WEBVTT - Welcome to Miami Keion Crossen 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:05.360 To us buyers touch style by waddle stuck into the 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:09.440 end zone of Miami Boy, tight froll, tight window. They 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:11.760 had to get that touchdown on that play. They get it. 0:00:15.120 --> 0:00:18.880 What is up, Dolphans And welcome to the Drive Time 0:00:18.920 --> 0:00:23.320 Podcast part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, 0:00:23.960 --> 0:00:28.440 your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? I am your host, 0:00:28.760 --> 0:00:33.120 Travis Wingfield. And on today's show, it's a free agency special. 0:00:33.560 --> 0:00:36.960 We're talking to key On Crossing, new Dolphins defensive back 0:00:37.240 --> 0:00:40.480 slash special teamer. Will break down his game and get 0:00:40.600 --> 0:00:43.120 him in here to talk some ball and his decision 0:00:43.159 --> 0:00:46.279 to join the Miami Dolphins and a lot more from 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:49.559 the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:00:49.640 --> 0:00:57.640 This is the Drive Time Podcasts. So key On Crossing 0:00:57.760 --> 0:01:00.720 is your latest Dolphins signing here and the beginning of 0:01:00.760 --> 0:01:03.200 free agency has kind of seen the Dolphins bolster up 0:01:03.240 --> 0:01:07.160 the offense routines, retained some key defensive pieces, and now 0:01:07.240 --> 0:01:10.640 really address the special teams unit. As Crossing and the 0:01:10.640 --> 0:01:13.160 Dolphins have agreed to terms on a contract that will 0:01:13.160 --> 0:01:17.840 bring the former Giants, Patriots and Texans cornerback south to Miami. 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:20.679 Now you look at his production over the course of 0:01:20.720 --> 0:01:24.319 his four year career, all four years, he's finished inside 0:01:24.360 --> 0:01:27.760 the top sixty four of the league in total special 0:01:27.800 --> 0:01:31.000 teams tackles in three of those four years, and that 0:01:31.080 --> 0:01:33.920 was the three years he played the entire season he 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:37.039 ranked in the top thirty three in that category, finishing 0:01:37.040 --> 0:01:41.360 as high as ten. In total, he has thirty nine 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:43.880 career tackles in that third phase of the game. A 0:01:45.040 --> 0:01:49.000 seventh round draft choice of the Patriots and eventual World champion, there, 0:01:49.200 --> 0:01:52.560 he's logged one thousand, eighteen career snaps just on special 0:01:52.600 --> 0:01:56.760 teams alone. What makes a great special teamer? We've talked 0:01:56.760 --> 0:01:58.240 in the past about this with some of the guys 0:01:58.240 --> 0:02:02.000 in the Dolphins roster currently, about gunning and you know, 0:02:02.080 --> 0:02:06.480 covering kicks and return teams and the kind of difficult 0:02:06.560 --> 0:02:09.040 nature of some of those positions. One thing that will 0:02:09.080 --> 0:02:11.040 always help you when it comes to running down the 0:02:11.040 --> 0:02:14.120 football field making tackles is a bunch of speed. And 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:16.840 it should come as no surprise that Crossing is often 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:19.720 the first man on the scene and kick coverage. When 0:02:19.760 --> 0:02:22.160 you pull up his tape, he ran a four three 0:02:22.280 --> 0:02:25.560 three forty yard dash at his Western Carolina Pro day 0:02:25.600 --> 0:02:28.919 back in. On that run, he was clocked at a 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:32.560 high speed of twenty four miles an hour. He's speeding 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:35.959 in a school zone on foot, and he's almost speeding 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:38.440 in a residential at twenty four miles per hour. That 0:02:38.480 --> 0:02:41.760 was calculated in the final twenty yards of that run. 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:44.799 Shows you his explosiveness and his straight line speed there, 0:02:45.000 --> 0:02:49.200 and unsurprisingly, he tested off the charts in several other categories. 