WEBVTT - LISTEN | Jets Podcast Profile Series: Elijah Moore (7/21) 0:00:04.680 --> 0:00:11.760 Touched down beautiful round by Elijah More. Welcome to another 0:00:11.800 --> 0:00:16.160 episode on the Official Jets podcast, the podcast Profile series 0:00:16.440 --> 0:00:20.279 continuing to roll on. Here another rookie. We got Elijah More, 0:00:20.360 --> 0:00:22.959 we got two interviews. We've got Tevin Allen, who's the 0:00:23.040 --> 0:00:26.200 CEO of gold Feet Global. Sure people have seen him 0:00:26.239 --> 0:00:29.880 on Instagram before, worked out with Elijah Moore when Elijah 0:00:30.040 --> 0:00:32.440 was grown up. And then we also got Derek Nicks, 0:00:32.440 --> 0:00:37.240 who coached up the receivers, including More at all miss listen, 0:00:37.760 --> 0:00:41.720 the Jets were doing backflips when Elijah Moore was still 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:44.920 on the board. At the beginning of Night two of 0:00:45.000 --> 0:00:49.199 the draft. They thought they got three first round talents 0:00:49.240 --> 0:00:51.960 in this draft, three of the top twenty five guys 0:00:52.080 --> 0:00:55.440 on their board. I know you probably can speak to 0:00:55.440 --> 0:00:57.840 it a little bit. I think Brian Shields was talking 0:00:57.880 --> 0:01:01.040 about Elijah moren Flight one. He's one and one, said 0:01:01.040 --> 0:01:04.520 it was their sixteenth overall rated prospect and the Jets 0:01:04.520 --> 0:01:06.520 got him early in the second round at thirty four. 0:01:06.640 --> 0:01:10.919 On the bottom line is Elijah More was the best 0:01:11.000 --> 0:01:15.880 receiver in the best conference in college football last season. 0:01:16.000 --> 0:01:21.600 Barn On, his stats are amazing. I mean, you know, 0:01:21.600 --> 0:01:24.640 I understand people who would make the argument for Davante 0:01:24.680 --> 0:01:28.960 Smith because he's the Oisman Trophy winner. But Elijah More, 0:01:29.080 --> 0:01:32.440 you can't argue with his production. And remember he opted 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:34.720 out of the final I think two games of the 0:01:34.760 --> 0:01:38.119 two thousand in eight games, right, so he averaged nearly 0:01:38.120 --> 0:01:41.280 a hundred fifty yards receiving in game and almost eleven catches. 0:01:41.280 --> 0:01:43.800 I believe, Yeah, I mean his numbers are ridiculous. Like 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:46.200 it's very much like we know we're gonna throw the 0:01:46.200 --> 0:01:48.440 ball to Elijah More. You know we're gonna throw the 0:01:48.480 --> 0:01:50.640 ball to Elijah More. Can you stop him? And the 0:01:50.640 --> 0:01:54.600 answer was no. And you know, I just think it's 0:01:54.640 --> 0:01:57.320 really amazing what he did. And you factor in that 0:01:57.480 --> 0:02:00.040 he lines up inside where we'll get into this in 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:04.800 side outside he's got four three speed in flight. One 0:02:04.840 --> 0:02:06.160 of the scouts was talking about how was one of 0:02:06.200 --> 0:02:09.760 the best Pro Day's workouts that he's been to, and 0:02:10.280 --> 0:02:13.560 I think that speaks to Elijah More. And you know, 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:16.239 let's start back with Kevin Allen, who knew Elijah More 0:02:16.680 --> 0:02:20.600 when he was a student at St. Thomas Aquinas, which, 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:22.280 by the way, let me just read you some of 0:02:22.320 --> 0:02:26.239 the football alum at St. Thomas Aquinas over time, we're 0:02:26.280 --> 0:02:31.040 talking about Geno Atkins, Giovanni Bernard, the Bosta brothers, LaMarcus 0:02:31.120 --> 0:02:34.720 Joyner ironically one of them, Philip Dorset. I mean, there 0:02:34.800 --> 0:02:38.640 is a long list of St. Thomas Aquinas football players 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:41.760 who had success in the NFL. Yeah, on the program 0:02:42.040 --> 0:02:44.840 speaks for itself, those names that you just Jamal Westerman 0:02:44.880 --> 0:02:48.360 too off their former New York Jet. Of course, um 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:52.400 Tevin Allen was at all time low. He told me 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:57.440 he's just been recently had been cut in the CFL, 0:02:58.600 --> 0:03:03.040 and that's when he got introduced to this young kid, 0:03:03.200 --> 0:03:07.040 Elijah More. More was fourteen years old at the time, 