WEBVTT - Cameron Goode and Skylar Thompson Join Drive Time 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:05.360 To us byres touch style by waddle stuck into the 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:09.440 end zone of Miami Boy, tight froll, tight window. They 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:11.760 had to get that touchdown on that play. They get it. 0:00:15.560 --> 0:00:19.800 What is Up Dolphins? And welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, 0:00:20.040 --> 0:00:23.759 part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, 0:00:23.800 --> 0:00:28.040 your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? I am your host, 0:00:28.160 --> 0:00:31.400 Travis Wingfield, And on today's show, we are wrapping up 0:00:31.520 --> 0:00:35.160 draft pick interviews on this edition of the Draft Time 0:00:35.240 --> 0:00:39.160 Podcast to seventh round selections are going to join me today. 0:00:39.240 --> 0:00:42.920 Cameron Good out of cal Skyler Thompson out of Kansas State. 0:00:42.960 --> 0:00:45.720 They both jumped into the studio and a pair of 0:00:45.760 --> 0:00:48.360 really fun chats with those guys. Will hear from them 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:50.120 and then get to the tape as we have done 0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:53.479 here from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health 0:00:53.479 --> 0:01:01.040 Training Complex. This is the Drivetime Podcast Miami's office. We've 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:05.400 got our last two interviews of the Dolphins draft class. 0:01:05.440 --> 0:01:07.680 Let's go ahead and start right there. Up first from 0:01:07.760 --> 0:01:12.160 cal Cameron Good. What's up Dolphins? Travis Wingfield here, the 0:01:12.160 --> 0:01:15.360 host of the Drivetime Podcast on the Miami Dolphins Podcast Network, 0:01:15.400 --> 0:01:18.200 and I'm joined today by new Dolphins outside linebacker Cameron 0:01:18.200 --> 0:01:20.640 Good Camera. What's up man, Hey, I'm excited to be here. 0:01:21.160 --> 0:01:23.479 It's great to be back. Excited to have you down here. Man, 0:01:23.520 --> 0:01:26.360 So welcome to Miami. First off, you got the call yesterday, 0:01:26.400 --> 0:01:28.280 but you get here today. Is it all hitting me yet? 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:30.720 How does it feel? Uh, it's still still kind of 0:01:30.760 --> 0:01:33.640 settling in. Um. But yeah, I got that call. It 0:01:33.760 --> 0:01:37.080 was crazy. It was emotional with the family, so we're 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:40.160 all excited. I'm just really happy to be here. So 0:01:40.280 --> 0:01:41.840 go in a little bit further on that draft day 0:01:41.840 --> 0:01:43.320 set up. Give us the picture where you're watching the 0:01:43.400 --> 0:01:46.039 draft on TV. Something else to keep your mind distracted, 0:01:46.080 --> 0:01:48.160 Like what was draft day like for you? Uh? Yeah, 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:52.240 We're sitting there in living room Watchington, Watchington draft all day. Um. 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:54.040 I had the little cousins around, so I was kind 0:01:54.040 --> 0:01:56.360 of playing with them. They're they're on the iPads, so 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:59.200 I was playing the games with them. And then uh yeah, 0:01:59.280 --> 0:02:01.960 phone rang and had to pick up and saw Miami 0:02:02.040 --> 0:02:05.440 Dolphins pub up caller. I d got too excited. Were 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:07.120 you the most excited one in the room where someone 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:08.600 else kind of a little more pumped up for you? 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:10.960 She I was the most excited, but I was. I 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:13.960 was emotional, so I didn't want to show it to 0:02:14.080 --> 0:02:16.320 too much. But Mom, she was showing all of it, 0:02:16.400 --> 0:02:18.320 so she was real pumped. So we were talking a 0:02:18.320 --> 0:02:20.640 little bit about your college career before you before before 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:22.640 I started recording here, and I was looking back at 0:02:22.639 --> 0:02:24.480 some of your stats and your games and stuff. Two 0:02:24.520 --> 0:02:27.280 picks in college random both back for touchdowns. That's a 0:02:27.360 --> 0:02:29.799 nose for the goal line, right, yeah, she yeah, I'm 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:33.679 I'm always trying to make plays however I can. Um. Yeah, 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:35.920 I was in the right place and had to make 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:37.560 a play. He'd love to see that. Taking it back 0:02:37.560 --> 0:02:39.799 for six picking taking the job with the offense away there. 