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:52.320 He blazed a sterling three cone time of six six 0:02:52.360 --> 0:02:54.959 seven That is moving. He leaped thirty nine and a 0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:57.440 half inches on the vert and one and thirty one 0:02:57.480 --> 0:03:01.000 inches on the broad jump. Those are some impressive, impressive 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:05.320 numbers to showcase that explosiveness in the lower half. And 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:07.800 he's not just a special teamer. He has some defensive 0:03:07.800 --> 0:03:10.880 snaps as well. Five hundred and nineteen to be exact, 0:03:11.160 --> 0:03:15.320 and better than six of those snaps came in with 0:03:15.360 --> 0:03:18.239 the Houston Texans. On a hundred and seventy nine coverage 0:03:18.240 --> 0:03:20.920 snaps that year, he broke up five passes and made 0:03:20.960 --> 0:03:25.799 forty six total tackles. Opposing quarterbacks targeted him twenty eight times, 0:03:25.800 --> 0:03:29.840 with sixteen completions for two and a passer rating of 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:34.080 just eighty three. Point two and though he has forty 0:03:34.120 --> 0:03:36.960 three snaps playing down in the box, Crossing has only 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:39.160 been called on as a pass rusher just four times 0:03:39.160 --> 0:03:42.040 in his career, but Pro Football Focus credits him with 0:03:42.080 --> 0:03:45.240 eight run stops. Those, of course, are tackles within two 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:48.840 yards of the line of scrimmage on running down plays 0:03:49.000 --> 0:03:51.200 on a hundred and eighty nine snaps and run defense, 0:03:51.240 --> 0:03:54.480 so he's frequently getting his face in the fan in 0:03:54.480 --> 0:03:57.280 the running game and making tackles up close to the line. 0:03:57.480 --> 0:03:59.680 And that same quick trigger and explosive first step he 0:03:59.760 --> 0:04:02.280 showed is on special teams is very evident when you 0:04:02.280 --> 0:04:04.640 watch his tape on defense. He flies all over the 0:04:04.680 --> 0:04:07.560 field and gets to the football quickly. This guy comes 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:11.480 from Garysburg, North Carolina, the pride of Garysburg, North Carolina, 0:04:11.680 --> 0:04:14.880 becoming an NFL draft pick after a four year career 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:18.120 there at Western Carolina, playing in forty six career games, 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:21.479 instantly earning the admiration of the Catamounts coaching staff. The 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:25.440 Western Carolina Catamounts, who have now had eight players drafted. 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:27.719 He was the last one to get drafted from w 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:31.039 c U and the first one since nineteen But I 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:33.119 went back and found some quotes from his coaching staff 0:04:33.120 --> 0:04:35.920 there at w c U, Mark Spear had this to 0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:38.359 say about him. Quote some of the leadership aspects, you 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:40.480 could just tell from the beginning that he had what 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:43.120 we coaches called the IT factor when it comes to 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:45.839 those leadership skill sets. And then also I learned he 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:48.760 has this nickname that he earned back in college, the Preacher. 0:04:48.839 --> 0:04:51.719 There's a YouTube clip out there from Western Carolina where 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:54.839 they talk about his impact, his spirit, and just the 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:58.760 overall way he's lifted the way he did lift the 0:04:58.800 --> 0:05:01.120 tide back at West in Carolina. I want to go 0:05:01.120 --> 0:05:03.360 ahead and play a clip here from one of Crossing's 0:05:03.400 --> 0:05:06.279 teammates at w c you talking about his spirit, his faith, 0:05:06.520 --> 0:05:08.760 and what he meant to that football team when he 0:05:08.800 --> 0:05:10.719 was with him. When we first got here, he was 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:13.960 always known as the Minister, the preacher. Everybody calls him 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:16.680 the Preacher. And another thing about Kean is he is 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:20.239 very