0:03:07.760 --> 0:03:13.359 and that relationship developed over time. But what you could 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:17.400 tell early on, I think from More was he had 0:03:17.480 --> 0:03:22.600 a passion to be great. Nothing was ever enough for him. 0:03:22.639 --> 0:03:26.320 And I think this Jet two thousand twenty one draft class, 0:03:26.360 --> 0:03:28.840 we've talked about it before, I think it has a 0:03:28.919 --> 0:03:31.280 chance to be special. And I know none of these 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:35.080 guys have played a down, but they have really unique 0:03:35.080 --> 0:03:41.680 intangibles coupled that with unbelievable physical skill sets. And Elijah 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:45.520 More when he measured in as Pro Day five nine, 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:49.080 not the biggest guy, and Robert Sala called him what 0:03:49.160 --> 0:03:53.680 a jitterbug he's And we'll get into this too. He 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:57.560 was very impressive in the spring and there were no pads. 0:03:57.920 --> 0:04:01.200 We know that, but he was still very impressive. And 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:03.480 it looks like that he's picking up the offensive or 0:04:03.480 --> 0:04:06.840 the offense early. And on top of all this, you 0:04:06.880 --> 0:04:11.160 hear different coaches like Michael Floor and Brand Boyer talk 0:04:11.240 --> 0:04:13.640 about his work ethic. I mean, you can tell he 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:18.560 really lives and breathes football. Well, he wants more. But 0:04:18.600 --> 0:04:21.279 then you can close your eyes and say that about 0:04:21.720 --> 0:04:26.320 a number of guys in this draft class. But Elijah 0:04:26.360 --> 0:04:34.080 Morris team, the guys who are around him, his family members, friends, supporters, 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:39.880 guys like Vin Allen believe he will be the best 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:44.279 receiver in this draft class period, no matter that he 0:04:44.360 --> 0:04:47.840 want in the second round or not. And you look 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:52.320 at the production at Mississippi, it's just skyrocketed each and 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:55.400 every year, no one from the thirties to the sixties, 0:04:55.480 --> 0:04:57.760 and then last year or whatever, it was like we 0:04:59.000 --> 0:05:02.640 all miss singles season record. So you're just looking at 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:09.480 somebody who is continually uh he's his evolution is just 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:12.440 in front of your eyes. And I think he's just 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:15.560 gonna get better as a pro And the other thing 0:05:15.600 --> 0:05:21.200 about him and Zack Wilson were when one of those 0:05:21.279 --> 0:05:23.719 camps ended and rookie is an opportunity to go home, 0:05:23.800 --> 0:05:27.120 both of those guys stayed. They stayed and they found 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:30.520 fields locally and they were throwing the ball to each other. 0:05:30.640 --> 0:05:33.640 I mean, well, Wilson was throwing the ball more of course, 0:05:33.920 --> 0:05:36.360 but they could have they could have thrown it back, 0:05:36.360 --> 0:05:38.599 but they could have went home and departed whatever things 0:05:38.640 --> 0:05:41.360 like that, but they just couldn't get enough. Yeah, I 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:43.840 think their relationship is really cool, and you started to 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:45.720 see that. I think it was after Rookie Minicamp is 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:47.920 what you're talking about. The two of them go out 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:50.360 in the city, get some dinner, hang out off the field. 