1 00:00:05,086 --> 00:00:08,086 Speaker 1: And Huddle is a production of the NFL in partnership 2 00:00:08,126 --> 00:00:09,166 Speaker 1: with iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:18,566 --> 00:00:23,926 Speaker 2: What's good, everybody, Bim Benilos. This is the l Huddle podcast. 4 00:00:24,006 --> 00:00:27,246 Speaker 2: So glad that you are joining us. This is all 5 00:00:27,286 --> 00:00:31,366 Speaker 2: about pumping up those Latinos who are thriving and doing 6 00:00:31,486 --> 00:00:34,086 Speaker 2: great things, not just in the NFL world, but the 7 00:00:34,126 --> 00:00:36,886 Speaker 2: sports and entertainment world at large. 8 00:00:37,206 --> 00:00:38,006 Speaker 3: I'm will Selva. 9 00:00:38,086 --> 00:00:42,206 Speaker 2: My prima ermana MJ casl Luiz is off, but I'm 10 00:00:42,206 --> 00:00:45,446 Speaker 2: happy to say that I am not flying solo. No, no, 11 00:00:45,646 --> 00:00:50,486 Speaker 2: I am joined by Jaguars tight end Samus y. 12 00:00:50,566 --> 00:00:53,366 Speaker 3: Yes, what's up, Samus? What's going on? 13 00:00:53,446 --> 00:00:53,566 Speaker 2: Man? 14 00:00:53,566 --> 00:00:56,726 Speaker 3: How are we doing? Demon? 15 00:00:57,286 --> 00:00:59,806 Speaker 4: Everything is good? Man, can't complain. We uh, you know, 16 00:00:59,886 --> 00:01:03,086 Speaker 4: moved to Jacksonville finally, h super there. It's a it's 17 00:01:03,126 --> 00:01:05,526 Speaker 4: a great CD, it's a great place to play football. 18 00:01:05,566 --> 00:01:06,046 Speaker 3: So excited. 19 00:01:06,086 --> 00:01:08,046 Speaker 4: Man, can't wait to get going. We have training camp 20 00:01:08,126 --> 00:01:10,206 Speaker 4: coming up in a couple of weeks, so just getting ready. 21 00:01:10,206 --> 00:01:12,366 Speaker 4: And you know, I'm ready to get to. 22 00:01:12,286 --> 00:01:15,246 Speaker 2: Work, ready to talk to you because you've had an 23 00:01:15,246 --> 00:01:18,686 Speaker 2: incredible journey to get to this point. I have to 24 00:01:18,726 --> 00:01:20,926 Speaker 2: point out though, this is the first time I've ever 25 00:01:21,006 --> 00:01:25,166 Speaker 2: talked to a samis I know Sam, I know Samy, 26 00:01:25,446 --> 00:01:30,526 Speaker 2: I know as Sam. Well, what is the origin of Samus? 27 00:01:30,886 --> 00:01:34,166 Speaker 3: My parents they wanted to make you know, one of 28 00:01:34,206 --> 00:01:34,886 Speaker 3: a kind name. 29 00:01:35,006 --> 00:01:37,526 Speaker 4: They didn't want people to get my name confused with anybody, 30 00:01:37,766 --> 00:01:39,326 Speaker 4: so they never heard They. 31 00:01:39,206 --> 00:01:40,446 Speaker 3: Heard the same thing you said. 32 00:01:40,486 --> 00:01:43,926 Speaker 4: They heard Sammy, they heard the name Samuel whatever, but 33 00:01:43,966 --> 00:01:45,806 Speaker 4: they never heard Sammy's and they were like, wow, we 34 00:01:45,886 --> 00:01:47,166 Speaker 4: got to go with that one. We like it to 35 00:01:47,406 --> 00:01:50,686 Speaker 4: s Sad, you know, from the beginning. So it worked 36 00:01:50,726 --> 00:01:53,726 Speaker 4: out perfect. Man, I'm glad they named me that. Yeah, yeah, 37 00:01:53,766 --> 00:01:54,326 Speaker 4: I love it. 38 00:01:54,726 --> 00:02:00,566 Speaker 2: You grew up in obviously, Chile, Santiago, and I have 39 00:02:00,766 --> 00:02:04,606 Speaker 2: never been sad to say to Chile. I've been to Venezuela, 40 00:02:04,846 --> 00:02:07,846 Speaker 2: been a Colombia, I've been to Peru, but not to Chile. 41 00:02:07,966 --> 00:02:12,526 Speaker 2: I've tried the wine, which is exquisite and incredible. But 42 00:02:12,686 --> 00:02:16,006 Speaker 2: what is it about Chile that people don't know about 43 00:02:16,086 --> 00:02:17,846 Speaker 2: that you do want them to know? 44 00:02:18,806 --> 00:02:19,646 Speaker 3: I think. 45 00:02:20,886 --> 00:02:23,446 Speaker 4: We have this is I'm gonna I'm gonna make it 46 00:02:23,486 --> 00:02:26,206 Speaker 4: about athletics, right, because that's why we're here to do. 47 00:02:27,406 --> 00:02:31,366 Speaker 4: Chile has some great athletes that are just unknown. I mean, 48 00:02:31,406 --> 00:02:35,166 Speaker 4: when I think of how many great you know players, 49 00:02:34,926 --> 00:02:37,246 Speaker 4: for example, that I played basketball that were just never 50 00:02:37,326 --> 00:02:40,366 Speaker 4: exposed to football before. How many of them will be 51 00:02:40,406 --> 00:02:43,726 Speaker 4: great make great tight ends for example, right, I think 52 00:02:43,766 --> 00:02:45,686 Speaker 4: of a few guys you know that I played basketball with. 53 00:02:45,726 --> 00:02:47,286 Speaker 4: It are like, yeah, they could have done it too. 54 00:02:47,606 --> 00:02:51,526 Speaker 4: It's just there's no, uh, there's not an entry point 55 00:02:51,726 --> 00:02:54,446 Speaker 4: for people in Chile to play football at a high level. Right, 56 00:02:54,486 --> 00:02:56,926 Speaker 4: So that was the biggest constraint for us growing up. 57 00:02:56,926 --> 00:02:58,766 Speaker 4: You know, we have soccer, which was great, and I 58 00:02:58,766 --> 00:03:01,326 Speaker 4: played basketball. I played basketball with the Chilean national team 59 00:03:01,566 --> 00:03:03,486 Speaker 4: since the age of thirteen. I played all the way 60 00:03:03,526 --> 00:03:06,086 Speaker 4: from thirteen to twenty three, so that was really fun. 61 00:03:06,086 --> 00:03:07,166 Speaker 3: But football was not a thing. 62 00:03:07,206 --> 00:03:10,406 Speaker 4: But I think in my mind there's some great guys, 63 00:03:10,526 --> 00:03:13,326 Speaker 4: you know, just hiding out there waiting to be found. 64 00:03:14,046 --> 00:03:17,366 Speaker 2: How do you think you've opened up the door for 65 00:03:17,886 --> 00:03:21,006 Speaker 2: young men like yourself who want to make it to 66 00:03:21,086 --> 00:03:21,726 Speaker 2: the NFL. 67 00:03:22,446 --> 00:03:26,446 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I get I've gone probably thousands and 68 00:03:26,566 --> 00:03:29,246 Speaker 4: upon thousands of messages, you know, and I'm not just 69 00:03:29,286 --> 00:03:31,886 Speaker 4: saying from people in Chile. I'm talking about people in Africa, 70 00:03:32,046 --> 00:03:35,806 Speaker 4: people in Asia, like just throughout the world, people that have, 71 00:03:35,966 --> 00:03:38,886 Speaker 4: you know, similar stories that hey, I'm a great athlete, 72 00:03:38,966 --> 00:03:42,446 Speaker 4: right I play whatever. I run track, or I play rugby, 73 00:03:42,606 --> 00:03:46,326 Speaker 4: or I play basketball, whatever it is. I would love 74 00:03:46,366 --> 00:03:48,166 Speaker 4: to see if I can make the NFL. Right So, 75 00:03:48,326 --> 00:03:50,686 Speaker 4: because all it takes is one person to you know, 76 00:03:50,726 --> 00:03:54,286 Speaker 4: break a barrier for other ones to also realize what's possible. 77 00:03:55,006 --> 00:03:58,526 Speaker 4: And the NFL is a growing sport. I think internationally 78 00:03:58,686 --> 00:04:01,486 Speaker 4: is becoming a lot more well known than what it 79 00:04:01,526 --> 00:04:03,846 Speaker 4: was ten twenty years ago. And that's amazing for the 80 00:04:03,886 --> 00:04:07,846 Speaker 4: game and for you know, the sport in general. But 81 00:04:07,926 --> 00:04:09,846 Speaker 4: I think all it takes is one guy, one guy 82 00:04:09,886 --> 00:04:11,806 Speaker 4: to break through, and then everybody else is paying attention 83 00:04:11,886 --> 00:04:14,846 Speaker 4: and you know, disguise a limit for those that are 84 00:04:14,886 --> 00:04:15,846 Speaker 4: willing to take the risk. 85 00:04:16,526 --> 00:04:21,566 Speaker 2: Did you feel the weight of expectations to be that 86 00:04:21,646 --> 00:04:25,246 Speaker 2: first Chilean born player in the NFL or was it 87 00:04:25,446 --> 00:04:27,246 Speaker 2: just the next logical step for you? 88 00:04:27,766 --> 00:04:30,366 Speaker 4: My thing was always basketball, right, So my dream was 89 00:04:30,406 --> 00:04:33,246 Speaker 4: to make the NBA, and I felt the way to 90 00:04:33,286 --> 00:04:35,486 Speaker 4: make the NBA that was on my shoulders since I 91 00:04:35,526 --> 00:04:36,526 Speaker 4: was eleven years old. 92 00:04:36,606 --> 00:04:39,086 Speaker 3: I'm like, you were a prodigy though, right Sam. 93 00:04:39,046 --> 00:04:40,486 Speaker 