0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:42.079 But you spent six years at cal and coming from 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:44.600 TEXASO went to Berkeley. How would you describe kind of 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:46.840 your growth and the way your experienced there in college 0:02:46.840 --> 0:02:48.880 shaped you as a player in a person. Yeah, so 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:50.519 that first year it was it was kind of a 0:02:50.560 --> 0:02:53.080 little bit of a culture shock. Houston and Berkeley are 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:56.560 kind of a lot different. Um, so yeah, I just 0:02:56.600 --> 0:03:00.560 felt like being in that situation. Um. Berkeley is very diverse, 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:03.720 a lot of international students so, UM, a lot of 0:03:04.200 --> 0:03:06.760 very intelligent people. So I would just feel like being there, 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:10.120 I've just grown into a man, honestly, and uh just 0:03:10.160 --> 0:03:13.160 come a long way from the kid that left Houston 0:03:13.240 --> 0:03:15.680 at eighteen. That's the idea of college, right. What went 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:17.600 into your decision to return for that final season at 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:19.800 cal Um that COVID year it was kind of a 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:22.280 weird year. It didn't feel feel right to go out 0:03:22.280 --> 0:03:25.160 that way. We only got four games. Um still felt 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:27.120 like I had more to prove. Um. I always flit 0:03:27.200 --> 0:03:29.480 that way, but yeah, I had to come back for 0:03:29.600 --> 0:03:32.079 one more. We talked a little bit about going to Wazoo. 0:03:32.080 --> 0:03:33.560 I was a Washington State alum. You play in the 0:03:33.840 --> 0:03:36.040 Cow in the Pack twelve, so I know that you 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:37.800 guys had a lot of good defenses down there, a 0:03:37.880 --> 0:03:39.600 lot of good coaches on the defense as well. So 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:41.440 I was curious, how do you feel like your past 0:03:41.520 --> 0:03:43.760 rush arsenal kind of developed over the course of your 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:46.080 career at Cow. Yeah. So coming out of high school, 0:03:46.120 --> 0:03:48.240 I was in the edge rusher, I was I was 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:50.840 outside linebacker, kind of more off the ball. Um they 0:03:50.880 --> 0:03:52.960 might send me on a blitz. So Um, when I 0:03:52.960 --> 0:03:55.960 first got to Cal, I kinda had to develop that 0:03:56.000 --> 0:03:58.240 past rush because I really didn't know much at all, 0:03:58.720 --> 0:04:00.480 And Um, I've had my dad had he was a 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:02.840 d n UM, so he's kind of been helping me out. 0:04:03.280 --> 0:04:05.680 And then, um, yeah, just going through years at Cow 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:08.400 with the coaches and just learn new moves. Still feel 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:10.600 like I had a lot to learn passersh. So you 0:04:10.640 --> 0:04:12.760 talk about your dad, a former fifth round traffick of 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:15.040 the Atlanta Falcons, a family of athletes should come from. 0:04:15.280 --> 0:04:17.560 Have they given you any kind of advice about being 0:04:17.560 --> 0:04:20.120 a professional athlete and these next steps for you? Yeah, 0:04:20.200 --> 0:04:22.840 Dad's kind of been telling me um his path and 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:26.080 what he was going through. And then, uh, but shoot 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:28.520 I was that was a little while ago, so the 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:30.440 NFL has kind of changed a little bit. But yeah, 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:32.680 it's always great to hear what he has to say. 0:04:32.760 --> 0:04:35.159 He gives a lot of great advice and he's been there. 