WEBVTT - The Draft Show: 1-30-25 0:00:04.240 --> 0:00:09.520 He's the Dallascowboys dot Com Draft Show, your war room 0:00:09.640 --> 0:00:13.320 for insider news and draft analysis from deep within the 0:00:13.320 --> 0:00:17.880 confines of Cowboys headquarters at the Star Infrasco. And now 0:00:18.280 --> 0:00:21.439 your host, Kyle Yeomans. 0:00:22.239 --> 0:00:25.560 Today is January thirtieth, twenty twenty five, and we are 0:00:25.600 --> 0:00:29.560 eighty four days away from the NFL Draft in Green Bay, Wisconsin. 0:00:29.640 --> 0:00:32.880 Welcome into the Draft Show presented by Miller LT alongside 0:00:32.880 --> 0:00:35.400 Tommy Yarish and Nick Harris and Kyle Yeomans. One more 0:00:35.520 --> 0:00:38.320 day here from L Reese's Senior Bowl and radio row, 0:00:38.360 --> 0:00:41.959 which means we get some exclusive guests along the way. 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:45.360 And now we've got Jack Kaiser, Notre Dame linebacker, joining us. Jack, 0:00:45.640 --> 0:00:47.960 we were just talking off air for a moment. The 0:00:48.040 --> 0:00:50.760 run to the National Championship feels like it was yesterday 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:54.560 because it was basically yesterday, a longer season along the way. 0:00:54.640 --> 0:00:56.840 Tell us what the quick turnaround has been like for 0:00:56.880 --> 0:00:59.360 you and a lot of these other NFL draft prospects 0:00:59.360 --> 0:01:01.880 to play such a long season and then turn it 0:01:01.920 --> 0:01:03.280 around get in the draft mode. 0:01:03.480 --> 0:01:06.800 Yeah, I mean I think it's you know, for my case, 0:01:06.840 --> 0:01:09.800 it's been awesome, right. I was healthy coming out of 0:01:09.800 --> 0:01:11.840 the season, and so the last month and a half 0:01:11.920 --> 0:01:14.440 it feels like every ten days I've been playing in 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:17.280 a big time game. Well, after the National Championship, this 0:01:17.360 --> 0:01:19.680 is kind of another ten day window to play in 0:01:19.720 --> 0:01:23.440 another big game. Body feels great. Mentally, I'm sharp. I'm 0:01:23.440 --> 0:01:25.920 still in football mode, right. I didn't become a track 0:01:25.920 --> 0:01:28.600 star for a month and a half, and so I'm 0:01:28.640 --> 0:01:29.560 just excited to be here. 0:01:29.959 --> 0:01:30.600 That's awesome. 0:01:30.680 --> 0:01:34.200 Now, you talked about the quick turnaround and some of 0:01:34.240 --> 0:01:38.080 the I guess the routine that you continued into. 0:01:38.200 --> 0:01:40.560 I mean, how tough is it to extend that a. 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:43.840 Little bit further because you've played a significant amount of 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:45.240 college football leading up to this. 0:01:45.600 --> 0:01:47.920 The twelve team playoff threw another wrench into it. 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:48.520 Yeah. 0:01:48.600 --> 0:01:50.360 I mean if you ever told me at the beginning 0:01:50.360 --> 0:01:51.760 of the year, Hey, you got a chance to play 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:54.160 in sixteen games, and you get a chance to go 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:55.960 to the Senior Bowl and compete with the best of 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:58.920 the best, And like, I don't think I would hesitate 0:01:58.920 --> 0:02:00.600 and signing up for that, right, Like that's what you 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:02.960 want to do as a competitor, Like that's the best 0:02:02.960 --> 0:02:05.440 thing you can play in National Championship and Senior Bowl 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:07.360 like that sounds like the best year of football ever 0:02:07.800 --> 0:02:10.080 and so very fortunate to be able to do that, 0:02:10.120 --> 0:02:10.520 for sure. 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:11.440 I think so much. 0:02:11.520 --> 0:02:13.160 A big part of that you guys has run this 0:02:13.200 --> 0:02:16.120 year was the defense and yourself and Leonard Moore and 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:18.840 guys around you exave your Watson the secondary and your 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:21.160 defensive coordinator too. Al Golden just got hired by the 0:02:21.240 --> 0:02:24.160 Cincinnati Bengals. Saw him that practiced yesterday. What did he 0:02:24.280 --> 0:02:26.440 do well schematically that you feel like is going to 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:28.720 be able to take your game and translate it to 0:02:28.720 --> 0:02:29.520 the NFL level. 