4: I was the number one player to come out of 94 00:04:40,566 --> 00:04:42,646 Speaker 4: Chierley came to the States I had a great high 95 00:04:42,646 --> 00:04:45,566 Speaker 4: school career, didn't do so well in college. I played 96 00:04:45,726 --> 00:04:49,286 Speaker 4: great with the national team, and. 97 00:04:48,286 --> 00:04:50,286 Speaker 3: That was the only thing on my mind ever since 98 00:04:50,326 --> 00:04:50,766 Speaker 3: I got here. 99 00:04:50,766 --> 00:04:53,606 Speaker 4: I thought, you know, I'm leaving my family behind, I'm 100 00:04:53,686 --> 00:04:57,486 Speaker 4: leaving my culture, my friends, I don't speak English. I'm 101 00:04:57,526 --> 00:04:59,926 Speaker 4: just gonna go on. I'm gonna do everything in my 102 00:05:00,046 --> 00:05:03,486 Speaker 4: power to make the NBA. And that didn't happen. Right, 103 00:05:03,526 --> 00:05:06,086 Speaker 4: even though I gave it every thing I had insteade 104 00:05:06,086 --> 00:05:10,566 Speaker 4: of me, it didn't happen. So the NFL was something that, Okay, 105 00:05:10,566 --> 00:05:14,126 Speaker 4: if basketball doesn't work out, everyone, you know, their entire lives, 106 00:05:14,566 --> 00:05:16,046 Speaker 4: my entire life. I'm sorry. They've told me, hey, you 107 00:05:16,086 --> 00:05:18,006 Speaker 4: gotta play football. Why are you don't playing basketball? You're 108 00:05:18,006 --> 00:05:19,886 Speaker 4: wasting your time. And I'm like, no, man, I'm gonna 109 00:05:19,886 --> 00:05:21,646 Speaker 4: make the NBA. Like I told my parents, I was 110 00:05:21,646 --> 00:05:23,366 Speaker 4: gonna make it. I told my friends I was gonna 111 00:05:23,406 --> 00:05:25,686 Speaker 4: make it. That didn't happen. So making the transition to 112 00:05:25,726 --> 00:05:28,686 Speaker 4: football I had I felt not weight on my shoulders. 113 00:05:28,806 --> 00:05:32,366 Speaker 4: I'm like, hey, I have nothing to lose lose. My 114 00:05:32,366 --> 00:05:34,566 Speaker 4: first day playing football, I have no idea what I'm doing. 115 00:05:34,966 --> 00:05:36,686 Speaker 4: Let me just see what I can do so I 116 00:05:36,726 --> 00:05:39,086 Speaker 4: felt no pressure and that was a great feeling because 117 00:05:39,126 --> 00:05:42,726 Speaker 4: it made me feel, you know, just play loose and 118 00:05:42,846 --> 00:05:43,526 Speaker 4: have fun with it. 119 00:05:43,566 --> 00:05:44,726 Speaker 3: And that's the main thing. Today. 120 00:05:44,766 --> 00:05:46,726 Speaker 4: I'm having so much fun with it and I'm in 121 00:05:46,726 --> 00:05:49,086 Speaker 4: love with that process of just getting better. I feel 122 00:05:49,086 --> 00:05:51,966 Speaker 4: like my first year, I was just trying to survive. Hey, 123 00:05:52,086 --> 00:05:54,206 Speaker 4: let me learn the rules, let me you know, let 124 00:05:54,206 --> 00:05:55,766 Speaker 4: me just let me. Let me make the team. That 125 00:05:55,846 --> 00:05:57,766 Speaker 4: was the only thing thing on my mind. Made the 126 00:05:57,806 --> 00:05:59,846 Speaker 4: team right. My last year, I got hurt. Write nothing 127 00:05:59,926 --> 00:06:02,766 Speaker 4: I can do about that. But I've had two years, 128 00:06:02,846 --> 00:06:04,766 Speaker 4: you know, I have two years under my belt. Now, 129 00:06:04,926 --> 00:06:08,326 Speaker 4: going into my third year, I know so much more 130 00:06:08,366 --> 00:06:09,806 Speaker 4: than I did when I first started. 131 00:06:09,846 --> 00:06:10,446 Speaker 3: Man, so I'm. 132 00:06:10,366 --> 00:06:13,766 Speaker 4: At in my mind, I'm a completely different different player, 133 00:06:13,806 --> 00:06:16,326 Speaker 4: and everything that everyone thought that I was going to 134 00:06:16,366 --> 00:06:18,446 Speaker 4: be able to do, I think that now I'm ready 135 00:06:18,486 --> 00:06:20,726 Speaker 4: to do it because I understand the game well. 136 00:06:20,806 --> 00:06:25,326 Speaker 2: Some of the words that you hear say in Spanish are, say, 137 00:06:25,486 --> 00:06:31,206 Speaker 2: for quarterback, mariscal de campo or a la cerrada or coriador. 138 00:06:32,126 --> 00:06:36,166 Speaker 2: Did you need to hear some of those terms in 139 00:06:36,246 --> 00:06:40,446 Speaker 2: Spanish first to process it or was it just coming 140 00:06:40,486 --> 00:06:44,126 Speaker 2: at you so fast? You were just processing it as 141 00:06:44,526 --> 00:06:48,446 Speaker 2: this is quarterback e corriador running back. I get that, 142 00:06:48,846 --> 00:06:51,646 Speaker 2: and what comes with it. Obviously you're trying to learn 143 00:06:52,126 --> 00:06:56,926 Speaker 2: a complex playbook that is foreign to you to begin with. 144 00:06:57,446 --> 00:07:01,566 Speaker 2: So did you have to in some ways process it 145 00:07:02,206 --> 00:07:08,126 Speaker 2: and Espanol in Spanish and then get to learning the playbook? 146 00:07:08,246 --> 00:07:09,246 Speaker 3: What was the process? 147 00:07:09,406 --> 00:07:13,246 Speaker 4: Like, what's funny to me is that I really learned 148 00:07:13,646 --> 00:07:15,846 Speaker 4: everything in English, so I don't even know how to 149 00:07:15,926 --> 00:07:19,086 Speaker 4: speaking in Spanish that relate to football, Like you know 150 00:07:19,126 --> 00:07:21,686 Speaker 4: what I'm saying, Like if you don't, Alas said like, 151 00:07:21,726 --> 00:07:23,406 Speaker 4: I know, okay, that's me, but I couldn't tell you 152 00:07:23,446 --> 00:07:25,526 Speaker 4: anything else like madi scat de camp. I would have 153 00:07:25,526 --> 00:07:28,286 Speaker 4: have known that if you didn't tell me. My mind, right, 154 00:07:29,166 --> 00:07:31,486 Speaker 4: I learned it in English, right, so that's all I 155 00:07:31,526 --> 00:07:34,206 Speaker 4: know is just English? So oh yeah, and of course, 156 00:07:34,246 --> 00:07:36,526 Speaker 4: like if you the first time you hear a play 157 00:07:36,606 --> 00:07:40,486 Speaker 4: write a football play, most kids hear that when they're 158 00:07:40,966 --> 00:07:44,086 Speaker 4: three years old, five, seven, eight, ten, eleven, whatever. 159 00:07:44,566 --> 00:07:48,046 Speaker 3: I heard my first play when I was twenty four, right, 160 00:07:48,166 --> 00:07:50,806 Speaker 3: So right, so we're. 161 00:07:50,686 --> 00:07:52,926 Speaker 4: Speaking a different language now I'm not talking in Spanish, 162 00:07:52,966 --> 00:07:55,246 Speaker 4: I'm talking in English. Now you tell me something that 163 00:07:55,646 --> 00:07:58,806 Speaker 4: I have no visual relation to, right, Like it's random 164 00:07:58,846 --> 00:08:00,926 Speaker 4: words that can be made up that mean nothing that 165 00:08:01,006 --> 00:08:02,846 Speaker 4: in a football field they mean something, right, So you 166 00:08:02,926 --> 00:08:04,806 Speaker 4: have to literally like learn a new language. 167 00:08:05,206 --> 00:08:06,366 Speaker 3: And that was a big adjustment. 168 00:08:06,526 --> 00:08:09,086 Speaker 4: And that was the biggest adjustment, honestly, because if you 169 00:08:09,126 --> 00:08:10,966 Speaker 4: want to play fast, you can out you can be 170 00:08:11,006 --> 00:08:13,206 Speaker 4: out there thinking. You got to just react to with 171 00:08:13,206 --> 00:08:16,446 Speaker 4: the quarterbacks says get lined up, go go right right. 172 00:08:16,486 --> 00:08:19,366 Speaker 4: So that was the main adjustment, just getting used to 173 00:08:19,366 --> 00:08:22,046 Speaker 4: that speed from the huddle all the way to getting 174 00:08:22,046 --> 00:08:23,406 Speaker 4: lined up to execution. 175 00:08:23,966 --> 00:08:24,726 Speaker 3: But now I got it. 176 00:08:25,126 --> 00:08:29,566 Speaker 2: You've had this incredible journey to get to this point 177 00:08:29,686 --> 00:08:36,726 Speaker 2: and it is a picture of persistence and you make 178 00:08:36,926 --> 00:08:40,646 Speaker 2: this dream come true. But there were so many obstacles 179 00:08:40,726 --> 00:08:44,926 Speaker 2: in your way. But as we mentioned earlier, basketball prodigy, 180 00:08:45,286 --> 00:08:48,686 Speaker 2: come to this country when you're thirteen fourteen years. 181 00:08:48,406 --> 00:08:50,886 Speaker 3: Old, you know no English. 182 00:08:51,446 --> 00:08:55,926 Speaker 2: My parents, for example, immigrated from from Nicaragua not knowing 183 00:08:56,086 --> 00:09:00,686 Speaker 2: any English at all. So there's a transition there that's massive. 