Speaker 1: Touched down beautiful round by Elijah More. Welcome to another
Speaker 1: episode on the Official Jets podcast, the podcast Profile series
Speaker 1: continuing to roll on. Here another rookie. We got Elijah More,
Speaker 1: we got two interviews. We've got Tevin Allen, who's the
Speaker 1: CEO of gold Feet Global. Sure people have seen him
Speaker 1: on Instagram before, worked out with Elijah Moore when Elijah
Speaker 1: was grown up. And then we also got Derek Nicks,
Speaker 1: who coached up the receivers, including More at all miss listen,
Speaker 1: the Jets were doing backflips when Elijah Moore was still
Speaker 1: on the board. At the beginning of Night two of
Speaker 1: the draft. They thought they got three first round talents
Speaker 1: in this draft, three of the top twenty five guys
Speaker 1: on their board. I know you probably can speak to
Speaker 1: it a little bit. I think Brian Shields was talking
Speaker 1: about Elijah moren Flight one. He's one and one, said
Speaker 1: it was their sixteenth overall rated prospect and the Jets
Speaker 1: got him early in the second round at thirty four.
Speaker 1: On the bottom line is Elijah More was the best
Speaker 1: receiver in the best conference in college football last season.
Speaker 1: Barn On, his stats are amazing. I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: I understand people who would make the argument for Davante
Speaker 1: Smith because he's the Oisman Trophy winner. But Elijah More,
Speaker 1: you can't argue with his production. And remember he opted
Speaker 1: out of the final I think two games of the
Speaker 1: two thousand in eight games, right, so he averaged nearly
Speaker 1: a hundred fifty yards receiving in game and almost eleven catches.
Speaker 1: I believe, Yeah, I mean his numbers are ridiculous. Like
Speaker 1: it's very much like we know we're gonna throw the
Speaker 1: ball to Elijah More. You know we're gonna throw the
Speaker 1: ball to Elijah More. Can you stop him? And the
Speaker 1: answer was no. And you know, I just think it's
Speaker 1: really amazing what he did. And you factor in that
Speaker 1: he lines up inside where we'll get into this in
Speaker 1: side outside he's got four three speed in flight. One
Speaker 1: of the scouts was talking about how was one of
Speaker 1: the best Pro Day's workouts that he's been to, and
Speaker 1: I think that speaks to Elijah More. And you know,
Speaker 1: let's start back with Kevin Allen, who knew Elijah More
Speaker 1: when he was a student at St. Thomas Aquinas, which,
Speaker 1: by the way, let me just read you some of
Speaker 1: the football alum at St. Thomas Aquinas over time, we're
Speaker 1: talking about Geno Atkins, Giovanni Bernard, the Bosta brothers, LaMarcus
Speaker 1: Joyner ironically one of them, Philip Dorset. I mean, there
Speaker 1: is a long list of St. Thomas Aquinas football players
Speaker 1: who had success in the NFL. Yeah, on the program
Speaker 1: speaks for itself, those names that you just Jamal Westerman
Speaker 1: too off their former New York Jet. Of course, um
Speaker 1: Tevin Allen was at all time low. He told me
Speaker 1: he's just been recently had been cut in the CFL,
Speaker 1: and that's when he got introduced to this young kid,
Speaker 1: Elijah More. More was fourteen years old at the time,
Speaker 1: and that relationship developed over time. But what you could
Speaker 1: tell early on, I think from More was he had
Speaker 1: a passion to be great. Nothing was ever enough for him.
Speaker 1: And I think this Jet two thousand twenty one draft class,
Speaker 1: we've talked about it before, I think it has a
Speaker 1: chance to be special. And I know none of these
Speaker 1: guys have played a down, but they have really unique
Speaker 1: intangibles coupled that with unbelievable physical skill sets. And Elijah
Speaker 1: More when he measured in as Pro Day five nine,
Speaker 1: not the biggest guy, and Robert Sala called him what
Speaker 1: a jitterbug he's And we'll get into this too. He
Speaker 1: was very impressive in the spring and there were no pads.
Speaker 1: We know that, but he was still very impressive. And
Speaker 1: it looks like that he's picking up the offensive or
Speaker 1: the offense early. And on top of all this, you
Speaker 1: hear different coaches like Michael Floor and Brand Boyer talk
Speaker 1: about his work ethic. I mean, you can tell he
Speaker 1: really lives and breathes football. Well, he wants more. But
Speaker 1: then you can close your eyes and say that about
Speaker 1: a number of guys in this draft class. But Elijah
Speaker 1: Morris team, the guys who are around him, his family members, friends, supporters,
Speaker 1: guys like Vin Allen believe he will be the best
Speaker 1: receiver in this draft class period, no matter that he
Speaker 1: want in the second round or not. And you look
Speaker 1: at the production at Mississippi, it's just skyrocketed each and
Speaker 1: every year, no one from the thirties to the sixties,
Speaker 1: and then last year or whatever, it was like we
Speaker 1: all miss singles season record. So you're just looking at
Speaker 1: somebody who is continually uh he's his evolution is just
Speaker 1: in front of your eyes. And I think he's just
Speaker 1: gonna get better as a pro And the other thing
Speaker 1: about him and Zack Wilson were when one of those
Speaker 1: camps ended and rookie is an opportunity to go home,
Speaker 1: both of those guys stayed. They stayed and they found
Speaker 1: fields locally and they were throwing the ball to each other.
