1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 1: Uh, you know, I'm feeling good. Um, it's coming along. 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: Uh obviously you guys heard what happened. UM, so frustrating 3 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: and just watch you guys be out there and not 4 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:11,399 Speaker 1: be able to compete with them. Um, but you know 5 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: you gotta you gotta trust to the team, the coaching 6 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:16,480 Speaker 1: staff and the trainers and the strange staff and uh 7 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: they have a great plan and pace and doing the best. 8 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:21,080 Speaker 1: They can't get me back as quick as possible. Are 9 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:25,240 Speaker 1: you scared on Monday when that happened. No, No, I wasn't. 10 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: I mean I wasn't scared because like I knew, it 11 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: wasn't nothing crazy. I'll just frustrated. Um, you know because 12 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: you know a lot of those things are preventative and 13 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: it's about taking care of your body and treating your 14 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: body and uh make sure you're hydrating and stuff. And 15 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 1: I thought I was doing all those things right, but 16 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: you know, kind of just showed me that. Um, even 17 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: though when you think you're doing enough, you gotta find 18 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: a way to do more. And there were if there 19 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: were a playoff game tomorrow, could you play? Um, if 20 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: there were a playoff game, mark, could I play? To play? 21 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: I mean to be complete honest as a competitor, I'll 22 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: find a way. Um, I'm I wanna, I wanna play tomorrow. Um. 23 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 1: I don't know what's the game plan to be play honest, 24 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: I just know that I'm day to day and uh 25 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 1: taking it to step us up. The last time you 26 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: missed the game, dude to injury. Um. Um my freshman year, 27 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 1: I missed two games. Um it's kind of similar. Uh, 28 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: well it's like an ankle injury. UM. I probably could 29 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: have came back earlier. But like I said, you know, 30 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: the trainers and the coaches at Penn State had an 31 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: idea when they wanted to come back, and UM, nay, 32 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:34,400 Speaker 1: sure I was coming back healthy. And Uh one thing, boy, 33 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: longevity and think about my future career. You feel like 34 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: you need game reps at this point where you said 35 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:40,959 Speaker 1: you wanted to play, but do you feel like you 36 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 1: have to get some preseason action and to be ready 37 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:45,320 Speaker 1: for a week a week? Um? You know, I mean, 38 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: you know, I think a lot of people will say yeah, obviously, 39 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say you because you know, I'm a student 40 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: of the game, and anytime you take more reps in game, 41 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: he's gonna prepare you more. Um. But I do think 42 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: we do a great job here. Obviously they're going against 43 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: alliance or going against our defense, UM, giving real good 44 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: game looks. And even though I'm not able to participate 45 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: on the field today, UM, it's still opportunity for me 46 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 1: to learn and opportunity for me to continue to get 47 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: better and preparing myself for the next time they would play. 48 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 1: What did you get into these couple of days? You know, 49 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: just learned that you still could be a leader, Um, 50 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 1: even though you're not on the field. Continue to stay 51 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: vocal um, continuer to stay active and um, focus on 52 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: on the objective and understand haning to play calls you 53 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,920 Speaker 1: know what you're doing, and watching the backs see how 54 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: to set runs, um, and learn from the good things 55 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:35,079 Speaker 1: to learn from the back. Have you ever had handing 56 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: in the path? Uh no, never never really had a 57 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 1: handstrings ring pass um. So but yep, never really had one. 58 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:48,639 Speaker 1: So somebody already kind to be positive time? Uh you know, yeah, 59 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: obviously talking to a lot of a lot of vets 60 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: and talk to a lot of guys. Um, even just 61 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 1: talking to j D from the lines over there, Um 62 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: when he had a little problem with his foot Night's 63 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,040 Speaker 1: handstring saying how to how little injuries like that I 64 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,119 Speaker 1: can linger on and you just gotta continue to take 65 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 1: care of your body. And you know, it's kind of 66 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 1: just open my eyes up. Um, I thought I was 67 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: doing the right things. Um. I was in there working hard, 68 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: pushing myself, take care of my body. But you know, 69 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:13,639 Speaker 1: you gotta find a way to get better in that area. 70 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 1: Have done differently everything. Uh. You know when you when 71 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:19,359 Speaker 1: stuff like that happened, you kind of just you've got 72 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 1: so much time to reflect. Uh, so you kind of 73 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: just reflect on things you could have done differently. And 74 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:25,839 Speaker 1: I probably could have done everything differently. Um, you could 75 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 1: have got a little more of this, a little more 76 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:29,519 Speaker 1: of that. And I gotta continue to grow there and 77 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: continue to grow and be a VET in that area 78 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:34,079 Speaker 1: and be a pro. Because don't we have a similar situation. 