184 00:09:01,526 --> 00:09:05,646 Speaker 2: How did you learn English? Because I had read that 185 00:09:05,886 --> 00:09:11,526 Speaker 2: you were getting it through music and movies. What were 186 00:09:11,606 --> 00:09:14,846 Speaker 2: the music and movies that stuck with you that helped 187 00:09:14,886 --> 00:09:16,126 Speaker 2: you learn the language. 188 00:09:16,366 --> 00:09:19,406 Speaker 4: So I at the time where I was learning English, right, 189 00:09:19,446 --> 00:09:22,646 Speaker 4: I was living with this guy named Steve Rifkins. He's 190 00:09:22,686 --> 00:09:24,406 Speaker 4: big in the music industry. He has his own he 191 00:09:24,406 --> 00:09:28,286 Speaker 4: has his own regular label, and he had he had 192 00:09:28,286 --> 00:09:32,086 Speaker 4: many artists including Akon Moutown clan like a bunch of people. 193 00:09:32,166 --> 00:09:33,286 Speaker 2: Yeah there, biggies. 194 00:09:33,726 --> 00:09:34,566 Speaker 3: Yeah. So I was. 195 00:09:34,646 --> 00:09:37,766 Speaker 4: We were living together and he his son and I 196 00:09:37,846 --> 00:09:39,446 Speaker 4: his son is now my best friend. He was just 197 00:09:39,566 --> 00:09:42,046 Speaker 4: the groomsman, one of my groomsmen, my best man at 198 00:09:42,046 --> 00:09:46,326 Speaker 4: my wedding, and we became really close and he saw 199 00:09:46,366 --> 00:09:48,526 Speaker 4: that my living situation at the time wasn't so great, 200 00:09:48,606 --> 00:09:51,006 Speaker 4: so he invited me to live with them. So when 201 00:09:51,046 --> 00:09:52,886 Speaker 4: I was I think might have been sixteen seventeen, I 202 00:09:52,966 --> 00:09:55,246 Speaker 4: moved in with him and I was still learning English. 203 00:09:55,326 --> 00:09:57,446 Speaker 4: My English wasn't perfect at the time. It's still not 204 00:09:57,646 --> 00:10:00,366 Speaker 4: up until this day, it's not perfect, right, But I've gone. 205 00:10:00,446 --> 00:10:04,646 Speaker 2: You know, your English is great. Might have also. Honestly, 206 00:10:04,966 --> 00:10:06,566 Speaker 2: you should be very proud of yourself. 207 00:10:06,566 --> 00:10:06,886 Speaker 3: It's real. 208 00:10:06,886 --> 00:10:08,806 Speaker 4: It's hard when you when you start learning at fourteen, 209 00:10:08,846 --> 00:10:11,046 Speaker 4: it's not the same as if you start learning at seven. 210 00:10:11,166 --> 00:10:11,326 Speaker 3: Right. 211 00:10:11,326 --> 00:10:13,566 Speaker 4: But the story short, I was living with this guy, 212 00:10:13,646 --> 00:10:18,406 Speaker 4: and we were listening to you know, that type of music, 213 00:10:18,446 --> 00:10:19,486 Speaker 4: fifty cent, all these things. 214 00:10:19,486 --> 00:10:21,446 Speaker 3: So in my mind, I'm like, Okay, I'm gonna look 215 00:10:21,486 --> 00:10:22,446 Speaker 3: up the words. 216 00:10:22,166 --> 00:10:24,406 Speaker 4: Right on just Google or whatever, and I'm going to 217 00:10:24,446 --> 00:10:26,926 Speaker 4: memorize those worlds and words and I'm going to have 218 00:10:27,006 --> 00:10:29,166 Speaker 4: them next to me, and when I hear the music 219 00:10:29,206 --> 00:10:31,086 Speaker 4: in the car, I'm going to just look at the words, right. 220 00:10:31,166 --> 00:10:34,526 Speaker 4: So I was creating that association between listening and looking 221 00:10:34,566 --> 00:10:36,926 Speaker 4: at the words at the same time, and that really 222 00:10:36,966 --> 00:10:40,446 Speaker 4: helped me to Okay, that's how that sounds, right, you 223 00:10:40,526 --> 00:10:43,326 Speaker 4: read it this way. I mean, I can see letters, right, 224 00:10:43,686 --> 00:10:46,166 Speaker 4: but that's how it sounds. And then I started mimicing 225 00:10:46,206 --> 00:10:50,766 Speaker 4: that relationship between audio and visual and I learned. 226 00:10:50,966 --> 00:10:54,966 Speaker 2: Well, that's how you learn the ABC's right, because it's 227 00:10:55,166 --> 00:10:58,006 Speaker 2: a song, and when you hear things in a song, 228 00:10:58,046 --> 00:11:00,766 Speaker 2: it's a little easier to digest. What were some of 229 00:11:00,846 --> 00:11:04,486 Speaker 2: the lyrics of, say, a fifty cent song that stuck 230 00:11:04,606 --> 00:11:05,566 Speaker 2: with with you? 231 00:11:05,686 --> 00:11:09,606 Speaker 4: Now, well, I want to get into the you know, 232 00:11:09,686 --> 00:11:14,286 Speaker 4: the details of the songs, but so any any of 233 00:11:14,326 --> 00:11:17,326 Speaker 4: those songs that are just you know, classics, they really 234 00:11:17,326 --> 00:11:20,246 Speaker 4: stuck with me. But yeah, I'd rather not single, you 235 00:11:20,246 --> 00:11:22,286 Speaker 4: know the full lyrics. 236 00:11:22,726 --> 00:11:23,926 Speaker 3: How about TV shows? 237 00:11:23,966 --> 00:11:28,486 Speaker 2: What were the ones that you watched maybe religiously that 238 00:11:28,646 --> 00:11:32,926 Speaker 2: you also started to get the language down better in 239 00:11:32,966 --> 00:11:33,966 Speaker 2: some of the phrases. 240 00:11:34,206 --> 00:11:37,446 Speaker 4: Yeah, so at that time we had CDs, right, and 241 00:11:37,486 --> 00:11:39,486 Speaker 4: we will put the CD even though it wasn't that 242 00:11:39,606 --> 00:11:42,006 Speaker 4: let me, it might have been twenty twelve whatever, thirty. 243 00:11:42,006 --> 00:11:43,206 Speaker 3: Does that feel like ancient? 244 00:11:43,566 --> 00:11:46,846 Speaker 4: It feels like ancient listening to myself say this, and 245 00:11:46,886 --> 00:11:50,046 Speaker 4: it makes me feel old, but right, right, right, But 246 00:11:50,366 --> 00:11:52,966 Speaker 4: I remember watching The Gladiator, the movie which is one 247 00:11:53,006 --> 00:11:57,046 Speaker 4: of my favorite. Yeah, Matrix, that was great. And then 248 00:11:57,086 --> 00:11:59,526 Speaker 4: I'll just you know, I'll put it in English right 249 00:11:59,526 --> 00:12:02,086 Speaker 4: with Bording. I mean, they'll be speaking English, and then 250 00:12:02,126 --> 00:12:04,766 Speaker 4: I'll put the subtitles in English, and then I'll go 251 00:12:04,886 --> 00:12:07,246 Speaker 4: from Spanish to English with the subtitles, and then I 252 00:12:07,366 --> 00:12:10,806 Speaker 4: memorize the movie. So then if I memorize the moving Spanish, 253 00:12:11,126 --> 00:12:12,966 Speaker 4: I'll be able to when they say it in English, I. 254 00:12:12,886 --> 00:12:13,846 Speaker 3: Know what they're saying in Spanish. 255 00:12:13,966 --> 00:12:16,206 Speaker 4: Right, So now I'm listening to it in English, reading 256 00:12:16,206 --> 00:12:17,606 Speaker 4: in English, and that's what I learned. 257 00:12:17,886 --> 00:12:18,406 Speaker 3: Amazing. 258 00:12:18,726 --> 00:12:21,326 Speaker 2: Are those your favorite movies? I mean, those are two 259 00:12:21,446 --> 00:12:24,926 Speaker 2: great movies and The Gladiator are the best movies. 260 00:12:25,046 --> 00:12:27,726 Speaker 3: I mean, The Gladiator is a classic, can't that movie? 261 00:12:27,966 --> 00:12:28,166 Speaker 3: You know? 262 00:12:28,206 --> 00:12:30,446 Speaker 4: It's I want them to remake it and like do 263 00:12:31,566 --> 00:12:33,046 Speaker 4: a new version of it. I think that'll be a 264 00:12:33,046 --> 00:12:33,566 Speaker 4: great idea. 265 00:12:33,926 --> 00:12:37,046 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think they're working on something like that on 266 00:12:37,126 --> 00:12:40,286 Speaker 2: a Gladiator too. But are you not entertained? 267 00:12:41,086 --> 00:12:41,846 Speaker 3: Right? Right? Right? 268 00:12:43,446 --> 00:12:46,006 Speaker 2: I guess we pumped up thinking about it. So you 269 00:12:46,166 --> 00:12:53,166 Speaker 2: come fourteen years old, you learn English through movies, TV shows, songs, 270 00:12:53,406 --> 00:12:58,406 Speaker 2: et cetera. You're still thinking basketball is your ticket, and 271 00:12:58,886 --> 00:13:04,606 Speaker 2: you are then playing basketball eventually in different spots with 272 00:13:05,246 --> 00:13:11,246 Speaker 2: stops in Hawaii, also Tulane. There's a Chuco in Florida. 273 00:13:11,686 --> 00:13:15,286 Speaker 2: There was Loyola of New Orleans. There was a lot 274 00:13:15,326 --> 00:13:19,206 Speaker 2: of stops along the way, a lot of traveling for you. 275 00:13:20,006 --> 00:13:21,526 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, my whole life. 276 00:13:21,566 --> 00:13:26,366 Speaker 4: I mean, up until today, I really haven't had much stability. 