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Speaker 1: Well, the Houston Texans have themselves a wide receiver in

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Speaker 1: Jalen Nole. Jalen, you come to us from Iowa State.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Texans. This is a happy night for you.

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Speaker 1: What is happening there?

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Speaker 2: Oh my goodness, A lot of emotions, Just a lot

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Speaker 2: of hard work that I know I've put in to

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Speaker 2: get to this point and to be around my family.

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Speaker 2: They're all excited and just honor and a blessing to

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Speaker 2: be in this position and to be picked by the

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Speaker 2: Houston Texans.

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Speaker 1: Were you a little bit surprised that the Texans took you,

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Speaker 1: knowing they took one of your teammates just around ahead

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Speaker 1: of you.

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Speaker 2: I was surprised. But they've seen that one two punch

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Speaker 2: all year, and yeah, they're going to be very happy

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Speaker 2: with those selections for sure.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Hell of a one two punch like you mentioned.

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Speaker 1: And now there's three Iowa State Cyclones in the receiver

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Speaker 1: room with Xavier Hutchinson. What's that say about you guys

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Speaker 1: and where you're from and what you guys were able

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Speaker 1: to do there in college.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it really says a lot about the program at

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Speaker 2: Iowa State and how coach Campbell has that organization going.

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Speaker 2: It's always on an uphill trend. And he does a

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Speaker 2: great job at developing not only football players, but men.

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Speaker 2: And he knows how to instill hard work in his

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Speaker 2: guys and let guys know that they got to come

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Speaker 2: in and work every day. And that's what gets us

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Speaker 2: to this point, gets us or gives us the ability

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Speaker 2: to be able to be in these in these moments.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's talk about you, though, all three of

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Speaker 1: you guys are different, but let's talk about you. As

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Speaker 1: a wide receiver. You've got some pretty cool skill sets

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Speaker 1: that you call your own. Who are you as a

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Speaker 1: football player? Explain yourself?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, very explosive, big playmaker, a high IQ player. Know

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Speaker 2: where I'm at on the field at all times, know

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Speaker 2: what coverages I'm getting. Very good in the special teams

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Speaker 2: area as a as a returner, punt returner, kick returner.

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Speaker 2: Just a willing player. I love the game and I

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Speaker 2: give my all every time I step off on the field.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you bring up that special teams aspect. You were

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Speaker 1: good for at least fifteen yards of punt return last season.

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Speaker 1: You were the co Big twelve Special Teamer of the Year.

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Speaker 1: How important is that part of the game to you.

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Speaker 2: It's very important I understand the importance of special teams

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Speaker 2: and what special teams brings to a game, especially in

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Speaker 2: the punt return game. A ten yard game is your

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Speaker 2: first first down and it gets the offense rolling. And

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Speaker 2: then as well as being able to have a big

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Speaker 2: momentum shift on kickoff return. So just being able to

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Speaker 2: be a guy that can utilize in special teams and

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Speaker 2: not even return ability being a gunner on player or

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Speaker 2: running down on kickoff. Having those abilities and the willingness

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Speaker 2: to be a special teams player get you a long

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Speaker 2: way in the in the league, and it's something I'm

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Speaker 2: excited to do for sure.

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Speaker 1: What was the pre draft process like for you as

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Speaker 1: far as the Houston Texans, your familiarity with them, your visits,

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Speaker 1: all that stuff. What did you what did you? What

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Speaker 1: did you think about them?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? At the combine I had a formal meeting with them.

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Speaker 2: Being able to meet coach coach Demico Ryans and those

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Speaker 2: guys and just just being around them at the combine,

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Speaker 2: I felt the energy come from them. And obviously they

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Speaker 2: had my teammate e Xavier Hutchinson's there and now Jaden Higgins,

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Speaker 2: and they they look for their guys and they know

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Speaker 2: what they like, and just throughout the whole process being

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Speaker 2: able to communicate with them and getting on a meeting

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Speaker 2: with the receiver coach. It was super cool during that

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Speaker 2: process and to see this happen tonight is just something surreal.

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Speaker 1: It's got to be super cool knowing also that you're

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Speaker 1: gonna play with a quarterback and CJ. Stroud, who has

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Speaker 1: done some really remarkable things in just two NFL seasons.

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Speaker 2: Isn't it? Yes? Yes, yes, no. Being able to play

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Speaker 2: with a quarterback like that, him being young, being able

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Speaker 2: to go in the league and grow together with the

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Speaker 2: dedication to the game and the love of the game

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Speaker 2: is similar to me. So me being able to work

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Speaker 2: with him and getting on the same pages with him

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Speaker 2: will be very exciting and a blessing for sure.

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Speaker 1: Tell us a little bit what it's like on a

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Speaker 1: night like this in the lead up to it and

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Speaker 1: not knowing where you're gonna go. Were there butterflies? Were

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Speaker 1: you calm? Was it a mixture? What was it like

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Speaker 2: Yeah? A little bit of a mixture. Obviously, as you

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Speaker 2: get later into into the night, you get more nerves

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Speaker 2: working up. But I have a great support system around

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Speaker 2: me and my mom, fiance's sister, granny, all those all

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Speaker 2: those people, so being there, being around them made me

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Speaker 2: feel really comfortable. Obviously, there were some nerves, but everything

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Speaker 2: happens for a reason, and it's a blessing to be

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Speaker 2: in this situation.

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Speaker 1: That's awesome. You got a lot of special ladies around

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Speaker 1: you helping you celebrate. How's how's the night gonna go?

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Speaker 1: What are you guys gonna be doing now?

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Speaker 2: Just gonna be hanging around the family, talking to a

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Speaker 2: lot of family, probably taking a lot of phone calls

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Speaker 2: from some family that aren't here, and just enjoying it,

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Speaker 2: taking it all in. This is a moment that I'll

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Speaker 2: cherish for a long time.

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Speaker 1: And yes, so what is one thing that Houston Texans

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Speaker 1: fans need to know about you that's kind of off

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Speaker 1: the beaten path that they might not know otherwise if

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Speaker 1: they were to try to research on you.

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Speaker 2: I'm a outdoors guy, like a little bit of golf,

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Speaker 2: a little bit of fish fishing. Me and Jay and

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Speaker 2: actually go fishing together, so we'll be able to continue

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Speaker 2: to do that. And then I like to cook. Obviously,

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Speaker 2: I'm recently engaged, so I like to cook with my

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Speaker 2: fiance and spend time with her when I'm not focusing

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Speaker 2: on football. So yeah, yeah, I'm a pretty chill guy

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Speaker 2: outside of the sport.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, what do you what's your best dish that

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Speaker 1: you cook?

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Speaker 2: Ribi steak cast iron medium, like a medium. Got to

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Speaker 2: get it to about one hundred and thirty four internal,

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Speaker 2: let it sit for about ten minutes, and it's perfect.

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Speaker 2: Ribui Steak all day.

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Speaker 1: Chef's kiss on the Ribbi Steak prep. Chef's kiss on

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Speaker 1: the Texans taking you in the third round. Congratulations. We're

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Speaker 1: happy that you're home and we can't wait to see

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Speaker 1: here in Houston very very soon.

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Speaker 2: Thank you,