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Speaker 1: All right.

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Speaker 2: Now we're joined by Texas and m defensive tackle Tyler

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Speaker 2: On Yetam Tyler, how are you man? How do you

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Speaker 2: think the first three days were gone for you?

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Speaker 3: It's been good man, just being blessed to be here.

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Speaker 4: Man.

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Speaker 5: I feel like the first three day has been amazing. Man,

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Speaker 5: it's been a blessing. I'm the showcase my talent and

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Speaker 5: to talk to all these NFL scouts. So that's Sarah's

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Speaker 5: been good.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Tony might have been watching you, and the thing

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Speaker 2: that's jumped out to us is your ability to penetrate.

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Speaker 2: In the first couple of days you were in the backfield,

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Speaker 2: whether it was run or past team one on ones, whatever,

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Speaker 2: you were in the backfield. What is it about your

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Speaker 2: skill sets that allows you to have that explosive first

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Speaker 2: step and just be constantly in the offensive backfield disrupting things.

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Speaker 5: Chir sir, I'll probably just say, you know, I'm not

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Speaker 5: the three twenty three thirty defensive tackle. You know I'm

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Speaker 5: the I'm two ninety so, two ninety to two ninety five.

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Speaker 5: So I feel like just me being that explosive de tacle,

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Speaker 5: I'll try to use as my strengths. Use Thats why

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Speaker 5: you know, use my quickness and my explosiveness and my

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Speaker 5: get office, you know, my my strengths to you know,

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Speaker 5: be offensive guards and be officers in there.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, what do you think your ideal of playing

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Speaker 5: I want to probably be like two ninety five ninety seven.

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Speaker 3: Well two ninety five three hundred.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, one other thing on your measurements before I

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Speaker 2: let Tony jump in here. Over thirty four inch arms? Right,

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Speaker 2: So you're not the tallest guy and not taviest guy,

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Speaker 2: but you got some length. How do you utilize your

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Speaker 3: Obviously?

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Speaker 5: You know my arms are really long, and so I

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Speaker 5: could use you know, my explosiveness, my explosiveness and arms

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Speaker 5: to literally you know, beat offense, attack with my length,

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Speaker 5: like you know, striking offensive guards and you know, just

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Speaker 3: And I feel like that can be unstoppable for them.

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Speaker 6: So yeah, where I wanted a college football playoffs? You

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Speaker 6: lost a tough game to Miami. It was a defensive struggle.

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Speaker 6: Did you go up against Ennez Cooper of the Miami

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Speaker 6: guarded old Do you remember what was it?

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Speaker 5: Like?

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Speaker 3: Yes, I want to get to him. He's a He's

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Speaker 3: definitely a really good football player. He has long arms.

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Speaker 5: I feel like he uses his length as well. He

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Speaker 5: plays like a defensive lineman, and that's I feel that's good.

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Speaker 6: So, yeah, who you're in the SEC? Like a good

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Speaker 6: offensive lineman? Who is the toughest offensive linean you're faced

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Speaker 6: in the SEC?

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Speaker 5: To be honest, I don't really think I have a

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Speaker 5: tough offensive lineman, but I have Can I tell you

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Speaker 5: a tough offensive line?

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Speaker 7: Of course?

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Speaker 3: I could probably say that I've ever played was Notre Dame.

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Speaker 3: They put ay.

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Speaker 5: You know, I feel like all their whole online works

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Speaker 5: together really really good, So I'll probably say them, you you.

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Speaker 6: Got two really good offensive linemen on Texas A and M.

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Speaker 6: You got Bistonti and uh and the read kid who's here.

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Speaker 6: What's it like practicing against them every day?

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Speaker 3: Definitely?

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Speaker 5: I feel like, you know, coming into the SEC from

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Speaker 5: as a defensive tackle, you know. And I would say

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Speaker 5: I feel like going to texting A and M and

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Speaker 5: going against them every day definitely got me better to

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Speaker 5: you know, play against other offensive guards in the SEC.

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Speaker 5: And I feel like they I give them all the

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Speaker 2: So anything specific that you when you walked into the

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Speaker 8: You could do it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely the pass rushing.

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Speaker 5: I feel like, you know, I didn't really I mean,

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Speaker 5: I feel like I definitely showed it this season, but

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Speaker 5: you know, So I'll probably just say the past rushing.

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Speaker 6: What area of your game is your strongest? What area

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Speaker 5: I get off my first step is that's my that's

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Speaker 5: my strongest suit. I feel like, you know, my explosiveness,

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Speaker 5: that's definitely my strongest suit. And then my what I

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Speaker 5: need to get better I feel like is just you know,

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Speaker 5: I can get a bit high. Sometimes my levers could

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Speaker 2: So Yeah, aside from that, what are some of the

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Speaker 2: things that you're trying to work on as you head

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Speaker 2: towards the combine and the pro day and you try

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Speaker 2: to make sure you put your best foot forward during

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Speaker 3: The forty.

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Speaker 5: Everybody wants to run a good forties, you know, So

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Speaker 6: So, yeah, how do you work on staying low? I mean,

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Speaker 6: what do you do because I mean it's a natural

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Speaker 9: So what do you do to to stay low?

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Speaker 4: Definite?

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Speaker 5: So definitely on every drill, you know, when you're working

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Speaker 5: you always just got to stay low. Just just making

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Speaker 5: the coaches that I'm one of the coaches that I'm

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Speaker 5: training with, he said, shoot, if you want.

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Speaker 3: To be able to you be good on your right

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Speaker 5: You have to use your left side as your everyday

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Speaker 3: So basically like.

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Speaker 5: Eat with your left hand, do stuff with your left hand,

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Speaker 3: Like this literally just being low.

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Speaker 9: Does there anything to do with your head?

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Speaker 6: I mean, did it tell you know you got to

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Speaker 5: I think it's really just I don't want I wouldn't

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Speaker 5: they could just be because you know, I'm I'm not

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Speaker 5: is my height, you know, just just making it, making

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Speaker 2: So yeah, and I imagine that that has everything to

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Speaker 2: to create some natural levelies you're as a guy that's

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Speaker 2: maybe not three twenty five, three thirty, you need to

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Speaker 2: be the low man order to win against the bigger

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Speaker 5: For sure, definitely, you know, just like you said, if

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Speaker 3: You know, you get high, you know back these could

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Speaker 2: So what are some of the things that they've been

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Speaker 2: peppering you about, the coaches and the scouts and everything

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Speaker 2: in these meetings with the NFL teams. What are some

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Speaker 2: of the things that they're trying to learn about you

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Speaker 2: and get at you in some of these interviews.

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Speaker 3: You know, just our first time talking to these scouts.

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Speaker 5: You know, we couldn't talk to them when they you know,

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Speaker 5: come to our schools when when we used to practice.

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Speaker 3: So basically they just want to, you know, a background check,

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Speaker 3: just to know where I came from, holes raised, and

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Speaker 3: you know, just actually many different questions about football, you

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Speaker 5: You know, I feel like that's why I love it,

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Speaker 5: because they didn't really get to talk to me, so

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Speaker 3: That I am.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, good Tony, all right, hey Tyler, good stuff man,

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Speaker 2: good look the rest of way. We appreciate the time,

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Speaker 2: appreciate it.

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Speaker 3: Thank you.

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Speaker 2: And now we're joined by UCFS ed Rusher Malchai, Lawrence Malchai.

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Speaker 2: You've been here for three days of practice. How do

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Speaker 2: you think it's gone so far?

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Speaker 1: I feel like I've been showing taking advantage of my opportunities,

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Speaker 1: you know, even if they come in like three or

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Speaker 1: been taking advantage of all of them. I've been having

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Speaker 1: a good, good days throughout this whole process.

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Speaker 2: Obviously, when you come here, you get together with your team,

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Speaker 2: your agent, your your trainers and all that stuff, and

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Speaker 2: you have a plan of what you want to do

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Speaker 2: well and what you want to show NFL teams. What

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Speaker 2: was your plan? What did you want to prove the

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Speaker 2: NFL scouts this week? Right?

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Speaker 1: I wanted to prove that I can set the edge

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Speaker 1: that was one of the ones, and also convert speed

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Speaker 1: to power. And I feel like I did that pretty

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Speaker 1: well throughout this. Like I said, these whole three days.

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Speaker 2: Is that a technique thing? You work on or is

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Speaker 2: that just going to those moves more frequently.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, going both like technique and going to those moves

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Speaker 1: more frequently, like just having a wider base with my

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Speaker 1: like not getting so high up on the shoulder with

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Speaker 1: my long arm so then I can actually create some

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Speaker 1: more power.

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Speaker 9: What do you prefer coming out of a three point

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Speaker 1: Uh, it doesn't matter to me, Like I could do both,

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Speaker 1: and I feel like I do both pretty good.

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Speaker 2: What do you think the advantage and disadvantages are of either?

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Speaker 1: Three point stance is definitely less false steps and like

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Speaker 1: two point, I tend to fall step, so like sometimes

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Speaker 1: I'll get in a three point stance so I can

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Speaker 1: just have a quicker get off, and those seconds matter

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Speaker 2: Can you see more when you're in the two points sts?

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Speaker 1: Definitely? Yeah, Like standing up, you see like where the

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Speaker 6: Now you said wider base for defending the run. Is

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Speaker 6: it easier for you to defend the run standing up

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Speaker 6: or coming out of a three point stance.

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Speaker 9: Have have they pounded that here? Here are you? Because

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Speaker 2: So let's go about you use a pass rusher. Everyone

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Speaker 6: What who's the toughest offensive tackle you faced this year

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Speaker 1: I say the Wake Force offensive tackle. Yes, you're right, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: When you're sitting down with the scouts and the gms

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Speaker 1: Right just at home, my family life. And then just

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Speaker 6: What do you I think you have to improve most

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Speaker 1: Just adding more weight, just getting a more stockier build,

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Speaker 2: You waited at two forty seven. What would be your

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Speaker 1: Right too? Sixty? Like I played this season at two

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Speaker 9: Is it hard for you to keep weight on?

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Speaker 1: No, not really. I just got to be consistent, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: What are you trying to get across to these teams

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Speaker 1: I've been telling them that I'm a vocal leader as

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Speaker 6: So yeah, I want to ask you about one current teammate,

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Speaker 1: For me Naguralie. He he's a great pass slusher as well.

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Speaker 1: He also defends the run as well. Like he he's

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Speaker 6: You mentioned the Texas Tech tackles, we're so difficult to

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Speaker 1: Right, Lee Hunter, He's a great player. You know, I'm

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Speaker 1: He knows how to disrupt the run as well as

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Speaker 6: He's really athletic for a guy that's three hundred and

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Speaker 1: Yeah he does. Yeah, he's it's impressive. Like at practice,

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Speaker 3: Happy for him.

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Speaker 2: Last when we talked about the techniques and stuff that

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Speaker 1: Right, I'm probably gonna wow people in the floorida time,

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Speaker 1: like I'll say that, and just things I'm working on

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Speaker 6: Just training for the combine, it's that start very difficult

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Speaker 9: You want to get that first step down quick, right.

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Speaker 1: It is awkward, but it's just about like this, keep repetition.

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Speaker 2: If we play in the sports in high school growing

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Speaker 1: When I was younger, I did the one hundred, two

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Speaker 6: I trained for Olympic to kathlon for eleven years. You

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Speaker 1: I didn't have that, that didn't have that stamina in me.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, Whi's only one deep fifteen runs and.

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Speaker 3: That's not me.

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Speaker 2: How do you think track and field in any other

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Speaker 3: Right?

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Speaker 2: Now, got good stuff, man, Best of luck. At the

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Speaker 1: Thank you, see appreciate it all right.

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Speaker 2: We're joined by James Thompson, defensive lineman from Illinois, and James,

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna start there because I call you a defensive lineman.

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Speaker 2: Are you a defensive end or a defensive tackle or both?

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Speaker 8: I said, probably a little bit defensive tackle really, but

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Speaker 2: Why do you think your skill set lends yourself to

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Speaker 4: Man?

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Speaker 8: You know, I just had college. My bodies got bigger,

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Speaker 8: you know what I'm saying. You know, I went from

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I looked at it. You played all over the line,

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Speaker 8: Yeah, the at the year, I was really playing at

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Speaker 2: So why do you think that's the best way for

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Speaker 8: You know, I just told I got the illinoyed manage

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Speaker 8: what I'm saying, playing like you know, nose and three

444
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Speaker 8: to I just want to be available where position I

445
00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:28,000
Speaker 8: can be and you know the allnnoy support.

446
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Speaker 3: Me with that.

447
00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,200
Speaker 2: So how did your game evolve going from Wisconsin four

448
00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:33,240
Speaker 2: years and then landing in Illinois to finish off your

449
00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:33,760
Speaker 2: college career.

450
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Speaker 4: Yeah?

451
00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:36,160
Speaker 8: Man, you know I always has been, always have a

452
00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:37,920
Speaker 8: knack to trying to be useful to the team. You

453
00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:39,560
Speaker 8: know what I'm saying, Uh, you know, always the team

454
00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:41,960
Speaker 8: first player and uh you know I guts started from

455
00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:43,720
Speaker 8: you know, since high school. You know, I just trying

456
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Speaker 8: to make sure the team had the best ability to

457
00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:47,480
Speaker 8: win and whoever the team needs to be at, I'm

458
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Speaker 8: willing to do. And when I got to Wisconsin, you

459
00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:52,440
Speaker 8: know I have leaders like ahead of me that was

460
00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,240
Speaker 8: really selfless and they show what really means to be

461
00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:57,280
Speaker 8: a really good teammate. And they was first tell enough

462
00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:58,880
Speaker 8: the player and the airs was spot in the position

463
00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:00,920
Speaker 8: of D line. And you know I already looked up

464
00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:02,800
Speaker 8: to those guys, and you know I want to be

465
00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:05,359
Speaker 8: that to a player. So you know, require me to

466
00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,680
Speaker 8: play zero, I'll play the zero played a two. I

467
00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,680
Speaker 8: I'm played two, I three four IL five tech.

468
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Speaker 2: You know I'm done with whatever, So watching it this

469
00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:16,120
Speaker 2: week and correct me if if I'm wrong. I think

470
00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:18,119
Speaker 2: you fit best at three tech. The way you were

471
00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:20,040
Speaker 2: kind of penetrating to getting inside. Is that where you

472
00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:22,480
Speaker 2: think you can, you know, use your skills the best

473
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Speaker 2: to impact the game.

474
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Speaker 8: Yeah, I feel it could be a really good three Tech.

475
00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:27,919
Speaker 8: I'm anything inside really, you know what I'm saying. I've

476
00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:30,280
Speaker 8: been playing four I all my life, three tech two

477
00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:32,520
Speaker 8: I like anything really interior. But yeah, I'm thinking I'm

478
00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,200
Speaker 8: a very aggressive guy. I got really good pints traits.

479
00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,159
Speaker 8: You know, I'm really strong, I really strong hands with

480
00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:39,159
Speaker 8: against the run. I played three Te'd be really suitable,

481
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Speaker 8: really good at Yeah.

482
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Speaker 2: And I think that's what jumped out to me was

483
00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:43,560
Speaker 2: your ability to penetrate, especially the first couple of days

484
00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:45,720
Speaker 2: of practice. You were just in the backfield all day.

485
00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:47,280
Speaker 2: What is it about your skills set? What are some

486
00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:48,960
Speaker 2: of your go to moves to get that quick early

487
00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:51,080
Speaker 2: penetration to disrupt the posing offenses.

488
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Speaker 8: Well, also, you know, I always probe myself to stop

489
00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:54,680
Speaker 8: the run first, you know, so you can't really rest

490
00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:56,040
Speaker 8: the pasages and you stopped the run, you know, so

491
00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:58,360
Speaker 8: I have a good transitional rush, you know what I'm saying.

492
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Speaker 8: I've been trying work on that time entire time here,

493
00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:02,680
Speaker 8: and I try to develop my outside rushing moves a

494
00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:04,920
Speaker 8: little bit more. But you know, just playing like care free,

495
00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:06,320
Speaker 8: you know what I'm saying. The line is a very

496
00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:08,159
Speaker 8: reactive position. You know what I'm saying. You don't have

497
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Speaker 8: like a pre recognition to eachinary time, you know.

498
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Speaker 11: What I say.

499
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Speaker 8: Sometimes you know, what you think is gonna happen not

500
00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:14,560
Speaker 8: gonna happen, so you gotta react to it. So at

501
00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:15,960
Speaker 8: the end of the day, I'm just trying to play fast.

502
00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:18,240
Speaker 8: I understand, like base technique, what I gotta do. But

503
00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:19,200
Speaker 8: at the end of the day, you know, if I

504
00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:21,000
Speaker 8: get turned up a set, you know, I gotta react

505
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Speaker 8: to it. So it's hard time we as trying to

506
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Speaker 8: play fast. You know the coaches here, you know, they

507
00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:26,560
Speaker 8: really good job of simplifying the playbook for us. Snary

508
00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:28,639
Speaker 8: things allow us. So I'll showcase our talents and just

509
00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:30,439
Speaker 8: you know, to us be us, you know, saying cho

510
00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:32,240
Speaker 8: or personality of how we are as people.

511
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Speaker 2: So what do you have to be good at? And

512
00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:36,919
Speaker 2: what are you good at to have a good transitional

513
00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:39,320
Speaker 2: rush where you're looking run first, stop to run and

514
00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:41,480
Speaker 2: then if not, you can transform it into a pass rush.

515
00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:43,080
Speaker 8: Yeah, you gotta have a motor man. And that's why

516
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Speaker 8: I'll probe myself phone just having a motor man. I'm

517
00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:46,719
Speaker 8: just relentless. I feel I just keep you on attacking

518
00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,520
Speaker 8: and penetrating. I feel I'm really strong at the point attack.

519
00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:53,000
Speaker 8: So guys will respect me. So God's trying to be aggressive,

520
00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:54,720
Speaker 8: try to knock me on my gap and sometimes you know,

521
00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,760
Speaker 8: yea use leverage and you know, use their bile. It

522
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Speaker 8: gets themselves and be able to transition even more so,

523
00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:04,159
Speaker 8: just have a good technique just then run aspect is

524
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Speaker 8: that you know, be able to use their weaknesses against

525
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Speaker 8: them and then you know, executing that.

526
00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:09,679
Speaker 2: So all right, let's say that's like third and ten though,

527
00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:11,399
Speaker 2: you know what pasts coming, what's your kind of go

528
00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:13,520
Speaker 2: to pass rushing move that then you try to create

529
00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:14,320
Speaker 2: counters off.

530
00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:17,000
Speaker 8: Of Okay, so you know I'm probing myself being aggressive

531
00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:18,960
Speaker 8: something like I always set up with a start of

532
00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:21,280
Speaker 8: bulls into a power moves or something like that. But

533
00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:22,879
Speaker 8: then you know, also you know, trying to have a

534
00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:24,960
Speaker 8: good get off, a good vertical you know, three steps

535
00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:27,000
Speaker 8: and everything. You know, trying to double swipe or maybe

536
00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:29,520
Speaker 8: hit a little little kind of inside move with a

537
00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:32,080
Speaker 8: club rip or a double swept inside. You know, is

538
00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:33,680
Speaker 8: a chess game. You know what I'm saying, as a

539
00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:35,520
Speaker 8: piece before a piece, a move before a move, and

540
00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:37,800
Speaker 8: you always trying to set something up, so three ten,

541
00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:39,760
Speaker 8: you know, it depends on the situation. You know what

542
00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:42,080
Speaker 8: I'm saying. I'm like two wide, three gaps and everything.

543
00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:43,520
Speaker 8: You know, I'm a wide three tech. You know, I

544
00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:45,560
Speaker 8: like to sell it vertical. And see, guys, if I

545
00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:46,919
Speaker 8: beat him to the point in tech, I'm gonna take

546
00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:48,680
Speaker 8: the outside. But if you knowing you trying to overset

547
00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:50,199
Speaker 8: me because you see me selling vertical, I'm gonna take

548
00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:52,399
Speaker 8: the inside move. And if he's face to face with me,

549
00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:53,880
Speaker 8: I'm gonna take me to the QB. You know, someone

550
00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:56,359
Speaker 8: take my two hands and you know, dropping backs far

551
00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:56,800
Speaker 8: as I can.