277 00:13:26,446 --> 00:13:26,606 Speaker 3: Right. 278 00:13:26,646 --> 00:13:29,366 Speaker 4: I grew up in Chile, lived in Hawaii, lived in Florida. 279 00:13:29,366 --> 00:13:31,206 Speaker 4: I lived in New Orleans, lived in Chicago. 280 00:13:31,286 --> 00:13:31,366 Speaker 3: Right. 281 00:13:31,406 --> 00:13:34,406 Speaker 4: I was with the Bears last year, right now, Jacksonville, right, 282 00:13:34,446 --> 00:13:38,286 Speaker 4: commanders the like the DMV area. So it's a it's 283 00:13:38,286 --> 00:13:40,646 Speaker 4: for sure an adjustment every time you move to a 284 00:13:40,726 --> 00:13:42,606 Speaker 4: new city. Now I'm married, right, so it's not just 285 00:13:42,646 --> 00:13:44,646 Speaker 4: my life that I'm you know, bringing along with me, 286 00:13:44,926 --> 00:13:47,966 Speaker 4: my wife's also, so it's we're used to it. But 287 00:13:48,046 --> 00:13:49,966 Speaker 4: at the same time, we are hoping to get some 288 00:13:50,006 --> 00:13:52,366 Speaker 4: stability at some point. We're hoping the place to do 289 00:13:52,406 --> 00:13:54,726 Speaker 4: that is Jacksonville, since you know, I'm playing there now 290 00:13:54,766 --> 00:13:57,086 Speaker 4: and again, super excited to be there, and I think 291 00:13:57,086 --> 00:13:58,006 Speaker 4: it's a great fit for me. 292 00:13:59,526 --> 00:14:01,206 Speaker 3: But yeah, I mean, when it comes, it comes. 293 00:14:01,326 --> 00:14:04,166 Speaker 4: But you know, otherwise, I'm going to just continue grinding, 294 00:14:04,326 --> 00:14:05,686 Speaker 4: you know, a way, keep on going. 295 00:14:05,766 --> 00:14:08,006 Speaker 3: And that's my thing I keep. 296 00:14:08,126 --> 00:14:10,846 Speaker 4: I keep a positive mindset every single day I get 297 00:14:10,926 --> 00:14:13,046 Speaker 4: up and I tried to go you know, get minds. 298 00:14:13,166 --> 00:14:14,726 Speaker 3: So that's what it is. 299 00:14:15,366 --> 00:14:19,166 Speaker 2: You're in inspiration to a ton of people, not just 300 00:14:19,726 --> 00:14:22,486 Speaker 2: in your home country, but in this country especially, like 301 00:14:22,566 --> 00:14:25,966 Speaker 2: you know, it's like me and MJ as well. So 302 00:14:27,046 --> 00:14:30,006 Speaker 2: we talked about you traveling around and going to these 303 00:14:30,046 --> 00:14:34,366 Speaker 2: different schools and different spots and and not really having 304 00:14:34,446 --> 00:14:37,806 Speaker 2: any stability. So then at this point in time, I 305 00:14:37,886 --> 00:14:41,126 Speaker 2: had read and you correct me if I'm wrong, that 306 00:14:41,566 --> 00:14:46,686 Speaker 2: the Chilean national team didn't make it to the FOBA, right, 307 00:14:46,766 --> 00:14:50,486 Speaker 2: didn't qualify. So at that point in time, is that 308 00:14:50,726 --> 00:14:54,366 Speaker 2: when you said, okay, basketball ain't happening for me? 309 00:14:54,886 --> 00:14:57,206 Speaker 3: Yeah, that was it. I mean I played well during 310 00:14:57,246 --> 00:14:57,806 Speaker 3: that series. 311 00:14:57,886 --> 00:15:03,326 Speaker 4: We got marked out by Brazil with and yeah they 312 00:15:03,366 --> 00:15:06,006 Speaker 4: had a bunch of NBA g that came out to play. 313 00:15:06,246 --> 00:15:07,726 Speaker 4: We lost by ten. I had a good game, and 314 00:15:07,766 --> 00:15:10,646 Speaker 4: that was my last basketball game ever. Right, that was 315 00:15:10,686 --> 00:15:12,806 Speaker 4: like the last game I ever played and we lost, right, 316 00:15:12,846 --> 00:15:15,766 Speaker 4: So that hurt. But I knew, I always knew I 317 00:15:15,766 --> 00:15:18,086 Speaker 4: wanted something bigger. Right at that time, we were talking 318 00:15:18,086 --> 00:15:20,966 Speaker 4: to some teams to go play overseas, like talking to Nicole, 319 00:15:21,006 --> 00:15:22,726 Speaker 4: who was at the time my girlfriends, seeing what we 320 00:15:22,766 --> 00:15:25,446 Speaker 4: could do, because you know, I wasn't a citizen, so 321 00:15:25,526 --> 00:15:26,846 Speaker 4: how am I going to If I leave, I can't 322 00:15:26,846 --> 00:15:30,006 Speaker 4: come back. So it was this grind to just get 323 00:15:30,046 --> 00:15:31,686 Speaker 4: to a position and to okay, let me get an 324 00:15:31,726 --> 00:15:33,326 Speaker 4: opportunity at something something big. 325 00:15:33,366 --> 00:15:33,966 Speaker 3: Though I didn't want. 326 00:15:34,006 --> 00:15:36,326 Speaker 4: I didn't want to settle for I couldn't be the 327 00:15:36,366 --> 00:15:38,246 Speaker 4: guy that stopped playing sports and when I got a 328 00:15:38,246 --> 00:15:39,686 Speaker 4: regular job, because I always. 329 00:15:39,446 --> 00:15:42,006 Speaker 3: Felt like there was just something inside of me that 330 00:15:42,126 --> 00:15:44,006 Speaker 3: was I was made to do something big. 331 00:15:44,046 --> 00:15:45,646 Speaker 4: I don't know if it was my mom, you know, 332 00:15:45,726 --> 00:15:47,846 Speaker 4: growing up, telling me, hey, son, you got this, you 333 00:15:47,886 --> 00:15:50,246 Speaker 4: can do it. I don't know what it was, but 334 00:15:50,686 --> 00:15:52,486 Speaker 4: I always thought I was made to do something big 335 00:15:52,526 --> 00:15:55,446 Speaker 4: and I break barriers and show other people that things 336 00:15:55,486 --> 00:15:58,686 Speaker 4: are possible. Because maybe I wasn't the most talented basketball 337 00:15:58,686 --> 00:16:00,766 Speaker 4: player in the world, right, Maybe I know I wasn't, 338 00:16:01,206 --> 00:16:02,966 Speaker 4: but I really played hard. 339 00:16:03,326 --> 00:16:05,126 Speaker 3: I played I read it. 340 00:16:05,246 --> 00:16:07,486 Speaker 4: I was a high flying dunking throw it up there, 341 00:16:07,486 --> 00:16:08,686 Speaker 4: I'll go get it and punch it in. 342 00:16:09,246 --> 00:16:10,446 Speaker 3: And that was my mindset. 343 00:16:10,446 --> 00:16:11,806 Speaker 4: And I'm now I'm like, Okay, I got to bring 344 00:16:11,886 --> 00:16:14,326 Speaker 4: that same mindset to everyday life and I did that, 345 00:16:14,526 --> 00:16:17,006 Speaker 4: and now let me bring that same mindset to the 346 00:16:17,006 --> 00:16:17,646 Speaker 4: football field. 347 00:16:17,726 --> 00:16:18,686 Speaker 3: And I'm now I'm doing that. 348 00:16:19,206 --> 00:16:22,806 Speaker 4: And like I said, sometimes things take longer than you 349 00:16:22,846 --> 00:16:24,166 Speaker 4: expect them to take, but. 350 00:16:24,166 --> 00:16:25,606 Speaker 3: When they come, they come good. 351 00:16:25,846 --> 00:16:28,886 Speaker 4: And I know this is my year to all of 352 00:16:28,926 --> 00:16:31,726 Speaker 4: those visions that I had growing up about the future. 353 00:16:32,006 --> 00:16:34,286 Speaker 4: This is my year to do that and to show 354 00:16:34,606 --> 00:16:37,326 Speaker 4: not only myself but the world that they weren't wrong 355 00:16:37,326 --> 00:16:39,846 Speaker 4: about me, that hey, this guy can make the transition 356 00:16:39,846 --> 00:16:42,486 Speaker 4: from basketball to football and have an impact in the NFL. 357 00:16:42,526 --> 00:16:44,326 Speaker 4: And that's what I'm working for every single day. 358 00:16:44,966 --> 00:16:49,646 Speaker 2: It's amazing. The grind is real. Then you decide to 359 00:16:49,686 --> 00:16:54,966 Speaker 2: become an athletic trainer, and then COVID hits right, and 360 00:16:55,006 --> 00:16:59,926 Speaker 2: then you have to drive around delivering food as a. 361 00:17:00,006 --> 00:17:01,566 Speaker 3: Door dash driver. 362 00:17:02,126 --> 00:17:06,846 Speaker 2: Yeah, what were some of the funny experiences that you 363 00:17:07,206 --> 00:17:11,326 Speaker 2: had when you were making these deliveries, whether it was 364 00:17:11,926 --> 00:17:16,726 Speaker 2: seeing somebody famous, whether it was something that was just 365 00:17:17,006 --> 00:17:19,646 Speaker 2: crazy that blew your mind when you were dropping off 366 00:17:19,726 --> 00:17:20,326 Speaker 2: the food. 367 00:17:21,286 --> 00:17:22,606 Speaker 3: Yeah, what do you. 368 00:17:22,646 --> 00:17:24,886 Speaker 2: Remember from that time to that to you, because I 369 00:17:24,886 --> 00:17:26,886 Speaker 2: would imagine you got some stories. 