Speaker 1: I mean, well, Wilson was throwing the ball more of course,
Speaker 1: but they could have they could have thrown it back,
Speaker 1: but they could have went home and departed whatever things
Speaker 1: like that, but they just couldn't get enough. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think their relationship is really cool, and you started to
Speaker 1: see that. I think it was after Rookie Minicamp is
Speaker 1: what you're talking about. The two of them go out
Speaker 1: in the city, get some dinner, hang out off the field.
Speaker 1: Developed that relationship as well. And I think the relationship
Speaker 1: between More and Tevin Allen, who were about to hear from,
Speaker 1: is really interesting because he's known, he's seen Elijah Morris
Speaker 1: and he was fourteen years old, and he since he
Speaker 1: was an athlete at St. Thomas Aquinas and then at
Speaker 1: all Miss and now with the Jet. So let's hear
Speaker 1: from Tevin out Tebbing. You go a long way back
Speaker 1: with Elijah More. What were your earliest memories of him
Speaker 1: in your interactions. Um, the first time we met, I
Speaker 1: was actually at my all time lowe, fresh out of college,
Speaker 1: got cut from the cfl UM, staying at my friend
Speaker 1: MoMA Martinez's house, and he said it was this kid
Speaker 1: that basically moved like me, uh played the game passionately
Speaker 1: like me. And he told me to come check him
Speaker 1: out over at Western High School. So I pulled up
Speaker 1: to the game and I was impressed, you know, just
Speaker 1: by you know, the way he was able to uh
Speaker 1: be agile and avoid defenders and score touchdowns so easily.
Speaker 1: And after the game, I called him over to the
Speaker 1: stands and I basically said, you know, I'm up and
Speaker 1: coming training. UM built this movement called goal Fee Global,
Speaker 1: and I just wanted to be able to get my
Speaker 1: name out there and showcase, you know, my craft and
Speaker 1: you know, build into something outside of football. So exchanged
Speaker 1: my number with him, and he had no idea who
Speaker 1: I was. That's just the type of person he is.
Speaker 1: He's willing to take a chance on anybody. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: if he feels that energy and he feels you know,
Speaker 1: the connection. His mom dropped him off and you know,
Speaker 1: I wrote my bike to the Park, he jumped the fence.
Speaker 1: We started training. Since then, Uh, he's been on my
Speaker 1: hip since he was fourteen years old. UM, just being
Speaker 1: able to you know, hear that story. Uh you see
Speaker 1: the way he moves with you know, being a god
Speaker 1: fearing man. And and I'm just I'm happy guy put
Speaker 1: him in my life. I think to understand a person,
Speaker 1: you have to understand where they come from. What can
Speaker 1: you say about his neighborhood in South Florida and then
Speaker 1: also the high school that he played at St. Thomas
Speaker 1: Aquinas Eliza has always had a great support system. UM,
Speaker 1: from his mother to his grandparents too, his father and brother.
Speaker 1: Uh didn't really you know, go through the struggle as
Speaker 1: you know most people in South Florida in Section eight
Speaker 1: housing in the hood. Um, he had a lot of
Speaker 1: love around him, UM, a lot of resources. And being
Speaker 1: able to have that, he was able to chase his
Speaker 1: dream and go to a school where you know, he
Speaker 1: felt like he was going to get a lot of
Speaker 1: recognition and he was able to challenge himself. And that's
Speaker 1: over at the same times, Aquinas, Uh, and just the
Speaker 1: tradition over there, UM elevated his mindset. He's always been
Speaker 1: transparent about his life and who he wants to be.
Speaker 1: But going to St. Thomas that molded him, you know,
Speaker 1: into a college athlete. Uh. In high school, you know,
Speaker 1: they do a great job over there. Um, and I
Speaker 1: commended him for that. Just how good of a player
Speaker 1: was he in high school? And how the heck did
Speaker 1: he get out of the state of Florida. This guy
Speaker 1: was such a good player. Well, he went for two
Speaker 1: thousand yards twenty touchdown sophomore year, goes into his junior
Speaker 1: at St. Thomas is um athletes like Mike Carley, Traymon Grimes,
Speaker 1: Power five UM guys. So, uh, it was really um
Speaker 1: little fish, big pond. And he went through his trial
Speaker 1: and tribulations. He was obviously on the same lives more.
Speaker 1: But you know, I think those trials kind of prepared
Speaker 1: him to build more confidence, and just going through those
Speaker 1: obstacles made him really understand, like, you know, he's gonna
Speaker 1: beat the next man, make a better version of himself.
Speaker 1: Let me ask you this. You were his trainer physically,
Speaker 1: but I gotta imagine you were a trainer mentally as well,
Speaker 1: because you were taking a own kid and helping mold
Speaker 1: this piece of clay. Ever since he was fourteen. With
Speaker 1: that being said, how did he develop throughout high school? Man?