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:54.240 Developed that relationship as well. And I think the relationship 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:56.400 between More and Tevin Allen, who were about to hear from, 0:05:56.480 --> 0:05:59.960 is really interesting because he's known, he's seen Elijah Morris 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:04.159 and he was fourteen years old, and he since he 0:06:04.279 --> 0:06:09.760 was an athlete at St. Thomas Aquinas and then at 0:06:10.360 --> 0:06:12.760 all Miss and now with the Jet. So let's hear 0:06:13.360 --> 0:06:23.359 from Tevin out Tebbing. You go a long way back 0:06:23.480 --> 0:06:28.760 with Elijah More. What were your earliest memories of him 0:06:28.760 --> 0:06:34.240 in your interactions. Um, the first time we met, I 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:37.680 was actually at my all time lowe, fresh out of college, 0:06:37.839 --> 0:06:41.240 got cut from the cfl UM, staying at my friend 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:46.159 MoMA Martinez's house, and he said it was this kid 0:06:46.279 --> 0:06:50.160 that basically moved like me, uh played the game passionately 0:06:50.240 --> 0:06:52.360 like me. And he told me to come check him 0:06:52.360 --> 0:06:56.040 out over at Western High School. So I pulled up 0:06:56.040 --> 0:06:59.200 to the game and I was impressed, you know, just 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:02.479 by you know, the way he was able to uh 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:06.440 be agile and avoid defenders and score touchdowns so easily. 0:07:07.400 --> 0:07:09.159 And after the game, I called him over to the 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:12.320 stands and I basically said, you know, I'm up and 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:16.679 coming training. UM built this movement called goal Fee Global, 0:07:17.280 --> 0:07:19.680 and I just wanted to be able to get my 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:22.680 name out there and showcase, you know, my craft and 0:07:23.240 --> 0:07:26.840 you know, build into something outside of football. So exchanged 0:07:26.840 --> 0:07:28.640 my number with him, and he had no idea who 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:30.880 I was. That's just the type of person he is. 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:34.280 He's willing to take a chance on anybody. Um, you know, 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:36.480 if he feels that energy and he feels you know, 0:07:36.560 --> 0:07:40.120 the connection. His mom dropped him off and you know, 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:43.400 I wrote my bike to the Park, he jumped the fence. 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:47.640 We started training. Since then, Uh, he's been on my 0:07:47.720 --> 0:07:51.440 hip since he was fourteen years old. UM, just being 0:07:51.480 --> 0:07:55.120 able to you know, hear that story. Uh you see 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:57.240 the way he moves with you know, being a god 0:07:57.320 --> 0:08:00.920 fearing man. And and I'm just I'm happy guy put 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:03.800 him in my life. I think to understand a person, 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:07.840 you have to understand where they come from. What can 0:08:07.880 --> 0:08:11.480 you say about his neighborhood in South Florida and then 0:08:11.520 --> 0:08:14.200 also the high school that he played at St. Thomas 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:18.920 Aquinas Eliza has always had a great support system. UM, 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:23.720 from his mother to his grandparents too, his father and brother. 0:08:24.520 --> 0:08:27.440 Uh didn't really you know, go through the struggle as 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:31.040 you know most people in South Florida in Section eight 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:33.720 housing in the hood. Um, he had a lot of 0:08:33.760 --> 0:08:37.320 love around him, UM, a lot of resources. And being 0:08:37.360 --> 0:08:40.720 able to have that, he was able to chase his 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:42.800 dream and go to a school where you know, he 0:08:42.840 --> 0:08:44.319 felt like he was going to get a lot of 0:08:44.360 --> 0:08:46.920 recognition and he was able to challenge himself. And that's 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:49.599 over at the same times, Aquinas, Uh, and just the 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:53.440 tradition over there, UM elevated his mindset. He's always been 0:08:53.480 --> 0:08:55.480 transparent about his life and who he wants to be. 0:08:56.520 --> 0:08:59.000 But going to St. Thomas that molded him, you know, 0:08:59.080 --> 0:09:04.080 into a college athlete. Uh. In high school, you know, 0:09:04.120 --> 0:09:06.800 they do a great job over there. Um, and I 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:09.040 commended him for that. Just how good of a player 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:10.920 was he in high school? And how the heck did 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:12.960 he get out of the state of Florida. This guy 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:16.839 was such a good player. Well, he went for two 0:09:16.880 --> 0:09:21.040 thousand yards twenty touchdown sophomore year, goes into his junior 0:09:21.080 --> 0:09:25.280 at St. Thomas is um athletes like Mike Carley, Traymon Grimes, 0:09:25.360 --> 0:09:31.200 Power five UM guys. So, uh, it was really um 0:09:31.440 --> 0:09:34.680 little fish, big pond. And he went through his trial 0:09:34.760 --> 0:09:37.960 and tribulations. He was obviously on the same lives more. 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:40.240 But you know, I think those trials kind of prepared 0:09:40.360 --> 0:09:43.480 him to build more confidence, and just going through those 0:09:43.520 --> 0:09:46.920 obstacles made him really understand, like, you know, he's gonna 0:09:46.920 --> 0:09:49.560 beat the next man, make a better version of himself. 0:09:50.120 --> 0:09:53.959 Let me ask you this. You were his trainer physically, 0:09:54.080 --> 0:09:58.040 but I gotta imagine you were a trainer mentally as well, 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:01.760 because you were taking a own kid and helping mold 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:06.240 this piece of clay. Ever since he was fourteen. With 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:11.360 that being said, how did he develop throughout high school? Man? 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:14.600 We do everything we love. Uh. It was no money 0:10:14.600 --> 0:10:18.360 involved as far as like this isn't uh cloud chasing 0:10:18.520 --> 0:10:23.120 company or um a company that is using athletes image 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:26.280 and likeness. Like this was a real relationship. Um. And 0:10:26.320 --> 0:10:31.000 he made it easy UM on the situation just by 0:10:31.120 --> 0:10:35.080 you know, the great kid man. UM. And obviously the 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:38.160 people around New York City it already you can see 0:10:38.160 --> 0:10:40.240 it through his Instagram. You can see it, you know 0:10:40.320 --> 0:10:42.679 in person, the way he moves his energy. UM, it's 0:10:42.760 --> 0:10:47.160 just unmatched. So throughout that process, and UM, I always 0:10:47.200 --> 0:10:50.080 told him, never get too high, never get too low. Uh, 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:55.120 stay even killed, stay grounded, because he's gonna achieve everything 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:58.760 that he wants to achieve. And just he he wants 0:10:58.800 --> 0:11:02.200 it so bad. He's never satisfied. So sometimes he can 0:11:02.200 --> 0:11:04.760 get too far ahead. UM. And I think you know, 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:08.360 God put me in his life to to make sure that, UM, 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:11.120 he's leveled. You know he has somebody that can talk 0:11:11.200 --> 0:11:14.040 to him about anything. Uh, he's real transparent. He asked 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:16.320 a lot of questions. I mean, if I didn't make 0:11:16.320 --> 0:11:18.480 a better version of myself, Like how was I able 0:11:18.520 --> 0:11:21.240 to you know, bringing up a kid, you know, at 0:11:21.280 --> 0:11:24.480 fourteen years old, UM, and tell him to correct things. 