giving. He's willing to give his last for somebody 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:22.600 who needs it. And we talked to him as a 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:25.440 staff about this is what do you want to be 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:29.320 remembered for. Yeah, they're not gonna remember that you had 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:33.839 a championship ring on your finger. They're gonna remember how 0:05:33.880 --> 0:05:36.479 you made him feel. You know. Uh saying I love 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:39.080 to tell him is people aren't gonna remember what you 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:42.040 said or dead exactly, but they're always gonna remember how 0:05:42.120 --> 0:05:45.560 you made him feel. When he's playing, you can tell 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:47.839 that he's very passionate about it. Each day at practice, 0:05:47.920 --> 0:05:50.440 you can say he's passionate about everybody, and he just 0:05:50.600 --> 0:05:52.800 gives his all to people. You know what I'm saying, 0:05:52.800 --> 0:05:54.840 He's not out there playing for himself. He playing for us, 0:05:54.920 --> 0:05:57.840 which makes him play better. And the two things that 0:05:57.880 --> 0:06:00.200 stout there to me was number one talking about out 0:06:00.520 --> 0:06:02.160 he would give you the shirt off of his back 0:06:02.320 --> 0:06:05.040 to someone in need from his teammate there, and just 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:09.000 the selfless mindset. This Dolphins kind of culture has been 0:06:09.000 --> 0:06:11.520 built with the guys in the roster. He fits right 0:06:11.560 --> 0:06:14.279 into that. Based upon those comments there from Western Carolina 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:17.119 and his teammates and coaching staff there, and then also 0:06:17.240 --> 0:06:19.800 talking about the energy he brings. I mean, if you 0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:22.120 type in his name on a Twitter search and go 0:06:22.200 --> 0:06:24.880 to the video section of that search, there's gonna be 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:27.320 videos of him at practice, jumping around, dance and having 0:06:27.360 --> 0:06:29.480 a good time. You know, I compare it to like 0:06:29.560 --> 0:06:32.039 Christian Wilkins. You see him bouncing around in the practice field, 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:34.159 just having a great time out there. Those kind of 0:06:34.160 --> 0:06:37.400 guys and that kind of infectious personality can go along 0:06:37.880 --> 0:06:41.040 long way. So Key On Crossing Dolphins new defensive back 0:06:41.080 --> 0:06:43.600 splash special teamer. Let's go ahead and welcome in key 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:46.320 On onto the podcast here after this short break on 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:49.400 the Drivetime Podcast with Travis Wingfield, brought to you by 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:53.159 Auto Nation. What's Up Dolphins? Travis Wingfield here, the host 0:06:53.160 --> 0:06:56.039 of the Drivetime podcast on the Miami Dolphins podcast network, 0:06:56.040 --> 0:06:58.080 And I've joined today by new Dolphins defensive back Key 0:06:58.160 --> 0:07:00.160 On Crossing. Key on, what's up Man? How you doing man? 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:03.080 I'm doing good. Man. Just finished up with an eighteen 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:05.960 hour trip, So just to get down here with you guys. Man. 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:08.680 Uh so I'm I'm excited to be here, man, and uh, 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:11.240 I couldn't be be more grateful. Tell me about the 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:13.280 eight hour drive. I gotta know more about it, you 0:07:13.320 --> 0:07:17.880 know what. Um, it was grueling, Uh, but it was 0:07:18.080 --> 0:07:22.040 you know, a definitely a self connected drive. UM. I 0:07:22.040 --> 0:07:25.520 got to just reflect on no light little things, um 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:28.680 and family and just the opportunity just to you know, 0:07:28.720 --> 0:07:31.960 at the time to be a free agent, and obviously 0:07:32.000 --> 0:07:33.760 I was coming to Miami anyway. I was kind of 0:07:34.080 --> 0:07:37.120 you know, optimiscy that something would