Speaker 1: We do everything we love. Uh. It was no money
Speaker 1: involved as far as like this isn't uh cloud chasing
Speaker 1: company or um a company that is using athletes image
Speaker 1: and likeness. Like this was a real relationship. Um. And
Speaker 1: he made it easy UM on the situation just by
Speaker 1: you know, the great kid man. UM. And obviously the
Speaker 1: people around New York City it already you can see
Speaker 1: it through his Instagram. You can see it, you know
Speaker 1: in person, the way he moves his energy. UM, it's
Speaker 1: just unmatched. So throughout that process, and UM, I always
Speaker 1: told him, never get too high, never get too low. Uh,
Speaker 1: stay even killed, stay grounded, because he's gonna achieve everything
Speaker 1: that he wants to achieve. And just he he wants
Speaker 1: it so bad. He's never satisfied. So sometimes he can
Speaker 1: get too far ahead. UM. And I think you know,
Speaker 1: God put me in his life to to make sure that, UM,
Speaker 1: he's leveled. You know he has somebody that can talk
Speaker 1: to him about anything. Uh, he's real transparent. He asked
Speaker 1: a lot of questions. I mean, if I didn't make
Speaker 1: a better version of myself, Like how was I able
Speaker 1: to you know, bringing up a kid, you know, at
Speaker 1: fourteen years old, UM, and tell him to correct things.
Speaker 1: So he actually made me a better person and actually
Speaker 1: made me, you know, step up, uh and become a
Speaker 1: real man because he was watching my every move. What
Speaker 1: do you think of his rise at all? Mess thirty
Speaker 1: six receptions of the freshman then sixty seven and eighty
Speaker 1: six in eight games of production was off the charts,
Speaker 1: averaging nearly eleven receptions a game last year in a
Speaker 1: hundred fifty yards in the nation's best conference. He wants more. Um.
Speaker 1: He actually every single year he'll come back like frustrated,
Speaker 1: you know, mad that he didn't achieve the goals that
Speaker 1: he set out to achieving. We'll get back to work.
Speaker 1: We'll keep working. He'll work with me on week days, Uh,
Speaker 1: go to his training slide Johnson um from premier athletes
Speaker 1: on the weekends, UM, and work out before school sometimes.
Speaker 1: Like this is the type of kid that he truly
Speaker 1: believes he could be the best wide receiver ever. Um.
Speaker 1: He's gonna work um to get that. So just seeing
Speaker 1: you know, the transformation from freshman soft one a year
Speaker 1: UM into this consistency all American season. UM, I wouldn't
Speaker 1: put it past him. Uh. He actually believes that he
Speaker 1: could have did better, which is crazy. Tell versatile player, electric, ambitious,
Speaker 1: somebody who's gonna be UM, the guy on and off
Speaker 1: the field in the community. UM, and a great role
Speaker 1: model his versatility. Can you speak to that as far
Speaker 1: as somebody who played the game and somebody who's trained
Speaker 1: him for so many years about how we can do
Speaker 1: pretty much everything. People talk about him lining up outside
Speaker 1: the numbers, report him in the slot or running the
Speaker 1: jet sweeps. You just want to get the ball in
Speaker 1: his hands. He never wants to be put in the box. Um.
Speaker 1: He can run every route in a route three at
Speaker 1: a high level. He could play the X, he could
Speaker 1: play the Z, could play the slot. UM. He played
Speaker 1: running back growing up, so that's easy. Just getting the
Speaker 1: ball his yards after catches unmanagement. He could return punts,
Speaker 1: return kicks. He's the type of guy that you want
Speaker 1: to be able to get him at least ten touches
Speaker 1: in the game. He's going for over a hundred. He'll
Speaker 1: get you touchdowns, he'll bring you know his teammates up there.
Speaker 1: But one of the most electric athletes players I'm ever
Speaker 1: seen my own two eyes. Do you think he carries
Speaker 1: a chip on his shoulder. Uh. You talk about the
Speaker 1: village that raised him that he came from. Hey listen,
Speaker 1: good family, good support system. But you get to the
Speaker 1: NFL draft and he's a competitive spirit. So I'm sure
Speaker 1: he wanted to go in the first round. First round
Speaker 1: talent for sure. Um, and we truly believe he's the
Speaker 1: best wide receiver that came out of that drafting. UM.
Speaker 1: Five teen years from now, we'll have to check the stats,
Speaker 1: and I believe he'll be on top. Um. Just the
Speaker 1: type of person he is. He you know, he was
Speaker 1: really frustrated after that first day. UM. He truly believed
Speaker 1: his name was gonna be called. He worked for it. Uh,
Speaker 1: he prayed for it. Um, it didn't happen. But you know,
Speaker 1: he's truly grateful and thankful to be where he's at
Speaker 1: right now. How do you think he's gonna acclimate himself
Speaker 1: to his teammates, UM, obviously coming in here as a
Speaker 1: rookie learning the new system, and he could be playing
Speaker 1: with a rookie quarterback in week one. Yeah, right when
Speaker 1: the draft was over with. Uh, they got on the
Speaker 1: phone him and that got on the phone. I was
Speaker 1: talking about, Uh, what they want to do in the future,
Speaker 1: watching each other's highlights. Uh. And he stayed up there
Speaker 1: actually in Jersey. Uh, he didn't come home when he
Speaker 1: could have came home, creating that bond and it could
Speaker 1: be a special thing. Man, looking forward to seeing it.