0:11:25.200 --> 0:11:28.120 So he actually made me a better person and actually 0:11:28.200 --> 0:11:31.160 made me, you know, step up, uh and become a 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:34.560 real man because he was watching my every move. What 0:11:34.679 --> 0:11:38.959 do you think of his rise at all? Mess thirty 0:11:39.040 --> 0:11:42.040 six receptions of the freshman then sixty seven and eighty 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:45.200 six in eight games of production was off the charts, 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:48.600 averaging nearly eleven receptions a game last year in a 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:54.559 hundred fifty yards in the nation's best conference. He wants more. Um. 0:11:54.679 --> 0:11:59.280 He actually every single year he'll come back like frustrated, 0:11:59.520 --> 0:12:02.920 you know, mad that he didn't achieve the goals that 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:06.000 he set out to achieving. We'll get back to work. 0:12:06.000 --> 0:12:08.679 We'll keep working. He'll work with me on week days, Uh, 0:12:09.160 --> 0:12:12.000 go to his training slide Johnson um from premier athletes 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:16.599 on the weekends, UM, and work out before school sometimes. 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:19.199 Like this is the type of kid that he truly 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:21.800 believes he could be the best wide receiver ever. Um. 0:12:21.840 --> 0:12:25.240 He's gonna work um to get that. So just seeing 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:28.280 you know, the transformation from freshman soft one a year 0:12:28.760 --> 0:12:32.600 UM into this consistency all American season. UM, I wouldn't 0:12:32.640 --> 0:12:35.559 put it past him. Uh. He actually believes that he 0:12:35.600 --> 0:12:42.240 could have did better, which is crazy. Tell versatile player, electric, ambitious, 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:45.120 somebody who's gonna be UM, the guy on and off 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:48.160 the field in the community. UM, and a great role 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:51.559 model his versatility. Can you speak to that as far 0:12:51.600 --> 0:12:54.360 as somebody who played the game and somebody who's trained 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:56.920 him for so many years about how we can do 0:12:57.400 --> 0:13:01.000 pretty much everything. People talk about him lining up outside 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:03.040 the numbers, report him in the slot or running the 0:13:03.120 --> 0:13:05.880 jet sweeps. You just want to get the ball in 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:08.559 his hands. He never wants to be put in the box. Um. 0:13:08.559 --> 0:13:11.160 He can run every route in a route three at 0:13:11.160 --> 0:13:12.760 a high level. He could play the X, he could 0:13:12.760 --> 0:13:15.319 play the Z, could play the slot. UM. He played 0:13:15.400 --> 0:13:17.480 running back growing up, so that's easy. Just getting the 0:13:17.520 --> 0:13:21.520 ball his yards after catches unmanagement. He could return punts, 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:24.920 return kicks. He's the type of guy that you want 0:13:24.960 --> 0:13:26.600 to be able to get him at least ten touches 0:13:26.640 --> 0:13:29.320 in the game. He's going for over a hundred. He'll 0:13:29.360 --> 0:13:32.600 get you touchdowns, he'll bring you know his teammates up there. 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:35.920 But one of the most electric athletes players I'm ever 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:38.520 seen my own two eyes. Do you think he carries 0:13:38.559 --> 0:13:41.960 a chip on his shoulder. Uh. You talk about the 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:45.240 village that raised him that he came from. Hey listen, 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:49.240 good family, good support system. But you get to the 0:13:49.320 --> 0:13:52.760 NFL draft and he's a competitive spirit. So I'm sure 0:13:52.800 --> 0:13:55.200 he wanted to go in the first round. First round 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:57.839 talent for sure. Um, and we truly believe he's the 0:13:57.880 --> 0:14:01.360 best wide receiver that came out of that drafting. UM. 