0:04:35.320 --> 0:04:37.040 So it's all about getting the quarterback and find the 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:39.400 football right that that hasn't change. That hasn't changed. So 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:41.560 I think you mentioned the energy of of coach camp 0:04:41.600 --> 0:04:43.560 in Elli and Tyrone mackenzie and your media availability the 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:45.719 other day. What was your initial impression of the two 0:04:45.920 --> 0:04:50.279 linebacker coaches here? Um, it was great. I met with them. Um, 0:04:50.360 --> 0:04:53.840 going over to defense on my visit and honestly had 0:04:53.880 --> 0:04:57.680 me really excited. Um, that was my favorite visit. Um. 0:04:57.839 --> 0:05:01.200 I feel like I was able to develop relationship with them, 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:04.440 and um just loving the coaching staff. Feel like everybody 0:05:04.440 --> 0:05:07.240 here's great people. Um. So yeah, it was fun. And 0:05:07.320 --> 0:05:09.240 Josh Boyer as well. DC a chance to talk with 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:11.400 him yet, Yeah, talked to him. That's my second time 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:14.000 talking to him. Just got done talking with him. Um. Yeah, 0:05:14.120 --> 0:05:16.400 everybody's cool. I like it, very good stuff. So I 0:05:16.480 --> 0:05:18.479 was looking at your snap count totals from last season. 0:05:18.839 --> 0:05:21.840 You played sixty plus snaps in eight games SEVN D 0:05:21.960 --> 0:05:24.640 plus snaps in four games. Did you know that? Uh, yeah, 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:27.479 I know something like that. That's that's crazy to me. 0:05:27.520 --> 0:05:29.240 So I had to ask you, like, what is your 0:05:29.240 --> 0:05:31.280 conditioning regiment to be on the field for that much? 0:05:31.320 --> 0:05:34.800 Because I might need to take some notes here for myself. Um. Shoot, Um, 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:37.560 when I'm tired, it don't matter how tired, and I'm 0:05:37.600 --> 0:05:40.840 gonna go so um yeah, it doesn't matter if if 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:43.600 it's fifty players games, seventy plays a game, if I'm 0:05:43.640 --> 0:05:47.440 just doing special teams here, I'm gonna just go. So. Um, 0:05:47.480 --> 0:05:50.720 it's just that motor in me competitive attitude, UM, I'm 0:05:50.720 --> 0:05:53.240 always gonna just go that pair as well. With a 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:55.839 very good three cone time that you ran sub seven seconds, 0:05:56.080 --> 0:05:57.800 which shows off your agility. I think, how do you 0:05:57.839 --> 0:06:00.279 think your agility helps you as a pass rusher? Um, 0:06:00.320 --> 0:06:03.280 I've always feel like I've been pretty agile, and I 0:06:03.360 --> 0:06:07.960 was happy to show my athleticism at pro Day. UM. 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:09.919 So yeah, I feel like all that would come in 0:06:09.960 --> 0:06:12.960 handy and make it impact in his leadue. Agility is 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:15.119 a big deal. So as physicality. You talked about setting 0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:17.480 strong edge. Is that kind of a mindset game? Like? 0:06:17.520 --> 0:06:19.200 What is this kind of setting a hard edge in 0:06:19.200 --> 0:06:21.440 the run game? What's the key to that? Um? Yeah, 0:06:21.440 --> 0:06:23.159 I feel like a lot of its hand placement and 0:06:23.200 --> 0:06:27.760 then just like attitude, being physical, just knowing, Um, it's 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:29.720 a one on one a lot of times and I 0:06:29.839 --> 0:06:32.440 just want to win that one on one. You talk 0:06:32.480 --> 0:06:34.440 about one on one matchups, you also talked about playing 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:36.640 baseball as a youth that's a game of all one 0:06:36.680 --> 0:06:39.479 on one matchup. So I'm curious. You know what parts 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:41.000 of Florida did you come to play in? And you 0:06:41.040 --> 0:06:42.600 must have been on a pretty good team because you 0:06:42.640 --> 0:06:45.880 mentioned traveling from Texas to Florida. That's like, this is 0:06:45.880 --> 0:06:48.400 like one of baseball, the baseball Meca in America. So 0:06:48.640 --> 0:06:51.560 what was that like for coming down here and playing baseball? Yeah, so, um, 0:06:51.600 --> 0:06:54.120 I've been. I went to Florida a few times. Are 0:06:54.160 --> 0:06:57.560 not Orlando, Florida a few times? Um, never been in Miami. 