79 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:38,119 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh oh had um uh yeah, 80 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: hamstring injury. Yeah, but his was I think his was 81 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: like completely. I think mine is a strain. I think 82 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 1: he like kind of like pull this, so thank thank 83 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: god I ain't pull my ons. Um. But you know 84 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 1: he's saying that those are things that can leaner on too, 85 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: and you gotta you gotta be in the weight room, 86 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 1: and you gotta be in a training room and you 87 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: gotta tack it. Um, you gotta take care of yourself. 88 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: And UM take a day by that of a spectator. 89 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: These few days you got to see O'Dell run his 90 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: first one on one routes really against the defense. What 91 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 1: do you think? Oh yeah, that that guy's very impressive. Um. 92 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 1: Ivan was saying, he's, in my opinion, the best wife 93 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: see in the league. And it's not one of the 94 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 1: best players in the league. He ran like this curl. 95 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 1: But the way he set it up and it was 96 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:22,720 Speaker 1: on Slay who was a was a very very good 97 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,160 Speaker 1: quarter too. And seeing those guys go at it um 98 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: all week was very impressive also. But uh, he's the 99 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:31,160 Speaker 1: way he just sells his route, um, his speed. Um. 100 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 1: Obviously he didn't get the show he's able to do 101 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 1: after the catch, but we all know what he's able 102 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: to do after the catch. Um, not only him with 103 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: the wide receiving corps. Just uh, I love how they compete, um. 104 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: Sterling Shepherd is so feisty. UM. You know he he 105 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: want to compete and go after Eddie Rep. We got Cody, 106 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: we got Evan, We've got so many guys. Uh, continue 107 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: to get better every single day, and I think we 108 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:53,040 Speaker 1: we grew a lot this week as a team. Also 109 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 1: in the offense, you know erry On Johnson, there's another 110 00:04:57,839 --> 00:04:59,839 Speaker 1: rookie running back and just any thoughts, Um, you know 111 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 1: what what they having him? Um? You know, I really 112 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 1: don't know him that well. Uh. I was able to 113 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: have conversations with him from the combine. UM, and I 114 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 1: think rookie Van Mayor and stuff like that. Um, but 115 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,159 Speaker 1: you see, he seems like it's a cool dude. UM. 116 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: Obviously watching his film College at Auburn, Uh, he was 117 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,720 Speaker 1: a heck of a back. Um. You know, and as 118 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 1: a running back, like you want to see the running 119 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:23,480 Speaker 1: back to see especially the rookie class and the guys 120 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: are coming with um and the guys are familiar with UM. 121 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,839 Speaker 1: That's why I seeing guys. Guys can't hurt hurt me 122 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: really bad. UM. I know guys pretty well. UM, but 123 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 1: you know not only carry on well, Nick Chubb, Sony, 124 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: Michelle Ronald Jones, all those backs. UM, I want to 125 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: see him to see and have a healthy and great 126 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 1: career here doing the Juggs machine yesterday. Did you need 127 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,159 Speaker 1: like clearance for that or is that just you need 128 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,280 Speaker 1: to do something each day to make sure you are 129 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 1: getting better. Uh, that's just mean, And I mean, uh, 130 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:52,920 Speaker 1: you your hands with my handstring might be hurt, but 131 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: that's not gonna stop my hands or stop my arms 132 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: or even really you can do stuff in your handstring. 133 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:00,479 Speaker 1: So um, whether it's in a rape, them doing extra 134 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 1: stuff in the weight room, extra stuff in therapy and 135 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 1: with treatment. Um, catching balls being locked into plays. Even 136 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 1: though I'm not able to practice, I'm not gonna let this, 137 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,160 Speaker 1: you know, be a negative setback. Um. They let it 138 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 1: be a positive um and continue to grow from it 139 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:16,280 Speaker 1: and become a better player from it. Have you done 140 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 1: Have you done any Johns before today? Um? Yeah, yeah, 141 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:22,840 Speaker 1: I've done. I've done jogging before that, but we were 142 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,280 Speaker 1: doing more in here. Um. I guess coach kind of 143 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 1: wanted to get a different field from church and the 144 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: graphs open up a little bit more out there. So 145 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 1: I've done it before. It's being back at Big ten territory. 146 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 1: Bring back any any memory interview in the CONTI uh yeah, 147 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 1: I mean I wasn't actually an uber other day and 148 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:42,680 Speaker 1: I was like, actually, how far Michigan from here? I 149 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: guess it's like forty or five minutes or fifty minutes 150 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:49,159 Speaker 1: or something without traffic or something. UM, but you know, yeah, 151 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: definitely bring back memories. Uh. You know, I reflect on 152 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 1: college so much time I follow uh Thanks State on 153 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 1: everything they're doing. Um, just keeping up with those guys 154 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:00,600 Speaker 1: with Miles and those guys and see how they're doing, 155 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: and hopefully that I think that, you know, I think 156 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:05,599 Speaker 1: I have a great chance of being a successful team 157 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: this year and competing for national championship. And whenever I 158 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 1: get a chance to go out there, I would love 159 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 1: him again.