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:04.199 Five teen years from now, we'll have to check the stats, 0:14:04.200 --> 0:14:06.840 and I believe he'll be on top. Um. Just the 0:14:06.840 --> 0:14:09.720 type of person he is. He you know, he was 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:13.360 really frustrated after that first day. UM. He truly believed 0:14:13.400 --> 0:14:16.320 his name was gonna be called. He worked for it. Uh, 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:19.320 he prayed for it. Um, it didn't happen. But you know, 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:21.400 he's truly grateful and thankful to be where he's at 0:14:21.480 --> 0:14:23.760 right now. How do you think he's gonna acclimate himself 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:27.320 to his teammates, UM, obviously coming in here as a 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:31.240 rookie learning the new system, and he could be playing 0:14:31.280 --> 0:14:34.600 with a rookie quarterback in week one. Yeah, right when 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:37.080 the draft was over with. Uh, they got on the 0:14:37.120 --> 0:14:39.760 phone him and that got on the phone. I was 0:14:39.800 --> 0:14:43.040 talking about, Uh, what they want to do in the future, 0:14:43.240 --> 0:14:47.240 watching each other's highlights. Uh. And he stayed up there 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:50.320 actually in Jersey. Uh, he didn't come home when he 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:53.640 could have came home, creating that bond and it could 0:14:53.640 --> 0:14:56.160 be a special thing. Man, looking forward to seeing it. 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:58.960 What does he mean of the community down there? You know, 0:14:59.160 --> 0:15:01.400 like you mentioned same time, it's a quaint as well, 0:15:01.480 --> 0:15:04.560 a lot of tremendous athletes. But I gotta imagine a 0:15:04.600 --> 0:15:07.240 lot of people are gonna be tracking the course of 0:15:07.280 --> 0:15:10.280 his career now most definitely already. We call it the 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:13.720 goal Fee Empire. Uh. We trained five years old up 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:16.640 to professionals. And he's one of those postal childs that 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:20.800 everyone's seeing him grow from fourteen years old. So he 0:15:20.800 --> 0:15:24.200 has a great fan base. He comes back to the sessions, 0:15:24.200 --> 0:15:27.760 to the group sessions with the kids and trains with them, 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:30.800 talks to them, motivates them, and a lot of people 0:15:30.840 --> 0:15:32.480 look at him. You know, as far as being a 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:35.320 god fearing man, he's on the right pass. His stars 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:38.880 are aligned. He just brings everybody up. Man, his frequency 0:15:38.960 --> 0:15:41.440 is so high, with with with joy and happiness and love, 0:15:41.480 --> 0:15:44.120 like you always want to be around him. I gotta 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:47.960 imagine moving forward for you at gold Feet Global that 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:52.360 you're going to be able to point to Elijah and say, hey, kids, 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:55.680 this is what you can strive to be. Most definitely, 0:15:55.760 --> 0:15:58.240 only time will tell man, and it's long and he 0:15:58.320 --> 0:16:01.520 keeps God first, how can he lose? All? Right? Now, 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:05.240 let's turn the page to All Miss and Elijah More 0:16:05.480 --> 0:16:08.080 is what you know. A lot of people have brought 0:16:08.160 --> 0:16:11.840 this up the third out of like the All Miss 0:16:11.880 --> 0:16:16.200 trilogy between A J. Brown, Dk Metcalf and now it's 0:16:16.280 --> 0:16:21.080 more and A J. Brown and Elijah More are extremely close. 0:16:21.080 --> 0:16:23.600 I'm pretty sure Matt Calf and More are close as well, 0:16:23.760 --> 0:16:26.960 but it definitely seems like there's a deeper connection between 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:29.480 A J. Brown and Elijah More. So much so that 0:16:29.600 --> 0:16:33.320 A J. Brown posted this video of after Elijah Moore 0:16:33.440 --> 0:16:36.000 was drafted, he was at his draft party and then 0:16:36.080 --> 0:16:37.440 also the two of them. I don't know if you 0:16:37.480 --> 0:16:40.280 saw this recently, we're working out in Brooklyn together. I 0:16:40.440 --> 0:16:43.960 saw that on social media. Yeah, did they just pop 0:16:44.160 --> 0:16:46.200 at a park? They just think jumped out of the 0:16:46.280 --> 0:16:48.040 park and decide they're going to work out there. I 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:49.640 think