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Speaker 1: Congratulations, Daniel. You said it was a long day. What

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Speaker 1: were your expectations as we got into Thursday night and

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Speaker 1: Friday and today and how of the last couple of

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Speaker 1: days unfolded?

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Speaker 2: Right?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I really didn't try to put too much expectations

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Speaker 1: on it, honestly, talking with my agent as much as

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Speaker 1: I can, I was just trying to take it day

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Speaker 1: by day.

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Speaker 2: You know, relax, have have good times with family and friends.

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Speaker 1: So you know, obviously today it started a little early

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Speaker 1: at nine am over here in southern California, so you know,

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Speaker 1: it's just been a blessing. Got some breakfast with family,

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Speaker 1: and just got to sit around and see where life's

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Speaker 3: Jul Erickson, Hey, Daniel, you were at Kale for six

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Speaker 3: years and it kind of took you, you know, for

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Speaker 3: those to kind of get starting on defense and stuff.

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Speaker 3: Why why stick it out so long? You know, transfer

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Speaker 3: portal obviously people jump in all the time, so why

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Speaker 3: stick with it the way you did.

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Speaker 1: I just think we had a good thing going, especially

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Speaker 1: defensively at Cal have some great coaches defense. That coach

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Speaker 1: is defensive coordinator, even the head coach defensive oriented. So

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Speaker 1: it was one of those things where it's the grass

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Speaker 1: isn't always greener on the other side, you know, I

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Speaker 1: thought we had a good thing on there. I also

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Speaker 1: knew the more the more opportunity I had, the more

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Speaker 1: tape that I could show, I would kind of showcase

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Speaker 1: my abilities. So decided to come back for another fifth

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Speaker 1: and sixth year, and I think we made the most

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Speaker 4: James Boyd, hey DONI congrats on coming to Indy. What

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Speaker 4: do you describe as the hallmarks of your game? Number one?

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Speaker 2: And number two?

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Speaker 4: What interaction did you have with the cold throughout the

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Speaker 4: pre draft process?

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Speaker 2: Daniel, you gotta still yeah, could you repeat the second question?

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Speaker 2: I remember the first?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, sorry about that. First one was the hallmarks of

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Speaker 4: your game? And the second was how much interaction did

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Speaker 4: you have with the cults throughout the pre draft process?

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Speaker 2: Right right, right? Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I think the hallmarks of my game are my versatility,

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Speaker 1: you know, playing both down safety, deep high safety, playing

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Speaker 1: a little bit of nickel reps, and then obviously my

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Speaker 1: versatility sometimes on special teams. I think my football IQ

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Speaker 1: and instincts are second, and so I just I value

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Speaker 1: that side of the game. It's not only just physical stuff,

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Speaker 1: but it's also mental and then the second question was

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Speaker 1: being repeated. I'm sorry, Oh, how much I've talked to

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Speaker 1: the Colts? Well, I remember talking to them. I had

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Speaker 1: to talk to them at the Senior Bowl. We talked

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Speaker 1: to kind of every team there, and then I had

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Speaker 1: an informal interview with the Colts.

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Speaker 2: And has Zoon acted a few times?

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Speaker 4: So George Bremmer, Yeah, and you mentioned special teams.

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Speaker 2: I think you were a four phase guy at Cal.

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Speaker 2: How important is that aspect of the game to you?

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Speaker 2: And how seriously do you take that unit? It's very serious.

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Speaker 1: I definitely think it's I mean it's a third of

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Speaker 1: the third of the game, I think.

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Speaker 2: So we definitely valuated at Cal.

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Speaker 1: They definitely taught us up. So I also knew that

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Speaker 1: that's how I got my opportunity at Cal, and that's

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Speaker 1: probably gonna get my opportunity with the with the Colts.

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Speaker 1: So just knowing that value and uh and being of

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Speaker 1: value to the team is is my importance.

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Speaker 2: So that's what I'm trying to do, all right, And

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Speaker 2: then we'll go last one here. Joel Erickson.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Daniel, when when you got that that Senior Bowl

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Speaker 3: invite and and started realizing you know this, this NFL

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Speaker 3: thing is did that just kind of validate your decision

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Speaker 3: to stay at CAL and stick it out?

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Speaker 2: I'm sorry it was a little pr there. Uh, that

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Speaker 2: one the question.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, when you when you were found out like you're

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Speaker 3: going to the Senior Bowl and doing all that stuff

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Speaker 3: and in the NFL as a possibility, that validate your

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Speaker 3: decision to stick it out at Cal.

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Speaker 2: Uh, that's a good question.

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Speaker 1: I see, like having those opportunities kind of helped me

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Speaker 1: get some sort of validation in my decision. But at

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Speaker 1: the same time, I was just I was just happy

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Speaker 1: to kind of get extra reps, you know, improve my tape,

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Speaker 1: improve my physical ability, my mental ability. So regardless of

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Speaker 1: me getting the invite or not, I would have been

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Speaker 1: I think I would have been pleased with, you know,

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Speaker 1: my development as a player year over year.

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Speaker 2: All right, awesome, Thank you so much, Daniel.

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Speaker 4: Thank you for joining us as well. Media, Daniel, you're

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Speaker 4: you're free to go media if you want to stick

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Speaker 4: around for a second. Yeah, thank you guys,