Speaker 1: What does he mean of the community down there? You know,
Speaker 1: like you mentioned same time, it's a quaint as well,
Speaker 1: a lot of tremendous athletes. But I gotta imagine a
Speaker 1: lot of people are gonna be tracking the course of
Speaker 1: his career now most definitely already. We call it the
Speaker 1: goal Fee Empire. Uh. We trained five years old up
Speaker 1: to professionals. And he's one of those postal childs that
Speaker 1: everyone's seeing him grow from fourteen years old. So he
Speaker 1: has a great fan base. He comes back to the sessions,
Speaker 1: to the group sessions with the kids and trains with them,
Speaker 1: talks to them, motivates them, and a lot of people
Speaker 1: look at him. You know, as far as being a
Speaker 1: god fearing man, he's on the right pass. His stars
Speaker 1: are aligned. He just brings everybody up. Man, his frequency
Speaker 1: is so high, with with with joy and happiness and love,
Speaker 1: like you always want to be around him. I gotta
Speaker 1: imagine moving forward for you at gold Feet Global that
Speaker 1: you're going to be able to point to Elijah and say, hey, kids,
Speaker 1: this is what you can strive to be. Most definitely,
Speaker 1: only time will tell man, and it's long and he
Speaker 1: keeps God first, how can he lose? All? Right? Now,
Speaker 1: let's turn the page to All Miss and Elijah More
Speaker 1: is what you know. A lot of people have brought
Speaker 1: this up the third out of like the All Miss
Speaker 1: trilogy between A J. Brown, Dk Metcalf and now it's
Speaker 1: more and A J. Brown and Elijah More are extremely close.
Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure Matt Calf and More are close as well,
Speaker 1: but it definitely seems like there's a deeper connection between
Speaker 1: A J. Brown and Elijah More. So much so that
Speaker 1: A J. Brown posted this video of after Elijah Moore
Speaker 1: was drafted, he was at his draft party and then
Speaker 1: also the two of them. I don't know if you
Speaker 1: saw this recently, we're working out in Brooklyn together. I
Speaker 1: saw that on social media. Yeah, did they just pop
Speaker 1: at a park? They just think jumped out of the
Speaker 1: park and decide they're going to work out there. I
Speaker 1: think there's like a group of people working out. I
Speaker 1: don't know if they're like a well known group, but
Speaker 1: they just said, you know, let's get this work in
Speaker 1: and they've worked out altogether. Yeah. From the photo that
Speaker 1: I saw, all those was are a pretty good shaped
Speaker 1: That was something else. How about Mississippi though, is it
Speaker 1: becoming a wide receiver you I talked to Derek Knicks
Speaker 1: about it. He said he kind of started with Dante
Speaker 1: Moncrief then the Kwan treadwell and you just mentioned A J.
Speaker 1: Brown of course, and DK metcalf and Elijah spent a
Speaker 1: lot of time with A J. Brown before last summer,
Speaker 1: and Nick talked about Brown helping More, Um, you know
Speaker 1: in terms of hey, I can do it. You can
Speaker 1: do it too, right. I as what I guess he
Speaker 1: would say, like a I don't know if a confidence
Speaker 1: booster is the right word, but maybe like would you say,
Speaker 1: it's like, you know, it almost helped Elijah more realized
Speaker 1: he could do it, like because he said he was
Speaker 1: never lacking in confidence. But it's almost like, Okay, well
Speaker 1: these guys like this is real, like like I really
Speaker 1: do have a chance to be well. Look a look
Speaker 1: at what A J that And you know I was
Speaker 1: playing alongside him, I was learning from him. I know
Speaker 1: what I can do. I can do damage um myself. Um,
Speaker 1: it's just fascinating too. As far as the connections, you
Speaker 1: think about what has happened here now a j Brown
Speaker 1: of course in Tennessee, Corey Davison Tennessee. Now Corey Davis
Speaker 1: signs with the Jets in the off season. And one
Speaker 1: of the reasons are a few of the reasons why
Speaker 1: this wide receiver corps is so much better is you
Speaker 1: started the top with Corey Davis and then the drafting
Speaker 1: of Elijah More. Yeah, that is a cool little connection
Speaker 1: there as well. And Elijah Moore and Denzel Mim seemed
Speaker 1: to be getting along really quickly as well. The two
Speaker 1: of them were just hanging out on the turf field
Speaker 1: after practice one day, just sitting on the turf chatting
Speaker 1: it up. And we'll talk about this wide receivers room
Speaker 1: and how improved it is. You said a different episode,
Speaker 1: but really I think it is the most improved unit
Speaker 1: on this team. You could easily make the case, but
Speaker 1: I do leave that it is. And in terms of
Speaker 1: more at all, Miss Nick's been at almost a long time,
Speaker 1: so I think his running backs coach first and then
Speaker 1: transition to wide receiver and then um, you think about
Speaker 1: just again, I'll read the stats of what Elijah More
Speaker 1: did an eight games in two thousand, twenty eighties six receptions,
Speaker 1: which is a school single season record, one thousand one
Speaker 1: yards and eight touchdowns in just eight games. Unbelievable work.
Speaker 1: Ethic Nix is gonna talk about this right now. He
Speaker 1: does not accept mediocrity. Um. He's a guy who's going
Speaker 1: to be reaching for the stars and beyond a great
Speaker 1: work ethic, loves the game, a threat at every level
Speaker 1: to do damage. And we'll talk about the receiver's room
Speaker 1: and what Elijah More could potentially bring on special teams.