there's like a group of people working out. I 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:51.920 don't know if they're like a well known group, but 0:16:52.360 --> 0:16:54.160 they just said, you know, let's get this work in 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:57.680 and they've worked out altogether. Yeah. From the photo that 0:16:57.760 --> 0:17:01.120 I saw, all those was are a pretty good shaped 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:06.119 That was something else. How about Mississippi though, is it 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:09.440 becoming a wide receiver you I talked to Derek Knicks 0:17:09.480 --> 0:17:11.359 about it. He said he kind of started with Dante 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:15.679 Moncrief then the Kwan treadwell and you just mentioned A J. 0:17:15.920 --> 0:17:19.439 Brown of course, and DK metcalf and Elijah spent a 0:17:19.480 --> 0:17:23.080 lot of time with A J. Brown before last summer, 0:17:23.560 --> 0:17:30.439 and Nick talked about Brown helping More, Um, you know 0:17:31.280 --> 0:17:34.640 in terms of hey, I can do it. You can 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:37.119 do it too, right. I as what I guess he 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:39.800 would say, like a I don't know if a confidence 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:43.960 booster is the right word, but maybe like would you say, 0:17:44.080 --> 0:17:48.360 it's like, you know, it almost helped Elijah more realized 0:17:48.400 --> 0:17:51.359 he could do it, like because he said he was 0:17:51.400 --> 0:17:54.320 never lacking in confidence. But it's almost like, Okay, well 0:17:54.480 --> 0:17:56.760 these guys like this is real, like like I really 0:17:56.800 --> 0:17:59.280 do have a chance to be well. Look a look 0:17:59.280 --> 0:18:02.000 at what A J that And you know I was 0:18:02.160 --> 0:18:05.160 playing alongside him, I was learning from him. I know 0:18:05.200 --> 0:18:09.400 what I can do. I can do damage um myself. Um, 0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:13.240 it's just fascinating too. As far as the connections, you 0:18:13.280 --> 0:18:16.680 think about what has happened here now a j Brown 0:18:16.760 --> 0:18:21.439 of course in Tennessee, Corey Davison Tennessee. Now Corey Davis 0:18:21.440 --> 0:18:23.520 signs with the Jets in the off season. And one 0:18:23.560 --> 0:18:26.040 of the reasons are a few of the reasons why 0:18:26.119 --> 0:18:29.879 this wide receiver corps is so much better is you 0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:32.639 started the top with Corey Davis and then the drafting 0:18:33.000 --> 0:18:35.880 of Elijah More. Yeah, that is a cool little connection 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:39.520 there as well. And Elijah Moore and Denzel Mim seemed 0:18:39.520 --> 0:18:41.439 to be getting along really quickly as well. The two 0:18:41.480 --> 0:18:44.399 of them were just hanging out on the turf field 0:18:44.440 --> 0:18:46.800 after practice one day, just sitting on the turf chatting 0:18:46.800 --> 0:18:51.040 it up. And we'll talk about this wide receivers room 0:18:51.080 --> 0:18:54.080 and how improved it is. You said a different episode, 0:18:54.119 --> 0:18:57.000 but really I think it is the most improved unit 0:18:57.080 --> 0:18:59.439 on this team. You could easily make the case, but 0:18:59.600 --> 0:19:01.879 I do leave that it is. And in terms of 0:19:02.480 --> 0:19:06.919 more at all, Miss Nick's been at almost a long time, 0:19:07.680 --> 0:19:10.200 so I think his running backs coach first and then 0:19:10.240 --> 0:19:14.200 transition to wide receiver and then um, you think about 0:19:14.240 --> 0:19:16.720 just again, I'll read the stats of what Elijah More 0:19:16.760 --> 0:19:20.600 did an eight games in two thousand, twenty eighties six receptions, 0:19:21.080 --> 0:19:24.440 which is a school single season record, one thousand one 0:19:25.600 --> 0:19:29.320 yards and eight touchdowns in just eight games. Unbelievable work. 0:19:29.320 --> 0:19:31.760 Ethic Nix is gonna talk about this right now. He 0:19:31.840 --> 0:19:36.760 does not accept mediocrity. Um. He's a guy who's going 0:19:36.840 --> 0:19:41.439 to be reaching for the stars and beyond a great 0:19:41.440 --> 0:19:46.240 work ethic, loves the game, a threat at every level 0:19:46.280 --> 0:19:49.360 to do damage. And we'll talk about the receiver's room 0:19:49.440 --> 0:19:53.840 and what Elijah More could potentially bring on special teams. 