552
00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,680
Speaker 2: So yeah, how much does that also impact the player

553
00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:01,679
Speaker 2: going against right? If you're going up against the tackle

554
00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:03,919
Speaker 2: versus the guard, and you do your scouting report, how

555
00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,240
Speaker 2: much does that infunct your impact your pass rush plan

556
00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:07,119
Speaker 2: based on the opponent?

557
00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:07,760
Speaker 3: Oh said?

558
00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:10,800
Speaker 8: Like my pass RUSS player, I always take about what's

559
00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,080
Speaker 8: the over I'm going to do throwing wrong. I'm gonna

560
00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:14,960
Speaker 8: use my technique and well, I'm really good at and everything.

561
00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:16,879
Speaker 8: But sometimes you know, some people, you know, maybe a

562
00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:18,640
Speaker 8: little bit bigger. It's all, I'm gonna be three forty

563
00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:20,479
Speaker 8: three thirty five. So you might sit down really well,

564
00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:22,119
Speaker 8: but you can't remove very well. So maybe I use

565
00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:23,880
Speaker 8: a little for next move instead of going more power

566
00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:26,359
Speaker 8: power the horse that way through or vice versa. You know,

567
00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:29,000
Speaker 8: this guy's really good with handling the outside move, but

568
00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:31,680
Speaker 8: he doesn't have any weight. I'll get some by gor

569
00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:33,680
Speaker 8: on power. You know, all dictates about what he got

570
00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:36,119
Speaker 8: and also of punch he is. Sometimes some people got

571
00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:39,080
Speaker 8: a little alternator two hand punchs one hand punch, why hand?

572
00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:41,160
Speaker 8: You know what I'm saying? Underhooks like it's so many

573
00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:43,720
Speaker 8: different rietay of people sets and how they operate and

574
00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:45,840
Speaker 8: how they gets their spot. And you know, for me,

575
00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:47,720
Speaker 8: you know, that's like things reaction. You don't know what

576
00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:48,960
Speaker 8: you're gonna get, so you know you got to be

577
00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:50,480
Speaker 8: able to react to what they throw at you. They

578
00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:51,240
Speaker 8: can switch up on you.

579
00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:53,920
Speaker 2: So what were your goals this week that you wanted

580
00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:57,439
Speaker 2: to either prove or show to NFL scouts and coaches

581
00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:59,399
Speaker 2: that we here coaching in and watching practice from the

582
00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:00,720
Speaker 2: sideline of this, I'm.

583
00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:02,160
Speaker 8: One of the best D tackles in this draft, man.

584
00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:03,639
Speaker 8: You know, I feel like I have a chip on

585
00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:05,240
Speaker 8: my shoulder. You know, I feel like I'm not like

586
00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:07,800
Speaker 8: the biggest name D tackle in the draft and everything,

587
00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:09,720
Speaker 8: but I understand that. But I know what's how a

588
00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:11,200
Speaker 8: person I am. I know I have to tape after

589
00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:13,240
Speaker 8: the prove that I'm really wanted the great D tackle

590
00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:14,800
Speaker 8: coming out this draft and that you know, at the

591
00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:15,800
Speaker 8: end of the day, I'm here to work.

592
00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:16,000
Speaker 12: Man.

593
00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,320
Speaker 8: You know, I feel like that I'm a gud a

594
00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:19,359
Speaker 8: couple of pair areas a day in, day out, and

595
00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:21,359
Speaker 8: then also just just trying to be a good teammate.

596
00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:22,600
Speaker 8: You know what I'm saying I mean, I got a

597
00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:24,040
Speaker 8: lot of friends here at it's time quite you know

598
00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:26,560
Speaker 8: what saying people that play against and people who afford

599
00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:28,000
Speaker 8: teammates of mine and stuff like that. It was like

600
00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,159
Speaker 8: really cool experience and just trying to connect with people. Man,

601
00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:32,760
Speaker 8: you know, just trying to credit atmosphere this enjoyable because

602
00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:33,440
Speaker 8: football is fun.

603
00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:33,639
Speaker 2: Man.

604
00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:35,720
Speaker 8: You know, I'm mean to people, I'm playing the game

605
00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:37,240
Speaker 8: that loves as I was a kid, you know, and

606
00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:38,960
Speaker 8: you know I'm just going out there and playing.

607
00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:41,679
Speaker 2: So yeah, that's awesome. As you're trying to train now

608
00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:43,200
Speaker 2: you get ready for the combined, you get ready for

609
00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:44,880
Speaker 2: your pro day. What are the the things that you're

610
00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:46,600
Speaker 2: trying to find you and continue to work on to

611
00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:49,399
Speaker 2: get better at as you try to complete this pre

612
00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:51,240
Speaker 2: draft process and put your best foot forward.

613
00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:53,639
Speaker 8: Oh yeah again, like get technique. Man, I feel like

614
00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:55,360
Speaker 8: a lot of stuff do you prepare for, like combine

615
00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:57,800
Speaker 8: or Pro day stuff and everything, it's all come to technique.

616
00:21:57,840 --> 00:21:59,960
Speaker 8: You know, Like everybody think like, oh man, this guy's

617
00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:02,360
Speaker 8: like really fast. Like yeah, they fast, but I guarantee

618
00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:03,919
Speaker 8: you a lot of times it's like about the steps

619
00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:05,920
Speaker 8: they take doing the five ten five or doing the

620
00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:08,120
Speaker 8: three cones, drill, the LD drill or even the forty

621
00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:09,840
Speaker 8: yard dash. People think he's just four yard dash is

622
00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:12,119
Speaker 8: just you're just running hard. You can't get no, man,

623
00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:15,280
Speaker 8: it's off. To get off is to get off your angles,

624
00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:17,240
Speaker 8: like I was my training with somebody like you, like

625
00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:19,080
Speaker 8: a jet plane, like you gotta stay low for the

626
00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:21,520
Speaker 8: first twenty yards and raise up slowly so you can

627
00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,120
Speaker 8: have the maximum hilocity come off. It's like so much

628
00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,680
Speaker 8: minute detail to come with running form and stuff like that.

629
00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,000
Speaker 8: So you know, it's definitely new to me because I'm

630
00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:30,800
Speaker 8: not a track star. He goes, I'm not the wide receiver.

631
00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:34,000
Speaker 8: I haven't been training to run fast for forty plus

632
00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:36,960
Speaker 8: yards like that. I'm like five ten yards cool, forty

633
00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:37,800
Speaker 8: you know what I'm saying.

634
00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:39,360
Speaker 2: That's not really out my hallmark.

635
00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:41,480
Speaker 8: But you know it's all about techniqu I'm not just

636
00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:43,320
Speaker 8: trying to hold my technique. Make sure I'm Chris, make

637
00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:45,400
Speaker 8: sure I efficient and you know, checking the fast time.

638
00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:47,040
Speaker 2: Hey, guys in your position though a lot of these

639
00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:48,800
Speaker 2: guys do. Look at the ten yards split right. That

640
00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,480
Speaker 2: is a brilliant that's almost more important in some ways

641
00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:52,320
Speaker 2: than the forty four guy.

642
00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:54,840
Speaker 8: Your spot right, Yeah, man, I'm just trying to work

643
00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:56,359
Speaker 8: on my stuff, work on my technique. I know I'm

644
00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:58,080
Speaker 8: really explosive. So I got that point. So I just

645
00:22:58,119 --> 00:22:59,399
Speaker 8: got to make sure to let it fly where I

646
00:22:59,400 --> 00:22:59,880
Speaker 8: get a chance.

647
00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:02,480
Speaker 2: I love it. And then finally, when you talk to

648
00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:04,400
Speaker 2: these guys in these means and everything, and they're trying

649
00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:06,160
Speaker 2: to learn about you as a guy, you as a person,

650
00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:08,159
Speaker 2: what you bring. What are some of the things that

651
00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:09,440
Speaker 2: they have a lot of the teams have talked to

652
00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:11,000
Speaker 2: you about, and they're trying to learn about you as

653
00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:12,040
Speaker 2: they get to know you in person.

654
00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:14,120
Speaker 8: Yeah, you know, they just asked the very like simple questions,

655
00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:15,720
Speaker 8: just like who I am as a person. You know,

656
00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:17,480
Speaker 8: how I grew up, how I raise They tell her

657
00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:19,960
Speaker 8: my journey through high school through college and while I'm

658
00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,520
Speaker 8: here now and talk about my strengths with my weaknesses.

659
00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:23,879
Speaker 8: You know, they just trying to see what a man

660
00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:25,639
Speaker 8: I am. And you know, at the end of the day,

661
00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:27,440
Speaker 8: I give him honest answer, easter and eary time, and

662
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Speaker 8: just who I am, and I give them a great personality,

663
00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,520
Speaker 8: positive energy. I'm a big positive energy type of guy.

664
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Speaker 8: I love it.

665
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Speaker 4: Man.

666
00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,160
Speaker 8: I'm all about positive energy, man, because you know, life

667
00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:38,040
Speaker 8: is too hard to just be mad and sad all

668
00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:39,399
Speaker 8: the time. You know, you got a smile. Man, You're

669
00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,120
Speaker 8: grateful to be here. So uh yeah, I'm just trying

670
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Speaker 8: to be authentic.

671
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Speaker 4: You know.

672
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Speaker 2: I like that positive energy. Our flights just got canceled,

673
00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:47,560
Speaker 2: so we need some of that positive energy out of you.

674
00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:49,200
Speaker 2: To be honest with you. We love it, We love it.

675
00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:51,760
Speaker 2: Did you fin out the sports in high school growing

676
00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:53,240
Speaker 2: up that that kind of maybe helped you become a

677
00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:54,000
Speaker 2: better football player?

678
00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,240
Speaker 8: Oh yeah, for sure. I think shot put and disc

679
00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:57,600
Speaker 8: has really helped me at lot. You know, say with

680
00:23:57,640 --> 00:23:59,600
Speaker 8: the hips and everything is like explosive, like shot Like

681
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Speaker 8: I didn't running, you know what I'm saying. Obviously that's

682
00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:03,639
Speaker 8: why I did no track, but the field aspect, you know,

683
00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,000
Speaker 8: I was sitting down eating chips and you know, snacks,

684
00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:07,600
Speaker 8: and I want to silent and hear my nagget called

685
00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:09,520
Speaker 8: I'll get ready to throw a heavy pound shot put.

686
00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:11,560
Speaker 8: But I say that's really helped me a lot, because

687
00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:13,719
Speaker 8: like playing the lines is very explosive. It's short term,

688
00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:15,120
Speaker 8: it's very explosive. You got come up to your hips

689
00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:16,879
Speaker 8: stuff with that, and it take not use with the glide.

690
00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:18,560
Speaker 8: So like it wasn't like to spend, so I usually

691
00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:21,760
Speaker 8: just kick, step back, twitch, my hips explode out, put

692
00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:23,840
Speaker 8: hips through and everything. And I used my upper body

693
00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:25,879
Speaker 8: strip to the full extension. Like I feel like that

694
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Speaker 8: really helped me a lot.

695
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Speaker 2: Dude, it was your getting on you man. Best luck

696
00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:30,000
Speaker 2: the rest of the way. Thank you so much, and

697
00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:31,160
Speaker 2: have fun of the game on Tuesday.

698
00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:32,840
Speaker 8: Man, thank you very much for having me appreciate it.

699
00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:33,959
Speaker 3: Hod up, get in here.

700
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Speaker 2: If you're lined up here, you gotta go over the

701
00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:38,280
Speaker 2: middle with at the score. Great.

702
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Speaker 1: How do we make that happen?

703
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Speaker 2: I don't know, but titizen does makes sense of your

704
00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:48,359
Speaker 2: money with citizens Official Bank of Eli Manning And now

705
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Speaker 2: we're joined from the University of South Carolina, DQ Smith.

706
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Speaker 11: Thank you.

707
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Speaker 9: What's going on?

708
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Speaker 2: Man?

709
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Speaker 12: I wore you pretty good, pretty good, and join this process. Happy,

710
00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,080
Speaker 12: happy to be here, you know, and just really enjoying

711
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Speaker 12: it all right.

712
00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:00,560
Speaker 2: Well, we've only had been here one day. In terms

713
00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:02,640
Speaker 2: of practice, you've been here two days learning to playbook.

714
00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:05,320
Speaker 2: So let's start there first, playbook wise. What was it

715
00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:07,680
Speaker 2: like trying to digest this thing and bring it onto

716
00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:09,000
Speaker 2: the field in like thirty six hours?

717
00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:10,920
Speaker 12: You know, we have the coaches here to really get

718
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:12,840
Speaker 12: the point across to us, you know, get these coverages

719
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Speaker 12: down for us.

720
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Speaker 3: So you know, it's it was barely.

721
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Speaker 12: It was really easy for me to get you know,

722
00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,200
Speaker 12: it's it's kind of like similar to the things we

723
00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:22,040
Speaker 12: ran in college. That's how Carolina. So it was different terminology,

724
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:23,440
Speaker 12: I would say, So it was different.

725
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Speaker 3: It was you know, I'm sorry, it was easy for me.

726
00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:25,720
Speaker 3: I'm sorry.

727
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Speaker 2: No, that's good. When you try to bring it onto

728
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Speaker 2: the field today for the first time, how do you

729
00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:29,560
Speaker 2: think you did?

730
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Speaker 3: Handa pretty good? Pretty good for a first day.

731
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Speaker 12: You know, it's some things we definitely can clean up

732
00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:35,439
Speaker 12: as a secondary, as a whole, as a whole team. Actually,

733
00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:38,239
Speaker 12: we can definitely clean up and you know tomorrow sho

734
00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:39,200
Speaker 12: be all cleaner day.

735
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Speaker 2: Six foot twelve Is that where you want to play

736
00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:42,119
Speaker 2: at two twelve?

737
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Speaker 3: Yes, sir, Yes, sir.

738
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Speaker 2: Was that your playing weight last year too?

739
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Speaker 3: Or oh yes, sir, I was around the same same weight.

740
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Speaker 2: What is it about that size that you think matches

741
00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:50,680
Speaker 2: your game and is where you want to be?

742
00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:52,960
Speaker 12: You know, for safety, you know you have to tackle

743
00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:54,879
Speaker 12: these big guys, your big running bats coming through the

744
00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:56,840
Speaker 12: whole fit these gaps with the guards and tackles. I

745
00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:58,480
Speaker 12: feel like it's a good safety to hold my ground,

746
00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:00,879
Speaker 12: and I feel like it's another a great way for

747
00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:02,920
Speaker 12: me to run with these receivers as well, being able

748
00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:04,480
Speaker 12: to open up and run with these guys as fast

749
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Speaker 12: on the field.

750
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Speaker 2: Safety is such a general term these days because safeties

751
00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:11,240
Speaker 2: can be single high safety, they'd be a two ice safety.

752
00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:12,760
Speaker 2: They can be a slot player, they can be a

753
00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:15,680
Speaker 2: box player anything. So for fans that maybe haven't watched

754
00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,399
Speaker 2: you play safety, how would you define what type of

755
00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:19,159
Speaker 2: safety you are.

756
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Speaker 3: I'm one of those safeties that can do really all

757
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Speaker 3: of it.

758
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Speaker 5: You know.

759
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Speaker 12: My freshman year, coming in I was labeled as a safety,

760
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Speaker 12: but I played nickel. You know, I played nickel, so

761
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Speaker 12: I was in a slot a lot gonen almost every

762
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Speaker 12: slight guy we you know, faced on my freshman year

763
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Speaker 12: and then going into my sophomore year played strong and safety.

764
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Speaker 12: I was in the post, you know, and then I

765
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Speaker 12: as a time evolved my senior year, my last year,

766
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Speaker 12: I'm playing free safety.

767
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Speaker 3: Now I'm in the box.

768
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Speaker 2: So you know you're in the box boards.

769
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Speaker 12: Yes, I was in Baltimore, so it was it was

770
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Speaker 12: definitely a fun. All positions are fun for me. You know,

771
00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:50,399
Speaker 12: I all learned from something from each one of them,

772
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Speaker 12: and you know it was definitely the greatest pans for

773
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Speaker 12: me as well.

774
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Speaker 2: Is that some of the NFL teams have talked to

775
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Speaker 2: you about about where you feel most comfortable, where you

776
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Speaker 2: think you play your best ball.

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Speaker 12: Oh, yes, sir, definitely got that question. I tell like,

778
00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:01,879
Speaker 12: I'm just one of those guys that can do it all.

779
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:03,800
Speaker 12: Like it's no matter where I'm at, I feel comfortable

780
00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:05,280
Speaker 12: in every single one of them. So you know, just

781
00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:07,560
Speaker 12: lace them up and let's do it.

782
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Speaker 4: I can do it.

783
00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:10,320
Speaker 3: That's all right, So you can do them all? Yes, sir,

784
00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:12,920
Speaker 3: What is the most fun doing? What do you like

785
00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:16,000
Speaker 3: doing the most at safety? I really like communicating. I

786
00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:17,800
Speaker 3: really like getting everybody on the same page.

787
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Speaker 12: Yeah, I like get communicating, getting everybody on the same page,

788
00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:22,760
Speaker 12: making sure we're playing together. So when we do get

789
00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:24,240
Speaker 12: a play call, you know, and they run to play

790
00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:25,880
Speaker 12: and we shut it down, I'll be like, Okay, good,

791
00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:26,840
Speaker 12: we all on the same page.

792
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:28,760
Speaker 3: I did my job, you know, we made a play.

793
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Speaker 12: And if I'm at Nickel, you know, I really like covering,

794
00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:33,800
Speaker 12: so just guarding those slot guys, taking them out of

795
00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:36,160
Speaker 12: the game, you know, getting people use, getting up, celebrating,

796
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:37,800
Speaker 12: you know, that's everything about it is fine.

797
00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:39,920
Speaker 2: Now, a lot of that communicating it is pre snap,

798
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,040
Speaker 2: right sir. You call a play that doesn't necessarily mean

799
00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:46,720
Speaker 2: that's the player gonna run and all that sort of stuff.

800
00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:49,280
Speaker 2: So what's your preparation like heading into the game to

801
00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:51,840
Speaker 2: make sure that you're sharp pre snap, that you make

802
00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:54,560
Speaker 2: sure your guys are always ready for the right player,

803
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:55,199
Speaker 2: that the team's run.

804
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Speaker 12: Well, my defensive coordinator Clayton White and defensive back coach

805
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Speaker 12: t Gray, they they harp on communications. So just being

806
00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:04,960
Speaker 12: able to go out throughout the week, really getting these checks,

807
00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,879
Speaker 12: having plenty walk throughs or whatever it is, you know,

808
00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:08,760
Speaker 12: just meetings.

809
00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:10,520
Speaker 3: You know we do meetings even not at the school,

810
00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:11,240
Speaker 3: we do it on Zoom.

811
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Speaker 12: So just having all those meetings get done, you know,

812
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,840
Speaker 12: it's really it's amazing how much time guys put in

813
00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:17,480
Speaker 12: to give us the information to do it, and you know,

814
00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:19,840
Speaker 12: when we finally do it, you know, it's it's something

815
00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:21,560
Speaker 12: that you know, you put a lot of time working

816
00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:23,160
Speaker 12: to it. So when you see it happening on Saturday

817
00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,199
Speaker 12: and the game plan workout, so it's definitely it's like.

818
00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:28,120
Speaker 2: Oh, I'm gonna go position by position here. What does

819
00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:31,000
Speaker 2: it take to be a good nickel player that plays

820
00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,359
Speaker 2: the slot having to support the run but also cover Like.

821
00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:35,480
Speaker 12: You said, it takes it takes a smart guy to

822
00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:38,200
Speaker 12: play in nickel the slot, just because you know, you

823
00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:39,560
Speaker 12: have to fit the run, you have to know you

824
00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:41,280
Speaker 12: have to read the guard and tackle sometimes, you know,

825
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:43,160
Speaker 12: but you also have to be one of smart guys

826
00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:45,640
Speaker 12: because in the slot they're not always the fastest guys.