0:06:57.640 --> 0:07:00.440 So my first UM time in Miami was the top 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:03.719 thirty visit. Um, I loved it. I've always loved Florida, 0:07:03.880 --> 0:07:06.440 So I knew when the Dolphins were calling as ready 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:08.720 to go because just being out here as a kid, 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:11.320 I fell in love with the beaches and just playing 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:14.840 sports competing. So, um, Florida has a special place in 0:07:14.880 --> 0:07:17.000 my heart. Do some pretty good beaches around here. You'll 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:19.240 be in good hands there. So on the baseball field, 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:22.920 what position did you play? Um? I played some first base, outfield, 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:27.160 played um, middlefield, center field a lot a lot of times. UM. 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:29.600 And then picture, I was a picture sometimes utility guy. 0:07:29.680 --> 0:07:31.600 Sounds like your versatility kind of plays bull sports in 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:34.120 a little bit. So I was doing some more background 0:07:34.160 --> 0:07:35.840 you here and I read that you're a pretty mild 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:37.720 mannered guy. Get the same impression from beating you here, 0:07:37.960 --> 0:07:40.200 But when you're on the field. There's a switch lip 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:41.920 flips right. And I was reading the story about your 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:44.520 college roommate Josh Draden, and he said, this is a 0:07:44.600 --> 0:07:46.920 quote that I found from him. It's like James Bond 0:07:47.000 --> 0:07:49.240 or John Wick. It's like Superman going into a phone 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:51.720 booth or a werewolf when there's a full moon. First 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:53.600 of all, what a quote. But I just wanted to know, 0:07:53.640 --> 0:07:55.880 how do you flip that switch on game day? Um? 0:07:56.160 --> 0:07:58.680 She it's just that it's just in me. Honestly, it's 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:00.640 not really just flipping the switch is just kind of 0:08:00.760 --> 0:08:03.520 I don't know. It just turns on itself. So yeah, 0:08:03.600 --> 0:08:06.200 every time I'm competing, no matter if we just playing 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:08.480 some a little board game, I'm a sort of loser, 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:11.240 so I want to win. Flip the table over it. Yeah, 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:14.600 So it just turns on and then shot, that energy 0:08:14.720 --> 0:08:17.000 comes out when I make a play, So yeah, I 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:19.440 get really excited. Yeah. I couldn't handle losing like Monopoly 0:08:19.440 --> 0:08:21.400 as a kid, even though it's just didn't sit well 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:23.840 with me. So finally, you know what kind of person 0:08:23.960 --> 0:08:25.680 and player do you think the Dolphins are getting in 0:08:25.720 --> 0:08:28.760 Cameron Good? Um, they're getting a very coachable player. Um, 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:35.000 I'm accountable, going to be accountable to the team. UM, teammates, UH, fans, everybody. UM, 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:37.079 And I'm when I'm out there, I'm gonna give them all. 0:08:37.120 --> 0:08:40.000 I'm gonna go and yeah, I'm ready to work. In 0:08:40.040 --> 0:08:42.560 the last question here, whether it's football or off the field, 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:44.679 what's something you're looking forward to most about this opportunity 0:08:44.720 --> 0:08:47.720 here with the Dolphins or in Miami. I should say, UM, 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:51.720 just another another chance to prove myself. UM. I feel 0:08:51.720 --> 0:08:54.360 like I've been over or underrated a lot of times 