WEBVTT - Draft Show: Simi Fehoko Interview

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<v Speaker 1>Back on the line. Simmy. I'm sure you're celebrating we

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<v Speaker 1>got you back luckily, but hey, what's this what's this

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<v Speaker 1>moment been like for you? Welcome to the Cowboys, man,

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<v Speaker 1>It's been so surreal. It's just you know it. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>I've been working really hard for this moment in my

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<v Speaker 1>whole life, and you know, I've had a term to

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<v Speaker 1>play at the next level, and you know it's even

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<v Speaker 1>sweeter than I'm playing in Texas. Well, Simmy, we're actually

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<v Speaker 1>we're just talking about things that players as prospects can

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<v Speaker 1>do to make teams want them more. And i'd imagine

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<v Speaker 1>one of those things is special teams. You get picked

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<v Speaker 1>on the third day of the NFL Draft and you're

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<v Speaker 1>coming in to make a football team and start your

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<v Speaker 1>NFL career. Can you talk about that aspect of the

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<v Speaker 1>game where it's like I might need to use this

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<v Speaker 1>to make the team. Yes, sir, Yeah, absolutely, I'd say,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, special teams adds value to you as a player.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, every everybody in the NFL is looking for

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<v Speaker 1>someone that adds value and um is able to do more,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, not just a one trick pony. So I

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<v Speaker 1>would say special teams is huge. Um, adds plenty of

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<v Speaker 1>value and I'm sure, um, that's part of the reason

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<v Speaker 1>why why the Cowboys took me as well. So I

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<v Speaker 1>have no problem coming in and playing special teams, which congrats.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I'm you know, I'm sure that will be

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<v Speaker 1>a big part of this for you. But at the

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<v Speaker 1>same time, I can't help but notice that you're six

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<v Speaker 1>four and run of four four three and that's fun

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<v Speaker 1>as hell. So can great question, Well, is it is

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<v Speaker 1>it that simple? I mean, do you just go downfield

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<v Speaker 1>and get the ball over guys or what do you

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<v Speaker 1>think is the best thing about your game as a

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<v Speaker 1>wide receiver right now? Yeah, I would say that, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>given the role I played at Stanford, I was that

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<v Speaker 1>guy to take the top off of the defense and

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<v Speaker 1>really um catch those I was that deep threat, UM,

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<v Speaker 1>and I feel like that's that's part of my game

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<v Speaker 1>that I'm I feel elite, UM, and I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>I'll help the Cowboys in that aspect. Obviously they got

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<v Speaker 1>great receivers with CD, with the Mark Cooper, you got

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<v Speaker 1>you know, Michael Gallup and then you have Dak throwing

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<v Speaker 1>you the ball. So UM, you know, I'm just excited,

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<v Speaker 1>UM just to be a part of the program and

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<v Speaker 1>get my opportunity to learn from them and grow into

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<v Speaker 1>the receiver. I know, I could be see me. I

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<v Speaker 1>was watching the USHLA game and you guys were left

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<v Speaker 1>for dead there. I mean it was amazing. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>I can imagine you know, what was going through everybody's

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<v Speaker 1>mind is that, you know, the clock was taken down

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<v Speaker 1>and then you just started making play after play after play.

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<v Speaker 1>Was one of those things where you know, the coaching

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<v Speaker 1>staff looked at you and you know, and Davis looked

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<v Speaker 1>at you and said, hey, you gotta you gotta Carress, bro,

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<v Speaker 1>you gotta get us out of this thing. Is that

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<v Speaker 1>Is that what happened in this one? Yeah, I mean

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<v Speaker 1>it was. It was less of the coaches, it was

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<v Speaker 1>more of you know, I went up to Davis. Davis

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<v Speaker 1>came up to me, and it was it was sort

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<v Speaker 1>of like, hey, like, this is us, It's our time

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<v Speaker 1>to go, um and let's do this thing. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously we we we put on a show late in

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<v Speaker 1>the end, but um, we were just excited that that

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<v Speaker 1>game ended the way to You only had a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of starts during your college tenure just because of COVID nineteen,

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<v Speaker 1>really throwing a big wrench into things in the PAC

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<v Speaker 1>twelve and not seeing a ton of playing time early

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<v Speaker 1>in your career. How is that going to be spun

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<v Speaker 1>as a positive for you entering the NFL with relatively

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<v Speaker 1>low mileage. UM, I'd say, you know, obviously, given you

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<v Speaker 1>know my you know the stats that I had and

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<v Speaker 1>things like that, I just would say that, you know all,

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<v Speaker 1>it's going to take his repetition for me to become

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<v Speaker 1>like what you saw at UCLA. You know, I'm still

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<v Speaker 1>I'm that same receiver. I can do that at the

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<v Speaker 1>next level as well. So, UM, i'd say, just giving

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<v Speaker 1>me repetition, and you know, obviously the little experience once,

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<v Speaker 1>once I get a little more experience in it, We're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna put on a show over in dose fifth round

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<v Speaker 1>draft pick, Simmy Fihoko out of the wide receiver out

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<v Speaker 1>of Stanford, joining us here on the draft show. Simmy,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks so much for taking some time with us. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>talk to you again soon. Thank you, Thank you.