827
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:47,360
Speaker 12: They're the smartest guys on the field as well, so

828
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,560
Speaker 12: just being being able to guard them, you know, seeing

829
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:52,400
Speaker 12: the routes. You got to see the formation as well

830
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:54,160
Speaker 12: to know routes you could possibly get from the slot.

831
00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:56,200
Speaker 12: So just all of that and then being able to

832
00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:58,960
Speaker 12: be at a lighter weight or whatever it is and

833
00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:00,840
Speaker 12: tackle the running backs, fit the b gap still and

834
00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:02,240
Speaker 12: blitz and you know all of these things.

835
00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:02,880
Speaker 3: You don't have to be a.

836
00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:04,880
Speaker 2: Forced player against the Poland guard.

837
00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:06,800
Speaker 12: Exactly, and you got to send it back inside. So

838
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:09,240
Speaker 12: it's it's definitely nicol you have to be one of

839
00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:10,600
Speaker 12: them smart guys to play a slot.

840
00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:12,720
Speaker 2: All right. How about playing the post? If you're playing

841
00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:13,480
Speaker 2: that single hed.

842
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:15,360
Speaker 12: Planning a post, you cannot let the quarterback get you

843
00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:17,400
Speaker 12: with his eyes. You can't let it get you can't

844
00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:19,080
Speaker 12: let the play action get you can't let the alignment

845
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:20,960
Speaker 12: for you. All of those things. You always have to

846
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,760
Speaker 12: be like a safety, a real safety valve for the defense.

847
00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:25,640
Speaker 12: Like if anything breaks loose, you gotta knock it down.

848
00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:27,440
Speaker 12: If anything's thrown deep, you gotta go get it. So

849
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:30,880
Speaker 12: it's one of those players that's just trustworthy of the defense,

850
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:32,680
Speaker 12: one of those guys that you can trust to always

851
00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:33,360
Speaker 12: be back there and make a.

852
00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:33,720
Speaker 3: Play for you.

853
00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:35,080
Speaker 2: All right, then how about playing in the box?

854
00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:35,720
Speaker 3: Planning the box.

855
00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:38,040
Speaker 12: You gotta be that tough guy, that that angry god

856
00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:40,240
Speaker 12: that's gonna always come downhill and smack it that the

857
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:41,880
Speaker 12: line of scrimmage. You know, one of those guys that's

858
00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:44,040
Speaker 12: not afraid of contact. And if you're not afraid of contact,

859
00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:45,960
Speaker 12: playing the box is definitely one of the positions.

860
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:49,360
Speaker 2: Love the answer. Love the answer. So when these guys

861
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:51,160
Speaker 2: sitting down on these meetings and they're talking to you,

862
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:52,800
Speaker 2: we talked about you as a player, what are they

863
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:54,880
Speaker 2: what are you trying to get across about you as

864
00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:56,600
Speaker 2: a guy, what you bring to a locker room, and

865
00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,040
Speaker 2: just you know, the personality and the person you're gonna

866
00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:01,000
Speaker 2: bring to that locker room and that NFL city wherever

867
00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:01,520
Speaker 2: you wind up.

868
00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:04,320
Speaker 12: Definitely an energetic player on the field, you know, that's

869
00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:06,720
Speaker 12: gonna bring that energy even when days you know, certain

870
00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:08,360
Speaker 12: players don't feel like practicing. You know, it's not the

871
00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:10,680
Speaker 12: it's not the right conditions they like people want to

872
00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:13,440
Speaker 12: practice them. That I definitely bring. And then just the

873
00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:19,320
Speaker 12: I would definitely say that that that that swagger. I'm

874
00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:21,600
Speaker 12: definitely bringing that swagger to the team, you know, just

875
00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:23,360
Speaker 12: the way I can play the game.

876
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:24,200
Speaker 3: You know, I feel like I.

877
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Speaker 12: Play the game at a high pace, you know, a

878
00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:27,440
Speaker 12: high level, and I can get everybody on the same page.

879
00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:30,680
Speaker 12: Just I can be held accountable anything like that. So

880
00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:32,600
Speaker 12: just that type of player that I'm trying to get

881
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:34,680
Speaker 12: a point across. And then I'm not I'm a team player.

882
00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:37,200
Speaker 12: I really like to put the team before me, you know,

883
00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:39,600
Speaker 12: making sure everybody else is on the same page, and

884
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:41,840
Speaker 12: then I get myself right, you know, because I can't

885
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:43,960
Speaker 12: prepare it. You know, just special teams as well, Like

886
00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:45,640
Speaker 12: I'm willing to play special teams and I just thought

887
00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:47,000
Speaker 12: on defense, you know, I'm willing to go out there

888
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:47,960
Speaker 12: and help special teams.

889
00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:49,600
Speaker 3: I feel like special teams is a part of the game.

890
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:51,800
Speaker 12: You know, that's the most critical, because you know, a

891
00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,760
Speaker 12: block point can be the seven points or the crucial

892
00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:55,960
Speaker 12: part of the game. Would it changed the game and

893
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:57,760
Speaker 12: the whole trajectory of the game out of the momentums

894
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:00,160
Speaker 12: and on the other team, and I you know, thing

895
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:01,880
Speaker 12: can happen from that. So special teams, I'm one of

896
00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:03,480
Speaker 12: those players that's wanting to play all of that.

897
00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:06,440
Speaker 2: How much have you played gunner ever before? Either a

898
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:08,320
Speaker 2: gunner or I covered them?

899
00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:08,479
Speaker 4: Oh?

900
00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:10,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, I covered a gunner. I did that my senior year.

901
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:12,920
Speaker 12: See throughout my years, I always played something different on

902
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:16,600
Speaker 12: special teams. So my my senior year, I was one

903
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:18,640
Speaker 12: of the people that double team the gunners, you know,

904
00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:20,280
Speaker 12: or rush and trumpat block a punt, you know, one

905
00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:20,760
Speaker 12: of those things.

906
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:21,960
Speaker 3: I hold it up so we can get up a

907
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:22,600
Speaker 3: good part return.

908
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:24,640
Speaker 2: So yes, sir, d Q man, good luck man, Yes,

909
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:26,440
Speaker 2: pleas you're getting know your good luck this, sir, Thank

910
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:28,200
Speaker 2: you so much. All right, and now we're joined by

911
00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:31,040
Speaker 2: Arizona State Safety. You can see him rocking the logo

912
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:33,520
Speaker 2: on this on the sweatshirt right there. Miles Rowser, Miles

913
00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:33,920
Speaker 2: what's going on?

914
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:34,080
Speaker 5: Then?

915
00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:34,880
Speaker 2: How are you I'm doing?

916
00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:35,560
Speaker 4: What are you doing?

917
00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:37,600
Speaker 2: I'm doing great, dude. All right, so let's start here.

918
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:40,280
Speaker 2: You transferred from New Mexico Arizona State. Right, I'm sure

919
00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:44,000
Speaker 2: team could ask you about why you transferred. What needed

920
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:45,959
Speaker 2: a better fit at Arizona State fear than in New Mexico.

921
00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:50,120
Speaker 13: Really, I didn't have no plans on like transferring, but

922
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:53,560
Speaker 13: we we we had made history. So it kind of

923
00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:57,600
Speaker 13: all played out where the whole coaching staff got better jobs,

924
00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:00,360
Speaker 13: and you know, I had an opportunity did it to

925
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:02,960
Speaker 13: go on on a bigger stage with Arizona State.

926
00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:06,360
Speaker 14: What it was about Arizona State that that had that

927
00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:10,200
Speaker 14: made sense for you? Really just that it was coach

928
00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:15,000
Speaker 14: Dellingham energy and you know, his his personality. That that

929
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:18,960
Speaker 14: that that drove me to Arizona State. But also knowing

930
00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:21,440
Speaker 14: that he was trying to build something new, that that

931
00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:22,400
Speaker 14: that stood out to me.

932
00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:24,840
Speaker 2: Now we have a son in Arizona State alumni and

933
00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 2: the Giants right now, most definitely cam Uh And now

934
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:30,800
Speaker 2: what I learned about Cam since he got there. You know,

935
00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:33,160
Speaker 2: he might be an offensive player, but he knows everybody

936
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:35,320
Speaker 2: in the team and everyone interacts with Cam. What was

937
00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:36,400
Speaker 2: it like being a college.

938
00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:36,680
Speaker 7: Teammate of his?

939
00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:39,640
Speaker 11: It was, it was it was a great experience, like

940
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:42,880
Speaker 11: he's crazy, Like being around his energy, Yeah, most definitely,

941
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:44,120
Speaker 11: like just being around.

942
00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:46,960
Speaker 13: His energy and like, you know, seeing how how he

943
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:49,400
Speaker 13: reacted with people and how he played the game.

944
00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:49,760
Speaker 4: It was.

945
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:52,320
Speaker 13: It was an amazing experience. And we both had number four,

946
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:54,520
Speaker 13: so it was kind of like I kind of call

947
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:55,840
Speaker 13: him like evil tween, like.

948
00:32:58,400 --> 00:32:58,800
Speaker 4: I like that.

949
00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:00,000
Speaker 3: That's all was definitely.

950
00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:03,560
Speaker 2: So you measured in just under six foot right, about

951
00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:05,280
Speaker 2: one hundred and eighty four pounds. Is that where you

952
00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:07,280
Speaker 2: want to play? Do you want to be heavy or lighter?

953
00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:09,680
Speaker 11: No, I'm definitely gonna be heavier.

954
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:14,600
Speaker 13: I played at Arizona State, so that's definitely where I'm

955
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:16,200
Speaker 13: where I'm playing at now.

956
00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:18,520
Speaker 2: It's funny, I was just talking to Todefu Smith and

957
00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:19,920
Speaker 2: I said the same thing them. I'll say it to you.

958
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:23,320
Speaker 2: Safety is a very broad term now, right, There's so

959
00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:25,120
Speaker 2: many roles of safety can play. You can be a

960
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:27,000
Speaker 2: box safety, you can be a slot safety, you can

961
00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:28,880
Speaker 2: be a post safety, can be a two eyes safety.

962
00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:29,320
Speaker 7: Huh.

963
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:31,720
Speaker 2: You played a lot of those different spots right in college?

964
00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:34,720
Speaker 2: Where either are you most comfortable or do you enjoy

965
00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:35,480
Speaker 2: playing the most.

966
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 13: I enjoy playing the most in the box because I

967
00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:42,840
Speaker 13: can be, you know, most physical, most aggressive person.

968
00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:45,560
Speaker 2: You know a lot of people that are one ninety five.

969
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:48,760
Speaker 2: Someone might think you're a little crazy. You want to

970
00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:50,640
Speaker 2: be physical and you got these three hundred and fifteen

971
00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:53,680
Speaker 2: pounds offensive on then come down you. Why do you

972
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:54,880
Speaker 2: enjoy that part of the.

973
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:58,680
Speaker 11: Game, just like all the certain wise I got for

974
00:33:58,800 --> 00:33:59,480
Speaker 11: playing the game.

975
00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:04,200
Speaker 13: I started playing football when I was five, and it

976
00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:07,480
Speaker 13: really drove me because I lost my father at that

977
00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:10,560
Speaker 13: age and I lost him the breast cancer at that age.

978
00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:13,160
Speaker 13: So I kind of just got into football to you know,

979
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:16,000
Speaker 13: cop with my emotions, and you know, I didn't really

980
00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:18,160
Speaker 13: understand that I wasn't gonna see my dad again.

981
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:19,439
Speaker 4: So it was very hard.

982
00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:24,040
Speaker 2: How is football become such a big part of your life.

983
00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:27,480
Speaker 2: You talked about why you started, right, Has it stayed

984
00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:29,800
Speaker 2: that important to you as you've played it throughout your career.

985
00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:30,600
Speaker 4: Yeah.

986
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:32,600
Speaker 13: And it was just you know, more adversity that I

987
00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:36,239
Speaker 13: had to overcome. You know, I lost my stepbrother. He

988
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:38,400
Speaker 13: was in the game of football. He was supposed to

989
00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:41,200
Speaker 13: be in the draft. Last year I lost I lost

990
00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:46,040
Speaker 13: him last year and right now like I gotta, I gotta,

991
00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:47,160
Speaker 13: I got a son on the way.

992
00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:48,319
Speaker 2: Congratulations.

993
00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:50,600
Speaker 11: Yeah, so he'll be here in three months.

994
00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:51,720
Speaker 2: That's awesome.

995
00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:51,920
Speaker 5: Man.

996
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:56,600
Speaker 2: How is those tragedies obviously something that no one should

997
00:34:56,640 --> 00:35:01,200
Speaker 2: ever have to deal with in terms of effective understanding

998
00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:03,480
Speaker 2: the game and life? How did that all kind of

999
00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:05,960
Speaker 2: come together for you as as you're still dealing with

1000
00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:07,240
Speaker 2: with those losses.

1001
00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:12,239
Speaker 13: Just knowing that with adversity you prevail. So just knowing that,

1002
00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:16,399
Speaker 13: like you know, so many people go through adversity, whether

1003
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:19,480
Speaker 13: it's the same as me or not, but as long

1004
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:23,440
Speaker 13: as you can go through it and survive, you're prevailing.

1005
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:23,719
Speaker 4: Life.

1006
00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:28,040
Speaker 2: Are these you know? Everyone has different questions that the

1007
00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:30,359
Speaker 2: coaches and the scouts and you meet with them across

1008
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:32,440
Speaker 2: the hall here every day. Is that the type of

1009
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:34,239
Speaker 2: stuff that they're talking to you about you as a

1010
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:36,080
Speaker 2: person and kind of your life story in terms in

1011
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:36,880
Speaker 2: terms of how you got here?

1012
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:37,840
Speaker 11: Yeah, most definitely.

1013
00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:39,360
Speaker 13: And they want to they just want to know me

1014
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:42,000
Speaker 13: as a person, like, uh, from what I heard from

1015
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,520
Speaker 13: the scouts, they know me as a football player.

1016
00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:47,440
Speaker 11: They want to know that the person under the helmet.

1017
00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:50,120
Speaker 2: So you've already talked about your story. In terms of

1018
00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:51,719
Speaker 2: a person, what do you bring to the locker room?

1019
00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:51,840
Speaker 4: What?

1020
00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:53,520
Speaker 2: What are you going to bring as a person to

1021
00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:55,680
Speaker 2: whatever city you wind up in as an NFL player.

1022
00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:59,640
Speaker 11: Uh, just the best version of myself, the best the

1023
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:00,480
Speaker 11: best person.

1024
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:03,279
Speaker 2: I can be as you hit the field there. What

1025
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:04,719
Speaker 2: are some of the things that you want to show

1026
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:07,600
Speaker 2: improve to NFL scouts and coaches as a player on

1027
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:09,040
Speaker 2: the field and practice that in the game.

1028
00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,759
Speaker 13: Uh, that I can take better angles tackling, I can

1029
00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:16,600
Speaker 13: make the decision on wrapping up or you know, not

1030
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:18,800
Speaker 13: having to wrap up on certain tackles.

1031
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:20,640
Speaker 11: And also that I can get the ball in my

1032
00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:21,000
Speaker 11: hands on.

1033
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:24,200
Speaker 2: The Baltimore And as you go through this draft process,

1034
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:27,160
Speaker 2: everyone goes to do training right you you know, leave goals.

1035
00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:28,759
Speaker 2: I want to have a better forty time. I want

1036
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:31,680
Speaker 2: to have a better code three, code whatever. In terms

1037
00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:34,520
Speaker 2: of improving yourself, not only drafting but as a football player.

1038
00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:35,840
Speaker 2: What are some of the things that you're going to

1039
00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:38,160
Speaker 2: be working on during this pre draft process as you

1040
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:39,399
Speaker 2: get ready for the NFL draft.

1041
00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:44,080
Speaker 13: Just paying attention to more detail in general, as far

1042
00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:48,120
Speaker 13: as you know with the forty or like as far

1043
00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:51,080
Speaker 13: as dB drills. Just paying attention to the detail and

1044
00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:53,480
Speaker 13: being more technical.

1045
00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:56,080
Speaker 2: Now was what's gooat? Getting to know you man? Best

1046
00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:58,040
Speaker 2: looking at the draft process. Thank you so much appreciation,

1047
00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:02,319
Speaker 2: and now we walcome in. I'm Toledo cornerback smith. If

1048
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:02,800
Speaker 2: what's going on?

1049
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:03,640
Speaker 3: Man? What's going on?

1050
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:05,040
Speaker 7: I'm doing good? How about yourself?

1051
00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:05,799
Speaker 2: I'm doing great?

1052
00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:06,000
Speaker 8: Well.

1053
00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:07,640
Speaker 2: I want to know how practice went for you today?

1054
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:09,320
Speaker 2: After one day of practice, you're trying to learn to

1055
00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:10,600
Speaker 2: playbook in thirty six hours?

1056
00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:11,239
Speaker 8: How to go?

1057
00:37:11,719 --> 00:37:12,400
Speaker 7: It wasn't too hour.

1058
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:14,840
Speaker 15: We don't got too much install kind of base coverages,

1059
00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:16,799
Speaker 15: but I felt like I had a good day, kind

1060
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:19,439
Speaker 15: of show my versatility, they made some plays on the ball,

1061
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:21,560
Speaker 15: and looking forward to dominate day too.

1062
00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:21,799
Speaker 4: Well.

1063
00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:23,759
Speaker 2: You mentioned versatility. What are some of the things that

1064
00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:26,680
Speaker 2: your goals are to show coaches when you're on the

1065
00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:27,279
Speaker 2: field this year.

1066
00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:29,680
Speaker 15: Yeah, my biggest goal is I'm coming here trying to

1067
00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:31,640
Speaker 15: show on the best player in the draft, not just

1068
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:34,239
Speaker 15: here but in the drafting total and some of the

1069
00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:36,680
Speaker 15: personal things. I want to show that I could play anywhere.

1070
00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:38,759
Speaker 15: I feel like people got a good sense of my cut,

1071
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:41,719
Speaker 15: but just trying to broadcast and have them see it

1072
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:42,160
Speaker 15: in person.

1073
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:44,960
Speaker 2: Now primarily an outside corner in your time, right, But

1074
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:47,440
Speaker 2: one of the most important things to you to be

1075
00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:49,760
Speaker 2: a good effective outside cornerback.

1076
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:53,400
Speaker 15: Yeah, you gotta be sticky, of course, normally when you're outside,

1077
00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:58,080
Speaker 15: probably going against the receiver's best best receivers. Got to

1078
00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:00,120
Speaker 15: be able to track the ball down the field, got

1079
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:02,080
Speaker 15: to have good bass skills, got to be able to

1080
00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:07,560
Speaker 15: break at any time, especially in today's league, and just

1081
00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:09,200
Speaker 15: be able to have good ball disruption.

1082
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:12,120
Speaker 2: You know, a lot of times you line up one

1083
00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:14,560
Speaker 2: on one, but more times than not you're playing with

1084
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:16,399
Speaker 2: the rest of the guys in the secondary, right, trying

1085
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:19,680
Speaker 2: to execute his own understanding spacing. How important is just

1086
00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:22,760
Speaker 2: understanding something as simple as leverage, depending on the coverage

1087
00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:24,960
Speaker 2: that you're in to making sure when you do force

1088
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:26,919
Speaker 2: a player direction, you're forcing them to the proper health.

1089
00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,319
Speaker 15: Yeah, I mean, leverage is big. It's probably the number

1090
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:31,439
Speaker 15: one thing you really need to understand as a dB.

1091
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:35,000
Speaker 15: And our defense was bi off leverage. Our corners coach

1092
00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:37,480
Speaker 15: was big on it period. I know, that's probably one

1093
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:41,120
Speaker 15: of the biggest things he installed in US was making

1094
00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:42,920
Speaker 15: sure you keep your leverage and if they do go

1095
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:44,279
Speaker 15: on your leverage, you better win.