0:02:29.760 --> 0:02:30.000 Yeah. 0:02:30.000 --> 0:02:32.120 I mean if you look at coach Golden's defense in 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:34.680 the scheme that we were running, like we had answers 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:38.480 for everything. We our playbook was so deep, but at 0:02:38.480 --> 0:02:40.440 the same time, like guys knew it inside and out. 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:43.720 Guys were able to play fast with clarity and violence 0:02:43.800 --> 0:02:47.160 and so just having answers being a poll from from 0:02:47.200 --> 0:02:51.320 the bank that we had and then you know, also 0:02:51.360 --> 0:02:52.880 to have the guys to be able to execute, right. 0:02:52.919 --> 0:02:54.639 We played a lot of man coverage this year. You 0:02:54.720 --> 0:02:56.440 can't do that if you don't have the guys to cover, 0:02:57.200 --> 0:02:59.440 and that frees up, you know, and it allows you 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:01.639 to get create of up front the front seven a lot, 0:03:01.680 --> 0:03:05.040 and so just very fortunate and learned a lot of 0:03:05.080 --> 0:03:08.400 ball under him and super excited for his future, but 0:03:08.560 --> 0:03:10.120 very appreciative of where he's done for me. 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:12.320 Yeah, a lot of rich history at Notre Dame. 0:03:12.520 --> 0:03:14.600 Nobody in the history of the program has played more 0:03:14.600 --> 0:03:18.240 games than you, though, Jack seventy games the experience. Did 0:03:18.280 --> 0:03:20.960 you expect to play seventy games whenever you arrived on campus? 0:03:21.000 --> 0:03:22.040 What was it five years ago? 0:03:22.520 --> 0:03:22.720 Now? 0:03:22.840 --> 0:03:25.280 I mean I cheated. I like to say I cheated. 0:03:25.480 --> 0:03:27.560 I got the COVID year and was able to use that. 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:30.520 So hopefully that never gets broken because that means we're 0:03:30.560 --> 0:03:34.040 in another pandemic. But true, No, it was super special 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:36.240 to be there and to have my whole career there 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:38.920 and see the people come and go and and just 0:03:39.040 --> 0:03:41.200 there's so many amazing people at Notre Dame and the 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:43.720 history and the tradition and know that now you're a 0:03:43.720 --> 0:03:45.440 part of that, like your name's in that. 0:03:46.120 --> 0:03:46.840 It's pretty special. 0:03:46.880 --> 0:03:48.720 And then talking again about the sixteen games from this 0:03:48.760 --> 0:03:51.600 past season, I mean NFL seventeen game schedule now, so 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:53.800 it's basically kind of jumping into a routine. Do you 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:55.800 feel like you'd be better adjusted for the NFL schedule 0:03:55.800 --> 0:03:56.360 as a result. 0:03:56.520 --> 0:03:58.240 Yeah, I think, you know, I proved I'm I can 0:03:58.440 --> 0:04:00.640 be there for the long haul, right. I can go 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:05.640 from July thirtieth all the way until you know, mid 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:07.560 January and playing football. 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:11.120 In this case February. And that's an NFL season, it 0:04:11.160 --> 0:04:11.560 really is. 0:04:11.600 --> 0:04:13.960 And so I feel like I proved I can be 0:04:14.000 --> 0:04:15.960 a pro you know, take care of the body, you know, 0:04:16.000 --> 0:04:18.840 be available every single week, like that's hard to do. 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:22.120 And so I think that certainly gives me edge of 0:04:22.480 --> 0:04:24.720 you know, I've done this before. It's not my first time. 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:27.200 You know, I'm not gonna be mentally exhausted out of 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:27.560 the bat. 0:04:28.160 --> 0:04:31.440 Now the Cowboys have certainly dipped into the pool of 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:34.120 Notre Dame linebackers in the past. Maris Leah Foul of 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:36.880 course on our team. Now, he had a great rookie season. 0:04:36.920 --> 0:04:39.039 I mean, what was your connection with him like during 0:04:39.040 --> 0:04:42.440 his time up in South End and playing alongside Big 0:04:42.520 --> 0:04:43.279 number thirty five. 0:04:43.520 --> 0:04:45.359 Yeah, Maris and I were in the same class, and 0:04:45.400 --> 0:04:48.000 so it was really cool just to kind of go 0:04:48.120 --> 0:04:51.320 up together and get better and develop with one another. 