happen here. So, um, 0:07:37.320 --> 0:07:39.200 like I said, you know, I enjoyed the state and 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:41.760 I'm glad to be here. And uh, the drive was 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:44.080 worth it. Right, Did you get some podcasts and maybe 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:47.320 some drivetime? No, I definitely did, definitely did. I'm just 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:49.320 messing with you. So I made the drive from Seattle 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:52.080 down here last pretty long one as well. Man, Yeah, 0:07:52.120 --> 0:07:53.840 it's it's it's like you said, grueling. It's a good 0:07:53.840 --> 0:07:55.240 break for That's why my face lit up when you 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:57.480 mentioned that. So you're here now, this building is not 0:07:57.520 --> 0:07:59.280 too bad, right, What were you thinking? Oh? Man, the 0:07:59.440 --> 0:08:04.640 Electure eight it's electric man, it's exciting. Um, this building 0:08:04.680 --> 0:08:08.600 is crazy. But the one thing I did realize is that, um, 0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:12.000 this building is family based, family based, um, and everyone's 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:14.840 having a good time. Uh So at the end of 0:08:14.840 --> 0:08:16.680 the day, that's what that's what that's what we're here 0:08:16.680 --> 0:08:18.520 to do. That's we're here to do. Have a great time. 0:08:19.000 --> 0:08:23.120 When obviously, and uh be electric man, why not love? 0:08:23.200 --> 0:08:25.200 Why not? So so you mentioned coming down here with 0:08:25.200 --> 0:08:26.800 the dolphins. What was it that really attracted you to 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:29.240 sign here with the Miami Dolphins. Um, you know, I 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:32.959 just you know, some genuine people. First off, I had 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:36.040 some genuine people, uh, you know, like coach Boyer. Uh, 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:38.559 he was definitely an influence. He's obviously got it. Drafted 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:42.960 me in New England. So, um, that's definitely one. Um. 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:44.240 You know, at the end of the day, I think 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:47.760 it was meant to be. It's gonna be. And obviously 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:54.079 the palm trees heat, you know, taxes are light way 0:08:54.160 --> 0:08:57.120 better than New York, Texas though I still you know 0:08:57.320 --> 0:09:00.280 that that's still uh you know, I love there, but 0:09:00.480 --> 0:09:03.440 I'm just glad to be here man, And uh, at 0:09:03.480 --> 0:09:06.520 the end of the day, it's different, and um, you know, 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:09.760 I would be grateful to get this experience and no 0:09:09.880 --> 0:09:11.600 other placed in here. Can you tell us more about 0:09:11.640 --> 0:09:14.320 coach Boyer because I had in my notes here he was. 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:15.679 He was in the cornerbacks room when you got a 0:09:15.720 --> 0:09:18.200 drafted to New England, won the Super Bowl that year 0:09:18.240 --> 0:09:19.960 and everything. What what can you tell us about your 0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:22.319 relationship with coach Boyer? Um? So, like I said, he 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:25.920 drafted me as a rookie. Actually, uh so he flew 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:28.800 down to pretty much color with North Carolina. No one's 0:09:28.840 --> 0:09:31.680 probably ever heard of that, but that's where Western Carolina 0:09:31.760 --> 0:09:34.240 is located, which is the college I attended. And Um, 0:09:35.120 --> 0:09:37.440 he was telling me that he's seen guys throw knives 0:09:37.440 --> 0:09:40.080 at trees and stuff like that, which is very possible. 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:45.559 Which is very possible. And uh no, I mean definitely not. Uh. 0:09:45.880 --> 0:09:50.120 If anything, I'll be I'll be throwing use of love. Um. 