere. You know. It was a blessing
Speaker 1: of disguise, and uh, I'm so grateful to have the
Speaker 1: opportunity to be in first go. I'm just I'm just
Speaker 1: fired up. So it did come out of nowhere. But
Speaker 1: like I said, I'm blessing ready to go. So offensive
Speaker 1: line is is kind of a legacy here in Dallas,
Speaker 1: especially I mean forever, but especially over the last decade
Speaker 1: with guys like Tyrn Smith Zach Martin. For any fans
Speaker 1: listening that I appreciate offensive line play. What what are
Speaker 1: your strengths. What do you like to do on the field? Absolutely, yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, growing growing up and that marshal and stuff.
Speaker 1: We watched a lot of Tyrn Smith um cutouts and tape,
Speaker 1: and I love the way he played. Uh you know,
Speaker 1: I think I have a little inkling of him and me.
Speaker 1: Uh you know, I'm gonna have long arms. I get
Speaker 1: get my arms on, hands on people really quick and
Speaker 1: fast in the past, borrow, I have great feet, um,
Speaker 1: and on the run game, I'm just fast, musical, physical, nasty,
Speaker 1: uh you know. And that that's some trace that I
Speaker 1: think I see myself along with Tyron Smith. And you know,
Speaker 1: I really crafted my game around him growing up and
Speaker 1: just watching a lot of films, like I said, and
Speaker 1: uh again, just fired up to get down there and
Speaker 1: show him what I have. So and judge. How is
Speaker 1: she weighing right now? Um? Last week I waited in
Speaker 1: about three fourteen. Okay, so that's that's a little bit
Speaker 1: heavier than what you played at there this season? Am
Speaker 1: I correct about that? Yeah? My weight has actuated up
Speaker 1: and down in the past couple of years, two years,
Speaker 1: both different seasons. But I feel comfortable where with on
Speaker 1: that right now. But it is a little heavier than
Speaker 1: what I did play in twenty twenty. Absolutely, Josh, thanks
Speaker 1: so much for spendings and time with us. Congratulations. We
Speaker 1: look forward to watching you on the field soon. Yeah. Sorry,
Speaker 1: thank you so much. Go Cowboy. There he goes his
Speaker 1: first Go Cowboys on the air. I like that, adding
Speaker 1: it in at the end of the phone call Josh
Speaker 1: Ball out of Marshall