Speaker 1: But first let's hear from Derrek Knicks. He exploded a
Speaker 1: national seed last season? Why was he so prolific? Number one?
Speaker 1: Just worked ethic. Um, this guy, he tries to perfect
Speaker 1: everything that he does. Uh. He tried to bring guys
Speaker 1: along with him. Uh. He doesn't accept meteorocrity. Um. He's
Speaker 1: a guy that's you know, he believes he's the best
Speaker 1: and he's gonna do everything he can in his power
Speaker 1: to prove that. And he's always learning. You know, he's
Speaker 1: always willing to try to find out what's the next step.
Speaker 1: You know, Coach, you know maybe about route running, coach,
Speaker 1: what about defenses? You know? What about coverages? You know,
Speaker 1: I can remember a numerous amount of times, you know, coach,
Speaker 1: I want to know the whole thing. I don't know.
Speaker 1: I don't want to know just my position. I want
Speaker 1: to know the whole thing. And I think just that
Speaker 1: attitude of trying to be a winner, trying to you know,
Speaker 1: get outside of his position and be a total football player.
Speaker 1: And then, you know, I think about him growing in
Speaker 1: his spiritual of life, and I think about him growing,
Speaker 1: you know this as a regular person and with his
Speaker 1: social life. I mean, he was trying. He saw a
Speaker 1: bigger prize from stiff. He still does. I know, he's
Speaker 1: got more work he wants to get done. And you
Speaker 1: know that inspired me. I told him when I was there, Man,
Speaker 1: he made my job in life so much easier. My
Speaker 1: best player in the room. Not only could he make plays,
Speaker 1: but he was also doing the right things away away
Speaker 1: from the football facility. Let's talk about the lies. This
Speaker 1: physical skill set, starting with acceleration and change of direction.
Speaker 1: What would you say, Um, he and he had another guy,
Speaker 1: coach a few you back deston mccluster. I mean, these
Speaker 1: guys can get to their top speed in the hurry.
Speaker 1: You know, they're about two three, four steps in and
Speaker 1: they're going full till and I guess probably was even
Speaker 1: better than that. They can stop and start again and
Speaker 1: be right back full speed. And you know he's got
Speaker 1: a you know, lowson and ravity, so he can you know,
Speaker 1: he can go probably left and right just as fast
Speaker 1: as he can go forward. Um. You know, really big
Speaker 1: hands for a guy his size. He's stronger than your thing.
Speaker 1: He's more physical and uh, you know, he's got some
Speaker 1: savanties to him, you know, and he's never afraid of
Speaker 1: a challenge. You know, basically trying to find out who
Speaker 1: the best dB was every week that we're playing, and
Speaker 1: he wanted to make sure when he got mashed up
Speaker 1: with him he had the opportunity to dominate or win.
Speaker 1: What about the way he can attack all levels of
Speaker 1: the field. I think some people look at the size
Speaker 1: and say, well, five eight, five nine, maybe he's gonna
Speaker 1: be a short intermediate guy. But Elijah Moore at the
Speaker 1: collegiate level was short intermediate and vertical threat, no doubt.
Speaker 1: You know that that hype thing, it doesn't come into play.
Speaker 1: And you know, until the guy that showing him he
Speaker 1: can't jump with a lodging. He just blows that he
Speaker 1: can jump too. So I mean he might be five nine,
Speaker 1: but when the ball is in there, he can jump
Speaker 1: up and become six five all of us sudden, you
Speaker 1: know what I mean with the vertical vertical, you know,
Speaker 1: leaping the bill of then and then just knowing how
Speaker 1: to play, knowing how to position his body, and you
Speaker 1: know the hype part, you know, being more physical than
Speaker 1: guys and beating him off the line of scrimmage. I
Speaker 1: think that's probably the next act you're trying to talk about.
Speaker 1: You know, him being a quick starter, but he can
Speaker 1: explode off the line, and you know he can avoid
Speaker 1: and guys try to dam him. He does a great
Speaker 1: job of using his hands and use the technique. And
Speaker 1: he's a guy like you said, he can excel and
Speaker 1: touches and quick game, he can excel. And being in
Speaker 1: the backfield, I mean we lined them up in South
Speaker 1: Carolina line to tailback line. U been a slot in
Speaker 1: line up as outside receiver. Um, you can put him
Speaker 1: in motion and of course, like you said, you can,
Speaker 1: you can throw the ball deep to him. He has
Speaker 1: enough speed under the hood and that he can beat
Speaker 1: guys down the field vertically too, and really no weakness
Speaker 1: in this game, you know. Besides everybody try to cut
Speaker 1: him down about being about being a little bit shorter.
Speaker 1: He talked about his hands before, can you can you
Speaker 1: um expand on that just a little bit in terms of, hey,
Speaker 1: he's got sticky myths, but he's also tough. So the
Speaker 1: ball would come over the middle and he knows he's
Speaker 1: gonna take a shot, but all hang in there and
Speaker 1: he's gonna grab it, no doubt about it. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's it's a game in particular against uh against Kentucky
Speaker 1: this past year, He's running a dig route going across
Speaker 1: the middle of the field, balls behind, and the opened
Speaker 1: up his hills concentrate looked at football in and he
Speaker 1: gets blasted right after it. But he needed to. He was,
Speaker 1: you know, a key first down to keep a drive alive. Um.