1096
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:47,480
Speaker 2: So Yeah, how exciting is that you have a chance

1097
00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:48,960
Speaker 2: to get so many reps against a lot of these

1098
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:53,799
Speaker 2: guys from SEC Big ten, and showing the NFL teams

1099
00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:55,799
Speaker 2: what you can do against maybe guys that were at

1100
00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:57,960
Speaker 2: bigger schools or maybe a little better competition.

1101
00:38:58,040 --> 00:38:59,040
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean it's big.

1102
00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:01,279
Speaker 15: I feel like coming from the MAC, that's going to

1103
00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:03,920
Speaker 15: always be like your doubts and your question mark. So

1104
00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:07,360
Speaker 15: just showing I could go play with whoever and whoever

1105
00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:10,160
Speaker 15: whenever and trying to just broadcast my skills.

1106
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:12,880
Speaker 2: How do you like to play outside corny? You like

1107
00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:14,840
Speaker 2: the press? You like to play off man zone?

1108
00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:15,560
Speaker 4: I can do.

1109
00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:18,560
Speaker 7: I can do whatever. It depends on the receiver.

1110
00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:21,359
Speaker 15: If it's a receiver that struggles with getting into his face,

1111
00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:24,440
Speaker 15: I'm gonna be in this face. If do that's bad.

1112
00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:26,440
Speaker 15: At top of the route, I play off and let

1113
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:28,040
Speaker 15: him come to me and kind of just beat them

1114
00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:28,560
Speaker 15: to the spot.

1115
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:30,640
Speaker 2: What do you enjoy doing the most? What do you

1116
00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:31,480
Speaker 2: have the most fun doing.

1117
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:34,040
Speaker 15: I feel like off because that's where you catch them

1118
00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:36,399
Speaker 15: picks at in college, you'll watch the quarterback of the Yeah.

1119
00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:38,479
Speaker 7: Yeah, you kind of have eyes on the whole little

1120
00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:39,239
Speaker 7: thing a little bit.

1121
00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:42,920
Speaker 2: As you now head through this offseason, process. What are

1122
00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:44,560
Speaker 2: some of the things that you're still trying to find

1123
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:46,960
Speaker 2: you in about your game and improve upon as you

1124
00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:49,160
Speaker 2: do things like the combine et, etcetera, etcetera.

1125
00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:52,520
Speaker 15: Just trying to really everything, trying to get better at everything.

1126
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:57,120
Speaker 15: I always feel like you make your weaknesses your strengths

1127
00:39:57,160 --> 00:39:59,400
Speaker 15: and make your strengths more of your strength. But I

1128
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:02,759
Speaker 15: want to make sure that I'm my coveraging technique is

1129
00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:05,560
Speaker 15: real consistent. I want to come in the league and

1130
00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:07,680
Speaker 15: be every down a player. I don't want to be

1131
00:40:07,719 --> 00:40:09,759
Speaker 15: a sub packaged guy just coming in on nickel and

1132
00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:12,480
Speaker 15: stuff like that. I want to make sure the coaches

1133
00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:15,239
Speaker 15: feel like I could play every down. So that's kind

1134
00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:16,600
Speaker 15: of what I've been working on the most.

1135
00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:18,520
Speaker 2: Do you think you can play nickel if you're asked

1136
00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:18,719
Speaker 2: to do it?

1137
00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:19,720
Speaker 7: Yes, sir, easy.

1138
00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:20,160
Speaker 2: Why?

1139
00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:22,800
Speaker 7: Uh, just my instincts. I'm a high Q player. I

1140
00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:23,960
Speaker 7: could play nickel safety.

1141
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:26,279
Speaker 15: I could roll down in the box, I could play

1142
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:28,480
Speaker 15: high safety, middle of the field, I could play outside corner.

1143
00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:31,200
Speaker 15: I'm smart and I could play everywhere. And then I

1144
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:33,759
Speaker 15: got the athletic ability to kind of move around. I'm

1145
00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:37,200
Speaker 15: physical and I'm sticky and coverage, so I would say

1146
00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:37,920
Speaker 15: I could do everything.

1147
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:39,480
Speaker 2: You hate the physical part of it, but you're in

1148
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:42,120
Speaker 2: the slot man like you got pulling the offensive line,

1149
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:44,160
Speaker 2: but the fourth player and stuff that that's when things

1150
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:46,440
Speaker 2: start getting fun. Final question, when you sit down and

1151
00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:48,320
Speaker 2: you talk to some of the scouts and stuff and

1152
00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:50,879
Speaker 2: right across the hall, what are some of the things

1153
00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:52,799
Speaker 2: that they're asking you about? Maybe not necessarily even as

1154
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:54,440
Speaker 2: a football player, but you was a guy that they're

1155
00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:56,040
Speaker 2: trying to learn about you as a person and the

1156
00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:57,880
Speaker 2: type of guy they'd be bringing into that room.

1157
00:40:58,040 --> 00:40:59,280
Speaker 7: Yeah, just my upbringing.

1158
00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:01,560
Speaker 15: I feel like a person up bringing got lots to do,

1159
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:05,719
Speaker 15: how their personality is, and really just that hot who

1160
00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:08,880
Speaker 15: I grew up, who I was around, who's important to

1161
00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:11,040
Speaker 15: me in my life? What I'd like to do outside

1162
00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:15,319
Speaker 15: of football? And that's pretty much what they've been asking me, honestly.

1163
00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:16,480
Speaker 2: What do you like to do outside of football?

1164
00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:19,799
Speaker 15: I'm a football junkie, so outside of football and playing

1165
00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:21,879
Speaker 15: a video game. And the video game I'm probably playing

1166
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,880
Speaker 15: is Madden, So Madden not college football.

1167
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,759
Speaker 7: Yeah, I'm not. College football a little too gay for me.

1168
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:30,200
Speaker 7: I don't. I don't like Yeah, I can't. There's no

1169
00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:32,640
Speaker 7: defense in college football, all right?

1170
00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:33,440
Speaker 2: I took an answer.

1171
00:41:33,560 --> 00:41:34,520
Speaker 7: Yeah, appreciate you.

1172
00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:35,600
Speaker 2: Hey, good luck the rest of the way.

1173
00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:38,000
Speaker 7: Man, Thank you so much. Appreciate thank you, appreciate it.

1174
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:40,520
Speaker 2: Have a good one and now from the Texas Tech

1175
00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:43,520
Speaker 2: Red Raiders Cole Whiski safety. Hold, what's going on? Man?

1176
00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:43,840
Speaker 7: Howria?

1177
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:45,360
Speaker 11: That's much? Doing pretty well yourself?

1178
00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:46,920
Speaker 2: How do you think first day of practice went?

1179
00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:47,680
Speaker 4: It was good.

1180
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:49,720
Speaker 16: It was fun to get the pads back on, get rolling.

1181
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:52,919
Speaker 16: It's only been twenty one days since I've played. Let's

1182
00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:55,319
Speaker 16: say for you, you've been playing as much of other people,

1183
00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:57,440
Speaker 16: but it was it felt like a while since I

1184
00:41:57,440 --> 00:41:58,839
Speaker 16: had the pads on, and it was fun to get

1185
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:02,440
Speaker 16: out there and get a little popping in and play football.

1186
00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:03,000
Speaker 4: Now.

1187
00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:07,440
Speaker 2: Obviously hugely successful year for Texas Tech. What was like

1188
00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:09,560
Speaker 2: kind of going through it and having the success that

1189
00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:10,160
Speaker 2: you guys had this?

1190
00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:11,879
Speaker 16: Yeah, it was so much fun because when you look

1191
00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:14,680
Speaker 16: at Texas Tech, the community would always talk about the

1192
00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:16,840
Speaker 16: two thousand and eight season, the two thousand and eight season,

1193
00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:18,800
Speaker 16: and you know, it's had been seventeen years since I

1194
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:20,960
Speaker 16: had a season they could talk about. So it was

1195
00:42:21,040 --> 00:42:22,640
Speaker 16: so much fun to be able to be a part

1196
00:42:22,719 --> 00:42:25,600
Speaker 16: of a team that's going to go down as the

1197
00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:27,359
Speaker 16: first to do it, the first win a Big twelve

1198
00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:28,839
Speaker 16: championship and bring that back to a lot of bick

1199
00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:31,680
Speaker 16: And it was so much fun having all of all

1200
00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:34,200
Speaker 16: the Red Raiders follow us all year and I mean

1201
00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:37,160
Speaker 16: shoot for the BYU game and we had a whole

1202
00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:39,560
Speaker 16: tense city out front and it was amazing.

1203
00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:42,200
Speaker 2: And you've won most of your college career. You know,

1204
00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:43,960
Speaker 2: you come from North Dakota State, which obviously is a

1205
00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:47,600
Speaker 2: hugely successful program. What'd you learn there that you're able

1206
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:49,360
Speaker 2: to bring to Texas Tech And what was it like

1207
00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:52,719
Speaker 2: kind of having jumping from smaller league into a bigger

1208
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:53,200
Speaker 2: one like you did.

1209
00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:54,520
Speaker 16: Yes, I mean, I think if you want to be

1210
00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:57,239
Speaker 16: developed as a man, like as a young man into

1211
00:42:57,320 --> 00:42:59,200
Speaker 16: a man, I think you need to go to NDSU

1212
00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:01,879
Speaker 16: because the culture that they have there, and I think

1213
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:06,000
Speaker 16: a lot of that, the responsibilities, the standard that they

1214
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:09,759
Speaker 16: hold everybody to in that program. That's that's why they're successful.

1215
00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:12,319
Speaker 16: It's because of who they hold people to be as

1216
00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:16,080
Speaker 16: individuals in that program. And I think just bringing that

1217
00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:19,560
Speaker 16: along with and holding a standard, not letting things slip

1218
00:43:20,239 --> 00:43:23,480
Speaker 16: that shouldn't be tolerated. I think it was a big

1219
00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:25,160
Speaker 16: part of it. As well, but just the work ethic

1220
00:43:25,239 --> 00:43:27,399
Speaker 16: that goes into it too. I mean, they work really

1221
00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:29,239
Speaker 16: really hard up there, and so being able to bring

1222
00:43:29,320 --> 00:43:31,560
Speaker 16: that with me is was definitely a part of what

1223
00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:34,200
Speaker 16: helped us, helped me be successful continually.

1224
00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:36,880
Speaker 2: Now that's a great answer you mentioned today. In practice,

1225
00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:38,480
Speaker 2: I'm trying to remember back, I don't my notes in

1226
00:43:38,480 --> 00:43:40,320
Speaker 2: front of me. You got to pick and practice. No,

1227
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:42,480
Speaker 2: it's PBu. Oh, it's a PBu that was to be

1228
00:43:42,520 --> 00:43:42,920
Speaker 2: held on too.

1229
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:43,120
Speaker 11: I not.

1230
00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:45,760
Speaker 2: So, you're one of the bigger safeties here. You measured

1231
00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:47,319
Speaker 2: in I have the numbers in front of me right here,

1232
00:43:47,719 --> 00:43:50,320
Speaker 2: six three, two, fourteen. I've seen some of the linebackers

1233
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:52,000
Speaker 2: come up there. You're bigger than some of the guys

1234
00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:55,240
Speaker 2: that are playing linebacker, right. So what is it about

1235
00:43:55,239 --> 00:43:57,800
Speaker 2: your size that you think helps you play the safety

1236
00:43:57,840 --> 00:43:58,759
Speaker 2: position as well as you do?

1237
00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:02,160
Speaker 16: Yeah, I think being able to roll down and be

1238
00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:04,839
Speaker 16: able to go run fit really effectively is a huge

1239
00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:07,359
Speaker 16: part of being that overlap fitter. Being a guy who

1240
00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:09,920
Speaker 16: can come and plug that and being a bigger guy

1241
00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:12,040
Speaker 16: helps with that for sure, but then also using my

1242
00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:14,319
Speaker 16: length and in deep zones and having to make sure

1243
00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:18,320
Speaker 16: that throws are gonna be elevated and having to like

1244
00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:20,359
Speaker 16: I don't necessarily have to cover as much ground because

1245
00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:22,319
Speaker 16: I can use my length as to my advantage, for sure,

1246
00:44:22,719 --> 00:44:23,040
Speaker 16: But you.

1247
00:44:23,080 --> 00:44:25,200
Speaker 2: Still have the movement skills to play in space.

1248
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:28,000
Speaker 11: Yeah, absolutely, absolutely, and that's that's a part of it.

1249
00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:29,640
Speaker 16: I think it probably goes back to being a multi

1250
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:32,200
Speaker 16: sport athlete growing up is just doing all these different movements,

1251
00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:34,560
Speaker 16: all these different things, being able to be functional, playing

1252
00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:38,040
Speaker 16: both ways in high school. I think all those things

1253
00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:41,600
Speaker 16: really help factor into to being an athlete who can

1254
00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:43,360
Speaker 16: move around in space. What are the sports that you

1255
00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:47,040
Speaker 16: play growing up? Soccer was actually my second favorite sport

1256
00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:50,440
Speaker 16: I played. I played soccer up until high school when

1257
00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:52,440
Speaker 16: they're in the same season. I wrestled for a lot

1258
00:44:52,480 --> 00:44:54,759
Speaker 16: of years, which translates pretty well to get guys to

1259
00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:58,800
Speaker 16: the ground. Played basketball, which again movement skills like open space, movement,

1260
00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:03,920
Speaker 16: vertical like jump, all that covering Manda man is all

1261
00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:05,760
Speaker 16: is all a big part of basketball. And then obviously

1262
00:45:05,880 --> 00:45:07,440
Speaker 16: tractors la here speed as well.

1263
00:45:07,560 --> 00:45:11,040
Speaker 2: So as you play football, do you sometimes sense all right,

1264
00:45:11,560 --> 00:45:13,279
Speaker 2: I got this from that sport. I got this from

1265
00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:14,600
Speaker 2: the sport because I know so many kids try to

1266
00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:17,279
Speaker 2: specialize now, and I feel like they lose something when

1267
00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:18,560
Speaker 2: you're not working those other for sure.

1268
00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:20,640
Speaker 16: I think I think the one that probably, I mean,

1269
00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:23,239
Speaker 16: there's so much like natural movements that have been like

1270
00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:26,880
Speaker 16: kind of created into football movements now, but I think, uh,

1271
00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:30,320
Speaker 16: I think wrestling. I definitely notice sometimes like when I'm tackling,

1272
00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:32,160
Speaker 16: I was like, oh, like yeah, I just that was

1273
00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:34,399
Speaker 16: that was from that, that was from from this move

1274
00:45:34,600 --> 00:45:36,520
Speaker 16: Like there's there's different times and like I remember the

1275
00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:39,920
Speaker 16: scrimmage last year. Terrence Carter was a phenomenal elite tight

1276
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:41,680
Speaker 16: end at Texas Tech and try to stiff arm me

1277
00:45:41,719 --> 00:45:44,160
Speaker 16: and I did an arm throw on him and tack.

1278
00:45:44,080 --> 00:45:45,000
Speaker 11: Him to the ground, and there.

1279
00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:46,680
Speaker 16: Was just like live action because he had his hand

1280
00:45:46,719 --> 00:45:48,440
Speaker 16: stuck in my face mask. I couldn't do anything else.

1281
00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:49,480
Speaker 16: I couldn't get anywhere else.

1282
00:45:49,520 --> 00:45:50,040
Speaker 3: So that's what I did.

1283
00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:51,400
Speaker 17: I came to it and it worked perfect.

1284
00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:53,640
Speaker 16: So but stuff like that, it just kind of pops

1285
00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:54,319
Speaker 16: up every now and then.

1286
00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:56,560
Speaker 2: And I've had a few safeties here and I asked

1287
00:45:56,600 --> 00:45:58,040
Speaker 2: them all kind of the same thing, like, you know,

1288
00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:00,719
Speaker 2: you guys have so many roles. Now, you be the post, right,

1289
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:02,880
Speaker 2: you can be too high, you can be a slot.

1290
00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:05,319
Speaker 2: You can be a box player. When teams have talked

1291
00:46:05,360 --> 00:46:07,200
Speaker 2: to you about where you think you play your best

1292
00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:09,680
Speaker 2: ball in terms of the safety position, what do you

1293
00:46:09,719 --> 00:46:10,040
Speaker 2: tell him?

1294
00:46:10,080 --> 00:46:11,799
Speaker 16: I mean, I just tell him because for me, being

1295
00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:13,520
Speaker 16: a big, big safety, like you had mentioned a lot

1296
00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:15,240
Speaker 16: of teams like, hey, where do you see yourself playing?

1297
00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:15,680
Speaker 4: Yeah?

1298
00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:17,640
Speaker 16: Uh, And for me, I just let him know it.

1299
00:46:17,719 --> 00:46:20,000
Speaker 16: I feel really comfortable playing anywhere. My first three years

1300
00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:22,799
Speaker 16: I was a linebacker. Uh, and then I moved back

1301
00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:24,680
Speaker 16: to safety. So I feel very comfortable lining up in

1302
00:46:24,719 --> 00:46:26,680
Speaker 16: the box. I feel very comfortable lining up right outside

1303
00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:29,000
Speaker 16: of the box on the perimeter, or at twelve or

1304
00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:31,960
Speaker 16: at fourteen in the post. Like I just everything feels

1305
00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:34,600
Speaker 16: pretty natural to me at this point, I would say, and.

1306
00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:37,240
Speaker 2: I feel like a bigger safety really gives an advantage,

1307
00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:39,080
Speaker 2: Like just in the NFL. I'll give the example of

1308
00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:41,279
Speaker 2: Nick a Menoirre. He's gonna be playing in the EDF

1309
00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:43,640
Speaker 2: championsh game, right, he's a big safety six to three,

1310
00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:46,160
Speaker 2: It was like two thirty, and Seattle's able to just

1311
00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:49,160
Speaker 2: stay in nickel because he's a big safety and he

1312
00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:50,799
Speaker 2: can play run support, right.

1313
00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:51,160
Speaker 11: Yeah.

1314
00:46:52,080 --> 00:46:53,800
Speaker 2: Is that the type of versatility that you hope to

1315
00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:54,960
Speaker 2: bring to an NFL team.

1316
00:46:54,760 --> 00:46:56,680
Speaker 16: Where no doubt, no doubt. Yeah, I think we're probably

1317
00:46:56,840 --> 00:46:58,640
Speaker 16: I think we're probably pretty similar. I think he's probably

1318
00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:02,520
Speaker 16: about I'm it might be a little probably talk about

1319
00:47:02,520 --> 00:47:04,759
Speaker 16: the same high. I think he's two twenty, which that's

1320
00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:07,600
Speaker 16: what I normally am weighing at. Uh so we're probably

1321
00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:10,239
Speaker 16: probably pretty similar. Oh so you actually want to be

1322
00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:12,319
Speaker 16: a little bit heavier than you are now when you play? Yeah,

1323
00:47:12,320 --> 00:47:14,160
Speaker 16: I just I came in light to I'm usually around

1324
00:47:14,200 --> 00:47:17,040
Speaker 16: two twenty. Yeah, so normally, like I played the whole season,

1325
00:47:17,040 --> 00:47:20,960
Speaker 16: anywhere from probably two nineteen to twenty four, was probably

1326
00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:23,120
Speaker 16: heaviest I weighed all during the season. But yeah, I

1327
00:47:23,239 --> 00:47:25,960
Speaker 16: just waited in right coming off of coming off a plane,

1328
00:47:26,120 --> 00:47:27,920
Speaker 16: So we were a little light coming in.

1329
00:47:28,080 --> 00:47:28,919
Speaker 11: But that's not good.

1330
00:47:29,239 --> 00:47:32,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, when these guys are asking you questions about you

1331
00:47:32,360 --> 00:47:34,640
Speaker 2: as a player, and more importantly, you as a person,

1332
00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:36,600
Speaker 2: what do you sense they're trying to get out of

1333
00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:38,160
Speaker 2: those one on one interactions.