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:52.480 But at the end of the day, man, Uh, that 0:09:52.600 --> 0:09:55.240 just showed the dedication first and foremost from him as 0:09:55.280 --> 0:09:57.959 a coach. And um, he's seen a talent in me. Um. 0:09:58.160 --> 0:10:00.240 You know, just as my college coach did that he 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:02.079 thought he could bring out. And like I said, every 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:04.240 coach can't bring it out, you know what I mean. Um, 0:10:04.280 --> 0:10:06.800 but he knows how to coach me like he drafted me. 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:10.040 And UM, you know you know, in some sense, I 0:10:10.080 --> 0:10:12.200 wish I could have been with him all four years, uh, 0:10:12.280 --> 0:10:14.200 because you know, I'm a better player because of it. 0:10:14.559 --> 0:10:17.200 And he's passionate. Um. And like I said, I remember 0:10:17.240 --> 0:10:19.880 times where um, I was talking to him about it. 0:10:20.520 --> 0:10:26.080 Who was um preseason game number two versus the Philadelphia 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:28.080 Eagles And I didn't even know what the curl flag 0:10:28.160 --> 0:10:31.839 drop was. And this man took time out of his day. Um, 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:34.720 obviously the other players there, but I mean we probably 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:37.400 only feel hour or two hours just working on curl 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:39.760 flag drops. And he was running routes. I mean, hell, 0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:43.319 he's how old he is. He's running routes. That was 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:47.559 worried about achilles injury. But that's my guy, man, And um, 0:10:47.640 --> 0:10:53.240 you know that was him pre uh pre Dad, So uh, 0:10:53.280 --> 0:10:56.000 you know, I get to see Dad Boyer and pre 0:10:56.360 --> 0:10:58.920 I know a pre Dad Boyer. So it's always good. Man. 0:10:58.960 --> 0:11:01.079 He's like I said, he's he's put my best entries 0:11:01.080 --> 0:11:03.240 and uh that's that's a big influence of why I 0:11:03.280 --> 0:11:05.760 came down here. Um. So some some other former teammates. 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:07.360 You know, boy, you're obviously in the coaching staff, but 0:11:07.480 --> 0:11:09.760 Eric Rowe a Landon Roberts also on the Patriots team. 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:12.600 You're excited about getting back with those boys. Oh yeah, man. Um, 0:11:12.640 --> 0:11:14.240 like I say, you know, all of us still have 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:16.640 a connection, whether we see each other in the same 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:19.640 building or whether we see each other outside of the building. 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:23.000 But um, it's good to get up with former teammates, man, 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:25.520 and you know, try to build something and you know, 0:11:25.800 --> 0:11:27.560 ultimately try to get to a super Bowl. That you know, 0:11:27.600 --> 0:11:29.320 that's the thing. But it's a process to get there. 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:33.680 And uh, camaraderie ship within the team is definitely one 0:11:34.360 --> 0:11:36.800 aspect of it. And I'm ready to get you know, 0:11:36.840 --> 0:11:38.640 get back with them man as well as you know, 0:11:38.679 --> 0:11:40.839 my new teammates. So you know, I can't wait. You 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:43.280 talk about camaraderie. You've talked about the electricity here a 0:11:43.320 --> 0:11:45.200 little bit, you know, kind of doing some background you. 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:47.240 I saw some videos of you a practice at w 0:11:47.440 --> 0:11:49.560 c U, wherever you were in the NFL. You're always 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:51.400 dancing around having a good time. How important is to 0:11:51.440 --> 0:11:53.240 have that energy every day? I mean, you know, I 0:11:53.240 --> 0:11:55.120 think it's a you know, it's very important. It's you know, 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:57.400 what I would call it is is a focus energy. Um, 0:11:57.520 --> 0:12:00.240 is a focused energy. And what it is is, you know, 0:12:00.280 --> 0:12:03.000 it's allowing me for for myself. It's allowing me to 0:12:03.360 --> 0:12:06.439 pretty much get in my zone for today. Um. Although 0:12:06.440 --> 0:12:09.040 it is playful, but in a way I'm I'm dancing 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:12.440 having a good time. It got my teammates laughing, you know, 0:12:12.480 --> 0:12:14.560 even if it's embarrassing for me, because I got my 0:12:14.600 --> 0:12:18.520 teammates laughing, and coaches might laugh and um, you know, 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:20.360 at the end of the day, I know, Okay, we're 0:12:20.360 --> 0:12:22.240 about to go and have a good days of work, 0:12:22.440 --> 0:12:24.720 and uh, why not start off with a little fun. Yeah, 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:29.600 that makes it a lot more, especially exactly exactly through there. 