0:04:51.560 --> 0:04:53.600 And then to see him, you know, have such a 0:04:53.640 --> 0:04:56.520 great year this year, and and to talk to him 0:04:56.520 --> 0:04:58.800 every so often. And now he's back in South Bend 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:01.520 and got to see him the facility, and so it 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:03.679 was just really cool to see him do so well. 0:05:04.560 --> 0:05:07.080 Excited for him, and he's only gonna get better. He's 0:05:07.080 --> 0:05:08.919 the type of the guy that's never gonna stop working. 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:10.800 Now, We've got a lot of film buffs that watch 0:05:10.920 --> 0:05:14.360 this show, and a lot of them are Cowboys fans specifically, 0:05:14.400 --> 0:05:16.839 so they know what Marius Leval brings to the table. 0:05:17.080 --> 0:05:19.279 How does your game differ than what he did? 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:21.360 Yeah, I mean when you look at Maris like he's 0:05:21.360 --> 0:05:25.800 a big He's a big guy, lengthy, he's explosive, very 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:28.120 dynamic player, right, he's going to get the ball out 0:05:28.200 --> 0:05:30.080 like he's a playmaker. 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:33.120 I have that like in my own way. 0:05:33.160 --> 0:05:35.120 But at the same time, like I feel like we're 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:37.640 my game. You know where I had the advantages, like 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:41.599 my preparation and my pre snap reads and just seeing 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:45.640 things on the field, seeing receiver split, seeing formations, you 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:48.200 know what's the tendencies here down distance, like kind of 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:51.120 processing all that put it together and then being ready 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:54.359 to recognize it and play fast when the ball snaps. 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:55.320 How tough is that to. 0:05:55.279 --> 0:05:57.880 Do in an event like this where there's so many 0:05:57.880 --> 0:06:00.400 different guys from so many different systems, and then it's 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:03.599 a new system on the other sideline that you're trying 0:06:03.640 --> 0:06:05.960 to kind of figure out both in practice and then 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:08.240 another one coming up on Saturday in the game. 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:10.560 Yeah, I mean it's different, but at the same time, 0:06:10.720 --> 0:06:13.360 you know football tendencies or football tendencies, and they. 0:06:13.279 --> 0:06:14.080 Still show up here. 0:06:14.920 --> 0:06:17.480 You know, a receiver who cuts play outside foot up, 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:20.039 he's gonna crack like that's this kind of stuff that 0:06:20.040 --> 0:06:22.400 you see in football, and you see it here, and 0:06:22.440 --> 0:06:25.719 so it allows you still play fast. And then we're 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:28.280 watching film every night, like you know, you pick it 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:30.520 up as the week goes. Oh, this is what they're 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:33.880 doing this week though, this is how they're you know, adjusting, 0:06:34.560 --> 0:06:37.479 this is what the offensive scheme is. And so you 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:39.360 learn and and then you know by the d of 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:42.000 the week you're playing really fast and recognizing that stuff. 0:06:42.040 --> 0:06:42.280 Again. 0:06:42.560 --> 0:06:44.359 A big part of this week too, is not just 0:06:44.400 --> 0:06:45.880 the stuff on the field, but what you do off 0:06:45.920 --> 0:06:48.760 the field, meeting with NFL teams. How have those meetings 0:06:48.800 --> 0:06:51.200 gone thus far and what if some of the feedback 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:54.280 that you've gotten from whether it be front offices, scouts, 0:06:54.400 --> 0:06:55.800 coaching staffs, whatever it may be. 0:06:56.279 --> 0:06:57.800 Yeah, I mean meetings have gone great. 