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:56.640 in the past, so I just feel like, UM, just 0:08:56.760 --> 0:08:59.319 keep going and just keep proving myself every day. Very 0:08:59.320 --> 0:09:03.240 good camera good makes a lot man appreciate it. And 0:09:03.280 --> 0:09:06.280 there he goes a good interview there with Dolphins seventh 0:09:06.360 --> 0:09:08.960 round draft pick Cameron Good out of the University of 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:11.160 cal Let's go ahead and take our first break and 0:09:11.200 --> 0:09:13.360 come right back on the other side and kick this 0:09:13.400 --> 0:09:16.199 thing off here with Skyler Thompson, the finals draft pick 0:09:16.240 --> 0:09:20.120 for the Miami Dolphins in two. That's next here, Drivetime podcast, 0:09:20.200 --> 0:09:23.520 your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation. 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:29.559 What's Up Dolphins? Travis Wingfield here, the host of the 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:32.720 Drivetime podcast on the Miami Dolphins podcast Network, and I'm 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:36.280 joined today by new Dolphins quarterback Skyler Thompson. Skyler, what's up? Man? 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:40.440 Not then much? First time Miami. I'm excited We're not 0:09:40.480 --> 0:09:44.120 in Kansas anymore. Right, No, it's a little bit different, 0:09:44.160 --> 0:09:46.400 but I'm excited for it. How do you compare the 0:09:46.400 --> 0:09:50.480 two Miami and Kansas? I mean polar opposite, I mean not, 0:09:50.840 --> 0:09:54.480 there's no similarities at all other than it does get 0:09:54.480 --> 0:09:58.640 hot and humid in Kansas a little bit, but it's 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:00.720 it's not hot and humid right now like it is here. 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:04.480 So it's a lot different training camps. It's gets a 0:10:04.480 --> 0:10:06.199 little warm for training come down here, so you'll you'll 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:08.520 enjoy that. But so, you know, welcome to Miami first 0:10:08.520 --> 0:10:10.240 of all. But you get here today as it all 0:10:10.280 --> 0:10:13.719 kind of hits you yet, how you feeling. Yeah, it's 0:10:13.720 --> 0:10:17.559 still very surreal. Um. This whole process is just it's 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:20.680 been going very fast, you know, and it was it 0:10:20.760 --> 0:10:23.680 was a crazy, crazy time. So but it was so fun, 0:10:23.760 --> 0:10:27.520 so surreal um, and it definitely is started to hit me, 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:29.960 you know, walking through the building knowing like this is 0:10:30.120 --> 0:10:33.719 my home, you know, and I'm so excited to get 0:10:33.760 --> 0:10:35.840 down here and in a couple of weeks. I'm a day. 0:10:35.840 --> 0:10:38.040 I'm sure you will never forget and you're forever. No, 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:39.560 that's how it goes. But I want to get a 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:41.160 picture of your draft day set up. You know, were 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:43.520 you watching on TV? Did you have something else going 0:10:43.520 --> 0:10:45.000 on to kind of keep you distracted? Did you have 0:10:45.080 --> 0:10:47.120 family and friends with you? Take us through your draft 0:10:47.120 --> 0:10:49.240 set up. Yeah, well I had a lot of a 0:10:49.280 --> 0:10:52.679 lot of family in town, um with we had the 0:10:52.760 --> 0:10:56.040 draft on, we had a bunch of food available, and 0:10:56.760 --> 0:10:59.240 really we're just hanging out. I mean we were casually 0:10:59.240 --> 0:11:03.000 paying attention to the to the TV, UM kind of 0:11:03.040 --> 0:11:05.160 tracking kind of what was going on, what teams were doing. 