370 00:17:27,326 --> 00:17:28,246 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, absolutely. 371 00:17:28,246 --> 00:17:31,126 Speaker 4: So I wasn't an athletic trainer. I was just training 372 00:17:31,166 --> 00:17:34,846 Speaker 4: kids for basketball, right, wow, okay, okay, let me let 373 00:17:34,926 --> 00:17:38,046 Speaker 4: me go like go around. And at the time, I 374 00:17:38,126 --> 00:17:39,886 Speaker 4: used to make these camps with my best friends and 375 00:17:39,926 --> 00:17:43,046 Speaker 4: my mom my mom is a pe teacher, and my 376 00:17:43,046 --> 00:17:44,726 Speaker 4: two best friends and we used to do these camps 377 00:17:44,726 --> 00:17:47,606 Speaker 4: internationally and that was a really cool thing that with this, 378 00:17:47,686 --> 00:17:49,406 Speaker 4: I'm like, hey, let me make some money training kids 379 00:17:49,406 --> 00:17:51,926 Speaker 4: for basketball. So I did that, and then right COVID 380 00:17:52,006 --> 00:17:53,926 Speaker 4: hit So no one wanted to see a trainer anymore. 381 00:17:54,286 --> 00:17:56,886 Speaker 4: So let me do some door dash right, what's the 382 00:17:56,886 --> 00:18:00,086 Speaker 4: easiest way My wife. She had a finance job at 383 00:18:00,086 --> 00:18:01,406 Speaker 4: the time, and I'm like, hey, I have to help 384 00:18:01,406 --> 00:18:05,366 Speaker 4: in some way some capacity. And I literally that job 385 00:18:05,406 --> 00:18:08,286 Speaker 4: because I could get up train in the morning right 386 00:18:08,326 --> 00:18:12,446 Speaker 4: on my own, do whatever. Breakfast. I'll go deliver breakfast. 387 00:18:12,726 --> 00:18:15,046 Speaker 4: Then I have okay, I have from eleven to or 388 00:18:15,086 --> 00:18:18,406 Speaker 4: from ten thirty to twelve to get another session training. 389 00:18:18,726 --> 00:18:20,406 Speaker 4: And then I gotta do lunch, right, I gotta. I 390 00:18:20,406 --> 00:18:22,446 Speaker 4: gotta go deliver lunch because that's that's what you get. 391 00:18:22,606 --> 00:18:24,206 Speaker 4: You get good money during lunch. If you go to 392 00:18:24,286 --> 00:18:26,686 Speaker 4: around the corporate area, You're gonna deliver some good lunch, 393 00:18:26,926 --> 00:18:27,726 Speaker 4: make some good money. 394 00:18:27,886 --> 00:18:29,966 Speaker 3: And then from. 395 00:18:29,126 --> 00:18:32,606 Speaker 4: Three to let's say five thirty, it's a big bar 396 00:18:32,766 --> 00:18:35,246 Speaker 4: that I also have for training. And then I gotta 397 00:18:35,286 --> 00:18:38,486 Speaker 4: do dinner because dinner also is you know, a big families, 398 00:18:38,846 --> 00:18:41,326 Speaker 4: bigger meal, so it's gonna be a bigger commission and 399 00:18:41,366 --> 00:18:42,046 Speaker 4: bigger tip. 400 00:18:42,766 --> 00:18:45,206 Speaker 3: So I structure my day that way. 401 00:18:45,486 --> 00:18:49,006 Speaker 4: And I just remember being in the car and I 402 00:18:49,246 --> 00:18:50,526 Speaker 4: anything I do, I want to do it right. If 403 00:18:50,526 --> 00:18:52,846 Speaker 4: I'm gonna work as a doordasge driver, I'm gonna I'm 404 00:18:52,886 --> 00:18:54,606 Speaker 4: gonna be the best doordage driver that I can be. 405 00:18:55,166 --> 00:18:58,966 Speaker 3: So I remember just trying to have crazy good customer service. 406 00:18:59,126 --> 00:19:01,046 Speaker 4: Right, So I'm like, I'm gonna have the best customer 407 00:19:01,086 --> 00:19:02,766 Speaker 4: service when I'm picking up the film, gonna shoot them 408 00:19:02,806 --> 00:19:03,086 Speaker 4: a text. 409 00:19:03,166 --> 00:19:05,206 Speaker 3: Hey, I'm waiting for your food. I'm here the. 410 00:19:05,206 --> 00:19:07,366 Speaker 4: Restaurants staying a little longer, but I'm going to send 411 00:19:07,366 --> 00:19:08,886 Speaker 4: you a text and make sure that you know that 412 00:19:09,246 --> 00:19:11,126 Speaker 4: I'm paying attention to your food. As soon as I 413 00:19:11,126 --> 00:19:13,326 Speaker 4: get it, I'm gonna text you. I'm not gonna just 414 00:19:13,406 --> 00:19:14,886 Speaker 4: let the phone do it. I'm going to send a 415 00:19:14,926 --> 00:19:17,446 Speaker 4: text and say hey, same text every time. Hey, got 416 00:19:17,446 --> 00:19:19,486 Speaker 4: your food, I'm on my way. I'll get there as 417 00:19:19,486 --> 00:19:23,006 Speaker 4: soon as possible, smiley face. Right then I'll deliver the food. 418 00:19:23,206 --> 00:19:25,566 Speaker 4: All of a sudden, I drop off the food. I'm 419 00:19:25,606 --> 00:19:27,926 Speaker 4: starting to get up, you know, get cash. They'll hand 420 00:19:27,926 --> 00:19:29,686 Speaker 4: me cash. Hey, thank you so much, you were great. 421 00:19:30,446 --> 00:19:34,926 Speaker 4: Leave and then they'll take me after. So in that lesson, 422 00:19:34,926 --> 00:19:37,486 Speaker 4: there was hey like, if you do anything, and if 423 00:19:37,486 --> 00:19:40,006 Speaker 4: you do it to the best of your ability, people 424 00:19:40,046 --> 00:19:42,326 Speaker 4: will reward you for that, for that job, or for 425 00:19:42,366 --> 00:19:45,686 Speaker 4: whatever value you provide. And I literally I wanted to 426 00:19:45,726 --> 00:19:49,486 Speaker 4: be the best DoorDash driver around. I have five stars, right, 427 00:19:50,086 --> 00:19:52,686 Speaker 4: So I'll maybe I got more deliveries because of it, 428 00:19:52,726 --> 00:19:55,406 Speaker 4: but I did very well. And I also remember just 429 00:19:55,446 --> 00:20:00,246 Speaker 4: sitting in the car and listening to podcasts about motivation, 430 00:20:00,486 --> 00:20:05,926 Speaker 4: about you know, visualization, about the grind, about all those things, 431 00:20:05,966 --> 00:20:08,526 Speaker 4: and just going like at it for hours, just in 432 00:20:08,566 --> 00:20:11,566 Speaker 4: the back conscious mind, just sitting there and listening to them. 433 00:20:12,006 --> 00:20:13,846 Speaker 3: And I knew it was going to happen. 434 00:20:13,966 --> 00:20:17,006 Speaker 4: I always knew that this was a momentary thing, that 435 00:20:17,326 --> 00:20:19,446 Speaker 4: it was a means to an end, and that I 436 00:20:19,486 --> 00:20:21,286 Speaker 4: was I was going to be an NFL player for. 437 00:20:21,206 --> 00:20:24,006 Speaker 3: A long time. I knew that. I just I knew it. 438 00:20:24,006 --> 00:20:27,006 Speaker 4: It just time hasn't at that time being cut up, 439 00:20:27,166 --> 00:20:29,286 Speaker 4: you know, to what I was doing, right, So I 440 00:20:29,366 --> 00:20:32,206 Speaker 4: just needed time to develop, to grow, to continue training, 441 00:20:32,446 --> 00:20:35,166 Speaker 4: and I remember just sitting there for hours, like, man, 442 00:20:35,206 --> 00:20:37,446 Speaker 4: it's going to happen. So I did. I did it 443 00:20:37,486 --> 00:20:39,966 Speaker 4: with a smile on my face every single day, and 444 00:20:40,086 --> 00:20:42,086 Speaker 4: I'm so thankful I did it that way. So it 445 00:20:42,126 --> 00:20:43,646 Speaker 4: wasn't miserable, it was it was great. 446 00:20:44,126 --> 00:20:47,406 Speaker 2: You manifested this dream and it came true, which is 447 00:20:47,606 --> 00:20:51,926 Speaker 2: absolutely amazing. Pursuit of happiness. If they do a pursuit 448 00:20:51,926 --> 00:20:56,086 Speaker 2: of happiness too, maybe it's on your story, Sam, it's what. 449 00:20:56,046 --> 00:20:57,646 Speaker 3: Do you think that'd be amazing. 450 00:21:00,646 --> 00:21:04,766 Speaker 4: There's been a few networks that have approached us, like 451 00:21:04,886 --> 00:21:06,886 Speaker 4: my team and I about like doing like a documentary 452 00:21:06,966 --> 00:21:08,966 Speaker 4: or something like that. But in the meantime, we just 453 00:21:08,966 --> 00:21:10,646 Speaker 4: want to focus on the main thing, which is, you know, 454 00:21:10,646 --> 00:21:13,526 Speaker 4: playing the game and actually and actually having an impact, 455 00:21:13,526 --> 00:21:14,886 Speaker 4: which is the I think is the main thing that 456 00:21:14,926 --> 00:21:16,166 Speaker 4: I have to keep my mind on right now. 457 00:21:16,206 --> 00:21:17,406 Speaker 3: But in the future it will be a cool thing 458 00:21:17,446 --> 00:21:18,126 Speaker 3: to do. 459 00:21:18,126 --> 00:21:20,646 Speaker 1: Don't go anywhere anybody. We will be right back with 460 00:21:20,686 --> 00:21:21,446 Speaker 1: more l huddle. 