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:00.599 Just been able to you know, sit down, share my 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:03.640 story who I am, and then obviously talk about football 0:07:03.680 --> 0:07:07.839 and talk about the season we had. And I'm very fortunate, 0:07:07.839 --> 0:07:09.960 you know, with Maris coming out last year and jad 0:07:10.040 --> 0:07:12.120 Bird Train coming out last year, you know, they kind 0:07:12.160 --> 0:07:14.400 of lead the groundwork where like, you know, these teams 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:17.240 know what a linebacker, a Notre Dame linebacker you know, 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:20.040 can do, and what system we come from and what 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:23.040 we've been exposed to, and so a lot of those 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:26.320 questions like they kind of already have answered them for me, 0:07:26.600 --> 0:07:29.160 and so that's been awesome. But just you know, just 0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:31.560 trying to sit down, show them who Jack Kaiser is 0:07:31.640 --> 0:07:34.720 and what Jack Kaiser has in store and what my 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:35.280 strengths are. 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:36.960 Yeah, we were talking a little bit before we got 0:07:36.960 --> 0:07:38.760 on the are You're from a small town in Indiana 0:07:38.800 --> 0:07:39.760 about eight hundred people. 0:07:39.800 --> 0:07:40.800 Just talk about your upbringing. 0:07:41.240 --> 0:07:44.760 Yeah, so Indiana kid, grew up in a small town, 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:47.040 grew up on a farm. Family in total has about 0:07:47.040 --> 0:07:50.200 a thousand acres of corn, soybeans, grew up you know, 0:07:50.280 --> 0:07:52.240 out in the fields driving tractors, and then we had 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:57.880 some animals in the summer and pigs, goats, you know, chickens, 0:07:57.920 --> 0:08:01.720 like everything you can think of. I was the youngest 0:08:01.760 --> 0:08:04.200 of four and so I always got the short end 0:08:04.240 --> 0:08:06.200 the stick in terms of jobs. You know, Hey, you 0:08:06.240 --> 0:08:08.040 go up in the hay mound or you like, you know, 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:09.440 throw me up on the roof and I. 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:11.280 Have to clean the gutters stuff like that. 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:14.400 But yeah, it just you know, learned how to work 0:08:14.440 --> 0:08:17.680 hard at a really young age and certainly bring that 0:08:17.800 --> 0:08:18.800 in my everyday life. 0:08:18.800 --> 0:08:21.360 And of course in football, Notre Dame fan the whole 0:08:21.360 --> 0:08:26.520 way I got you. 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:30.600 But uh, being you know, being farm you know, farm cut, 0:08:30.680 --> 0:08:31.800 everybody roots for Purdue. 0:08:31.800 --> 0:08:33.200 That's that school makes sense. 0:08:34.120 --> 0:08:36.520 But at the same time, like their names, No Dame 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:38.680 exactly right, and so you know when they were on 0:08:38.760 --> 0:08:41.040 national TV, you're rooting for him for sure. 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:41.840 That's awesome. 0:08:42.040 --> 0:08:46.240 How much how exciting is this time period for your family? Uh, 0:08:46.360 --> 0:08:48.440 the family of four you like you talked about and 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:51.600 how close knit you guys were to watch you take 0:08:51.640 --> 0:08:53.920 this rise, not only to the National Championship and now 0:08:54.000 --> 0:08:54.640 to the NFL. 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:58.320 Yeah, it's been the whole journey through Notre Dame in 0:08:58.440 --> 0:09:02.240 high school just has been really special, but especially this 0:09:02.320 --> 0:09:04.160 year in kind of ride we went on and be 0:09:04.160 --> 0:09:07.280 able to share that with my siblings, my parents, My 0:09:07.360 --> 0:09:09.240 parents be able to go to every game and my 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:12.040 siblings to be able to get to the home playoff 0:09:12.080 --> 0:09:13.240 game or you. 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:17.200 Know, to the Sugar Bowl or Orange Bowl. 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:19.000 And then finally to cap it off and have everybody 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:20.040 has a national championship. 0:09:20.040 --> 0:09:20.880 It was super special. 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:23.079 And then to know that, you know, they get to 0:09:23.120 --> 0:09:25.840 watch me on TV this week on the NFL network. 0:09:25.559 --> 0:09:27.640 Like, yeah, that's pretty special, and know that they get 0:09:27.640 --> 0:09:29.120 a share in that experience. For sure. 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:30.400 It's an exciting time. 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:32.800 Jack, Will you take We appreciate you taking some time 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:33.880 sitting down with us. 