Speaker 1: I knew he had really good hands all during his career,
Speaker 1: but it really got his implified against Alabama last season,
Speaker 1: It's been raining all day. It's raining partly during the game.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm me being a former running back. You
Speaker 1: know if it rained, I freaking out. You know, I
Speaker 1: was running back we can barely catch, and uh you know,
Speaker 1: some of the other receivers worried about what what about
Speaker 1: rain gloves, And all of a sudden, I see a
Speaker 1: lodger locks of code. I'm just gonna go bear handed
Speaker 1: man and uh then didn't have a drop and confident
Speaker 1: catching in the traffic, catching the ball hop on it.
Speaker 1: I mean that showed me there, man, this guy was
Speaker 1: the real deal, do in it against top quality competition
Speaker 1: and doing it and when the when the weather conditions
Speaker 1: went perfect. Are the Jets getting in a Sunday talent?
Speaker 1: You look at his collegiate career, thirty six receptions the
Speaker 1: first year, sixty seven catches his second year, and then
Speaker 1: his third year, where you guys didn't even play a
Speaker 1: full season. Well, Elijah than not play a full season
Speaker 1: eighty six catches, no doubt. I think most teams want
Speaker 1: to see it that way, seeing a guy getting better
Speaker 1: every season. And he did that. Uh you know, you
Speaker 1: gotta get a lot of credit to coach Kiffing and
Speaker 1: coach Levy. They came win in with an awesome plan,
Speaker 1: figuring out way to get him touches and get him
Speaker 1: the ball, and uh me, like you said, he did
Speaker 1: it in the shortened season, you know, and and going
Speaker 1: against top quality competition every every week, you know, playing
Speaker 1: all this schedule, you know, staying healthy, you know, you know,
Speaker 1: really taking the heart how we tell them to get
Speaker 1: rest and taking the heart about putting the right food
Speaker 1: in the body, you know, doing the right things in
Speaker 1: the weight room and man he it all of that
Speaker 1: and you know, it got a great reward and great
Speaker 1: results from it last season. What is in the water
Speaker 1: down there with the receivers, DK, metcalf A, J. Brown.
Speaker 1: Now you guys, sund Elijah more to the NFL. You know,
Speaker 1: it's it's become you know, kind of a tradition here now,
Speaker 1: you know, it's become a writer of patches, passage. You know,
Speaker 1: you know, my long career here, this is going on
Speaker 1: my four team year. Really one of the first guys
Speaker 1: I see really do it and do it on a
Speaker 1: high level and they come, you know a draft. The
Speaker 1: NFL draftee was Dante Montcrief and after that was a
Speaker 1: Crawing tread Well and then after that, of course you
Speaker 1: got DK, you got a J and all those guys
Speaker 1: kind of you know, left the position better than what
Speaker 1: they found it. You just much about the relationship these
Speaker 1: guys have and the pride they have playing for Mississippi.
Speaker 1: What was your reaction when you saw A J. Brown
Speaker 1: with tears in his eyes after Elijah was drafted? Just genuine,
Speaker 1: you know, uh, A J. Was probably one of the
Speaker 1: guys to help, you know, get a Lodger to even
Speaker 1: come to school there, and you know, their relationship while
Speaker 1: they they were there was you know great, and especially
Speaker 1: on the field with these guys training and compete against
Speaker 1: each other every day, and you know, I would imagine
Speaker 1: a Lodger saw what A J did and use it
Speaker 1: for a lot of motivation and say, you know what,
Speaker 1: if he can do it, I can do it. And
Speaker 1: I want to get team to train and I want
Speaker 1: to push myself. And I'm also going to use it
Speaker 1: for answers. You know, tell me about the process after
Speaker 1: you left school world, you know, tell me about to combine,
Speaker 1: you know, tell me about the interviews and I'm getting
Speaker 1: ready to do with these NFL teams. I think all
Speaker 1: of that came into play with a larger minut and
Speaker 1: learn from these guys. Not only talking about watching these
Speaker 1: guys an example, how well is that position flex going
Speaker 1: to help him here with the Jets running a West
Speaker 1: Coast system under Micha La Fleur. Uh. Robert Salez already said,
Speaker 1: we we can put them outside the numbers. We can
Speaker 1: play them with the slot. And you already mentioned before
Speaker 1: their times at Mississippi, you put him in the offensive backfield.
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna help him tremendously. Um, I'm really
Speaker 1: I think that's one of the reason why he was,
Speaker 1: you know, such a you know, hot, hot draft pick,
Speaker 1: because he did everything. You know, when he got to
Speaker 1: a pro day, you didn't really have the testimon anything.
Speaker 1: He basically did it all. I mean, if you want
Speaker 1: to see him running post turn on the tape. You
Speaker 1: want to see run the corner oute, turn on the tape.