0:19:53.880 --> 0:20:04.560 But first let's hear from Derrek Knicks. He exploded a 0:20:04.720 --> 0:20:10.000 national seed last season? Why was he so prolific? Number one? 0:20:10.119 --> 0:20:14.080 Just worked ethic. Um, this guy, he tries to perfect 0:20:14.119 --> 0:20:17.480 everything that he does. Uh. He tried to bring guys 0:20:17.520 --> 0:20:23.240 along with him. Uh. He doesn't accept meteorocrity. Um. He's 0:20:23.240 --> 0:20:25.800 a guy that's you know, he believes he's the best 0:20:26.440 --> 0:20:28.280 and he's gonna do everything he can in his power 0:20:28.400 --> 0:20:31.640 to prove that. And he's always learning. You know, he's 0:20:31.680 --> 0:20:34.080 always willing to try to find out what's the next step. 0:20:34.520 --> 0:20:37.760 You know, Coach, you know maybe about route running, coach, 0:20:37.800 --> 0:20:41.000 what about defenses? You know? What about coverages? You know, 0:20:41.119 --> 0:20:43.800 I can remember a numerous amount of times, you know, coach, 0:20:43.840 --> 0:20:45.119 I want to know the whole thing. I don't know. 0:20:45.240 --> 0:20:47.000 I don't want to know just my position. I want 0:20:47.000 --> 0:20:49.399 to know the whole thing. And I think just that 0:20:49.480 --> 0:20:53.239 attitude of trying to be a winner, trying to you know, 0:20:53.359 --> 0:20:56.560 get outside of his position and be a total football player. 0:20:57.160 --> 0:20:59.359 And then, you know, I think about him growing in 0:20:59.400 --> 0:21:02.439 his spiritual of life, and I think about him growing, 0:21:02.600 --> 0:21:05.000 you know this as a regular person and with his 0:21:05.119 --> 0:21:07.800 social life. I mean, he was trying. He saw a 0:21:07.840 --> 0:21:10.120 bigger prize from stiff. He still does. I know, he's 0:21:10.160 --> 0:21:13.040 got more work he wants to get done. And you 0:21:13.080 --> 0:21:15.800 know that inspired me. I told him when I was there, Man, 0:21:15.880 --> 0:21:18.080 he made my job in life so much easier. My 0:21:18.160 --> 0:21:21.600 best player in the room. Not only could he make plays, 0:21:21.640 --> 0:21:24.200 but he was also doing the right things away away 0:21:24.200 --> 0:21:26.680 from the football facility. Let's talk about the lies. This 0:21:26.840 --> 0:21:31.520 physical skill set, starting with acceleration and change of direction. 0:21:31.640 --> 0:21:35.280 What would you say, Um, he and he had another guy, 0:21:35.359 --> 0:21:38.280 coach a few you back deston mccluster. I mean, these 0:21:38.320 --> 0:21:41.080 guys can get to their top speed in the hurry. 0:21:41.240 --> 0:21:43.960 You know, they're about two three, four steps in and 0:21:44.000 --> 0:21:47.640 they're going full till and I guess probably was even 0:21:47.680 --> 0:21:51.360 better than that. They can stop and start again and 0:21:51.400 --> 0:21:54.240 be right back full speed. And you know he's got 0:21:54.280 --> 0:21:56.879 a you know, lowson and ravity, so he can you know, 0:21:56.960 --> 0:21:58.920 he can go probably left and right just as fast 0:21:58.920 --> 0:22:02.440 as he can go forward. Um. You know, really big 0:22:02.480 --> 0:22:06.000 hands for a guy his size. He's stronger than your thing. 0:22:06.160 --> 0:22:08.800 He's more physical and uh, you know, he's got some 0:22:08.840 --> 0:22:11.480 savanties to him, you know, and he's never afraid of 0:22:11.520 --> 0:22:14.280 a challenge. You know, basically trying to find out who 0:22:14.280 --> 0:22:17.119 the best dB was every week that we're playing, and 0:22:17.359 --> 0:22:19.240 he wanted to make sure when he got mashed up 0:22:19.280 --> 0:22:21.040 with him he had the opportunity to dominate or win. 0:22:21.520 --> 0:22:24.000 What about the way he can attack all levels of 0:22:24.040 --> 0:22:26.639 the field. I think some people look at the size 0:22:26.720 --> 0:22:29.440 and say, well, five eight, five nine, maybe he's gonna 0:22:29.480 --> 0:22:33.520 be a short intermediate guy. But Elijah Moore at the 0:22:33.520 --> 0:22:38.960 collegiate level was short intermediate and vertical threat, no doubt. 0:22:39.000 --> 0:22:42.119 You know that that hype thing, it doesn't come into play. 0:22:42.160 --> 0:22:44.080 And you know, until the guy that showing him he 0:22:44.119 --> 0:22:45.960 can't jump with a lodging. He just blows that he 0:22:46.000 --> 0:22:49.160 can jump too. So I mean he might be five nine, 0:22:49.160 --> 0:22:50.680