0:12:29.960 --> 0:12:31.600 So I read about some more of your background here 0:12:31.600 --> 0:12:33.559 at w c U and instead of your project, you 0:12:33.640 --> 0:12:35.360 ran a four three or three and they clocked to 0:12:35.360 --> 0:12:36.960 you at twenty four miles an hour top speed. Did 0:12:36.960 --> 0:12:39.319 you know that? Yeah? That that you know, I always 0:12:39.360 --> 0:12:41.360 thought it was kind of a coincidence because the twenty 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:43.720 four miles per hour four three three doesn't make sense 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:48.840 and definitely four to uh that makes sense. That makes sense. Uh. 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:51.920 I mean at the end of the day, like I said, 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:54.600 my numbers in the league right now, tell me and 0:12:54.679 --> 0:12:57.679 tell everybody I'm a fascinated league. Um, so that's all 0:12:57.720 --> 0:13:00.400 that matters. And uh, I just think it's in arresting 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:03.720 man that, Uh you know, only I didn't have a 0:13:04.040 --> 0:13:07.280 you know, a trainer like XOS or you know XPD 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:09.240 is down here training all these guys that run forward 0:13:09.280 --> 0:13:12.360 to I did have the backyard. It would be in 0:13:12.440 --> 0:13:15.920 my stream coach, and we just figured it out. And uh, 0:13:16.000 --> 0:13:17.600 at the end of the day, man, you know, I'm 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:20.160 appreciative of coach bar and, like I said, Coach Mark 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:23.800 Spear and the whole WC Athletics just forgive me the opportunity, 0:13:24.000 --> 0:13:27.200 you know, because that experience is different in itself because 0:13:27.200 --> 0:13:29.640 I didn't have any college office coming out of high school. 0:13:30.080 --> 0:13:32.080 So I'm appreciative that I just want to get them 0:13:32.200 --> 0:13:34.480 a shout out. You kind of mentioned this already, talking 0:13:34.480 --> 0:13:35.960 about being one of the faster players in the league, 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:38.160 the fastest I think you said, right. So my next 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:40.080 question was gonna because we have this every year talking 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:42.280 about like winning a race of Dolphins training camp. We 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:44.000 don't actually run the race. We just talk about it 0:13:44.000 --> 0:13:45.520 and it's kind of fun. But you think you do 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:47.840 pretty well in that race. I don't. I don't think 0:13:47.880 --> 0:13:53.040 the guys went this year. So how does that speed 0:13:53.120 --> 0:13:55.840 help you collect so many tackles on special Ty? Because 0:13:55.840 --> 0:13:57.360 I I went back and look at your status. You're 0:13:57.360 --> 0:13:59.040 one of the leading Special teams tacklers over the last 0:13:59.040 --> 0:14:02.440 four years since you came into speed play apart in that, UM, well, 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:06.720 it's very hard to contain speed. Um. Like I said that, 0:14:07.080 --> 0:14:10.280 you know, I'm one of the leading tacklers, but at 0:14:10.280 --> 0:14:11.959 the same time, I have to learn how to contain 0:14:12.000 --> 0:14:15.800 the speed within myself because I can be. Um, when 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:17.719 I was a rookie, I used to be fast and 0:14:17.760 --> 0:14:21.560 out of control, and um, as I've groaned, I think 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:23.800 it was I think it was round like week eight. 