0:11:05.840 --> 0:11:08.480 But I was I was walking to I was pacing 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:10.640 all over the place, me and my dad both. Um. 0:11:10.800 --> 0:11:13.960 I was not sitting still. Um you know, I was 0:11:13.960 --> 0:11:15.960 trying to stay busy, trying to stay occupied where I'm 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:17.640 not just sitting there to one of my thumbs. And 0:11:18.200 --> 0:11:22.000 you know, just the pressure shouldn't it shouldn't feel like 0:11:22.000 --> 0:11:24.520 there's a lot of pressure, but I mean there is. 0:11:24.559 --> 0:11:26.240 You know, you put all this time and work and 0:11:26.800 --> 0:11:29.160 for for something like this, and you just it's it's 0:11:29.280 --> 0:11:31.640 you have no control over what happens. You know, you 0:11:31.720 --> 0:11:35.199 just um hoping pray that a team will will love 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:37.560 you enough to take you. And you know, I was 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:40.360 very very excited whenever Miami called me. I was not 0:11:40.440 --> 0:11:43.240 expecting it. Like that was what was really cool about 0:11:43.280 --> 0:11:47.160 my experience was, um, you know, I thought they were 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:49.920 just you know, calling to chat with me to see 0:11:49.920 --> 0:11:52.080 who was talking to me, what was going on. And 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:54.960 the next thing I know, like there's there, You're gonna 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:57.640 be drafted, you know, and it's gosh, it was amazing. 0:11:57.720 --> 0:12:00.120 That's that's incredible. So we saw the moment of the 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:02.400 call on social media, and you know, we could see 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:04.400 the emotions, but I wanted to kind of ask you 0:12:04.440 --> 0:12:06.079 to take us through those emotions that you were feeling 0:12:06.120 --> 0:12:07.720 up what was going on in your head when that 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:09.360 call happened, after you learn that they were going to 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:11.560 turn the card, and and then eventually seeing on TV 0:12:11.840 --> 0:12:16.560 Skyler Thompson Miami Dolphins, I was unbelievable. I mean that 0:12:16.559 --> 0:12:20.200 that that process there is like what still hasn't hit 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:24.280 me that like it actually happened. Um, but that's like 0:12:24.320 --> 0:12:26.120 literally I just ever since I was a little kid, 0:12:26.160 --> 0:12:28.400 knew what a football was Like this has been my 0:12:28.520 --> 0:12:33.200 dream and to you know, see it firsthand, you know, 0:12:33.400 --> 0:12:35.800 my name on the on the TV here my name 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:40.160 called like that was awesome and it was a dream 0:12:40.200 --> 0:12:42.120 come true. It's it's a blessing and I'm very, very 0:12:42.120 --> 0:12:44.120 grateful for it. So you mentioned being a little bit 0:12:44.120 --> 0:12:46.360 surprised by the fact that it was the Dolphins that 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:48.320 that got the call to you there, and I'm sure 0:12:48.320 --> 0:12:50.439 you know this, but this means that you'll be in 0:12:50.440 --> 0:12:52.920 a quarterback room that features a lot of cameos by 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:55.360 Dan Marino. He's around the building, he sits in the 0:12:55.360 --> 0:12:57.559 meetings a lot with the quarterbacks. When you hear that, 0:12:57.840 --> 0:13:03.880 what goes through your mind? Man, it's that's very it 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:06.760 is incredible, you know, being able to you know, be 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:10.200 in the same room and and uh, you know, share 0:13:10.320 --> 0:13:12.599 thoughts and try to be a sponge, you know, to 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:14.880 one of the greatest of all time to play the position, 0:13:14.920 --> 0:13:18.240 you know, And that's that's that's amazing, just being able 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:20.160 to be in this in the same presence, being able 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:22.200 to you know, ask questions, to have have him as 0:13:22.200 --> 0:13:25.480 a resource, someone who's done it and done it really well, 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:29.320 you know. So, uh, it's uh, that's something I'm really 0:13:29.360 --> 0:13:31.520 really looking forward to whenever I get to meet meet 0:13:31.600 --> 0:13:33.880 Dan and and talk to him and and just pick 0:13:33.960 --> 0:13:35.640 his brain, be a sponge. Like I said, Yeah, he's 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:37.480 the best who we all enjoy that. So from one 0:13:37.559 --> 0:13:39.920 legend Dan Marino, to another legend and Bill Snyder there 0:13:39.880 --> 0:13:42.280 at Kansas State just curious because he was there for 0:13:42.679 --> 0:13:45.240 how long was it a decades? Right? What did you 0:13:45.320 --> 0:13:48.160 learn about football in life from from coach Snyder? Yeah? 0:13:48.160 --> 0:13:51.480 Well I learned, you know what discipline and hard work is, 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:54.400 and that's the way that coach not to run his program. 