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Speaker 1: Hey, Jake, congratulations. First of all, I just wanted to

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Speaker 1: ask you. The Patriots have a history of left footed punters.

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Speaker 1: Our understanding is that you are a right footed punter.

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Speaker 1: Were you were aware at all of their history of

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Speaker 1: having left footed left footed punter excuse me and Bill

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Speaker 1: Belichick's history with left footed punters. Yeah, I've been aware

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Speaker 1: of your guys's history. You guys have a fantastic special

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Speaker 1: teams unit, and I think there was some faith in

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Speaker 1: bringing me in, and so I'm really excited to get

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Speaker 1: to work with you guys and learn how to get

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Speaker 1: it done Patriot's way. So you're not a secret lefty,

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Speaker 1: I'm not. Unfortunately, we were thinking maybe you could hunt

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Speaker 1: with both legs, you know what, I could try it out. Probably.

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Speaker 1: Did you have any inclination the Patriots might be interested

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Speaker 1: in you at all? I just imagine of the draft

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Speaker 1: wide open, not nor where you're gonna go at all.

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Speaker 1: I had no inclination that the Patriots who are really

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Speaker 1: I remember talking to Coach Judge, the special teams coordinator,

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Speaker 1: at the combine, and I was really impressed with him.

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Speaker 1: I liked him a lot. But I had no idea

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Speaker 1: that Patriots was going to be my landing spot. There's

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Speaker 1: been a few other teams that have been interested in

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Speaker 1: drafted a punter this year. Obviously the forty nine ers

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Speaker 1: just drafted a guy in the fourth round. So I'm

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Speaker 1: just so happy I saw my name come across the TV.

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Speaker 1: Jaking familiar with Bill Belichick's affinity for special teams and

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Speaker 1: punters in general, I am a little bit. I obviously

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Speaker 1: can learn a lot more, and I'm excited to learn

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Speaker 1: a lot more from him. At Stanford football, we had

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Speaker 1: kind of a similar affinity to using our specialist to

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Speaker 1: make sure we can maximize the amount of field position

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Speaker 1: we can gain each each time the balls in play,

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Speaker 1: So I'm excited to see how the similarities and differences

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Speaker 1: are at a Patriots compared to Stanford. You had that

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Speaker 1: I think it was was an eighty four yard punt

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Speaker 1: against cal What was that like? That was a pretty

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Speaker 1: fun fun play for me. I kind of just put

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Speaker 1: the ball up into the jet stream and the wind

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Speaker 1: kind of took it a little bit and and the

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Speaker 1: returner didn't catch it, so it was it was a

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Speaker 1: really fun play. Definitely one for my highlight film. How

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Speaker 1: did you get started punting as a kid. I actually

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Speaker 1: got started as a place kicker. I didn't kick or

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Speaker 1: fund at all my freshman year of high school. Starting

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Speaker 1: my sophomore year, there was an opening at the JB Spot,

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Speaker 1: so I started being a kicker there because I used

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Speaker 1: to play soccer a lot when I was a kid,

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Speaker 1: ended up having a little bit of talent for it.

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Speaker 1: And a local specialist coach named Michael Houstead came on

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Speaker 1: of fostered me along and really taught me at what

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Speaker 1: it takes. And then junior year high school, I began punting,

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Speaker 1: and then I really learned the ropes of punting, the

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Speaker 1: ins and outs from my Stamford special teams coordinator, coach

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Speaker 1: Pete Alamaru. And yeah, I credit a lot in all

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Speaker 1: my development as a punter to him. When you talked

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Speaker 1: to coach, did you talk to him about kicking, hand

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Speaker 1: punting or just punting? Uh, we didn't really talk about that.

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Speaker 1: He just he said, we're really excited to have you

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Speaker 1: and UM can't wait to get you in the building.

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Speaker 1: There are on a lot of hunters who get drafted

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Speaker 1: each year. When when did you realize that the NFL

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Speaker 1: would be kind of a legitimate possibility for you? M

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Speaker 1: I kind of realized when I remember the exact A

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Speaker 1: coach Shaw called me when I was driving around in

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Speaker 1: my car at Stamford and he said, Jake, I just

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Speaker 1: wasn't that long ago. If this hadn't all come to fruition,

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Speaker 1: what would you be doing? Though? Well, I'm not sure.

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Speaker 1: I've been on this path for a while. I wanted

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Speaker 1: This has been what I've been working for for the

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Speaker 1: my eventual goal for the for the last ten years,

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Speaker 1: I guess, in my life. And I'm really excited to

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Speaker 1: what the Patriots are all about. Jake Hole, familiar are

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Speaker 1: him this spring and summer. I know he's an awesome punter.

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Speaker 1: I don't know much about him. I have a lot

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Speaker 1: I played in a no game against Washington State where

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Speaker 1: that was a pretty terrible environment. So it doesn't it

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Speaker 1: doesn't fade me at all. Jake. You're kind of going

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Speaker 1: along with the weather, but you're making a long trip

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Speaker 1: all the way across the country San Diego to Boston.

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Speaker 1: Just kind of culturally. What have you heard about about

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Speaker 1: such a big movement. I've heard football as king. I

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Speaker 1: in the in the nation. I have a lot of

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Speaker 1: back there, and I know they're going to be back

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Speaker 1: there after college too, so it'll be good. Having a

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Speaker 1: good friend group in the close vicinity? Did you hold

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Speaker 1: on field goals in point after attempts? I did? Jake.

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Speaker 1: Did you have a chance to watch the Super Bowl

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Speaker 1: or a lot of punts in that game? And does

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Speaker 1: that get you fired up? Oh? I got me fired up.

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Speaker 1: I remember watching the game and all my friends were

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Speaker 1: kind of like what the heck is going on? And

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Speaker 1: I was glued to the tv. UM. It was one

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Speaker 1: of my favorite football games of all time to watch. Jake.

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Speaker 1: When when you talk with teams, how much did you

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Speaker 1: talk to them about, you know, kicking off as well?

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Speaker 1: And is that something you would like to do at

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Speaker 1: the NFL level and feel like you could do? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I would love to be able to do that. Um.

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Speaker 1: It's been a part of my game ever since I've

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Speaker 1: been at Stanford. Um, it's something I would like to continue. Um.

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Speaker 1: A lot of NFL teams really value a hunter that

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Speaker 1: can also kick off because it kind of helps out

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Speaker 1: the kicker if he's getting hold or something or doesn't

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Speaker 1: have a strong kickoff Lake. So whatever whatever happens, I'll

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Speaker 1: be super happy with it. Okay, Jake, I think that's

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Speaker 1: all that we have for you. Um, thanks so much

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Speaker 1: taking the time speak at the Armenia and congratulations again,

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for this opportunity. Thanks