0:14:24.320 --> 0:14:26.920 I went on like an eight week all into the playoffs, 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:29.600 you know, a SC Championship, super Bowls, where I made 0:14:29.640 --> 0:14:31.880 tackles every week. And that's when I figured it out. 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:34.720 I was like, I just gotta maybe not go twenty four, 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:38.240 maybe two, you know what I mean. So, UM, that's 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:40.880 how it helps. But you know, I have a lot 0:14:40.880 --> 0:14:43.040 of you know, coaches tell me, you gotta you do this, 0:14:43.080 --> 0:14:46.240 and I'm like listening, I'm doing it very fast, so 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:49.280 I'm seeing it very fast. So uh but long story 0:14:49.360 --> 0:14:53.360 short man, the speed helps just just to help, you know, 0:14:54.240 --> 0:14:57.120 me be at my best and do what I do best, 0:14:57.120 --> 0:15:00.200 and let's running fast and make tackles. Um. I think 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:04.560 I'm gonna solidified tackler, whether that's defensively special team wise, 0:15:04.960 --> 0:15:09.320 I don't miss you mean tackles. Um, so all due respect, 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:12.560 I mean speed helps. Like I said, speed change the game. Um, 0:15:12.720 --> 0:15:14.320 that's how it helped me. Maybe that's why they put 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:15.800 you at four three three, so you'd learned to play 0:15:15.840 --> 0:15:17.520 it for three three and be little more control. Yeah, 0:15:17.520 --> 0:15:18.840 I think that's what I think. That's what it was. 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:22.200 Perfect perfect. So you know one thing I also saw 0:15:22.240 --> 0:15:24.160 in your background there was you got a nickname back 0:15:24.160 --> 0:15:27.920 at Western Carolina the Preacher. Yes, because I still oh yeah, 0:15:27.960 --> 0:15:31.400 no question, man Um, they got me the preacher man. Uh. 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:34.440 Some people call me to pastor key man. Uh. But 0:15:34.520 --> 0:15:36.840 at the end of the day, man Um, like I said, 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:39.560 I'm just a guy at the God's heart, bro. And uh, 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:42.200 I just like to help people, whether that's preaching a word, 0:15:42.800 --> 0:15:45.280 whether that's just give me love, you know what I mean, 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:47.800 just spreading love. Man. I'm I'm a I'm a guy 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:50.080 that loves people. Um. And I think the kind of 0:15:50.080 --> 0:15:52.360 man you are matters and the type of character you 0:15:52.400 --> 0:15:56.000 have matters. And uh, like I said, I was my 0:15:56.080 --> 0:15:59.880 dad and my mom you know, always taught me respect, 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:02.800 you know what I mean, respect and hold yourself accountable 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:06.440 and just always be who you are everywhere. And that's 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:08.400 all I know how to do. And uh, like I say, 0:16:08.920 --> 0:16:10.640 that's what I That's who I am. That's who I am, 0:16:10.680 --> 0:16:12.480 and that's why I could want to continue to be. 0:16:12.560 --> 0:16:14.000 It's awesome to hear. One of the videos I saw 0:16:14.120 --> 0:16:15.920 was a YouTube clip and one of the guy your 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:17.480 teammates was saying that you would give the shirt off 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:19.760 your back to anybody. So I thought that was really appreciated. Yeah, 0:16:19.760 --> 0:16:21.160 I wanted to ask you about that. Let's go ahead 0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:22.720 and finish up here with you know, you get here 0:16:22.720 --> 0:16:24.400 to South Florida in Miami, you make the long drive. 0:16:24.400 --> 0:16:26.680 Hope you're not driving anywhere else anytime, so hopefully not. 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:29.840 But you know, whether it's football culture down here, it's 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:31.920 very rich in that sense, as well as all the 0:16:31.920 --> 0:16:34.160 food down here. If there's one thing you're looking forward 0:16:34.200 --> 0:16:37.320 to with this opportunity, what is it here in South Florida? Um? 