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:35.160 Good luck the rest of the way. 0:09:35.200 --> 0:09:37.400 We're certainly fans of your work already, a lot of 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:39.920 people watching the show certainly like what you've done so far. 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:41.360 Got a bright future ahead of you. 0:09:41.400 --> 0:09:42.760 Appreciate thanks for having me on. 0:09:42.760 --> 0:09:45.360 Jack Kaiser, Notre Dame linebacker joining us here on the 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:48.160 Draft Show. 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We 0:12:23.000 --> 0:12:25.240 just talked with Jack Kaiser a moment ago, and the 0:12:25.280 --> 0:12:28.560 linebacker position is so vertatile now in the NFL. 0:12:28.679 --> 0:12:31.160 Tell us what you feel like your strengths are and 0:12:31.200 --> 0:12:32.640 what you're bringing to the pro level. 0:12:32.960 --> 0:12:34.839 A great question, r You said, I think versatility is 0:12:35.160 --> 0:12:37.760 named to the game. Being able to do multiple things 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:39.880 in the scheme, whether it's playing off the ball linebacker 0:12:40.000 --> 0:12:42.839 or on the ball a third down pass rushing, or 0:12:42.960 --> 0:12:44.839 just you know, playing the run game all the ball, on. 0:12:44.800 --> 0:12:46.680 The ball, striking, playing physical. 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:50.120 So I think having all those assets with physicality and 0:12:50.280 --> 0:12:53.480 violence explosiveness just makes a great player. 0:12:53.800 --> 0:12:55.880 And you could see that in your practices, you can 0:12:55.920 --> 0:12:57.600 see that in your film as well. 0:12:57.640 --> 0:12:59.520 How's the week been so far for you? 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:01.760 Getting to interact with some of the best players at 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:02.679 each of their positions. 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:04.360 Man, it's been great. It's been a blessing. 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:06.920 It's a great opportunity, uh, just to compete with the 0:13:06.920 --> 0:13:09.360 best and to really try to make a name for yourself. 0:13:09.880 --> 0:13:13.600 I think I've had two okay practices. Some I say 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:15.080 it's been really good, but I still know I can 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:15.480 get more. 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:17.040 It's been really good in my opinion. 0:13:18.040 --> 0:13:20.240 Second back, she said. 0:13:20.000 --> 0:13:21.920 It no voices going right now because I've been so 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:24.600 on the jeddak and excited and yelling and just having fun. 0:13:24.679 --> 0:13:27.719 But it's been awesome, man, you know, had great conversations 0:13:27.720 --> 0:13:30.720 with great people and networking and just making opportunities. 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:30.880 Man. 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:33.760 And the people playing here, I said yesterday future all 0:13:33.800 --> 0:13:35.120 of famers. So it's been a blessing. 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:37.160 Kyle kind of mentioned it a second ago. 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:39.040 But you with your versatility, that's something that pops out 0:13:39.040 --> 0:13:41.320 on film and it's popped out in practice, whether it 0:13:41.320 --> 0:13:43.240 beyond the ball, off the ball. Where do you feel 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:45.880 like you're at your best and in terms of where 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:48.160 you're playing and what kind of situation you're playing it. 0:13:48.280 --> 0:13:50.439 Yeah, I'm meant to be on the ball all it means. 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:52.520 I'm know, I played my first three years in college, 0:13:52.679 --> 0:13:56.320 in my first three games my senior year, but you know, 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:58.719 the transition was a natural one and this one that 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:00.920 should happened a long time ago. But I'm just want 0:14:00.920 --> 0:14:02.360 to play well at the end of the day. But 0:14:02.400 --> 0:14:06.400 I believe I'm most efficient and effective on the ball. 0:14:06.800 --> 0:14:09.840 And so what about that transition, Like you mentioned playing 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:11.839 middle linebacker for the first three years, in the three 0:14:11.880 --> 0:14:15.800 games this year, you know, with that smaller sample size 0:14:15.840 --> 0:14:17.880 of real game action in college, how do you feel 0:14:17.880 --> 0:14:19.840 like you've grown already and how do you feel like 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:21.840 that's going to translate to the professional level. 