1334
00:47:37,719 --> 00:47:39,120
Speaker 16: You do when you meet with the scouts of Yeah,

1335
00:47:39,160 --> 00:47:40,480
Speaker 16: for sure. I mean they really want to know what

1336
00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:43,440
Speaker 16: created you to be the person you are today. They

1337
00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:46,680
Speaker 16: want to know what's the background, who, what's your family,

1338
00:47:46,719 --> 00:47:48,480
Speaker 16: life was this like growing up where you grew up,

1339
00:47:50,200 --> 00:47:52,160
Speaker 16: just kind of just kind of the basic getting to

1340
00:47:52,239 --> 00:47:54,400
Speaker 16: know you questions and stuff to see who you are

1341
00:47:54,440 --> 00:47:56,919
Speaker 16: as a person, probably how you respond to two different things,

1342
00:47:57,040 --> 00:48:00,160
Speaker 16: but but yeah, just really basic basic stuff to to

1343
00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:03,080
Speaker 16: learn about what shaped you to be who you are today.

1344
00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:05,239
Speaker 2: Final question, if there's one thing you still want to

1345
00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:07,440
Speaker 2: find tune as a player. Obviously you're trying to get

1346
00:48:07,480 --> 00:48:09,600
Speaker 2: better at everything, right, Anything specifically that you're going to

1347
00:48:09,640 --> 00:48:11,520
Speaker 2: put on your list with you and your training team

1348
00:48:11,600 --> 00:48:14,080
Speaker 2: and everything you're doing in the spring getting ready for

1349
00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:16,400
Speaker 2: the draft that you want to continue to improve at

1350
00:48:16,440 --> 00:48:17,960
Speaker 2: and show NFL teams. Yeah, I can do that.

1351
00:48:18,520 --> 00:48:20,360
Speaker 16: I mean there's there's literally, like you said, there's so

1352
00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:22,399
Speaker 16: many things. It's hard to put put a hand on one,

1353
00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:24,960
Speaker 16: but uh, put a pin on one. But I mean,

1354
00:48:24,960 --> 00:48:27,520
Speaker 16: I think you can never be good good enough at tackling.

1355
00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:29,600
Speaker 16: You can always be a better tackler, no matter how

1356
00:48:29,600 --> 00:48:31,480
Speaker 16: good of a tackler you are. So I think for me,

1357
00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:34,800
Speaker 16: like limiting any leaky yardage that happens and in tackling

1358
00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:37,839
Speaker 16: is huge. But then also just being able to man

1359
00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:40,440
Speaker 16: up and play man, because if you play man, you

1360
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:41,359
Speaker 16: can play ball.

1361
00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:43,600
Speaker 2: Now, you're right, and look at if you can. If

1362
00:48:43,600 --> 00:48:45,319
Speaker 2: you can, if you're in the slot and you can

1363
00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:47,680
Speaker 2: cover the receiver or a tight end man a man,

1364
00:48:47,719 --> 00:48:49,040
Speaker 2: and we know you're big enough to stop the run,

1365
00:48:49,719 --> 00:48:51,480
Speaker 2: then you can be on the field all the time.

1366
00:48:51,560 --> 00:48:52,880
Speaker 2: You don't have to come off the field, right, And

1367
00:48:52,880 --> 00:48:55,000
Speaker 2: imagine that's something It's got to be one of your goals, right.

1368
00:48:54,960 --> 00:48:56,239
Speaker 16: Yeah, absolutely, I want to be a guy who's like

1369
00:48:56,320 --> 00:48:58,279
Speaker 16: has as a nice role. But then I mean it's

1370
00:48:58,280 --> 00:48:59,560
Speaker 16: also nice for me too. I play a lot of

1371
00:48:59,600 --> 00:49:02,200
Speaker 16: specialty teams in my career. Last question I played. I've

1372
00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:03,839
Speaker 16: played a lot of That's how I made my start,

1373
00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:05,320
Speaker 16: That's how I started at NDSUS.

1374
00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:06,640
Speaker 11: I started playing special teams.

1375
00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:08,239
Speaker 16: So being able to be a guy who can be

1376
00:49:08,560 --> 00:49:10,840
Speaker 16: reliable in those situations too is something that could be

1377
00:49:10,880 --> 00:49:13,040
Speaker 16: really important to me, and then being able to find

1378
00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:15,239
Speaker 16: a role in a couple different spots on the defense too.

1379
00:49:15,480 --> 00:49:16,719
Speaker 2: Would you plan special teams?

1380
00:49:17,080 --> 00:49:20,080
Speaker 16: I mean I played all four specials my freshman year

1381
00:49:20,120 --> 00:49:23,279
Speaker 16: and that was really really important to me and I

1382
00:49:23,440 --> 00:49:25,759
Speaker 16: felt I had a very valuable role at NBSU as

1383
00:49:25,760 --> 00:49:28,120
Speaker 16: a young player because my ability to plan special teams.

1384
00:49:28,560 --> 00:49:29,360
Speaker 2: Cool this is a pleasure.

1385
00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:29,600
Speaker 3: Mann.

1386
00:49:29,719 --> 00:49:31,239
Speaker 2: Great to meet you, and good luck the rest of

1387
00:49:31,239 --> 00:49:31,520
Speaker 2: the week.

1388
00:49:31,520 --> 00:49:31,759
Speaker 7: Thank you.

1389
00:49:31,960 --> 00:49:32,520
Speaker 16: Take care man.

1390
00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:34,320
Speaker 2: If you want to know how to manage two minutes

1391
00:49:34,360 --> 00:49:36,080
Speaker 2: of crunch time football, I'm your man.

1392
00:49:36,160 --> 00:49:38,399
Speaker 5: But if you're wondering about a long term financial plan,

1393
00:49:38,800 --> 00:49:40,040
Speaker 5: you should talk to Citizens.

1394
00:49:40,160 --> 00:49:41,520
Speaker 2: Hey, I can also talk long care.

1395
00:49:41,760 --> 00:49:43,320
Speaker 10: I'd like to learn about Annli routine.

1396
00:49:43,600 --> 00:49:46,400
Speaker 2: Yes, I knew I could help make sense of your

1397
00:49:46,440 --> 00:49:50,719
Speaker 2: money with Citizens. And now we're joined by LSU's hold

1398
00:49:50,719 --> 00:49:52,200
Speaker 2: Perkins Junior Park. What's going on?

1399
00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:52,400
Speaker 4: Man?

1400
00:49:52,400 --> 00:49:52,759
Speaker 2: How are you?

1401
00:49:53,080 --> 00:49:54,239
Speaker 4: I'm bliss? How you doing?

1402
00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:56,160
Speaker 2: Thanks for being with us. So we're talking after the

1403
00:49:56,200 --> 00:49:57,600
Speaker 2: first practice. Let's start real simple.

1404
00:49:57,680 --> 00:49:58,319
Speaker 3: How do you think it went?

1405
00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:00,400
Speaker 17: I think it was good overall. I think it was

1406
00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:02,200
Speaker 17: pretty good little gays, but it was good.

1407
00:50:02,400 --> 00:50:04,160
Speaker 2: All right. I'm gonna ask you a very basic question.

1408
00:50:04,800 --> 00:50:07,480
Speaker 7: What position do you play everything?

1409
00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:11,880
Speaker 2: I'm let me ask a different question, what position do

1410
00:50:11,960 --> 00:50:12,799
Speaker 2: you think you're best at.

1411
00:50:14,239 --> 00:50:16,319
Speaker 17: I don't really put myself in a box and say

1412
00:50:16,320 --> 00:50:18,640
Speaker 17: I'm best at anything, for for real, but I think

1413
00:50:18,719 --> 00:50:23,239
Speaker 17: I definitely have qualities that I'm to show better than

1414
00:50:23,280 --> 00:50:24,080
Speaker 17: others for real, for real.

1415
00:50:24,280 --> 00:50:26,279
Speaker 2: All right, So what is on the top of your list?

1416
00:50:26,320 --> 00:50:27,759
Speaker 2: Whenever you go to these All Star games, you get

1417
00:50:27,800 --> 00:50:29,439
Speaker 2: together with your team, You're like, here are my goals.

1418
00:50:29,520 --> 00:50:31,480
Speaker 2: This is what I want to show teams. What do

1419
00:50:31,600 --> 00:50:33,880
Speaker 2: you really want to show scouts and coaches when you

1420
00:50:33,960 --> 00:50:36,239
Speaker 2: get on the field at practicing in the game next week?

1421
00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:39,160
Speaker 17: So I want to so I'm on versatile. I can

1422
00:50:39,200 --> 00:50:41,840
Speaker 17: play well backer. I can cover tight ends like a

1423
00:50:41,880 --> 00:50:43,840
Speaker 17: couple of backs going out the backfield. Sure, if you

1424
00:50:43,920 --> 00:50:45,400
Speaker 17: need me to play safety, I could do that. I

1425
00:50:45,440 --> 00:50:47,080
Speaker 17: can get on the edge, I can rush, you know,

1426
00:50:47,239 --> 00:50:50,480
Speaker 17: even though I'm undersized for edge rusher. You know, ain't

1427
00:50:50,480 --> 00:50:52,319
Speaker 17: no edge rushers in the league gonna be two twenty

1428
00:50:52,360 --> 00:50:54,840
Speaker 17: four to twenty two. But yeah, I just feel like

1429
00:50:54,920 --> 00:50:56,560
Speaker 17: that's just a guy giving the ability for real.

1430
00:50:57,160 --> 00:50:59,000
Speaker 2: Well, you know what you just gave your measurements? Is

1431
00:50:59,040 --> 00:51:00,719
Speaker 2: that what you think you're a do a playing way?

1432
00:51:00,719 --> 00:51:02,040
Speaker 2: It is when you get to the league and you

1433
00:51:02,120 --> 00:51:04,799
Speaker 2: start playing. What do you want your weight to be at.

1434
00:51:06,760 --> 00:51:08,279
Speaker 17: I'm not really the type of guy that want to

1435
00:51:08,320 --> 00:51:10,839
Speaker 17: be too big because I don't want to. I feel

1436
00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:12,719
Speaker 17: like my speed is one of my best my best

1437
00:51:12,760 --> 00:51:16,360
Speaker 17: attributes and explosiveness. Yeah, I want to keep that throughout

1438
00:51:16,400 --> 00:51:16,880
Speaker 17: my career.

1439
00:51:17,719 --> 00:51:19,279
Speaker 2: No, absolutely, I think that's a great point. It was

1440
00:51:19,320 --> 00:51:21,440
Speaker 2: definitely you mentioned Will, and you played a lot more

1441
00:51:21,560 --> 00:51:22,600
Speaker 2: Will this year than you did.

1442
00:51:22,680 --> 00:51:25,280
Speaker 11: I was playing a star Star.

1443
00:51:25,320 --> 00:51:28,200
Speaker 2: Star technically more so the first couple of years, you're

1444
00:51:28,239 --> 00:51:30,000
Speaker 2: more on the edge, right, You're more kind of rushing

1445
00:51:30,040 --> 00:51:33,520
Speaker 2: the passer, right, so more off ball this year, where

1446
00:51:33,560 --> 00:51:35,560
Speaker 2: do you think your game developed the most, Where you're

1447
00:51:35,560 --> 00:51:37,879
Speaker 2: able to make that transition from being on the line

1448
00:51:37,880 --> 00:51:39,960
Speaker 2: of scrimmage to be an often playing that star position.

1449
00:51:40,320 --> 00:51:42,000
Speaker 2: You said that question again, where do you think your

1450
00:51:42,040 --> 00:51:44,160
Speaker 2: game's developed the most, were able to make that transition

1451
00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:45,840
Speaker 2: from being more of an edge rusher where you're on

1452
00:51:45,880 --> 00:51:48,040
Speaker 2: the line of scrimmage versus where you play more this year.

1453
00:51:48,440 --> 00:51:51,880
Speaker 17: Shit, I think it was really just taking everything in

1454
00:51:52,040 --> 00:51:55,399
Speaker 17: and just learning everything. Like I said, I never really

1455
00:51:55,440 --> 00:51:57,560
Speaker 17: put myself in the box. So I'm an edge rusher.

1456
00:51:57,600 --> 00:51:57,800
Speaker 3: I'm this.

1457
00:51:58,160 --> 00:51:59,759
Speaker 17: I knew I could play off the ball. I could

1458
00:51:59,760 --> 00:52:01,919
Speaker 17: play a box if you need me too. It's really

1459
00:52:02,040 --> 00:52:04,359
Speaker 17: more so just my mom was already I'm already set

1460
00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:06,520
Speaker 17: on I could do everything. So it was it was

1461
00:52:06,600 --> 00:52:07,239
Speaker 17: really hard for me.

1462
00:52:07,520 --> 00:52:10,160
Speaker 2: What makes a player good at playing that star position?

1463
00:52:10,239 --> 00:52:12,360
Speaker 2: What do you have to be good at You.

1464
00:52:12,480 --> 00:52:14,359
Speaker 17: Really just gotta be a dog for real. You gotta

1465
00:52:14,360 --> 00:52:16,480
Speaker 17: be a savage. You know you're gonna be in the box,

1466
00:52:16,520 --> 00:52:19,160
Speaker 17: You're gonna be out the box. You're always gonna be

1467
00:52:19,239 --> 00:52:22,120
Speaker 17: the extra hat for real. You might have to cover sometimes,

1468
00:52:22,200 --> 00:52:24,440
Speaker 17: you might have to, like I said, go hit. So

1469
00:52:24,520 --> 00:52:25,880
Speaker 17: you really just got to be willing to get your

1470
00:52:25,920 --> 00:52:26,680
Speaker 17: hands dirty for real.

1471
00:52:27,640 --> 00:52:29,799
Speaker 2: What did you learn about yourself when you were being

1472
00:52:29,840 --> 00:52:31,680
Speaker 2: asked to cover some of those tight ends and working

1473
00:52:31,719 --> 00:52:33,319
Speaker 2: down the field and working in space more?

1474
00:52:33,640 --> 00:52:36,239
Speaker 17: What did I learned about myself as a player? Se

1475
00:52:36,360 --> 00:52:38,920
Speaker 17: ithing like that I could do it. That's what I

1476
00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:42,560
Speaker 17: learned about myself. I won't really say I'm ericant, And

1477
00:52:42,640 --> 00:52:44,719
Speaker 17: then I was really say that's just the confidence, yeah,

1478
00:52:44,880 --> 00:52:46,719
Speaker 17: the confidence I got, you know, just clear it up,

1479
00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:48,840
Speaker 17: you know for the people out there who you know

1480
00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:50,839
Speaker 17: again stuff, thanks misconscrewed for real.

1481
00:52:51,200 --> 00:52:52,600
Speaker 11: No, I like that, yeah, for sure.

1482
00:52:52,960 --> 00:52:54,200
Speaker 2: But when they want you to put your hand in

1483
00:52:54,200 --> 00:52:56,000
Speaker 2: the dirt and they say, oh, I'm doing it, let's

1484
00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:57,719
Speaker 2: do it. Oh I know, and they say go get

1485
00:52:57,760 --> 00:53:00,600
Speaker 2: that quarterback? What's your go to move the pastor what

1486
00:53:00,640 --> 00:53:01,600
Speaker 2: do you like to do? How do you like to

1487
00:53:01,600 --> 00:53:01,920
Speaker 2: get there?

1488
00:53:02,640 --> 00:53:04,280
Speaker 17: You want me to give everybody the gyms.

1489
00:53:04,760 --> 00:53:06,719
Speaker 2: I mean, you know, give me a taste.

1490
00:53:09,440 --> 00:53:11,399
Speaker 17: Shit at my speed. I'm trying to get off that pill.

1491
00:53:11,920 --> 00:53:14,280
Speaker 17: So I know, like you know, going against officer tackles,

1492
00:53:14,360 --> 00:53:16,319
Speaker 17: like you got to beat them with speed, these guys

1493
00:53:16,360 --> 00:53:17,520
Speaker 17: three hundred and some pounds.

1494
00:53:17,600 --> 00:53:19,200
Speaker 3: You know, I gotta put stress on.

1495
00:53:19,520 --> 00:53:20,480
Speaker 17: So I say that for real.

1496
00:53:20,880 --> 00:53:22,840
Speaker 2: When you sit down and you're getting all these questions

1497
00:53:22,880 --> 00:53:24,759
Speaker 2: from scouts and coaches, you know, the meeting rooms are

1498
00:53:24,840 --> 00:53:26,400
Speaker 2: right across where we are, right and you meet all

1499
00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:28,240
Speaker 2: the teams. I think you guys just got to finished

1500
00:53:28,239 --> 00:53:30,400
Speaker 2: doing that right, right right? What kind of questions are

1501
00:53:30,400 --> 00:53:31,840
Speaker 2: they asking you? What are they trying to get to

1502
00:53:31,880 --> 00:53:33,160
Speaker 2: know about you? The player and the person?

1503
00:53:33,800 --> 00:53:36,360
Speaker 17: I really say character, but that's not really a big issue.

1504
00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:39,200
Speaker 17: But like you say, like what you see yourself playing

1505
00:53:39,200 --> 00:53:41,400
Speaker 17: in this league? You know, I feel like in college

1506
00:53:41,440 --> 00:53:44,320
Speaker 17: a lot of times, not even really just me specifically,

1507
00:53:44,400 --> 00:53:48,040
Speaker 17: but guys of my caliber, coaches don't really know where

1508
00:53:48,040 --> 00:53:49,840
Speaker 17: to put you, so they kind of move you around,

1509
00:53:49,920 --> 00:53:52,040
Speaker 17: you know, especially now with the transport portal and stuff

1510
00:53:52,080 --> 00:53:54,120
Speaker 17: going on. You know, you can you're gonna have a

1511
00:53:54,160 --> 00:53:57,160
Speaker 17: different roster every year. And I feel like in the

1512
00:53:57,239 --> 00:53:59,600
Speaker 17: league for real, And when these people you know, come

1513
00:53:59,680 --> 00:54:01,680
Speaker 17: get you, they kind of already have an idea for

1514
00:54:01,840 --> 00:54:02,400
Speaker 17: you already.

1515
00:54:02,960 --> 00:54:04,640
Speaker 2: So I say that for real, Yeah, because I feel

1516
00:54:04,640 --> 00:54:07,400
Speaker 2: like they kind of want to know they have in

1517
00:54:07,480 --> 00:54:09,839
Speaker 2: their own mind what your role is going to be, right, right?

1518
00:54:09,920 --> 00:54:12,360
Speaker 2: And do you think that puts you into small of

1519
00:54:12,400 --> 00:54:14,520
Speaker 2: a box of the points you made earlier where you

1520
00:54:14,640 --> 00:54:16,319
Speaker 2: can get put a different spot, so you can put

1521
00:54:16,360 --> 00:54:18,480
Speaker 2: in different roles depending on where the team might need you,

1522
00:54:19,120 --> 00:54:21,200
Speaker 2: depending on the opponent. Right, and maybe they really get

1523
00:54:21,239 --> 00:54:23,600
Speaker 2: tight end they need you here, maybe they've a weakness attack. Okay,

1524
00:54:23,600 --> 00:54:25,319
Speaker 2: we're gonna make your rush off to the edge of there.

1525
00:54:25,680 --> 00:54:27,480
Speaker 2: Do you think that's the type of kind of wild

1526
00:54:27,520 --> 00:54:29,120
Speaker 2: card you can be when you get into the league?

1527
00:54:29,160 --> 00:54:31,640
Speaker 17: Yeah, most definitely. I just feel like it's really about communication.

1528
00:54:31,719 --> 00:54:32,920
Speaker 17: At the end of the day. I feel like we're

1529
00:54:32,920 --> 00:54:36,359
Speaker 17: all grown in here, and it's really about communication from

1530
00:54:36,560 --> 00:54:37,279
Speaker 17: on both ends.

1531
00:54:38,200 --> 00:54:40,279
Speaker 2: Now, when they that's you as a player, when they

1532
00:54:40,320 --> 00:54:42,040
Speaker 2: talk you said they ask you about your character, Right,

1533
00:54:42,080 --> 00:54:43,719
Speaker 2: you was a guy. What are you trying to get

1534
00:54:43,719 --> 00:54:47,080
Speaker 2: across you as teammate, you as man, you as guy

1535
00:54:47,120 --> 00:54:49,400
Speaker 2: in the locker room? Yeah, that that you'll bring to

1536
00:54:49,440 --> 00:54:50,120
Speaker 2: an NFL team.