461 00:21:24,526 --> 00:21:27,926 Speaker 2: When did it become real for you? Was it at 462 00:21:27,966 --> 00:21:32,206 Speaker 2: the Florida Pro Day when everybody saw your measurables and 463 00:21:32,246 --> 00:21:36,366 Speaker 2: your forty inch vertical, your height of six five, your 464 00:21:36,406 --> 00:21:41,126 Speaker 2: way of two sixty, the thirty one reps on bench press? Like, 465 00:21:41,886 --> 00:21:45,046 Speaker 2: when did it hit you that? Okay, now I'm getting 466 00:21:45,086 --> 00:21:47,726 Speaker 2: closer and closer. You're talking about being in that door 467 00:21:47,806 --> 00:21:51,526 Speaker 2: dash car and listening to all the motivation and then 468 00:21:51,686 --> 00:21:55,086 Speaker 2: now you're at the University of Florida and you're doing 469 00:21:55,126 --> 00:21:59,446 Speaker 2: a pro day and you are now showcasing your talent 470 00:21:59,806 --> 00:22:04,446 Speaker 2: for all these evaluators and scouts. Yeah, Like, when was 471 00:22:04,486 --> 00:22:06,886 Speaker 2: it you said, Okay, this thing may happen. 472 00:22:06,966 --> 00:22:09,446 Speaker 4: Now, yeah, I think you know, I want to. I 473 00:22:09,486 --> 00:22:12,246 Speaker 4: want to based on what the question. What the question is, 474 00:22:12,606 --> 00:22:15,286 Speaker 4: when did I have that wow moment? I do want 475 00:22:15,326 --> 00:22:18,166 Speaker 4: to get a huge shout out to the International Pathway Program, 476 00:22:18,166 --> 00:22:21,726 Speaker 4: which is the NFL, to you know, get to grow 477 00:22:21,846 --> 00:22:23,766 Speaker 4: the game outside of the US. And I think it's 478 00:22:23,846 --> 00:22:26,926 Speaker 4: it's a phenomenal thing that the NFL is doing. It's 479 00:22:26,966 --> 00:22:30,326 Speaker 4: so valuable. Great people all over the world ask me 480 00:22:30,366 --> 00:22:33,806 Speaker 4: about it every like all the time. So the impact 481 00:22:33,886 --> 00:22:36,886 Speaker 4: that that program is having and the people behind it, 482 00:22:36,926 --> 00:22:40,606 Speaker 4: which have become very close friends of mine, it's insane. 483 00:22:40,646 --> 00:22:42,766 Speaker 4: I mean if you think of players that have gone 484 00:22:42,806 --> 00:22:45,726 Speaker 4: through it, like Jordan my Ladder for example, Yeah, right, 485 00:22:45,766 --> 00:22:49,606 Speaker 4: like got a big contract, it's doing very impressive things, 486 00:22:49,926 --> 00:22:53,406 Speaker 4: one of the best offensive linements in the country. 487 00:22:53,446 --> 00:22:54,846 Speaker 3: Like it's just beautiful. 488 00:22:54,926 --> 00:22:56,966 Speaker 4: And we have so many more examples like that with 489 00:22:57,166 --> 00:23:00,046 Speaker 4: faobat it, you know from the UK. Like there's just 490 00:23:00,086 --> 00:23:03,046 Speaker 4: so many guys that have gone through it. So I 491 00:23:03,086 --> 00:23:05,206 Speaker 4: think going through that and then yes, being at the 492 00:23:05,246 --> 00:23:10,726 Speaker 4: Florida Pro Day and you know, feeling that little like nervousness, 493 00:23:10,726 --> 00:23:12,646 Speaker 4: a little bit like okay, I want to go. I 494 00:23:12,766 --> 00:23:15,326 Speaker 4: see thirty two scouts out there, right, every team is 495 00:23:15,366 --> 00:23:17,846 Speaker 4: present at that time. Also, we did it when Kyle 496 00:23:17,886 --> 00:23:20,806 Speaker 4: Pitts was coming out, so literally every rep that I'm taking, 497 00:23:20,846 --> 00:23:24,166 Speaker 4: I'm right behind behind Kyle, right. And you know he's 498 00:23:24,966 --> 00:23:26,966 Speaker 4: at the time, you know, the crazy bus that he had. 499 00:23:27,006 --> 00:23:30,286 Speaker 4: He's a great player and everybody's watching him. But oh there, 500 00:23:30,286 --> 00:23:33,286 Speaker 4: I am right behind him, right. So I think also 501 00:23:34,406 --> 00:23:36,846 Speaker 4: because there were so many people looking at tight ends 502 00:23:36,926 --> 00:23:39,886 Speaker 4: during that time, it really helped me to be, you 503 00:23:39,926 --> 00:23:41,726 Speaker 4: know there and showing. 504 00:23:41,486 --> 00:23:42,966 Speaker 3: Like, hey, I can keep up with this guy. Right. 505 00:23:43,006 --> 00:23:46,406 Speaker 4: I'm also fast, I'm strong, i can jump really high. 506 00:23:46,526 --> 00:23:48,486 Speaker 4: You know, I'm gonna have a great, great numbers in 507 00:23:48,526 --> 00:23:50,046 Speaker 4: any of the tests that you make me do. 508 00:23:50,766 --> 00:23:52,326 Speaker 3: And I can catch footballs, right. 509 00:23:52,446 --> 00:23:56,806 Speaker 4: So going through that and then really though, my main 510 00:23:56,926 --> 00:23:59,846 Speaker 4: moment was when when we walked out to play the 511 00:23:59,886 --> 00:24:03,046 Speaker 4: Patriots with my first NFL preseason game, and that was 512 00:24:03,046 --> 00:24:04,846 Speaker 4: the first game that I had. 513 00:24:04,846 --> 00:24:08,966 Speaker 3: Ever played football on a live time. Reason. You know, 514 00:24:09,166 --> 00:24:12,286 Speaker 3: we're rolling now and I've been training. 515 00:24:12,006 --> 00:24:14,926 Speaker 4: For a year before that, right, so fly to that 516 00:24:14,966 --> 00:24:18,286 Speaker 4: moment and get my first catch. I was, oh my god, 517 00:24:18,326 --> 00:24:20,286 Speaker 4: I was you know it was an out of body 518 00:24:20,326 --> 00:24:21,206 Speaker 4: experience for sure. 519 00:24:21,766 --> 00:24:22,726 Speaker 2: How nervous were you? 520 00:24:23,366 --> 00:24:25,406 Speaker 3: Oh, I was nervous. I will tell you at that time. 521 00:24:25,446 --> 00:24:27,566 Speaker 4: If you asked me that day, if you asked me 522 00:24:27,606 --> 00:24:29,366 Speaker 4: like I wasn't nervous, I would have said, no, I'm good, 523 00:24:29,406 --> 00:24:30,566 Speaker 4: like I feel great. 524 00:24:30,606 --> 00:24:31,686 Speaker 3: But now that I look back. 525 00:24:31,566 --> 00:24:36,286 Speaker 2: At it, oh yeah, manarm again inside right, is the 526 00:24:36,326 --> 00:24:38,246 Speaker 2: Patriots out of any team in the NFL. 527 00:24:38,326 --> 00:24:41,126 Speaker 4: That's the only team I had seen a game growing 528 00:24:41,206 --> 00:24:42,926 Speaker 4: up because that was the only team that might have 529 00:24:42,966 --> 00:24:45,086 Speaker 4: been broadcasted in Chile and it would have been like 530 00:24:45,366 --> 00:24:48,686 Speaker 4: thirty second highlights of the Super Bowl. Yeah, oh wow, 531 00:24:48,726 --> 00:24:51,126 Speaker 4: the Patriots, Tom Brady. Right, So now I'm playing the 532 00:24:51,206 --> 00:24:55,766 Speaker 4: only team I know growing up. And it was just 533 00:24:55,846 --> 00:24:57,966 Speaker 4: I had two catches, I played good, I had some 534 00:24:58,006 --> 00:25:00,286 Speaker 4: great blocks, and it was just you finally get that 535 00:25:00,286 --> 00:25:03,406 Speaker 4: feeling of Okay, I belong here, right like I know 536 00:25:03,486 --> 00:25:06,046 Speaker 4: I belonged mentally, I know I belong to this league. 537 00:25:06,126 --> 00:25:07,246 Speaker 4: And that was a great moment. 538 00:25:07,686 --> 00:25:10,446 Speaker 2: Samus, though, did you look across and say, well, there's 539 00:25:10,486 --> 00:25:13,366 Speaker 2: there's Belichick. I mean, there's Belichick all at a second. 540 00:25:13,406 --> 00:25:14,686 Speaker 2: I got to take a deep breath them in the 541 00:25:14,726 --> 00:25:16,926 Speaker 2: middle of the game. There's there's Belichick over there. You 542 00:25:17,086 --> 00:25:18,446 Speaker 2: want some super Bowls over there? 543 00:25:18,766 --> 00:25:20,606 Speaker 4: I gotta I got a really funny story for you. 544 00:25:20,646 --> 00:25:22,406 Speaker 4: I don't think I've ever said this, you know, in 545 00:25:22,406 --> 00:25:26,406 Speaker 4: a live setting, but uh so, it's a Florida pro 546 00:25:26,926 --> 00:25:30,286 Speaker 4: and I honestly have no idea anything about the history 547 00:25:30,326 --> 00:25:33,206 Speaker 4: of the game or the NFL, current players, nothing. 