Speaker 1: Well, congratulating. I know that you came.
Speaker 2: Out here on business earlier this month.
Speaker 1: About how that visit went, where you talk to and
Speaker 1: how you see yourself fitting in here.
Speaker 2: The visit went great. I talked to everybody around the facility.
Speaker 2: Really felt like home. Gave me a similar version of
Speaker 2: how Penn State fell, and you know, just the family
Speaker 2: oriented environment, you know.
Speaker 3: So I had a great business sand France, you know,
Speaker 3: and I knew. I knew from the time I left
Speaker 3: the visit.
Speaker 2: You know, that was the best visit I've been on
Speaker 2: and I knew that's where I belonged at.
Speaker 1: Congratulations Hier. What is this last week been for you?
Speaker 1: And what was today? Like? Where are you at? Who
Speaker 1: are you with to tell us this story about when
Speaker 1: you got the call up? You're muted, He's muted.
Speaker 3: There you go, there you go. Yeah, this last week
Speaker 3: has been amazing.
Speaker 2: You know, I've really been anticipating this moment and just
Speaker 2: you know, lean up to today. You know, I told
Speaker 2: the family and everything just come out and support, you know,
Speaker 2: and and Guy's going a handle the rest and we
Speaker 2: ended up where we were supposed to be.
Speaker 3: And I'm really strong about San France.
Speaker 1: And who called you. Who did you get the call from.
Speaker 1: Who did you talk to? What was the conversation?
Speaker 2: Like, I got the call from the DC. It was Man,
Speaker 2: it was so loud in there. I can barely hear him.
Speaker 2: I was trying to talk to him. I was talking
Speaker 2: to him, and all the family screaming around me, and
Speaker 2: I'm just trying to get away from so I can
Speaker 2: hear him. But it was amazing. It was a great feeling,
Speaker 2: you know, feeling that you know, the only come once
Speaker 2: in your lifetime. So I'm definitely taking in this moment.
Speaker 2: I'm very appreciate to.
Speaker 1: Hey, You've had an interesting journey. I'm sure a lot
Speaker 1: of people a couple of years ago didn't expect you
Speaker 1: to be a third.
Speaker 3: Round pick in the NFL draft. Uh did you expect
Speaker 3: that from yourself, say, three years ago? Yeah?
Speaker 2: I always knew I had the talent, you know, I
Speaker 2: just didn't know the path, you know, that guy has
Speaker 2: set for me.
Speaker 3: So I knew I.
Speaker 2: Was gonna be in this NFL draft. I knew I
Speaker 2: was gonna be drafted. I didn't know when, I didn't
Speaker 2: know where, but I knew I was.
Speaker 3: I had the time. I was more than capable, Uh,
Speaker 3: playing an NFL.
Speaker 1: Jay or your your nickname is Taker or take after
Speaker 1: Taker the Tiger. Can you just tell us how that started?
Speaker 2: Yeah, Taking the Tiger started from money to Pooh. And
Speaker 2: when I was a baby, I used to bounce around
Speaker 2: a lot, not even a year old. I used to
Speaker 2: bounce around and Uh, my mom's lap a lot, and
Speaker 2: uh she, you know, start calling me Tigger the Tiger,
Speaker 2: and uh, as I got older, it started to stick
Speaker 2: with me, and I was just like, you know what,
Speaker 2: you know, let's top a couple letters off called me
Speaker 2: Tig and everybody started calling me Tig and it's just
Speaker 2: been like my real name.
Speaker 3: It's been a substitute for my real name since I
Speaker 3: was a baby.
Speaker 1: Jire, you're a New Jersey guy. What do you know
Speaker 1: about California the West Coast Bay area culture?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I trained out in California for three months. You know,
Speaker 2: my first time on the West Coast, A great experience.
Speaker 2: I was over there in west Lake Proactive Facility, and
Speaker 2: it was a great experience over there. Different definitely different
Speaker 2: views in New Jersey. Definitely different weather than New Jersey.
Speaker 2: But it was definitely a lifestyle I can get used to,
Speaker 2: and I can I can learn.
Speaker 1: A love Go ahead, Jan last one, Hey, j, how
Speaker 1: familiar are you with the forty nine ers? Safety is
Speaker 1: telling a whu funa to Sean Gibson. Did you talk
Speaker 1: to any of them when you were out here? No?
Speaker 3: I did not talk to any of them.
Speaker 2: But I'm I'm little more excited than anybody you know
Speaker 2: to conversate with those guys and you know, learn from
Speaker 2: those guys and piggy back off each other and see
Speaker 2: how we can help this team win of the Super Bowl.