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Speaker 1: How you can. Congratulations for getting uh drafted? What are

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Speaker 1: your initial thoughts about joining the Patriots? Um, it's a

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Speaker 1: it's a it's a blessing man. Um, I'm just I'm just,

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Speaker 1: you know, thankful that I get the opportunity to play

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Speaker 1: professional football right now. You know, Um, I have my

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Speaker 1: ups and my downs, but I'm thankful for the opportunity

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Speaker 1: to be a landing of Patriots. Can speaking the ups

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Speaker 1: and downs, how difficult was it for you to go

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Speaker 1: through all those injuries and what did you learn from it?

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Speaker 1: And and do you feel like you're all the way

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Speaker 1: back now from all that stuff? Um? My, my injuries

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Speaker 1: taught me, you know, I'm saying to be thankful for

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Speaker 1: everyday life and just the little blessings that I'm giving

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Speaker 1: and just notice the little things that I'm giving. So also,

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Speaker 1: but um, it also taught me, you know, count your

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Speaker 1: blessings also. You know this is not for everybody, so

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Speaker 1: just commands and everything that gets you. And how are

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Speaker 1: you feeling now? Um, I'm very thankful. I'm thankful for

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Speaker 1: the opportunity and I'm looking forward to getting get into

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Speaker 1: New England and get into work. Can did you have

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Speaker 1: any pre draft contact with the Patriots. No. Sorry, the

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Speaker 1: Patriots have a long history of undrafted players and late

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Speaker 1: round picks coming in and making impacts on that defense.

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Speaker 1: How do you feel coming into this program knowing that

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Speaker 1: the late round guys get as good a shot as

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Speaker 1: early round guys. Um, I'm really just thankful that I

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Speaker 1: get an opportunity to come into a program, you know,

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Speaker 1: just getting getting ready to learn from the older bet

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Speaker 1: and um, getting ready to compete for a spot and

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Speaker 1: in whatever way I can help the team. Can you

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Speaker 1: got to play against another Patriots draft Picktureed stating in

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Speaker 1: the SEC. What do you remember from going up against him?

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Speaker 1: Who is that? Jared Arrets stating the quarterback from Auburn? Oh? Um,

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Speaker 1: it was pretty, it was pretty. It was a pretty

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Speaker 1: good game, you know. Um, I tried to study him. Sure,

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Speaker 1: A t he's a real We get a quarterback and

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Speaker 1: I'm thankful to having them on my team right now.

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Speaker 1: Can uh did you learn or kind of they can

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Speaker 1: competition between you and DK and A J. Brown and

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Speaker 1: DeMarcus I mean that's some good receivers to kind of

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Speaker 1: go up against some practice every day. Um, those guys

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Speaker 1: made me better every day. I'm thankful to have them

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Speaker 1: on my team and called them the best receivers in

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Speaker 1: the draft. So but I'm also thankful that they were

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Speaker 1: on my team. So I'm just taking as a playforl

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Speaker 1: and Ken. How would What do you say are your

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Speaker 1: strengths as a cornerback? Um I learned says, I'm willing

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Speaker 1: to do whatever that it takes to get on the

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Speaker 1: field and help my team out regardless. I'm also physical,

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Speaker 1: physical as the line tis going to run. Um I

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Speaker 1: can play corner, state the nippleback, whatever as it needed.

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Speaker 1: Did you play on special teams at all? M my

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Speaker 1: freshman is talking about year. I've played a lot of

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Speaker 1: special teams, but my um I got hurt in twenty sixteen.

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Speaker 1: But I also UM was dial. My team was dial

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Speaker 1: with a couple of injuries seventeen and eighteen, so I

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Speaker 1: was kind of limited on special team route. Thanks again,

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Speaker 1: all right, Ken, I think we're all set here. Thanks

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Speaker 1: so much for taking the time out to speak with

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Speaker 1: our media. Congratulations again, thank you all right, have it going,

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Speaker 1: Thanks good bye,