1537
00:54:50,920 --> 00:54:53,040
Speaker 17: I feel like, really, when people look at me, you

1538
00:54:53,120 --> 00:54:55,520
Speaker 17: can have your own perspective of me, you know where

1539
00:54:55,560 --> 00:54:57,600
Speaker 17: there's good or bad. But I feel like you'll never know,

1540
00:54:57,800 --> 00:54:59,799
Speaker 17: and it's not really just me, but anybody. Of course,

1541
00:55:00,440 --> 00:55:03,279
Speaker 17: you'll never know nobody until you actually sit down and

1542
00:55:03,360 --> 00:55:04,359
Speaker 17: have a conversation with him.

1543
00:55:04,960 --> 00:55:06,840
Speaker 2: No, I'm with you on that. Finally, I when to

1544
00:55:06,840 --> 00:55:09,560
Speaker 2: ask you about dac injury because obviously that's that's a lot.

1545
00:55:09,800 --> 00:55:12,160
Speaker 2: I imagine that was your first major injury and the

1546
00:55:12,239 --> 00:55:14,960
Speaker 2: cover from most definitely, So what was that process like

1547
00:55:15,120 --> 00:55:18,120
Speaker 2: for you, both physically and mental way trying to get back,

1548
00:55:18,160 --> 00:55:19,440
Speaker 2: Because I'll be honest with you, watch it on the

1549
00:55:19,440 --> 00:55:21,160
Speaker 2: field this year. You look just as explosive as you

1550
00:55:21,200 --> 00:55:22,680
Speaker 2: were before the injury, and it looked like you were

1551
00:55:22,719 --> 00:55:25,120
Speaker 2: covered really quickly. Yeah, but I'm sure it's really hard.

1552
00:55:25,200 --> 00:55:26,600
Speaker 2: So what was the life you're trying to get through

1553
00:55:26,640 --> 00:55:27,320
Speaker 2: that and bounce.

1554
00:55:27,120 --> 00:55:29,440
Speaker 17: Back when it happened. I was kind of in a

1555
00:55:29,520 --> 00:55:32,640
Speaker 17: dark splace, a dark space for real. I didn't really

1556
00:55:33,280 --> 00:55:35,479
Speaker 17: I didn't really like hearing everything happens for a reason.

1557
00:55:36,520 --> 00:55:38,120
Speaker 17: That was something that a lot of people was always

1558
00:55:38,200 --> 00:55:39,680
Speaker 17: telling me. And then in my head. I was like,

1559
00:55:39,719 --> 00:55:41,680
Speaker 17: all right, I don't want to hear that because me

1560
00:55:41,760 --> 00:55:43,520
Speaker 17: getting hurt, it happened for a reason, you know, let's

1561
00:55:43,560 --> 00:55:46,960
Speaker 17: be real. Yeah, so I'll say that. And I just

1562
00:55:47,160 --> 00:55:49,080
Speaker 17: really wanted to shut down more for real, Like I

1563
00:55:49,120 --> 00:55:51,680
Speaker 17: didn't want to really talk to nobody. But my mom

1564
00:55:52,360 --> 00:55:55,239
Speaker 17: gave me some great advice, you know. She was basically like,

1565
00:55:55,320 --> 00:55:57,400
Speaker 17: you know, this the time and the season for you

1566
00:55:57,480 --> 00:55:59,879
Speaker 17: to get close with God. Like, so that's what I did.

1567
00:56:00,120 --> 00:56:02,360
Speaker 17: I got in my word, you know, started talking with

1568
00:56:02,480 --> 00:56:05,960
Speaker 17: God more, just building my fate back up, and really

1569
00:56:06,040 --> 00:56:09,120
Speaker 17: my mindset and everything changed. And also, you know, after

1570
00:56:09,360 --> 00:56:11,759
Speaker 17: I got hurt and I got my surgery and all

1571
00:56:11,800 --> 00:56:13,360
Speaker 17: that type of stuff, I had something to look forward to,

1572
00:56:13,480 --> 00:56:15,879
Speaker 17: you know, I was trying to get back as fast

1573
00:56:15,880 --> 00:56:17,920
Speaker 17: as I could. So that's that really was kind of

1574
00:56:17,960 --> 00:56:18,880
Speaker 17: my motivation for real.

1575
00:56:19,400 --> 00:56:21,800
Speaker 2: All right. Final question, I asked you what position you

1576
00:56:21,840 --> 00:56:23,680
Speaker 2: thought you were best at. You said, I can do everything.

1577
00:56:23,719 --> 00:56:26,200
Speaker 2: How about this, What do you enjoy doing the most?

1578
00:56:26,640 --> 00:56:29,640
Speaker 2: Like what what maybe not a position, but maybe just

1579
00:56:29,719 --> 00:56:31,719
Speaker 2: doing a role on the field. When do you have

1580
00:56:31,840 --> 00:56:33,160
Speaker 2: the most fun playing football?

1581
00:56:34,120 --> 00:56:36,560
Speaker 17: Just running to the ball and hitting I feel like

1582
00:56:36,680 --> 00:56:39,280
Speaker 17: I was I feel like this, and I was always

1583
00:56:39,320 --> 00:56:41,880
Speaker 17: told this. I'm pretty sure every football players told this.

1584
00:56:42,440 --> 00:56:44,240
Speaker 17: When you run into the ball, great things happened.

1585
00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:50,080
Speaker 2: Good answer, Good luck, man, appreciate the draft. Man, take

1586
00:56:50,120 --> 00:56:50,399
Speaker 2: it easy.

1587
00:56:50,480 --> 00:56:50,719
Speaker 1: Thank you.

1588
00:56:51,239 --> 00:56:54,360
Speaker 2: And now we're joined by Clemson defensive tackle de monte

1589
00:56:54,440 --> 00:56:55,839
Speaker 2: K Park Thought. How are you man?

1590
00:56:55,920 --> 00:56:56,200
Speaker 3: I'm good.

1591
00:56:56,680 --> 00:56:58,520
Speaker 2: I'm doing great. So we're talking right after the first

1592
00:56:58,560 --> 00:56:59,920
Speaker 2: practice today. How do you think it went?

1593
00:57:00,520 --> 00:57:02,840
Speaker 10: Oh, fairly good and I can rush off a little bit,

1594
00:57:02,920 --> 00:57:06,000
Speaker 10: you know, but you know it'll always get better as

1595
00:57:06,040 --> 00:57:06,160
Speaker 10: you go.

1596
00:57:06,320 --> 00:57:08,759
Speaker 2: It's been what like almost two months since you last

1597
00:57:09,600 --> 00:57:10,200
Speaker 2: it was it weird?

1598
00:57:10,520 --> 00:57:10,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, it was.

1599
00:57:11,080 --> 00:57:12,200
Speaker 10: It was It was fun.

1600
00:57:12,320 --> 00:57:13,600
Speaker 3: It was fun all right.

1601
00:57:14,320 --> 00:57:17,480
Speaker 2: Whenever guys transition from college to the pros. You know,

1602
00:57:17,520 --> 00:57:19,120
Speaker 2: you guys sit down with your agent and your team

1603
00:57:19,160 --> 00:57:20,840
Speaker 2: and you're like, all right, this is what I want

1604
00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:22,520
Speaker 2: to do during the draft process, right, and this is

1605
00:57:22,600 --> 00:57:24,320
Speaker 2: kind of the start of it all for you guys.

1606
00:57:24,560 --> 00:57:27,960
Speaker 2: So what is it that you want to show coaches, scouts,

1607
00:57:28,880 --> 00:57:31,360
Speaker 2: everybody that's you're watching you on the field that practice,

1608
00:57:31,400 --> 00:57:32,000
Speaker 2: out of the game this.

1609
00:57:32,040 --> 00:57:34,600
Speaker 10: Week, and that I'm that I'm a violent player in

1610
00:57:34,680 --> 00:57:40,880
Speaker 10: the run, that that I'm I'm that I haven't hit

1611
00:57:40,960 --> 00:57:42,800
Speaker 10: my ceiling, that I got more to go, that I

1612
00:57:42,880 --> 00:57:45,720
Speaker 10: got more to show, you know, and I'm coachable.

1613
00:57:46,440 --> 00:57:48,960
Speaker 2: Where do you think you've improved the most in your

1614
00:57:49,080 --> 00:57:51,520
Speaker 2: time at Clemson? You have to break into the starting lineup,

1615
00:57:51,520 --> 00:57:53,040
Speaker 2: I think in twenty twenty four, right, and then you

1616
00:57:53,080 --> 00:57:54,960
Speaker 2: start the last two years. Where do you think you've

1617
00:57:55,000 --> 00:57:56,960
Speaker 2: made the most progress. So when teams say, all right, well,

1618
00:57:57,280 --> 00:57:58,680
Speaker 2: maybe you're not where you need to be, but we've

1619
00:57:58,720 --> 00:58:03,560
Speaker 2: seen you improve in these areas, I.

1620
00:58:03,640 --> 00:58:07,240
Speaker 10: Think it's room for improvement in my past rush, you know.

1621
00:58:08,080 --> 00:58:10,160
Speaker 10: But you know, sometimes I get, you know, too caught

1622
00:58:10,200 --> 00:58:11,920
Speaker 10: up and having fun in a run, you know. So

1623
00:58:12,360 --> 00:58:14,600
Speaker 10: that's that's my biggest problem. So I kind of lose

1624
00:58:14,960 --> 00:58:17,600
Speaker 10: thought of that. So I think, just you know, me

1625
00:58:17,760 --> 00:58:21,560
Speaker 10: being me, having so much fun playing a run. Sometimes

1626
00:58:21,680 --> 00:58:23,720
Speaker 10: you let it slip my mind, but you know, they

1627
00:58:23,800 --> 00:58:25,120
Speaker 10: gotta change real.

1628
00:58:25,120 --> 00:58:27,440
Speaker 2: So why do you have so much fun stopping the run?

1629
00:58:27,440 --> 00:58:29,560
Speaker 2: There's a lot of people there's most defensive linemen have

1630
00:58:29,600 --> 00:58:30,840
Speaker 2: fun rushing the past. Or why do you have so

1631
00:58:30,920 --> 00:58:31,800
Speaker 2: much fun stopping the run?

1632
00:58:32,040 --> 00:58:32,080
Speaker 5: Me?

1633
00:58:32,680 --> 00:58:37,400
Speaker 10: I just think, I don't know, man, I just it's

1634
00:58:37,480 --> 00:58:39,680
Speaker 10: just a feeling you get when you know you're knocking

1635
00:58:39,760 --> 00:58:42,840
Speaker 10: somebody against their wheel, like putting another grown man against

1636
00:58:42,840 --> 00:58:43,240
Speaker 10: their wheel.

1637
00:58:43,280 --> 00:58:46,840
Speaker 3: It's just it's it's you get a thrill from it.

1638
00:58:47,240 --> 00:58:50,040
Speaker 2: What part of your skill set do you utilize the

1639
00:58:50,120 --> 00:58:51,960
Speaker 2: most and what do you think is the most important

1640
00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:53,600
Speaker 2: part of your game that allows you to be so

1641
00:58:53,720 --> 00:58:54,720
Speaker 2: good at stopping the running?

1642
00:58:55,200 --> 00:58:56,800
Speaker 3: My arms so long you are?

1643
00:58:58,320 --> 00:59:01,960
Speaker 10: I think once my once I connect with the office line,

1644
00:59:02,040 --> 00:59:04,640
Speaker 10: and then it's just keeping them away from my body.

1645
00:59:04,840 --> 00:59:05,040
Speaker 5: You know.

1646
00:59:05,680 --> 00:59:06,520
Speaker 10: That's what I think.

1647
00:59:06,600 --> 00:59:07,960
Speaker 2: One of the things I was going to ask you

1648
00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:09,680
Speaker 2: about your length because I saw that on tape thirty

1649
00:59:09,720 --> 00:59:11,080
Speaker 2: three and a half in j arms. That's what you're

1650
00:59:11,080 --> 00:59:13,040
Speaker 2: measured in here. And I think you do a really

1651
00:59:13,080 --> 00:59:15,600
Speaker 2: good job of just kind of extending and then talk

1652
00:59:15,640 --> 00:59:18,200
Speaker 2: about how while you're doing that, And this is why

1653
00:59:18,240 --> 00:59:20,560
Speaker 2: I think people don't understand. I'll tough your positions while

1654
00:59:20,600 --> 00:59:23,120
Speaker 2: you're trying to extend and hold off at three hundred

1655
00:59:23,120 --> 00:59:25,280
Speaker 2: and twenty nine offensive line and you have to find

1656
00:59:25,320 --> 00:59:27,160
Speaker 2: the running back to right. So how do you kind

1657
00:59:27,200 --> 00:59:29,720
Speaker 2: of do those two things simultaneously to be effective against

1658
00:59:29,760 --> 00:59:29,960
Speaker 2: the run?

1659
00:59:30,120 --> 00:59:31,600
Speaker 10: Well, I mean, you just got to read your keys

1660
00:59:31,600 --> 00:59:33,400
Speaker 10: and it leads you right to it. But you just

1661
00:59:34,040 --> 00:59:36,600
Speaker 10: just initially, you just want to get them keep you know,

1662
00:59:36,720 --> 00:59:39,280
Speaker 10: keep the big fatties away from you. You don't get

1663
00:59:39,680 --> 00:59:42,080
Speaker 10: to get up in your good body. And because once that,

1664
00:59:42,160 --> 00:59:43,720
Speaker 10: once you get them to your body, that's another thing.

1665
00:59:43,720 --> 00:59:45,320
Speaker 10: You gotta get them off your body. You gotta ship,

1666
00:59:45,400 --> 00:59:46,760
Speaker 10: You gotta do all that. So you want to keep

1667
00:59:46,760 --> 00:59:48,439
Speaker 10: them away from you as far as you can't demn ship.

1668
00:59:48,560 --> 00:59:50,280
Speaker 10: You know, you don't want to make it harder than't

1669
00:59:50,320 --> 00:59:52,480
Speaker 10: have to be hard. Don't make the run stopping the

1670
00:59:52,560 --> 00:59:53,520
Speaker 10: run hard as it got to be.

1671
00:59:53,920 --> 00:59:56,480
Speaker 2: All right, So that's your technique going against the run.

1672
00:59:56,520 --> 00:59:58,120
Speaker 2: You said you think you have some room to improve

1673
00:59:58,120 --> 01:00:00,080
Speaker 2: as a pass rusher, right, how can you utilize your

1674
01:00:00,120 --> 01:00:01,960
Speaker 2: skill sets a little bit better to be a better

1675
01:00:01,960 --> 01:00:04,000
Speaker 2: pass rusher, have some more production and what are you

1676
01:00:04,080 --> 01:00:05,919
Speaker 2: kind of working on during this draft process to show

1677
01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:06,800
Speaker 2: in the NFL you.

1678
01:00:06,800 --> 01:00:07,120
Speaker 4: Can do that?

1679
01:00:07,680 --> 01:00:10,080
Speaker 10: Just when I get extension, just keeping extension and then

1680
01:00:10,160 --> 01:00:11,880
Speaker 10: notice it like you got to have notice how I

1681
01:00:11,960 --> 01:00:14,640
Speaker 10: had and just get off. You know, the extension plays

1682
01:00:14,720 --> 01:00:17,200
Speaker 10: both parts and run in pass and you gotta I

1683
01:00:17,240 --> 01:00:17,800
Speaker 10: gotta use.

1684
01:00:17,760 --> 01:00:20,440
Speaker 2: Loves it better in the past and a lot of

1685
01:00:20,520 --> 01:00:22,520
Speaker 2: that pass rushers get off too, right, just getting off

1686
01:00:22,520 --> 01:00:24,920
Speaker 2: the ball quickly and kind of getting on those guards

1687
01:00:25,120 --> 01:00:27,720
Speaker 2: on that center quick. Yep, Yes, sir, how do you

1688
01:00:27,800 --> 01:00:30,080
Speaker 2: work on get off? Is that just repping it? Is it?

1689
01:00:30,240 --> 01:00:31,920
Speaker 2: Is it trying to time the snap? Is it more

1690
01:00:31,960 --> 01:00:34,240
Speaker 2: physically just becoming more explosive? Had it?

1691
01:00:34,840 --> 01:00:37,160
Speaker 10: I'd say a little bit of all of it. You know,

1692
01:00:37,360 --> 01:00:40,480
Speaker 10: you just you just want to You also want to

1693
01:00:40,520 --> 01:00:42,360
Speaker 10: be to be one of those guys that get off

1694
01:00:42,360 --> 01:00:44,720
Speaker 10: before the offense lineman due. You want to be one

1695
01:00:44,760 --> 01:00:48,280
Speaker 10: of those guys that can time and snap and just

1696
01:00:48,880 --> 01:00:50,320
Speaker 10: you know, keying the ball is one of the big

1697
01:00:50,400 --> 01:00:50,840
Speaker 10: things too.

1698
01:00:51,000 --> 01:00:52,080
Speaker 4: So I'll say all of them.

1699
01:00:52,640 --> 01:00:56,400
Speaker 2: Absolutely, you have so many. Actually, let me before you

1700
01:00:56,440 --> 01:00:57,800
Speaker 2: go to the team mat, let me ask you. You've

1701
01:00:57,840 --> 01:00:59,960
Speaker 2: been in these meetings there right across the call from

1702
01:01:00,040 --> 01:01:02,000
Speaker 2: us with all these NFL teams. What are some of

1703
01:01:02,040 --> 01:01:03,840
Speaker 2: the topics and things that they're asking you a lot

1704
01:01:03,880 --> 01:01:05,480
Speaker 2: about that they're trying to learn about you as a

1705
01:01:05,480 --> 01:01:06,360
Speaker 2: player and as a person.

1706
01:01:07,480 --> 01:01:10,640
Speaker 10: Uh, Like what I like to do outside of ball?

1707
01:01:10,800 --> 01:01:11,439
Speaker 2: Like what are you telling?

1708
01:01:12,040 --> 01:01:12,160
Speaker 12: Uh?

1709
01:01:12,640 --> 01:01:14,640
Speaker 3: Well, I just recently because I got.

1710
01:01:16,320 --> 01:01:18,960
Speaker 10: I've met a buddy that played at Penn State, Zaine

1711
01:01:19,040 --> 01:01:23,400
Speaker 10: Durant he's, uh, he's big on golf at Uh, that's

1712
01:01:23,400 --> 01:01:25,760
Speaker 10: what we've been We've been talking about doing it at XO.

1713
01:01:25,920 --> 01:01:26,800
Speaker 4: So shout out to Zay.

1714
01:01:27,040 --> 01:01:28,480
Speaker 1: He loved Florida.

1715
01:01:28,840 --> 01:01:29,400
Speaker 3: NOx.

1716
01:01:31,960 --> 01:01:34,320
Speaker 10: Yeah, so we met up and he's talking about golfing.

1717
01:01:34,400 --> 01:01:37,280
Speaker 10: So he's he's kind of got my interests peaked on golfing.

1718
01:01:37,400 --> 01:01:40,640
Speaker 10: So but before it's been talked about for me, I

1719
01:01:40,760 --> 01:01:43,400
Speaker 10: love talk golf. So he was like, he's, since I

1720
01:01:43,480 --> 01:01:45,360
Speaker 10: love talk GoF so much, he teaches me real golf.

1721
01:01:45,440 --> 01:01:47,800
Speaker 10: So this shot out of him for just you know,

1722
01:01:47,960 --> 01:01:51,480
Speaker 10: brought in my uh horizon something like that. But you know,

1723
01:01:51,520 --> 01:01:53,560
Speaker 10: I've never done it, was probably gonna learn it soon,

1724
01:01:54,280 --> 01:01:55,720
Speaker 10: so watch you.