Speaker 1: You want to see him take a handoff turn on
Speaker 1: the tape. You want to see him catch the screen
Speaker 1: turn on the tape, you want to see him return
Speaker 1: the punt, turn on the tape. I mean, everything that
Speaker 1: they're looking for or have any ideas on where they
Speaker 1: can use them. There are the examples of that everywhere
Speaker 1: all over his film from college, Derek, what are you
Speaker 1: gonna tell some of the recruits that you're after or
Speaker 1: maybe some guys in your room next year and beyond
Speaker 1: when they asked you about Elijah more uh number one,
Speaker 1: just his heart and his work ethic number one. But
Speaker 1: besides all the physical attributes so been never running fast
Speaker 1: forty bit to catch the football man he demanded from
Speaker 1: himself number one, and then demanded from his teammates and
Speaker 1: they'd be at their very best. And a great example
Speaker 1: of that. Man, We're in the middle of practice going
Speaker 1: on during the fall count and end those not going
Speaker 1: particularly well like we wanted to, and man, he shuts
Speaker 1: it down. He shut the whole thing down. We're throwing
Speaker 1: with the quarterbacks doing routes on there. He shuts it down,
Speaker 1: and he grabs them all up, talked to him just
Speaker 1: like it like a coach would, and we started the
Speaker 1: whole period over and it was better for the rest
Speaker 1: of the day. I mean that type of mentality with
Speaker 1: a guy coming in being on a mission, you know,
Speaker 1: seeing past tomorrow, what he wanted his future to look
Speaker 1: like and wanted his team to look like. I mean
Speaker 1: that that speaks Biden's and that's what you're really looking
Speaker 1: for when you're trying to recruit receivers to come here.
Speaker 1: If you had an opportunity to catch up with him,
Speaker 1: and as he told you about the situation he's currently
Speaker 1: in because right off the bat, people have seen synergy
Speaker 1: bet between him and fellow rookie Zack Wilson, and those
Speaker 1: guys both absorbed so much they cannot get enough football.
Speaker 1: And I just want to get your thoughts on Wilson's
Speaker 1: skill set, how potentially is going to mess with Elijah
Speaker 1: because Zach Wilson can make all the throws and he's
Speaker 1: a highly athletic person himself. Yeah. I haven't been in
Speaker 1: the catch up with a whole lot. You know, We've
Speaker 1: been kind of you know, chexing back and forth at times,
Speaker 1: you know, not knowing his schedule. We just had the
Speaker 1: probably the busiest month and probably college football history. Uh,
Speaker 1: in the month of June has passed. Everybody had all
Speaker 1: his pent up demand from you know, from from the
Speaker 1: pandemic and whatnot, and we basically combined spring recruiting and
Speaker 1: football camps and non officials all together one month. But
Speaker 1: I plan on you know, catching up with him a
Speaker 1: little bit, you know, as we get close to the season,
Speaker 1: see how he's doing, to make sure he's ready to roll. Um.
Speaker 1: I've seen Zach some won take and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: quick release, very accurate, and he's a attic and of
Speaker 1: course make plays with his legs. And I'm excited for
Speaker 1: Alijah to have a quarterback at that caliber to go
Speaker 1: in and to go play with. So we've heard from
Speaker 1: Derek Knicks, We've heard from Tevin Allen. Let's talk about
Speaker 1: what Elijah More brings to this receiver's room and really
Speaker 1: what the Jets wide receiver's room looks like. And in
Speaker 1: terms of More, I mentioned this earlier. He's valuable because
Speaker 1: he's versatile. He can line up inside, he can line
Speaker 1: up outside, and I don't think that you're gonna line
Speaker 1: up in the backfield. That's what Nicks was talking about.
Speaker 1: They played South Carolina last year. They put him in
Speaker 1: the backfield. He can he can line up all over
Speaker 1: the place. He's an offensive weapon. This is where the
Speaker 1: game is at right now in the National Football League.
Speaker 1: And um, you know, and how about you're a big
Speaker 1: number guy. Oh boy, you like the number eight? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I do. I do, especially all because he warred in
Speaker 1: college and now this is the first year where receivers
Speaker 1: can wear single digit numbers. And I think Elijah More
Speaker 1: and hey, I think it looks good. Do you not
Speaker 1: like it? No? I think I don't know what you thought.
Speaker 1: You are a monstrous number guys something that it was
Speaker 1: very relevant. I like the connection with two Day. You know,
Speaker 1: we saw that a lot during the spring, and those
Speaker 1: guys have an instantaneous connection. There's no denying that. You
Speaker 1: don't have to see them in pads to say, oh,
Speaker 1: these these guys have good chemistry already. But you mentioned
Speaker 1: the wide Receiver group. Uh, you got some big bodies
Speaker 1: space eaters on the outside, you can catch the ball.
Speaker 1: I think when they're covered, box people out and go
Speaker 1: up and get it and hide, point it and wile
Speaker 1: that you have a lot of options on the inside
Speaker 1: now too. Oh my god, it's it's really exciting the
Speaker 1: potential of the group. And the other thing about more
Speaker 1: is he in the spring was returning punts. I at
Speaker 1: least started to brand Boy talked about needs to attract
Speaker 1: the ball a little better and improved. But you know,
Speaker 1: I wouldn't put it past Elijah more if he came
Speaker 1: back and he was a much better punt returner in
Speaker 1: terms of tracking, because it seems like all all he
Speaker 1: does is work and we've seen it before where you know,
Speaker 1: how can how can you maximize your value? And Alijah
Speaker 1: More clearly has a dynamic quality and he has multiple
Speaker 1: dynamic qualities with his shift nous, with his four three speed,
Speaker 1: and you would imagine that if he can track the
Speaker 1: ball well and if he has the proper vision, he
Speaker 1: could really make a difference as a returner. And he's
Speaker 1: a kid who believes in himself and he's going to
Speaker 1: drive himself to the next level. Tevin Ellen during that
Speaker 1: time we spent with them, said More truly believes he
Speaker 1: can be the best receiver ever. And when I was
Speaker 1: done with that interview with Derrick Knicks, I said, thanks
Speaker 1: for your time. And this didn't make it on here
Speaker 1: during the podcast because interview had stopped. He said, this
Speaker 1: kid is special, and this kid is special. That's how
Speaker 1: we ended our conversation. I think, let me rephrase that,
Speaker 1: I'm very excited to see what Elijah More can bring
Speaker 1: to the Jets. And I think it'd be wrong to
Speaker 1: just say no, he's five nine, stick him on the inside.