548 00:25:33,286 --> 00:25:34,526 Speaker 3: And honestly, that helps you. He goes. 549 00:25:34,646 --> 00:25:36,606 Speaker 4: It helps you to just lock in and what you have 550 00:25:36,726 --> 00:25:41,686 Speaker 4: to do. But Coach Belichick was staying at the same 551 00:25:41,846 --> 00:25:46,926 Speaker 4: hotel as we were. It was after the right they 552 00:25:46,966 --> 00:25:49,366 Speaker 4: pro I did very well, Like I had like sixteen 553 00:25:49,566 --> 00:25:51,886 Speaker 4: scouts that came up to me, including head coaches and 554 00:25:51,886 --> 00:25:54,126 Speaker 4: all these people that now I know who they were. 555 00:25:54,366 --> 00:25:58,406 Speaker 4: At the time, I had no idea. Right, So we're 556 00:25:58,846 --> 00:26:02,326 Speaker 4: it's late. I'm getting my agent is calling me NonStop. 557 00:26:02,366 --> 00:26:05,246 Speaker 4: My phone is blowing up. After that pro they and 558 00:26:05,486 --> 00:26:07,086 Speaker 4: we go to a hotel to get our stuff. We 559 00:26:07,126 --> 00:26:09,606 Speaker 4: go up the elevator and Coach Belichick jumps on the 560 00:26:09,606 --> 00:26:10,606 Speaker 4: elevator with us. 561 00:26:11,086 --> 00:26:13,766 Speaker 3: Oh wow, we have a conversation. 562 00:26:13,966 --> 00:26:17,686 Speaker 4: We have a full out conversation for whatever fifteen seconds, 563 00:26:17,766 --> 00:26:19,366 Speaker 4: and then he gets on the safe floor and we 564 00:26:19,406 --> 00:26:23,686 Speaker 4: walked the same way and the whole time, the whole 565 00:26:23,686 --> 00:26:25,566 Speaker 4: time because one of my teammates was next year, one 566 00:26:25,566 --> 00:26:27,526 Speaker 4: of the guys that was from the NFL, a peper. 567 00:26:29,326 --> 00:26:31,126 Speaker 3: We get done and he asked me, do you do 568 00:26:31,166 --> 00:26:33,086 Speaker 3: you know who that was? And I'm like, no, I 569 00:26:33,126 --> 00:26:36,966 Speaker 3: have no idea. That's the coach for the Patriots. 570 00:26:36,966 --> 00:26:39,726 Speaker 4: And I'm like, what did I say the right thing? 571 00:26:39,886 --> 00:26:40,246 Speaker 3: Like, I. 572 00:26:42,206 --> 00:26:44,606 Speaker 4: Was so nervous, but I thought it was a random 573 00:26:44,646 --> 00:26:45,966 Speaker 4: guy in the elevator asking question. 574 00:26:46,246 --> 00:26:49,006 Speaker 3: I had no idea. So that's I'll never forget that 575 00:26:49,046 --> 00:26:51,366 Speaker 3: because I think that's a classic. But man, now that 576 00:26:51,446 --> 00:26:53,286 Speaker 3: I know, I'm like, I hope I said the right thing. 577 00:26:53,366 --> 00:26:58,566 Speaker 2: Man, that is a great, great story. And I'm sure 578 00:26:58,566 --> 00:27:02,686 Speaker 2: you probably have some other random encounters like that since 579 00:27:02,726 --> 00:27:08,766 Speaker 2: you've become an entry into this NFL world. Now you're 580 00:27:08,806 --> 00:27:13,566 Speaker 2: with the Jaguars and you know this dream continues for 581 00:27:13,686 --> 00:27:17,526 Speaker 2: you and MJ and I on this podcast, we take 582 00:27:17,646 --> 00:27:21,006 Speaker 2: great pride in pointing out all the Latinos who are 583 00:27:21,046 --> 00:27:24,326 Speaker 2: doing great things, whether it's in the entertainment world, sports world, 584 00:27:24,446 --> 00:27:28,126 Speaker 2: the NFL, because we always say mita yes, I said 585 00:27:28,206 --> 00:27:31,606 Speaker 2: Latino said Latino A yeah. Because that's how I grew up. 586 00:27:31,766 --> 00:27:35,126 Speaker 2: My mom and my dad always say Mida says Latino. 587 00:27:35,246 --> 00:27:39,766 Speaker 2: So the pride started at a very young age for us. 588 00:27:40,206 --> 00:27:43,966 Speaker 2: So to see you do what you're doing is nothing 589 00:27:44,006 --> 00:27:48,086 Speaker 2: short of amazing. What do you think of the influx 590 00:27:48,166 --> 00:27:51,446 Speaker 2: that we're seeing more and more Latinos kind of making 591 00:27:51,886 --> 00:27:54,286 Speaker 2: their way into the NFL. We just saw in the 592 00:27:54,406 --> 00:27:59,086 Speaker 2: draft Christian Gonzales being taken coincidentally by the Patriots in 593 00:27:59,166 --> 00:28:03,046 Speaker 2: Bill Belichick, and so we're starting to see more of 594 00:28:03,126 --> 00:28:05,886 Speaker 2: these guys come in there. Obviously Rivera, who's your former 595 00:28:05,926 --> 00:28:10,766 Speaker 2: head coach, he's there with more prominent names. What do 596 00:28:10,806 --> 00:28:11,646 Speaker 2: you what do you think? 597 00:28:11,686 --> 00:28:11,886 Speaker 3: Now? 598 00:28:12,046 --> 00:28:14,726 Speaker 2: How do we get more Latinos in there? And and 599 00:28:16,086 --> 00:28:18,446 Speaker 2: you know, how do we how do we keep this going? 600 00:28:18,966 --> 00:28:21,766 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean that's that's a great question. And the 601 00:28:21,806 --> 00:28:25,366 Speaker 4: only way for you know, the people from Latin American 602 00:28:25,406 --> 00:28:27,886 Speaker 4: I'm including every single country on there for the only 603 00:28:28,046 --> 00:28:30,566 Speaker 4: the only way for us to continue to just see 604 00:28:30,566 --> 00:28:34,046 Speaker 4: more of ourselves in the NFL, and not just the NFL, 605 00:28:34,206 --> 00:28:37,846 Speaker 4: but in you know, good roles in the United States, 606 00:28:37,886 --> 00:28:41,606 Speaker 4: successful roles, movie roles, whatever it is, continue to have 607 00:28:41,646 --> 00:28:45,046 Speaker 4: some sort of development down there, and to have role models. 608 00:28:44,766 --> 00:28:46,926 Speaker 3: Right, if you look at their day. 609 00:28:46,926 --> 00:28:49,526 Speaker 4: I was thinking that there's never been a superhero in 610 00:28:49,566 --> 00:28:52,046 Speaker 4: a movie that's a that's a Latino like superhero, Like 611 00:28:52,086 --> 00:28:53,126 Speaker 4: I've never seen one. 612 00:28:53,366 --> 00:28:54,446 Speaker 3: Like, right. 613 00:28:55,286 --> 00:28:56,726 Speaker 4: I don't know if you've ever thought about that, but 614 00:28:56,766 --> 00:28:59,646 Speaker 4: in my mind, I'm like for kids to be inspired 615 00:28:59,686 --> 00:29:02,286 Speaker 4: because that's who I personally I care about. I care about, 616 00:29:02,446 --> 00:29:05,526 Speaker 4: you know, kids and the next generation that comes after us. 617 00:29:05,526 --> 00:29:07,806 Speaker 4: For them to be inspired and to see what's possible, 618 00:29:07,806 --> 00:29:09,806 Speaker 4: they have to have role models. Like my role model 619 00:29:09,806 --> 00:29:12,606 Speaker 4: growing up was Lebron James. It wasn't some Latino basketballfair. 620 00:29:12,686 --> 00:29:15,006 Speaker 4: We didn't have many besides Mano Genobili and you know 621 00:29:15,046 --> 00:29:18,806 Speaker 4: those guys. But it was hard, and I think we 622 00:29:19,006 --> 00:29:22,406 Speaker 4: just have so many talented people down there that just 623 00:29:22,486 --> 00:29:25,206 Speaker 4: need to be found and there needs to be a path, 624 00:29:25,326 --> 00:29:27,606 Speaker 4: a road for them to see a map. Right, Like 625 00:29:27,886 --> 00:29:30,246 Speaker 4: my story was so crazy because there was no map, 626 00:29:30,446 --> 00:29:34,486 Speaker 4: There was no Okay, this is the second two in 627 00:29:34,526 --> 00:29:35,966 Speaker 4: the US. You grew up, You go to high school, 628 00:29:35,966 --> 00:29:38,046 Speaker 4: play high school ball, get recruited to go to college, 629 00:29:38,286 --> 00:29:38,926 Speaker 4: go to college. 630 00:29:39,086 --> 00:29:41,126 Speaker 3: Then you maybe, if you're good enough, you make the NFL. 631 00:29:41,206 --> 00:29:43,246 Speaker 4: Right, My story wasn't like that I grew up playing 632 00:29:43,246 --> 00:29:45,686 Speaker 4: a different sport in a different countries, different language. And 633 00:29:45,726 --> 00:29:48,806 Speaker 4: I'm sure there's many kids today that are in Colombia 634 00:29:48,806 --> 00:29:51,646 Speaker 4: and Venezuela and Chile and Argentina that could do the 635 00:29:51,726 --> 00:29:54,566 Speaker 4: same thing that they just don't even know as an option. 