1725
01:01:57,680 --> 01:01:59,520
Speaker 2: He really is all right. I would ask you about

1726
01:01:59,520 --> 01:02:00,919
Speaker 2: some of your t he made some Clemson. You guys

1727
01:02:00,960 --> 01:02:03,480
Speaker 2: had obviously so much talent on that side of the balls.

1728
01:02:03,720 --> 01:02:05,560
Speaker 2: Let me start that you guys are from Woodson Parker.

1729
01:02:05,640 --> 01:02:10,000
Speaker 2: What kind of makes those guys special players? Man?

1730
01:02:10,440 --> 01:02:15,280
Speaker 10: Those two guys are our generational talents U TJ. He's

1731
01:02:16,200 --> 01:02:19,720
Speaker 10: he's versatileent like he's he's so versatile he's he stopped

1732
01:02:19,720 --> 01:02:22,160
Speaker 10: then and he can rush the pass with like TJS.

1733
01:02:22,680 --> 01:02:25,479
Speaker 4: He's he's a one in lifetime generational talent. Peter.

1734
01:02:25,920 --> 01:02:29,160
Speaker 10: He's a freakish machine. That's what I see him as.

1735
01:02:29,240 --> 01:02:32,920
Speaker 10: He's a freakish machine. Don't stop like, don't get tired.

1736
01:02:33,080 --> 01:02:33,120
Speaker 5: Like.

1737
01:02:33,600 --> 01:02:36,160
Speaker 10: And I had a funny story with Peter one time,

1738
01:02:36,600 --> 01:02:38,400
Speaker 10: like one of the calls is coming in late when

1739
01:02:38,560 --> 01:02:41,600
Speaker 10: one game and Peter's like, yo, yo, look out, look out,

1740
01:02:41,600 --> 01:02:43,600
Speaker 10: look out, look out. And I'm and I look down,

1741
01:02:43,640 --> 01:02:45,080
Speaker 10: I'll get down. I'm like, oh, you're right, you're right,

1742
01:02:45,280 --> 01:02:48,640
Speaker 10: Like I can see what he called out and boom boom.

1743
01:02:48,840 --> 01:02:50,880
Speaker 10: Long story short, we blow it up. He makes the

1744
01:02:50,920 --> 01:02:53,240
Speaker 10: tackle in the back field. I'm like, yo, this guy.

1745
01:02:53,320 --> 01:02:56,720
Speaker 10: That's when I knew Peter was different. Like he's up

1746
01:02:56,800 --> 01:02:59,880
Speaker 10: here too, up there too. He's he's freakish and he's smart.

1747
01:03:00,160 --> 01:03:01,520
Speaker 10: He knows he knows the game.

1748
01:03:01,720 --> 01:03:04,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, I know he's not in your position, but corner two,

1749
01:03:05,120 --> 01:03:07,960
Speaker 2: Avian Torell is probably gonna be a first time Brothers

1750
01:03:08,000 --> 01:03:08,600
Speaker 2: Ready in the league.

1751
01:03:10,400 --> 01:03:10,560
Speaker 6: Man.

1752
01:03:10,680 --> 01:03:14,480
Speaker 10: Avian Terrell is man a guy. If you want to

1753
01:03:14,600 --> 01:03:17,000
Speaker 10: if you want to see football, you just watch Avian

1754
01:03:17,080 --> 01:03:21,200
Speaker 10: Terrell Like he is Like, Avian Terrell is one of

1755
01:03:21,280 --> 01:03:21,800
Speaker 10: my favorites.

1756
01:03:21,880 --> 01:03:22,480
Speaker 4: You know what I'm saying.

1757
01:03:22,520 --> 01:03:25,960
Speaker 10: We were brothers, man, and over the time being at Clemson,

1758
01:03:26,120 --> 01:03:27,720
Speaker 10: I can go to him and talk about anything and

1759
01:03:27,960 --> 01:03:30,640
Speaker 10: it's you know, outside the ball, you know, that's it's there.

1760
01:03:30,760 --> 01:03:32,680
Speaker 10: The relationship I built with those guys that you all,

1761
01:03:33,240 --> 01:03:35,400
Speaker 10: all the guys that we name here so far, well,

1762
01:03:35,440 --> 01:03:38,480
Speaker 10: I feel like we've we've built a bond that's never

1763
01:03:38,560 --> 01:03:40,880
Speaker 10: gonna be broken because all all of those guys I

1764
01:03:40,920 --> 01:03:42,520
Speaker 10: can call to this day and you know, we can

1765
01:03:42,600 --> 01:03:44,560
Speaker 10: have we can smooth, we can talk about ball, we

1766
01:03:44,640 --> 01:03:46,440
Speaker 10: can talk for hours about ball, and we can talk

1767
01:03:46,440 --> 01:03:48,760
Speaker 10: about hours about nothing, just joke.

1768
01:03:48,680 --> 01:03:49,440
Speaker 3: Around, laughing.

1769
01:03:49,960 --> 01:03:53,440
Speaker 10: So yeah, but A V's he's he's you know, if

1770
01:03:53,840 --> 01:03:55,680
Speaker 10: if I could pick him first, I picked I'm taking

1771
01:03:55,720 --> 01:03:57,920
Speaker 10: a V. Because he's, you know, he's a ball man.

1772
01:03:57,960 --> 01:03:59,400
Speaker 10: Do you not see how like he's he got a

1773
01:03:59,480 --> 01:04:03,200
Speaker 10: net for the like he's he's broken records because he's you.

1774
01:04:03,240 --> 01:04:05,160
Speaker 4: Know, getting to the ball. And this is he's just

1775
01:04:05,400 --> 01:04:06,000
Speaker 4: violent man.

1776
01:04:06,320 --> 01:04:08,920
Speaker 3: He just he's on a mission.

1777
01:04:09,080 --> 01:04:10,600
Speaker 2: And the other thing about corners, I think it on

1778
01:04:10,680 --> 01:04:13,080
Speaker 2: the rated you have a physical corner that could be

1779
01:04:13,160 --> 01:04:14,680
Speaker 2: like the forced player in the run game, and it's

1780
01:04:14,720 --> 01:04:15,960
Speaker 2: willing to go out there and do it. That can

1781
01:04:16,080 --> 01:04:18,440
Speaker 2: really make a difference for the front.

1782
01:04:18,320 --> 01:04:21,600
Speaker 10: Right, he's yeah, he's so nasty man, just man, just

1783
01:04:21,760 --> 01:04:22,840
Speaker 10: talking about him getting hyped.

1784
01:04:22,960 --> 01:04:24,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, I can tell man, you're fired.

1785
01:04:24,360 --> 01:04:25,800
Speaker 10: Up, get fired up talking about it.

1786
01:04:25,920 --> 01:04:26,080
Speaker 3: Yeah.

1787
01:04:26,120 --> 01:04:28,520
Speaker 2: But how does Clemson in the program get you guys

1788
01:04:28,600 --> 01:04:29,440
Speaker 2: ready for the pruss?

1789
01:04:31,760 --> 01:04:34,440
Speaker 10: I think, first off, you you just gotta put you

1790
01:04:34,480 --> 01:04:37,360
Speaker 10: got to act like a pro like nobody can do

1791
01:04:37,440 --> 01:04:39,480
Speaker 10: it for you. You just gotta you know, they give

1792
01:04:39,520 --> 01:04:41,120
Speaker 10: you the formerly. You just gotta get it. Just get

1793
01:04:41,160 --> 01:04:42,120
Speaker 10: in and get in with you.

1794
01:04:43,200 --> 01:04:44,200
Speaker 3: How have you learned it?

1795
01:04:44,280 --> 01:04:44,680
Speaker 7: You learn it?

1796
01:04:44,760 --> 01:04:47,280
Speaker 10: You know, you know, they they got the resources. You

1797
01:04:47,400 --> 01:04:48,840
Speaker 10: got to You gotta be a man enough to go

1798
01:04:48,920 --> 01:04:52,600
Speaker 10: attack it, you know. So I think Clemson is a

1799
01:04:52,640 --> 01:04:53,480
Speaker 10: football factory.

1800
01:04:53,680 --> 01:04:54,480
Speaker 8: You know, so you are.

1801
01:04:55,160 --> 01:04:56,720
Speaker 2: Why do you think maybe you guys weren't able to

1802
01:04:56,720 --> 01:04:58,800
Speaker 2: put it all together this year as well as maybe

1803
01:04:58,840 --> 01:05:00,280
Speaker 2: you thought you might have to start of the year.

1804
01:05:01,000 --> 01:05:02,920
Speaker 10: I think none of us has seen a come from

1805
01:05:02,960 --> 01:05:06,720
Speaker 10: like that before. But we also we know how to work.

1806
01:05:07,480 --> 01:05:10,880
Speaker 10: So we just kept our head down and kept attacking,

1807
01:05:11,040 --> 01:05:12,960
Speaker 10: and you know, we did the best when it was

1808
01:05:13,000 --> 01:05:15,000
Speaker 10: dealt and we came out with what we had.

1809
01:05:15,960 --> 01:05:17,320
Speaker 2: Well, he was here getting on you man, sir. I

1810
01:05:17,400 --> 01:05:19,000
Speaker 2: appreciate it. By the way, I should ask you, do

1811
01:05:19,040 --> 01:05:20,680
Speaker 2: you have you talked to Text Lawrence at all? Are

1812
01:05:20,720 --> 01:05:21,160
Speaker 2: you guys tight?

1813
01:05:21,280 --> 01:05:21,680
Speaker 3: Have you guys?

1814
01:05:23,240 --> 01:05:23,400
Speaker 4: Yeah?

1815
01:05:23,840 --> 01:05:24,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's huge.

1816
01:05:27,160 --> 01:05:29,280
Speaker 2: At good luck this week. Rest of Grappros, Thank you

1817
01:05:29,360 --> 01:05:32,920
Speaker 2: very much, and now we're joined by defensive tackle for

1818
01:05:32,960 --> 01:05:34,680
Speaker 2: the Florida State Seminals. You can see it on your

1819
01:05:34,680 --> 01:05:37,240
Speaker 2: shirt repping FSU Jackson Junior.

1820
01:05:37,280 --> 01:05:37,440
Speaker 4: Dad.

1821
01:05:37,440 --> 01:05:37,800
Speaker 2: What's going on?

1822
01:05:37,920 --> 01:05:38,000
Speaker 5: Then?

1823
01:05:38,080 --> 01:05:40,520
Speaker 4: It's going good? Man, Like you know, I'm blessed, I'm

1824
01:05:40,520 --> 01:05:41,160
Speaker 4: happy to be here.

1825
01:05:41,680 --> 01:05:43,120
Speaker 2: Well, let's talk about it. We're talking a right after

1826
01:05:43,120 --> 01:05:44,880
Speaker 2: the first practice. How do you think day one went

1827
01:05:44,920 --> 01:05:45,120
Speaker 2: for you?

1828
01:05:45,440 --> 01:05:46,280
Speaker 4: It went well?

1829
01:05:46,400 --> 01:05:46,520
Speaker 1: Man?

1830
01:05:46,600 --> 01:05:49,160
Speaker 4: You know it's something you know, just knocking off the

1831
01:05:49,240 --> 01:05:51,840
Speaker 4: reds again. Better, No, tomorrow will be even better.

1832
01:05:52,760 --> 01:05:54,800
Speaker 2: That one rape where you got right underneath that it

1833
01:05:54,880 --> 01:05:56,560
Speaker 2: wasn't sure it was center or guard the band. You

1834
01:05:56,680 --> 01:05:58,680
Speaker 2: kind of got to push them right back into the backfield.

1835
01:05:58,680 --> 01:06:00,720
Speaker 2: Do you think that's like a nice if you dow

1836
01:06:00,760 --> 01:06:02,960
Speaker 2: and take one play in practice that defines your game?

1837
01:06:03,040 --> 01:06:04,640
Speaker 2: Do you think that's kind of play that with the

1838
01:06:04,680 --> 01:06:05,080
Speaker 2: fund right?

1839
01:06:05,600 --> 01:06:07,520
Speaker 4: Yeah? Man, just being more consistent with you know what

1840
01:06:07,560 --> 01:06:07,800
Speaker 4: I mean?

1841
01:06:07,920 --> 01:06:11,040
Speaker 2: Yes, sir, you watch yourself on tape and when I

1842
01:06:11,120 --> 01:06:13,560
Speaker 2: watch you getting ready for this interview, the word that

1843
01:06:13,640 --> 01:06:15,840
Speaker 2: comes to mind is just power. Yeah, right, And I

1844
01:06:15,920 --> 01:06:18,760
Speaker 2: think in terms of your ability to stop the run,

1845
01:06:18,920 --> 01:06:21,560
Speaker 2: how do you utilize your power and your strength to

1846
01:06:21,600 --> 01:06:22,680
Speaker 2: be a good run defender?

1847
01:06:22,880 --> 01:06:23,040
Speaker 11: Oh?

1848
01:06:23,200 --> 01:06:25,160
Speaker 4: You know, man, just realizing when I'm at to know

1849
01:06:25,320 --> 01:06:26,920
Speaker 4: just know your pressure, kid, and just know what's coming

1850
01:06:26,960 --> 01:06:29,320
Speaker 4: with and you know, you know what I mean, Just

1851
01:06:29,560 --> 01:06:30,880
Speaker 4: like just playing in the middle. You got to be

1852
01:06:30,960 --> 01:06:33,160
Speaker 4: the man in the middle, like you gotta be dumb

1853
01:06:33,240 --> 01:06:35,080
Speaker 4: this so like I know, like this Sunmer can't get

1854
01:06:35,120 --> 01:06:36,520
Speaker 4: up to the next level. I know I have to

1855
01:06:37,120 --> 01:06:38,720
Speaker 4: get knocked back, you know what I mean? And said,

1856
01:06:38,760 --> 01:06:41,640
Speaker 4: you know, uh, something I'm still working on in my game,

1857
01:06:41,720 --> 01:06:44,880
Speaker 4: even like the that's to see things fact, you know

1858
01:06:44,880 --> 01:06:46,560
Speaker 4: what I mean, Like you know, I'm still working to

1859
01:06:46,640 --> 01:06:49,240
Speaker 4: get polished and everything. So I feel like everything's throwing

1860
01:06:49,280 --> 01:06:51,040
Speaker 4: to come together. You know, my best football to hit him.

1861
01:06:51,440 --> 01:06:53,160
Speaker 2: Yeah. And then when I watch on tape, you play

1862
01:06:53,560 --> 01:06:55,360
Speaker 2: zero all the way out to the three, depending on

1863
01:06:55,600 --> 01:06:57,280
Speaker 2: when you play. But a lot of that zero and

1864
01:06:57,320 --> 01:07:00,280
Speaker 2: one technique stuff, it's unforgiving. I think at fourhand on

1865
01:07:00,640 --> 01:07:02,520
Speaker 2: a lot of these plays. How do you deal with

1866
01:07:02,600 --> 01:07:05,160
Speaker 2: those double teams. As a guy that's the man in

1867
01:07:05,200 --> 01:07:05,960
Speaker 2: the middle, as you put it.

1868
01:07:06,040 --> 01:07:07,680
Speaker 4: I mean, you know, I'm a team player, man, So

1869
01:07:08,000 --> 01:07:09,960
Speaker 4: if it's two guys only, like line bike should come

1870
01:07:10,000 --> 01:07:11,080
Speaker 4: free and make the play, you know what I mean?

1871
01:07:11,160 --> 01:07:13,480
Speaker 4: So man, you know we all eat at the same time,

1872
01:07:13,480 --> 01:07:14,560
Speaker 4: you know what I mean. I don't doing whatever to

1873
01:07:14,680 --> 01:07:15,360
Speaker 4: make my team win.

1874
01:07:15,880 --> 01:07:17,920
Speaker 2: When I saw your measurements, I'll saw with the wait

1875
01:07:17,960 --> 01:07:19,760
Speaker 2: three twenty eight. Is that where you want to play?

1876
01:07:19,800 --> 01:07:21,440
Speaker 2: Do you think is that your ideal playing weight or

1877
01:07:21,520 --> 01:07:23,480
Speaker 2: you want to be lighter three twenty I'm trying to

1878
01:07:23,480 --> 01:07:25,480
Speaker 2: get the three twenty What did you play it last year?

1879
01:07:25,720 --> 01:07:27,040
Speaker 4: I was three thirty three thirty five?

1880
01:07:28,320 --> 01:07:29,560
Speaker 2: Why do you think you want to play a little

1881
01:07:29,560 --> 01:07:29,919
Speaker 2: bit lighter?

1882
01:07:30,680 --> 01:07:32,320
Speaker 4: I feel better, you know what I mean? I move

1883
01:07:32,400 --> 01:07:33,600
Speaker 4: better and know what I mean, like and I know,

1884
01:07:33,720 --> 01:07:35,840
Speaker 4: I really I've led it on to be my size,

1885
01:07:35,880 --> 01:07:37,640
Speaker 4: and I know, like when I was at three y

1886
01:07:37,640 --> 01:07:38,880
Speaker 4: oh five, I knew how I was moving, know what

1887
01:07:38,880 --> 01:07:41,320
Speaker 4: I mean. So really just trying to you know, ain't

1888
01:07:41,320 --> 01:07:43,280
Speaker 4: nothing wrong with me being three thirdyve I just want

1889
01:07:43,320 --> 01:07:45,640
Speaker 4: to like get back to that that that that movement,

1890
01:07:46,240 --> 01:07:48,760
Speaker 4: that twitching is what I had so man, just being

1891
01:07:48,880 --> 01:07:50,080
Speaker 4: three twenty, I feel like I can do it.

1892
01:07:50,240 --> 01:07:52,520
Speaker 2: You talk about moving and twitching as I imagine you're

1893
01:07:52,520 --> 01:07:54,360
Speaker 2: thinking about past rush right, a little bit lighter. You

1894
01:07:54,400 --> 01:07:55,960
Speaker 2: can be a little bit more explosive in the past.

1895
01:07:57,200 --> 01:07:59,240
Speaker 4: Man. Just being polished, man, you know, just getting off bite,

1896
01:07:59,320 --> 01:08:00,960
Speaker 4: just something car You know, I got a power and

1897
01:08:01,040 --> 01:08:03,240
Speaker 4: got long on just getting just getting off the block

1898
01:08:03,320 --> 01:08:05,240
Speaker 4: for you know what I mean, Like just working little

1899
01:08:05,480 --> 01:08:07,320
Speaker 4: if it's like power to fort little power or the

1900
01:08:07,400 --> 01:08:09,400
Speaker 4: snap bullet snap. You know, I'm a power guy, So

1901
01:08:09,400 --> 01:08:10,600
Speaker 4: I'm not really a Fini this guy, you know what

1902
01:08:10,640 --> 01:08:12,480
Speaker 4: I mean. So I'm gonna work. I'm gonna work what's

1903
01:08:12,520 --> 01:08:12,880
Speaker 4: best for me.

1904
01:08:13,800 --> 01:08:15,640
Speaker 2: I guess I wasn't surprised when I saw it because

1905
01:08:15,680 --> 01:08:17,200
Speaker 2: I think it does show up with the way you play.

1906
01:08:17,760 --> 01:08:20,479
Speaker 2: But thirty five inch arms or someone that plays the

1907
01:08:20,760 --> 01:08:23,200
Speaker 2: one or the zero, you don't see that very rock in.

1908
01:08:23,720 --> 01:08:25,479
Speaker 2: The Giants have a guy like that, Dexter Lawrence. He's

1909
01:08:25,520 --> 01:08:27,120
Speaker 2: thirty four in charms, he's got long arms, and he's

1910
01:08:27,160 --> 01:08:31,160
Speaker 2: a big guy just like you all absolutely right. How

1911
01:08:31,200 --> 01:08:34,560
Speaker 2: do you utilize your length as a run stopper and

1912
01:08:34,640 --> 01:08:37,640
Speaker 2: a pass rusher and use that to your greatest advantage.