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:56.640 And if if you weren't disciplined and you didn't work hard, 0:13:57.360 --> 0:14:00.040 you weren't gonna make it. And um, I learned that 0:14:00.360 --> 0:14:03.440 as soon as I got there. You really truly gotta 0:14:03.480 --> 0:14:05.360 love the game, and you know, to be great out 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:06.840 you gotta put in the work. You gotta be willing 0:14:06.880 --> 0:14:08.680 to do things that other people are not. You gotta 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:12.360 sacrifice a lot of your time, um and and dedicate 0:14:12.360 --> 0:14:13.959 a lot of yourself to the game if you want 0:14:13.960 --> 0:14:17.400 to be successful. And you know all of that, I 0:14:17.440 --> 0:14:20.280 was talking in a football form, but it really translates 0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:24.400 over to life too. I mean, anything you wanna be successful, 0:14:24.440 --> 0:14:26.320 lot you want to you know, your goals, whatever the 0:14:26.320 --> 0:14:28.760 case may be. You gotta be disciplined, you gotta be 0:14:28.760 --> 0:14:31.160 process oriented, and you gotta work hard and and not 0:14:31.320 --> 0:14:33.320 be so focused on the results, but just focused on 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:35.880 the process of the journey, you know, And that's what 0:14:36.520 --> 0:14:38.920 that's what makes it special. And that's that's probably what 0:14:38.920 --> 0:14:41.200 I've learned about, you know, from Coachnider the most. That's 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:42.960 one of our cliches are on the podcast, I always 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:44.960 say process over results. That you're fitting right in already 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:47.160 here on draft you know, you talked about being in 0:14:47.160 --> 0:14:49.320 locker rooms a lot and your press availability and and 0:14:49.360 --> 0:14:51.960 something Chrisper mentioned was that all the upsets you guys 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:53.560 had at k State there you beat Oklahoma a couple 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:55.720 of years back, and and mentioned you a lot in 0:14:55.760 --> 0:14:57.640 those in those big games and take on that leadership 0:14:57.720 --> 0:15:00.320 role there at Kansas State. Curious to know the portants 0:15:00.360 --> 0:15:01.760 of you being a good teammate, Like, what does it 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:04.000 what does being a good teammate here with the Dolphins 0:15:04.000 --> 0:15:09.040 look like to you? Yeah? Well, first and foremost is putting. Putting, 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:12.840 you know, my teammates before myself. Always every decision I make, 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:16.000 I'm putting. You know, it's for the team and it's 0:15:16.040 --> 0:15:19.560 about winning. And you know that's uh, that's the way 0:15:19.560 --> 0:15:21.640 that I roll. You know, I'm gonna do anything and 0:15:21.640 --> 0:15:24.680 everything to help my teammates be successful and help them, 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:26.680 you know, push them to reach their full potential, being 0:15:26.680 --> 0:15:28.760 able to challenge them, being able to be there for him, 0:15:29.080 --> 0:15:30.880 help them learn. You know, we're all in this together, 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:33.240 and at the end of the day, we're all here 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:35.200 to win. And and that's what I'm here to do. 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:38.520 And whatever whatever that may look like, whatever my role is, 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:41.760 I'm gonna I'm gonna kill that role and I'm gonna 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:44.040 do everything i can't help this team win and and 0:15:44.080 --> 0:15:47.080 be be successful. You know, that's that's what we're here for. 