Speaker 1: And you know, it wouldn't shock me if there were
Speaker 1: situations where the Jets had Corey Davis on one side
Speaker 1: Elijah More opposite him and then somebody else on the inside.
Speaker 1: So great point there about the versatility. And also you've
Speaker 1: mentioned us HOWD a couple of times. Nick reminded me
Speaker 1: that Elijah More could jump out of the gym. So
Speaker 1: people say, okay, five nine, Well, not only is he
Speaker 1: an explosive runner in terms of a change of direction
Speaker 1: skills and also straight ahead speed, he also is a
Speaker 1: big time leaper and he's strong as hell. He can
Speaker 1: catch it in traffic, and he's got big hands. So
Speaker 1: five nine with big hands, tough, also can jump through
Speaker 1: the roof. Uh, He's a threat at all three levels.
Speaker 1: I remember when the Jets drafted Elijah More. You know,
Speaker 1: NFL Network had their little coverage right after each pick,
Speaker 1: and Daniel Jeremiah said what he really liked about Elijah
Speaker 1: More compared to somebody like Darius Tony, who was the
Speaker 1: receiver drafted by the Giants, is that Elijah He thought
Speaker 1: Elijah Moore was a little more confident over the middle,
Speaker 1: especially with his hands. And for somebody like Elijah Moore,
Speaker 1: who has had so much volume at his time in
Speaker 1: terms of perceptions receiving yards, you can tell that he's polished.
Speaker 1: And with the Jets, you know whether it's play action,
Speaker 1: whether he's inside or outside, you'd imagine that he's gonna
Speaker 1: be go going over the middle a decent amount and
Speaker 1: then he's not gonna shy away. And Nick said he's
Speaker 1: got no weakness in his game. And then you think
Speaker 1: about the yards after the catch too, with the with
Speaker 1: the breakaway speed and the quickness that he possesses. And
Speaker 1: also you mentioned the fact his strength. I just I
Speaker 1: just googled this. A J. Brown had nineteen reps of
Speaker 1: two pounds at the combine and he's six oh two six.
Speaker 1: Elijah Moore had seventeen reps and he's shorter and weighs less,
Speaker 1: got a lot of muscle on that body. The Brooklyn
Speaker 1: boys found out. Yeah, there's no doubt about that. Um So,
Speaker 1: I think he's another guy that how can you not
Speaker 1: be excited about? And we've seen a lot of and
Speaker 1: we're actually writing about this right now on the website
Speaker 1: as far as who do you think is going to
Speaker 1: lead the jets and receptions and receiving yards, So do
Speaker 1: you have any little hints for us or where are
Speaker 1: you leaning here? Where Elijah more I leaned towards receptions
Speaker 1: over receiving y'all, But it wouldn't surprise me if it
Speaker 1: was both. But I really do think I mean I
Speaker 1: say that, but I really you think that with the
Speaker 1: connection we've seen so far in training camp between Zack
Speaker 1: Wilson and Elijah More, it wouldn't surprise me if Elijah
Speaker 1: Moore really became the security blanket. But maybe guys like
Speaker 1: Corey Davis Denzel Mims, the taller guys, maybe they would.
Speaker 1: I think they would be more likely to lead the
Speaker 1: team in receiving the yard. And so I'm not going
Speaker 1: to give away my answer, but I am going to
Speaker 1: say that last year in San Francisco, obviously MICHAELA Fleur
Speaker 1: part of the Shanahan staff, Brandon Ayouk led the forty
Speaker 1: Niners in receptions and receiving yards, a rookie who only
Speaker 1: appeared in twelve games. Now, they had quarterback problems last
Speaker 1: year in terms of injuries, but you go back two
Speaker 1: years ago, George Kittle, all world tight end, led the
Speaker 1: team and receptions and receiving yards. But the receiver who
Speaker 1: led the forty Niners in terms of that group receptions
Speaker 1: receiving yards also was a rookie. Deep Samuel. Yeah, it's very,
Speaker 1: very good point. And know if you read the tea leaves,
Speaker 1: I think you'll know he had an answer. I'm just
Speaker 1: saying is that we've seen guys in this system come
Speaker 1: on early as a rookie and make impact. And both
Speaker 1: of those dudes, I you can Samuel offer a little
Speaker 1: more juice than just a receiver in terms of end arounds,
Speaker 1: jet sweeps and more. Is clearly in that line. And
Speaker 1: he's not just a vertical guy. Oh listen, bottom line,
Speaker 1: fantasy players, I would not shy away for more because
Speaker 1: he's a rookie, especially in PPR leagues. Is what he
Speaker 1: a sang. So with that being said, I think that's
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