1913
01:08:37,400 --> 01:08:39,360
Speaker 4: Man, Just getting extension. Man, some of these guys that

1914
01:08:39,560 --> 01:08:41,479
Speaker 4: some of these guys on not really that long. So

1915
01:08:42,160 --> 01:08:44,400
Speaker 4: I center on a power on reach probably seven eight,

1916
01:08:44,439 --> 01:08:46,200
Speaker 4: you know what I mean. So me and me just

1917
01:08:46,280 --> 01:08:49,160
Speaker 4: taking a vendit again, striking when I when I strite

1918
01:08:49,200 --> 01:08:51,080
Speaker 4: and I got power in my hand, So when I

1919
01:08:51,120 --> 01:08:53,400
Speaker 4: strite and I feel not back man, just just finding

1920
01:08:53,439 --> 01:08:55,560
Speaker 4: that week soda man, just finding a soft spot and

1921
01:08:55,560 --> 01:08:57,720
Speaker 4: the week soda and and and taking advantage of it.

1922
01:08:58,360 --> 01:09:00,640
Speaker 2: How important is hand placement and get those hands in

1923
01:09:00,680 --> 01:09:03,320
Speaker 2: the right place so you can control that offensive line.

1924
01:09:03,720 --> 01:09:06,040
Speaker 4: It's really a part of many boys tight hands, you know,

1925
01:09:06,120 --> 01:09:09,040
Speaker 4: because sometime like oh, I can get leverage by while

1926
01:09:09,080 --> 01:09:10,759
Speaker 4: your hands on the I side hit him the inside.

1927
01:09:10,800 --> 01:09:13,320
Speaker 4: And it's sometime I'm a big guy, sometime my pad

1928
01:09:13,360 --> 01:09:14,479
Speaker 4: leo would get too high, you know what I mean.

1929
01:09:14,560 --> 01:09:16,400
Speaker 4: So that probably can that probably can be like a

1930
01:09:16,439 --> 01:09:17,920
Speaker 4: weekness in my game that I need to work on,

1931
01:09:17,960 --> 01:09:18,360
Speaker 4: you know what I mean.

1932
01:09:18,800 --> 01:09:21,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, when obviously when the season ends, you get with

1933
01:09:21,680 --> 01:09:23,360
Speaker 2: your team, you're agent, all the people that are close

1934
01:09:23,400 --> 01:09:24,600
Speaker 2: to you, and you say, all right, this is what

1935
01:09:24,680 --> 01:09:26,439
Speaker 2: I want to work on the pre draft process, right,

1936
01:09:26,520 --> 01:09:27,960
Speaker 2: what are some of the things And this is the

1937
01:09:28,000 --> 01:09:29,960
Speaker 2: first step in the pre draft process. What do you

1938
01:09:30,040 --> 01:09:32,280
Speaker 2: want to show coaches and scouts that watch you on

1939
01:09:32,400 --> 01:09:34,000
Speaker 2: the field of practicing in the game this week?

1940
01:09:34,120 --> 01:09:35,600
Speaker 4: Man on that on the men in the middle. And

1941
01:09:35,680 --> 01:09:36,920
Speaker 4: I can't pass us, you know what I mean, Like

1942
01:09:36,960 --> 01:09:38,880
Speaker 4: I'll be hearing like a lot of stuff like, oh,

1943
01:09:38,920 --> 01:09:40,400
Speaker 4: he can't patter it. I can't pas us, you know

1944
01:09:40,400 --> 01:09:42,760
Speaker 4: what I mean? Like, and I can do everything you

1945
01:09:42,840 --> 01:09:44,360
Speaker 4: think I can't do, you know, And I just want

1946
01:09:44,400 --> 01:09:44,800
Speaker 4: to prove that.

1947
01:09:47,200 --> 01:09:49,320
Speaker 2: How do you want to try to develop your pass

1948
01:09:49,400 --> 01:09:51,360
Speaker 2: rush game? Is a matter of getting more moves into

1949
01:09:51,400 --> 01:09:53,760
Speaker 2: the repertoire? Is it a mindset? Is it get off?

1950
01:09:54,800 --> 01:09:56,639
Speaker 2: How do you want to try to improve your past rush?

1951
01:09:56,640 --> 01:09:57,360
Speaker 2: You guys, notice.

1952
01:09:57,160 --> 01:09:58,880
Speaker 4: Exactly when my problem is not working, you know, get

1953
01:09:58,920 --> 01:10:00,559
Speaker 4: to account of move you not like I said, man,

1954
01:10:00,640 --> 01:10:03,400
Speaker 4: Like like I said before, Man, get get the power

1955
01:10:03,439 --> 01:10:04,600
Speaker 4: of the fort living you know what I mean, Like,

1956
01:10:04,680 --> 01:10:06,240
Speaker 4: just don't go down the middle of that god work edge,

1957
01:10:06,240 --> 01:10:08,280
Speaker 4: you know what I mean? Yeah, So, man, just just

1958
01:10:08,720 --> 01:10:11,040
Speaker 4: just figuring myself out and learning, like getting better than yeah,

1959
01:10:11,040 --> 01:10:12,360
Speaker 4: you know my best football and hit him?

1960
01:10:12,800 --> 01:10:14,280
Speaker 2: Is that something you worked on a lot when you

1961
01:10:14,360 --> 01:10:17,720
Speaker 2: were training heading into this game absolutely where you're training.

1962
01:10:17,960 --> 01:10:20,479
Speaker 4: Uh in time for houseo athlete that you're Murphy.

1963
01:10:20,600 --> 01:10:24,360
Speaker 2: Oh very good, yes, sir. So when you get in

1964
01:10:24,439 --> 01:10:26,120
Speaker 2: front of these coaches and gms and stuff and they

1965
01:10:26,160 --> 01:10:27,800
Speaker 2: pepper you with questions, what are some of those type

1966
01:10:27,800 --> 01:10:29,479
Speaker 2: of things that they're asking you about you as a player?

1967
01:10:29,600 --> 01:10:29,840
Speaker 7: First?

1968
01:10:30,920 --> 01:10:34,000
Speaker 4: No, they just asked me like my background knowledge, like

1969
01:10:34,439 --> 01:10:36,040
Speaker 4: why and why I transfer? You know what I mean?

1970
01:10:36,160 --> 01:10:38,800
Speaker 4: So man, you know, just just having to just having

1971
01:10:38,800 --> 01:10:41,280
Speaker 4: an answer and being precisely in being honest, you know

1972
01:10:41,320 --> 01:10:43,519
Speaker 4: what I mean, like just being straight forward. And I

1973
01:10:43,560 --> 01:10:45,000
Speaker 4: feel like I've been doing that in the interview. I

1974
01:10:45,040 --> 01:10:46,880
Speaker 4: feel like I've been doing a great job at it.

1975
01:10:47,040 --> 01:10:48,559
Speaker 2: Well, I'll ask you the question, because you went from

1976
01:10:48,760 --> 01:10:50,960
Speaker 2: Maryland right first, to Miami and then you found your

1977
01:10:50,960 --> 01:10:52,559
Speaker 2: home in Florida State, right all right, this is where

1978
01:10:52,600 --> 01:10:55,120
Speaker 2: I want to be, right Why why did you change

1979
01:10:55,160 --> 01:10:56,920
Speaker 2: this first few times? And then why did Florida state

1980
01:10:57,000 --> 01:10:58,599
Speaker 2: make sense for you? Why did you decide to stay

1981
01:10:58,640 --> 01:10:59,680
Speaker 2: there for three years?

1982
01:10:59,760 --> 01:11:02,040
Speaker 4: Yeah? Man, So going into Maryland, man, you know, I

1983
01:11:02,200 --> 01:11:04,320
Speaker 4: was I was being I was happy with being comfortable

1984
01:11:04,320 --> 01:11:06,639
Speaker 4: with uncomfort, you know what I mean? I was being comfortable,

1985
01:11:06,720 --> 01:11:09,000
Speaker 4: uncomoring on just going to just going in Toto Maryland

1986
01:11:09,040 --> 01:11:11,120
Speaker 4: with that mindset that I'm gonna play, I'm gonna work out.

1987
01:11:11,120 --> 01:11:12,800
Speaker 4: I was working out three times a day. I went,

1988
01:11:12,840 --> 01:11:14,360
Speaker 4: like I said, I went to Maryland with with a

1989
01:11:14,520 --> 01:11:16,280
Speaker 4: with a pillow, no cold. I had an igh pad,

1990
01:11:16,360 --> 01:11:17,880
Speaker 4: you know. And I had a guy out their name

1991
01:11:17,960 --> 01:11:19,559
Speaker 4: Trot Robertson, you know, and we used to work out

1992
01:11:19,600 --> 01:11:21,880
Speaker 4: three times or three times a day instead of the

1993
01:11:22,000 --> 01:11:24,360
Speaker 4: studied on the playboard instead of the film. You know

1994
01:11:24,400 --> 01:11:26,799
Speaker 4: what I'm saying, and getting with the coaches, we always

1995
01:11:26,800 --> 01:11:28,320
Speaker 4: say we're gonna be a true firsh for all America.

1996
01:11:28,360 --> 01:11:30,679
Speaker 4: You know, it's supposed to my thing. And I said

1997
01:11:31,080 --> 01:11:32,680
Speaker 4: fruture first round, you know what I mean, Like and

1998
01:11:32,760 --> 01:11:35,160
Speaker 4: Trot went first round. So I'm still trying to reach

1999
01:11:35,200 --> 01:11:37,160
Speaker 4: that goal, you know what I mean. So man, just

2000
01:11:37,240 --> 01:11:40,080
Speaker 4: going into that with that mindset. You know, I love Maryland.

2001
01:11:40,479 --> 01:11:42,120
Speaker 4: It wasn't nothing with the coaches that I don't have

2002
01:11:42,360 --> 01:11:44,760
Speaker 4: the field ish. I don't smoke, drink, I don't party. Know,

2003
01:11:44,840 --> 01:11:46,280
Speaker 4: I have a cookout before. I have a part of

2004
01:11:46,280 --> 01:11:47,599
Speaker 4: a lot. I'm a family guy, you know what I mean.

2005
01:11:47,840 --> 01:11:51,120
Speaker 4: I have a little one on the way, but man, yeah,

2006
01:11:51,160 --> 01:11:54,240
Speaker 4: I appreciate it. Man, Man, just leaving the man cut

2007
01:11:54,280 --> 01:11:57,120
Speaker 4: that I loved Maryland because the situation my family was

2008
01:11:57,160 --> 01:11:58,719
Speaker 4: going to back home. You know, I come for nothing,

2009
01:11:59,360 --> 01:12:01,720
Speaker 4: just helping my mom with bills and my listenster. She

2010
01:12:01,880 --> 01:12:03,880
Speaker 4: having kids in the house. So just really just trying

2011
01:12:03,920 --> 01:12:06,439
Speaker 4: to be like the father fit. You know. We didn't

2012
01:12:06,479 --> 01:12:09,000
Speaker 4: have no no, no, no men around, you know what

2013
01:12:09,040 --> 01:12:12,360
Speaker 4: I mean. So man, I'm off meat. That's when I

2014
01:12:12,520 --> 01:12:14,120
Speaker 4: had came around the after meet and it was a

2015
01:12:14,160 --> 01:12:18,439
Speaker 4: great opportunity. You know, I went to Miami everything, you know,

2016
01:12:18,720 --> 01:12:21,280
Speaker 4: new coaching, styff. I'm just not getting up figuring everything.

2017
01:12:21,439 --> 01:12:23,479
Speaker 4: I'm still the same person. I don't part of even

2018
01:12:23,520 --> 01:12:25,120
Speaker 4: though I'm in a bit shit, I don't part I don't.

2019
01:12:25,360 --> 01:12:27,479
Speaker 4: I'm not changing for nobody, know what I mean. So, man,

2020
01:12:27,600 --> 01:12:29,360
Speaker 4: just getting out there and learning to play. Butoar, you know,

2021
01:12:29,439 --> 01:12:31,840
Speaker 4: I became accounting. I started playing. One day my mom

2022
01:12:31,920 --> 01:12:34,200
Speaker 4: called me. She was sick. She said she had sent

2023
01:12:34,320 --> 01:12:35,840
Speaker 4: her some of that probably can turn into the council.

2024
01:12:35,920 --> 01:12:40,320
Speaker 4: So so me just being a young guy eighteen, really

2025
01:12:40,360 --> 01:12:44,200
Speaker 4: trying to take controlling the situation. You know, I was

2026
01:12:44,240 --> 01:12:47,519
Speaker 4: in like my little mental like I was trying to

2027
01:12:47,520 --> 01:12:50,400
Speaker 4: figure myself out still. You know, uh, everybody think I

2028
01:12:50,479 --> 01:12:52,559
Speaker 4: went to Florida State for more money. It wasn't because

2029
01:12:52,560 --> 01:12:53,680
Speaker 4: of my money, you know what I mean. I took

2030
01:12:53,720 --> 01:12:55,400
Speaker 4: a pay cut to go to Florida State and understand,

2031
01:12:55,680 --> 01:12:58,880
Speaker 4: so man, it's that man. Just I was going like,

2032
01:12:59,000 --> 01:13:00,280
Speaker 4: don't get me wrong, I was going to be for

2033
01:13:00,360 --> 01:13:02,599
Speaker 4: it because like when I was when I wasn't at home,

2034
01:13:02,640 --> 01:13:04,240
Speaker 4: I was, I was like, man, I want to go play.

2035
01:13:04,080 --> 01:13:06,160
Speaker 11: Football, you know what I mean, you know, like I

2036
01:13:06,280 --> 01:13:08,519
Speaker 11: love football like this, like this has.

2037
01:13:08,400 --> 01:13:10,320
Speaker 4: Been my dreams. Like man, I was like, I get

2038
01:13:10,360 --> 01:13:11,920
Speaker 4: one mama, Like, well, my mama died, you know what

2039
01:13:11,920 --> 01:13:13,960
Speaker 4: I mean. Damn hurt then, like you feel me? So

2040
01:13:14,240 --> 01:13:15,760
Speaker 4: I ain't want to be in the midst of that.

2041
01:13:15,920 --> 01:13:17,840
Speaker 4: But man, man, that's going in for the state. Man.

2042
01:13:17,840 --> 01:13:19,519
Speaker 4: I learned a lot that year, I said, I you know,

2043
01:13:19,560 --> 01:13:21,439
Speaker 4: I learned myself. I learned that this is what I

2044
01:13:21,640 --> 01:13:23,400
Speaker 4: truly love, this is what I want to do, And

2045
01:13:24,000 --> 01:13:25,360
Speaker 4: I went to practice every day. You know, I had

2046
01:13:25,400 --> 01:13:27,240
Speaker 4: greater fits that I had Jared versus I had on

2047
01:13:27,439 --> 01:13:29,680
Speaker 4: Patrick Fray, I had Josh, I had all all the

2048
01:13:29,760 --> 01:13:32,000
Speaker 4: people there at the right time, you know what I.

2049
01:13:32,040 --> 01:13:34,960
Speaker 2: Mean, Like Universual was if practicing but not being able

2050
01:13:34,960 --> 01:13:37,760
Speaker 2: to get into those games in your first year there? Man,

2051
01:13:37,840 --> 01:13:38,799
Speaker 2: did it kill you inside?

2052
01:13:40,040 --> 01:13:40,320
Speaker 3: Connor?

2053
01:13:41,120 --> 01:13:43,160
Speaker 4: Not really? Man, all right, I'll probably was hurt for

2054
01:13:43,320 --> 01:13:46,080
Speaker 4: like what after after they played l s U.

2055
01:13:46,920 --> 01:13:47,120
Speaker 2: Man.

2056
01:13:47,680 --> 01:13:49,920
Speaker 4: That that's when like all the hurt really like came

2057
01:13:50,040 --> 01:13:52,120
Speaker 4: to like no, you know what I mean, Like, Man,

2058
01:13:52,400 --> 01:13:54,320
Speaker 4: I went to worry every day, you know what I mean. Yeah,

2059
01:13:54,320 --> 01:13:56,120
Speaker 4: I didn't complain. That's when I gave my most respect

2060
01:13:56,200 --> 01:13:58,720
Speaker 4: him for the state coach novel. You know, guys in

2061
01:13:58,800 --> 01:14:01,200
Speaker 4: the facility, you know that. And Man, I ain't had

2062
01:14:01,240 --> 01:14:03,439
Speaker 4: no problem going to work, getting better, working out, you know,

2063
01:14:03,560 --> 01:14:06,000
Speaker 4: coach coach or talking about the screen like it wasn't.

2064
01:14:06,000 --> 01:14:07,840
Speaker 4: I won't change nothing in the world about my story,

2065
01:14:07,840 --> 01:14:09,479
Speaker 4: you know what I mean. So just being around no

2066
01:14:09,600 --> 01:14:11,519
Speaker 4: guy and see how they work you no fists, breaking fist.

2067
01:14:11,600 --> 01:14:13,160
Speaker 4: He came in with an orange lead, you know what

2068
01:14:13,200 --> 01:14:16,800
Speaker 4: I mean, orangelean man. Like how that got work, Man

2069
01:14:16,880 --> 01:14:18,280
Speaker 4: is amazing, you know what I mean? Like that, Man,

2070
01:14:18,360 --> 01:14:20,280
Speaker 4: that man came in, he really he written not a

2071
01:14:20,320 --> 01:14:22,200
Speaker 4: vocal leader, but he leave he lead by a jample,

2072
01:14:22,240 --> 01:14:23,960
Speaker 4: you know what I mean. Jeed versus was all bothal

2073
01:14:24,000 --> 01:14:26,080
Speaker 4: leader at the time, you know what I mean. Like, Man,

2074
01:14:26,160 --> 01:14:28,599
Speaker 4: that's two competitive guys. Man, I always wanted to play

2075
01:14:28,640 --> 01:14:30,280
Speaker 4: with them, but I went to work and that's how

2076
01:14:30,320 --> 01:14:31,400
Speaker 4: I played with them, you know what I mean, Like

2077
01:14:31,439 --> 01:14:34,040
Speaker 4: in practice or they gatting practice turn, you know what

2078
01:14:34,040 --> 01:14:35,920
Speaker 4: I mean. So, man, just being around no guy, That's

2079
01:14:35,960 --> 01:14:37,240
Speaker 4: how I got through that. See, you know I had

2080
01:14:37,240 --> 01:14:39,200
Speaker 4: people to lean on. I had my days, but at

2081
01:14:39,200 --> 01:14:40,679
Speaker 4: the end of the day, you know, I found myself again.

2082
01:14:40,680 --> 01:14:41,799
Speaker 4: I knew I was gonna play football.

2083
01:14:42,320 --> 01:14:44,120
Speaker 2: All right. Final question, man, as this is the start

2084
01:14:44,120 --> 01:14:48,800
Speaker 2: of the draft process. You have combined pro day's, you know,

2085
01:14:48,960 --> 01:14:51,240
Speaker 2: thirty meetings, all that sort of stuff coming up. If

2086
01:14:51,280 --> 01:14:53,880
Speaker 2: there's one or two things that you want NFL teams

2087
01:14:54,280 --> 01:14:57,360
Speaker 2: to know about Daryl Jackson, either person or player or

2088
01:14:57,400 --> 01:14:59,240
Speaker 2: whatever direction you want, what would they be.

2089
01:14:59,439 --> 01:15:01,160
Speaker 4: Man, wanting to know on the man in the middle

2090
01:15:01,200 --> 01:15:03,000
Speaker 4: and the man that don't don't don't don't hold the

2091
01:15:03,040 --> 01:15:05,720
Speaker 4: guys accountable. We're not coming to the organization own in

2092
01:15:05,840 --> 01:15:07,320
Speaker 4: off the field. I'm gonna be that leader. I want

2093
01:15:07,360 --> 01:15:08,880
Speaker 4: to be the guy that that that that coming too.

2094
01:15:08,920 --> 01:15:10,759
Speaker 4: A franchise player I'm gonna be the one that leaders

2095
01:15:10,760 --> 01:15:13,080
Speaker 4: to the super Bowl, so that's why I want teams

2096
01:15:13,080 --> 01:15:13,559
Speaker 4: to know ABOUTY.

2097
01:15:15,000 --> 01:15:16,519
Speaker 2: That's like the rest of the way, Thank you very much.