636 00:29:55,046 --> 00:29:58,966 Speaker 4: So programs like the NFL IPP program, like I think 637 00:29:59,006 --> 00:30:02,366 Speaker 4: that's great because they send people, you know, internationally where 638 00:30:02,366 --> 00:30:06,086 Speaker 4: they have these international combines. You know, they get to 639 00:30:06,126 --> 00:30:09,566 Speaker 4: display their talents and through this combine sometimes it may 640 00:30:09,566 --> 00:30:12,766 Speaker 4: be a high school combine or a college combine, they 641 00:30:12,806 --> 00:30:16,126 Speaker 4: get recruited to come to schools here. But still, I mean, 642 00:30:16,566 --> 00:30:19,766 Speaker 4: football is an expensive sport. Unfortunately. It costs a lot 643 00:30:20,286 --> 00:30:22,806 Speaker 4: to get your helmet, to get pads, to go out 644 00:30:22,846 --> 00:30:26,726 Speaker 4: and have a football field that's acceptable to be running well. 645 00:30:26,766 --> 00:30:29,326 Speaker 2: Now though you have NFL flag like my son yes, 646 00:30:29,926 --> 00:30:34,766 Speaker 2: so and so do his friends. And when you talk 647 00:30:34,886 --> 00:30:38,886 Speaker 2: to other parents and you talk to their kids and 648 00:30:39,286 --> 00:30:43,926 Speaker 2: my son's friends, they are thinking about all the NFL stars. 649 00:30:44,086 --> 00:30:47,726 Speaker 2: I mean no offense to say, the NBA Finals or 650 00:30:47,766 --> 00:30:51,006 Speaker 2: even the World Series. But if you're not a die 651 00:30:51,086 --> 00:30:55,606 Speaker 2: hard fan of one of the participants of those of 652 00:30:55,646 --> 00:31:00,446 Speaker 2: those events, you're not interested the way the NFL supersedes 653 00:31:00,566 --> 00:31:02,766 Speaker 2: everything and it's truly global. 654 00:31:03,166 --> 00:31:05,926 Speaker 4: Yeah oh yeah, yeah, I'm an ambassador for the for 655 00:31:06,166 --> 00:31:10,446 Speaker 4: NFL flag football right internationally here you go. Great, but 656 00:31:10,486 --> 00:31:12,926 Speaker 4: still we gotta like, for example, if we I would 657 00:31:12,966 --> 00:31:15,206 Speaker 4: love to like host that camp in Chile and bring 658 00:31:15,246 --> 00:31:17,606 Speaker 4: out the NFL and have the NFL support to come 659 00:31:17,646 --> 00:31:20,046 Speaker 4: out there, and hey, let's make something happen so these 660 00:31:20,086 --> 00:31:22,286 Speaker 4: kids can get to see how cool this is. 661 00:31:22,606 --> 00:31:22,686 Speaker 3: Right. 662 00:31:22,886 --> 00:31:25,366 Speaker 4: The opportunity is that this price the game of football. 663 00:31:25,566 --> 00:31:27,926 Speaker 4: You can get free school. Like if I told my 664 00:31:27,966 --> 00:31:29,366 Speaker 4: parents I wanted to go to school and they had 665 00:31:29,406 --> 00:31:30,486 Speaker 4: to pay for it, there was no way. 666 00:31:30,806 --> 00:31:33,486 Speaker 3: There was no way, There was just no right. So 667 00:31:33,566 --> 00:31:35,366 Speaker 3: I got free high school, free college. 668 00:31:35,686 --> 00:31:37,966 Speaker 4: Now I'm playing the NFL and I get paid NFL 669 00:31:38,006 --> 00:31:40,246 Speaker 4: dollars to play the sport that I love. I mean, 670 00:31:40,326 --> 00:31:42,606 Speaker 4: what better life? And so many people can do the 671 00:31:42,606 --> 00:31:43,966 Speaker 4: same thing. We just got to show them. 672 00:31:43,846 --> 00:31:48,246 Speaker 2: Away Selsueno Americano. Right, that's what my parents said, and 673 00:31:48,726 --> 00:31:51,566 Speaker 2: it's amazing. Before we let you go, I need to 674 00:31:51,606 --> 00:31:54,806 Speaker 2: say congratulations to you. You just got married to your 675 00:31:54,846 --> 00:31:58,646 Speaker 2: beautiful bride and you were featured in British Vogue. So 676 00:31:58,926 --> 00:32:02,886 Speaker 2: your story gets even better. Sam, it's now starting to 677 00:32:02,886 --> 00:32:03,966 Speaker 2: get ridiculous. 678 00:32:04,326 --> 00:32:04,806 Speaker 3: I appreciate. 679 00:32:04,966 --> 00:32:06,486 Speaker 4: I'm sure she's going to get a smile from that, 680 00:32:06,646 --> 00:32:09,006 Speaker 4: but because that was hert like she always wanted, like 681 00:32:09,006 --> 00:32:11,046 Speaker 4: she loves Vogue and all those things that she'll she'll 682 00:32:11,086 --> 00:32:13,686 Speaker 4: get a smile from it. But it's we're we're blessed. 683 00:32:13,766 --> 00:32:16,806 Speaker 4: We are very thankful for every opportunity. Also, thank you 684 00:32:16,846 --> 00:32:18,406 Speaker 4: for taking the time to, you know, step out and 685 00:32:18,446 --> 00:32:20,726 Speaker 4: you know, share a little bit of my story. And 686 00:32:21,206 --> 00:32:23,086 Speaker 4: the only thing my wife and I, the only thing 687 00:32:23,126 --> 00:32:24,566 Speaker 4: that does in our mind is like, hey, how do 688 00:32:24,606 --> 00:32:26,846 Speaker 4: we help the next generation of kids in Chile then 689 00:32:27,006 --> 00:32:29,006 Speaker 4: the next generation of kids in the US, Like how 690 00:32:29,046 --> 00:32:31,246 Speaker 4: do we make a contribution out of this story? 691 00:32:31,326 --> 00:32:33,646 Speaker 3: How do we help others see what's possible? 692 00:32:33,686 --> 00:32:36,206 Speaker 4: And if you if you have a healthy mind and 693 00:32:36,246 --> 00:32:38,086 Speaker 4: you do the right things, and you healthy, and you 694 00:32:38,126 --> 00:32:40,126 Speaker 4: take care of your body, and you work hard, like 695 00:32:40,166 --> 00:32:42,326 Speaker 4: look at what you can accomplish, Like there's so much. 696 00:32:42,406 --> 00:32:44,446 Speaker 4: I feel like I'm just getting started. Like sometimes I 697 00:32:44,486 --> 00:32:46,326 Speaker 4: feel like they don't have enough hours in the day 698 00:32:46,526 --> 00:32:48,046 Speaker 4: to accomplish all the things that I want to do. 699 00:32:48,366 --> 00:32:51,166 Speaker 4: But right now I'm football is my only thing. Right, 700 00:32:51,246 --> 00:32:53,246 Speaker 4: So that's where all my time goes. But I think 701 00:32:53,246 --> 00:32:56,246 Speaker 4: I'm just getting started in life in general. But I'm 702 00:32:56,246 --> 00:32:58,686 Speaker 4: super excited for the season and can't wait to play 703 00:32:58,686 --> 00:32:59,966 Speaker 4: some some ball man, that's all. 704 00:33:00,286 --> 00:33:02,406 Speaker 2: Yeah, you're you're playing for a great coach and Dad 705 00:33:02,486 --> 00:33:05,926 Speaker 2: Peterson a great quarterback, and Trevor Laura runs. You've got 706 00:33:05,966 --> 00:33:09,406 Speaker 2: Travis etn You got a lot of pieces there, Sam, 707 00:33:09,486 --> 00:33:12,806 Speaker 2: and so this is shaping up to be the year 708 00:33:13,046 --> 00:33:16,406 Speaker 2: for the Jaguars, especially coming off the season ahead last year. 709 00:33:16,806 --> 00:33:19,486 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm excited to contribute anyway that the team needs me. 710 00:33:19,566 --> 00:33:21,246 Speaker 4: So I just want to be out of there playing 711 00:33:21,246 --> 00:33:23,086 Speaker 4: ball man, that's all. 712 00:33:23,126 --> 00:33:25,846 Speaker 2: Samus. You're the only Samus that I know, and you're 713 00:33:25,886 --> 00:33:32,406 Speaker 2: the best Samus that I know. Um, grand Plaguyo did 714 00:33:33,926 --> 00:33:36,046 Speaker 2: thank you for taking the time. I know we ate 715 00:33:36,166 --> 00:33:38,926 Speaker 2: up a lot of it. We are rooting hard for you, 716 00:33:39,366 --> 00:33:41,886 Speaker 2: my friend, and we want to see you do well. 717 00:33:42,286 --> 00:33:44,606 Speaker 2: We want to see that life story be put up 718 00:33:44,686 --> 00:33:47,606 Speaker 2: on the screen. And if you need for me to 719 00:33:47,686 --> 00:33:49,366 Speaker 2: be a part of it, I can do that too, 720 00:33:49,886 --> 00:33:51,526 Speaker 2: or I can just be an ambassador for the game 721 00:33:51,686 --> 00:33:54,726 Speaker 2: like you. Either way, this has been an incredible chat 722 00:33:55,046 --> 00:33:57,406 Speaker 2: and I hope down the road you'll join us again 723 00:33:57,446 --> 00:33:58,646 Speaker 2: on the l Huddle podcast. 724 00:33:59,006 --> 00:34:00,926 Speaker 3: It's good. Thank you guys so much, and thank you 725 00:34:01,046 --> 00:34:03,486 Speaker 3: for having me on the podcast. All right, thank you, Samus, 726 00:34:03,486 --> 00:34:05,566 Speaker 3: appreciate it. Have a good one, Thanks you too. 727 00:34:23,166 --> 00:34:25,846 Speaker 1: In Huddle is a production of the NFL in partnership 728 00:34:25,886 --> 00:34:30,446 Speaker 1: with iHeartRadio. For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iHeartRadio app, 729 00:34:30,646 --> 00:34:33,526 Speaker 1: Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.