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:22.440 Absolutely? 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:24.480 Yeah, So I think, you know, the first thing I 0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:26.640 really had to get down was just a pass rushing 0:14:27.760 --> 0:14:30.160 or I got to learn over the few weeks that 0:14:30.200 --> 0:14:32.400 I first transitioned. I mean, it actually is an ORI's 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:35.680 a craft. The one note always help you in that area. 0:14:35.720 --> 0:14:38.720 There's just motor and effort, but to some extent comes 0:14:39.280 --> 0:14:42.600 being a mastermind and playing chestnut checkers. So I think 0:14:42.640 --> 0:14:45.560 for me, just continue to improve my past rushing, continue 0:14:45.560 --> 0:14:48.600 to improve my technique, and they just gets you the polishing. 0:14:48.400 --> 0:14:50.320 Every year there's probably about three or four guys that 0:14:50.400 --> 0:14:52.280 come here and they really stamp their stock and have 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:54.800 a great week. I'd put you in that category right now. 0:14:54.840 --> 0:14:56.080 As far as what you've been able to do in 0:14:56.120 --> 0:14:59.440 one on ones and pass our situations. How much prep 0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:01.320 has gone into the this game, specifically over the course 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:01.880 of the last month. 0:15:01.920 --> 0:15:02.760 What does that look like for you. 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:05.440 Yeah, I'm trying to Dallas, Texas right now at ex 0:15:05.480 --> 0:15:08.720 oson great coach coach Brandon Tucker's give me great advice 0:15:08.760 --> 0:15:10.920 and also shout out to my coach at UCLA, coach 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:15.560 mcloy Coach t They've really helped me a lot to 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:19.000 be prepared, yes, for this moment, but just overall everything 0:15:19.080 --> 0:15:19.880 coming in front of him. 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:21.680 Shout out to Big Tuck last year. 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:25.120 Last year Lyle to Lots obviously had went through this 0:15:25.200 --> 0:15:27.160 exact same process. Was there anything you were able to 0:15:27.240 --> 0:15:29.080 kind of peel back from him and kind of see 0:15:29.080 --> 0:15:31.320 what that process is like before jumping into it a 0:15:31.320 --> 0:15:31.760 little bit. 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:33.920 Didn't get to speak on too much, but me and 0:15:33.960 --> 0:15:36.120 lotcho actually in the same area that fun I played 0:15:36.120 --> 0:15:37.480 in my high school my sophomore year. 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:41.560 He was dominant, tied in not even tied end. 0:15:41.640 --> 0:15:43.880 But yeah, I mean I got to watch all the 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:46.120 film a lot too and get advice. 0:15:45.760 --> 0:15:48.120 From a coach who coached him about this process. 0:15:49.000 --> 0:15:52.040 Another guy that at least just of course we know 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:55.240 very closely that played off ball quite a bit in college, 0:15:55.480 --> 0:15:57.600 figured out a little bit of the pass rush, was 0:15:57.640 --> 0:15:59.160 able to take that to the NFL level. 0:15:59.160 --> 0:16:00.640 Goes by the name of Mike the partsons. 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:03.840 How much have you watched him and what he does 0:16:03.840 --> 0:16:06.520 well at the NFL level and maybe some of the 0:16:06.560 --> 0:16:08.280 other guys that you've modeled your game after. 0:16:08.400 --> 0:16:12.040 Yeah, Michael, he's a He's a great player, explosive, dominant, 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:14.360 But he was actually probably the first player I started 0:16:14.400 --> 0:16:17.800 to watch. Wow, when I transition to it was him 0:16:17.800 --> 0:16:20.600 a lot to Actually I watched a lot to practice 0:16:20.600 --> 0:16:23.600 film because I had access to it, and I watched 0:16:23.600 --> 0:16:26.160 on the game film on Michael Parsons. 0:16:26.560 --> 0:16:28.720 What did you see that stuck out and what do 0:16:28.800 --> 0:16:31.080 you feel like you kind of mirror from his game? 0:16:32.120 --> 0:16:34.720