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:38.960 This is the opportunity to get to know the culture 0:16:39.000 --> 0:16:41.760 of South Florida. UM. I never really got to stay here, 0:16:41.960 --> 0:16:44.760 so food wise, I really don't know what you guys eat, 0:16:45.000 --> 0:16:47.440 you know. Yeah, I'm like, they must seat, they must 0:16:47.440 --> 0:16:49.480 eat off. I don't know what they eat out here, 0:16:49.640 --> 0:16:53.920 uh fins, I don't know. But I'm just really, you know, 0:16:54.200 --> 0:16:56.560 intrigued to see the culture out here, man. And I 0:16:56.560 --> 0:17:00.120 know it's pretty diverse. Um, but you know, food, I'm 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:02.560 a big food guy. I'm a food junkie. So you know, 0:17:02.760 --> 0:17:05.040 if there's any restaurants that wants me to come out 0:17:05.160 --> 0:17:07.800 to try your food out, Hey, I'll take the biggest 0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:09.320 meal you got and we'll see can I eat it? 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:11.399 All right? Calling for you right now, calling for you, 0:17:11.560 --> 0:17:15.240 right now, anybody, any restaurant let me know. You know, 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:17.280 I just finished my by the way, quick note, you 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:19.800 know I just finished my master's in theology. Tell me 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:21.920 a bit more about more about that, about it. Um. 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:25.320 So it's been a three year process. Um. I started, well, 0:17:25.320 --> 0:17:28.080 I'm gonna say right after my rookie year and I 0:17:28.119 --> 0:17:30.080 was thinking, I'm like, what can I do as far 0:17:30.160 --> 0:17:33.840 as education, um to grow? And I was like, you 0:17:33.880 --> 0:17:35.439 know what, why not go back to school? Right? And 0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:37.960 I learned about the the nfl p A, how we 0:17:38.040 --> 0:17:40.959 got the tuition grant program. We need to bring that 0:17:41.000 --> 0:17:45.160 bad guys, um, but we got a tuition grant program. 0:17:45.160 --> 0:17:47.760 And I encourage guys to know do it because, like 0:17:47.760 --> 0:17:50.840 I said, if you haven't finished school, UM, go back 0:17:50.880 --> 0:17:52.800 and finish. Man. It's important. It's important to you, it's 0:17:52.840 --> 0:17:56.520 important your family. Go do it. But you know, I'm 0:17:56.600 --> 0:17:58.800 kind of a first generation in a sense when it 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:04.199 comes to like the master of my intermediate family. My mom, dad, Um, 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:08.040 I've just completed my master's degree. I'm thinking about a doctorate, 0:18:08.400 --> 0:18:11.720 but um, we will see. That's the loud right, like 0:18:12.320 --> 0:18:14.240 my masters, I probably feels really good. It feels good. 0:18:14.320 --> 0:18:17.159 It feels amazing. Three years too. That's pretty pretty, especially 0:18:17.160 --> 0:18:20.879 be an NFL player. And I actually encouraged. My sister 0:18:20.920 --> 0:18:24.200 got encouraged and she finished her She's finishing her um 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:28.360 bachelor's right now. Man, So mom's thinking about going. I mean, 0:18:28.400 --> 0:18:30.840 we all think about going to school. Man. That's what 0:18:30.880 --> 0:18:33.040 we do, man, That's what we do stuff. Keion Crossing, 0:18:33.080 --> 0:18:35.360 new Dolphins defensive back, thanks so much, man, appreciate Yes, sir, 0:18:35.480 --> 0:18:38.400 thank you appreciated. Another really fun one of these free 0:18:38.400 --> 0:18:41.080 agent interviews there with Dolphins defensive back key On Crossing. 0:18:41.280 --> 0:18:43.119 Will come back on the other side of this break 0:18:43.280 --> 0:18:45.960 and wrap up this edition of the Drivetime podcast brought 0:18:45.960 --> 0:18:51.760 to you by Auto Nation. So that is the seventh 0:18:52.080 --> 0:18:55.800 free agent signing, seventh free agent interview in addition to 0:18:55.840 --> 0:18:58.920 all the players coming back in free agency so far 0:18:59.040 --> 0:19:02.200 for the Miami Dolphins, key On Crossing on this episode again. 0:19:02.240 --> 0:19:04.359 All that content on our Free Agent Hub up on 0:19:04.400 --> 0:19:07.080 Miami Dolphins dot com. 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