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Speaker 1: All right. Can you tell us if you have any

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Speaker 1: contact with the Patriots in the pre draft process? Um? Yes,

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Speaker 1: or I did, um some workouts. I did a workout

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Speaker 1: with him. Do you remember who it was? With reserves?

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Speaker 1: A D line Baron. Have you played both defensive end

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Speaker 1: and interior defensive line or has you mostly just been

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Speaker 1: on the interior at Maryland? I had experienced that both positions. Um, yeah,

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Speaker 1: do you have any preference or did you play wherever? No,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna play wherever they want be. But Bart, what

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Speaker 1: was your reaction when you got the call from the Patriots?

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Speaker 1: It was just a side relief. Um. My mother was excited. Um,

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Speaker 1: and yeah, just a little weight off my shoulders now

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Speaker 1: because I got another opportunity that you know, a little

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Speaker 1: my dream. So yeah, definitely it was a little bit

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Speaker 1: of relief. Was it a relief in the sense you

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Speaker 1: felt you might have gone earlier or was it just

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Speaker 1: this wasn't a guaranteed opportunity for you? Didn't you didn't

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Speaker 1: know if you did. Just happy to have a dream

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Speaker 1: and to be able to accomplish that, like relief. You

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Speaker 1: know that you know a lot of people have you know, dreams,

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Speaker 1: and you know they're not able to achieve them. So

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Speaker 1: for this to be one of my dreams and my

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Speaker 1: highest like one of my highest dreams. Like yeah, I

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Speaker 1: mean I'm in a organization that I always want to

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Speaker 1: be in, you know, playing man and you know, you know,

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Speaker 1: being around it. So to be a part of it, now,

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Speaker 1: that was just a side relief. So you were a

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Speaker 1: Patriots fan growing up or you just played with them

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Speaker 1: A man, I'm just an NFL you know, a football

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Speaker 1: fan in general. Byron. We were at Auburn, you got

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Speaker 1: to play with Jared stid Um and you know, to

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Speaker 1: get picked with him by the Patriots on the same

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Speaker 1: day if you talk to him, and what does it

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Speaker 1: mean to you to have a familiar face in the

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Speaker 1: locker room when you get here. But it's great, I mean,

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Speaker 1: definitely happy for him and being the Arburn guy and

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Speaker 1: you know, um the Patriots taking um previous Arburn guys,

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Speaker 1: so you know, yeah, it's great to be around familiar faces.

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Speaker 1: So that'd be cool. Barron. Just to clarify when you

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Speaker 1: worked out with the Patriots, was that with coach Gilma Covinson? Okay? God?

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Speaker 1: And if they discuss plans with you as far as

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Speaker 1: far as where they want you to play, that they

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Speaker 1: see you playing on the inside, on the outside being

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Speaker 1: a kind of a jumper. Oh no, They've just told

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Speaker 1: me that I have the ability to play, you know, uh,

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Speaker 1: just set the edge or built inside. So you know

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Speaker 1: they're gonna throw it at me, I believe, and you know,

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Speaker 1: just give me the opportunity to show them, you know,

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Speaker 1: where do I need to be within the defense. So

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Speaker 1: I think I think we're all stop. Barron. Congratulations again

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Speaker 1: and thanks taking the time I to speak with our

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Speaker 1: media man. Thank you, graduate, thank you,