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:49.800 That's what I'm here for. And I'm so excited to 0:15:49.880 --> 0:15:53.240 step into the facility with everybody here. You know, I 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:56.080 started building relationships, started getting other guys um and it 0:15:56.120 --> 0:15:58.320 started getting this thing rolling. I'm excited. That's something Coach 0:15:58.400 --> 0:16:00.760 mc daniel talked about a lot, serving the teams, serving players, 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:02.240 and kind of doing what you can to make everybody 0:16:02.280 --> 0:16:04.640 else around you better. And he also talked about your 0:16:04.640 --> 0:16:06.400 passion for the game that really staid out to him 0:16:06.560 --> 0:16:08.520 in his press conference other night. Do you sense that 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:13.400 same passion from him and meeting coach McDaniel, Yeah, yeah, no, Um, yeah, 0:16:13.760 --> 0:16:16.840 we we just talked on the phone shortly last night. Um, 0:16:17.240 --> 0:16:18.640 I meet with him here in a little bit to 0:16:18.640 --> 0:16:21.240 get to know him a little bit more. But definitely, 0:16:21.280 --> 0:16:23.920 I mean I'm super excited. You can you can feel 0:16:23.960 --> 0:16:26.400 the energy, Um, you know, just talking to coach Smith 0:16:26.440 --> 0:16:30.600 and um, you know Coach Bev and you know, there's 0:16:30.600 --> 0:16:32.600 a lot of good energy here, you know, And I 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:34.880 mean walking through the hallway and and West you know, 0:16:35.400 --> 0:16:37.920 isn't there and like it's it's just cool. There's a 0:16:37.920 --> 0:16:39.200 lot of a lot of good energy, a lot of 0:16:39.440 --> 0:16:43.440 you know, smart, smart minded football minds that well you know, 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:45.320 everybody's on the same page. We're all here to win. 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:48.880 And I think that is that that's that's awesome. And 0:16:48.960 --> 0:16:51.480 you can just feel the the atmosphere and the vibes 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:54.520 are are very positive, very motivated. You know, people are 0:16:54.760 --> 0:16:57.480 motivated here to go when and that's exciting to be 0:16:57.480 --> 0:16:59.000 a part of. Yeah, it really is. And can can 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:00.840 you expand a little bit on talking with coach Bev? 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:03.080 I know you talked about him in the oppress availability, 0:17:03.120 --> 0:17:04.879 but how has it been going back and forth with 0:17:04.920 --> 0:17:06.600 coach Daryl Bevil just being able to get to know 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:09.640 Coach Bev Obviously his his past of where he's been 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:12.520 the quarterbacks that he's been toored and and coached, and 0:17:12.560 --> 0:17:15.399 he's telling me that, and it's like, man, like, this 0:17:15.520 --> 0:17:17.280 is a special coach that I get to get coached by. 0:17:17.320 --> 0:17:19.320 And UM, just starting to dive into the playbook a 0:17:19.320 --> 0:17:20.959 little bit, kind of teaching me that. And now it's 0:17:21.000 --> 0:17:24.280 just kind of helping me, um, you know, prioritize things, 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:26.719 you know, being able to categorize things to help me 0:17:26.880 --> 0:17:30.080 remember and understand things. Um. You can tell he's very 0:17:30.080 --> 0:17:33.720 process oriented and very you know, step one, step two, 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:36.920 step three. You know, it's it's a process. And I 0:17:37.320 --> 0:17:40.600 really learned very well that way. So I'm just excited 0:17:40.640 --> 0:17:42.800 to continue to get to know more and continue to 0:17:42.800 --> 0:17:44.320 work with him. Plenty of work to be done on 0:17:44.359 --> 0:17:45.919 the football field. Now. I took a chance to go 0:17:45.960 --> 0:17:47.800 back to your Instagram and look at just some of 0:17:47.800 --> 0:17:49.080 the stuff that was on there. I saw a really 0:17:49.119 --> 0:17:51.280 cool thing about you speaking at a Case State cancer 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:54.560 research event. Why is that so important to you? Yeah, 0:17:54.920 --> 0:17:57.840 it was so my mother passed away with breast cancer 0:17:57.840 --> 0:18:00.560 when I was a kid, and so did my grandfather. UM, 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:04.159 he passed away with pancreatic cancer. So I opened up 0:18:04.200 --> 0:18:08.840