WEBVTT - Tua Tagovailoa, Austin Jackson and Noah Igbinoghene Interviews 0:00:00.720 --> 0:00:07.000 Factors are alpins, Patrick drawing, high Parker textile. What a 0:00:07.160 --> 0:00:13.160 win for this Miami Dolphin team? Wow? What is up? Dolphins? 0:00:13.280 --> 0:00:16.520 And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the 0:00:16.560 --> 0:00:21.639 Miami Dolphins official podcast network covering your Miami Dolphins. What's 0:00:21.680 --> 0:00:24.799 going on? Everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and 0:00:24.840 --> 0:00:27.400 I am here to bring you your daily dose of 0:00:27.480 --> 0:00:30.840 Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, we're talking to 0:00:30.920 --> 0:00:34.440 each of Miami's newest rookies, the first round draft selections, 0:00:34.479 --> 0:00:38.280 and a preview of Day two of the NFL Draft. 0:00:38.600 --> 0:00:42.080 All of that and more on this Friday, April edition 0:00:42.400 --> 0:01:10.679 of the Drivetime Podcast. That's adieu and joining the Drive 0:01:10.760 --> 0:01:14.120 Time Podcast Now, is your new Miami Dolphins quarterback, the 0:01:14.160 --> 0:01:17.240 fifth pick in the draft to a tongue via looa 0:01:17.319 --> 0:01:20.560 to how you doing man? I'm doing good. Thank you, 0:01:20.640 --> 0:01:23.039 Thank you for having me big time. Congratulations on getting 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:25.399 picked by the Miami Dolphins fifth pick in the draft. 0:01:25.720 --> 0:01:28.039 All the talk, all the noise over the year, over 0:01:28.080 --> 0:01:30.880 the draft season, How does it feel to hear your 0:01:30.959 --> 0:01:33.480 name called as the newest member of the Miami Dolphins. 0:01:35.560 --> 0:01:37.600 I'll tell you what, It's been a dream. It's been 0:01:37.640 --> 0:01:40.679 a dream to to have an opportunity like this. It's 0:01:40.720 --> 0:01:43.200 not big just for me, It's it's bigg for my 0:01:43.319 --> 0:01:46.319 family as well. So I just wanna wanna thank the 0:01:46.360 --> 0:01:48.040 fans for the love and support, but I also want 0:01:48.040 --> 0:01:50.800 to thank um, you know, owner Stephen Ross. I want 0:01:50.800 --> 0:01:53.639 to thank Chris Greer and as well as head coach 0:01:53.880 --> 0:01:57.040 Coach Flores for giving me this opportunity to play for Miami. 0:01:57.480 --> 0:01:59.760 And two, we know how important family is to you. 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:02.840 How excited is the family about coming down to Miami. 0:02:02.920 --> 0:02:06.760 Similar weather to what you're used to in Hawaii, right man, 0:02:06.840 --> 0:02:10.160 It's similar weather, But sadly I'll be the only one 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:13.919 coming out there to Miami. My parents are staying out 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:16.840 here and focusing on my my, my brother who's in college, 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:21.280 and um my, my two younger sisters. Um. So it's 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:23.639 it's gonna have to be a new home away from 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:26.600 home kind of thing. Absolutely, what We're happy to have 0:02:26.639 --> 0:02:28.960 you down here. What can you tell us about the 0:02:28.960 --> 0:02:31.160 type of player, the type of person The Dolphins are 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:37.239 getting into a tongue of bloa. Man. For me, I'm 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:41.280 not one to really speak on myself. Um, I like 0:02:42.880 --> 0:02:46.079 I like to say that my my actions, Um speak 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:50.160 kind of for me, and so in a sense, I 0:02:50.240 --> 0:02:55.519 would say someone who's tough, um um a leader, but 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:59.560 some someone who who who's who's also also a relationship 0:02:59.600 --> 0:03:04.200 builder on the team. So looking forward to building relationships 0:03:04.200 --> 0:03:06.280 with guys on the on the football team and to 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:09.280 your personal quarterback coach throughout the process of this whole 0:03:09.320 --> 0:03:11.560 lead up to the draft. Trent Dilford put you through 0:03:11.560 --> 0:03:14.560 a pretty extensive pro day of workout and you were 0:03:14.560 --> 0:03:16.600 able to get back from the hip injury. So quickly 0:03:16.840 --> 0:03:19.040 explain to us the work that went into that rehab 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:21.320 process and how you're able to get yourself medically cleared 0:03:21.360 --> 0:03:27.720 so quickly. Man, It's it's been a It's it's been 0:03:27.760 --> 0:03:30.960 a journey. It's been a journeyman. It hasn't been just 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:36.320 me putting in numerous hours. It's it's been everyone that's 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:38.280 been by my side. It's been my parents, the support 0:03:38.280 --> 0:03:41.760 and love they give me, the support from my my siblings, 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:44.760 from everyone that I've been surrounded with. Um. Then you've 0:03:44.760 --> 0:03:47.760 got guys like Trent um being willing to help. So 0:03:49.040 --> 0:03:52.920 it was just a combination of everyone chiming into to 0:03:53.000 --> 0:03:56.680 help me get to get as better as as I could. 0:03:57.320 --> 0:04:00.000 Well to Trent also talks a lot about his history 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:01.920 with you, and he talks a lot about what he's 0:04:01.920 --> 0:04:04.160 seen from you on film. He talks about your recall 0:04:04.200 --> 0:04:06.480 a lot. I want to ask you about two particular 0:04:06.520 --> 0:04:09.360 plays in your career at Alabama, and start first with 0:04:09.440 --> 0:04:12.640 the National Championship and that game winner to DeVonta Smith 0:04:12.680 --> 0:04:14.920 and overtime. Can you walk us through what you saw 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:20.560 on that play? Uh, well, we're in three by one set, 0:04:20.960 --> 0:04:24.960 so we had four verticals. You know, really I could 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:27.480 have worked to two guys. I could have worked the bender, 0:04:28.320 --> 0:04:31.280 which is the middle of three, and then I could 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:35.000 have looked the safety off and came backside. And I 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:37.320 decided to look the safety off, kind of held the 0:04:37.320 --> 0:04:40.960 safety inside on number three coming over and went back out. 0:04:41.360 --> 0:04:45.000 Safety kind of was misaligned and were we were lucky 0:04:45.040 --> 0:04:48.640 that the corner corner give our receiver free release. So 0:04:48.760 --> 0:04:50.559 that's that's why it was. It was so wide open. 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:52.760 And then you come back this year in the big 0:04:52.760 --> 0:04:54.800 game against l s U and you catch the L 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:57.240 s U defense sleeping with a quick count on the 0:04:57.400 --> 0:05:00.599 another touchdown past a teammate. Again, Davontae s it once more, 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:02.599 what happened? On that play because I saw that play 0:05:02.680 --> 0:05:03.960 live and I was like, how do they get him 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:08.960 like that? Yeah? So it was it was a snap count. 0:05:09.400 --> 0:05:12.000 I took a step up. The step up was really 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:14.880 the biggest things we wanted. We wanted to make that 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:17.040 play look as if we were actually looking to the 0:05:17.080 --> 0:05:20.280 sideline for play. But it was a dummy. It was 0:05:20.279 --> 0:05:24.159 a dummy. Clap dummy kind of signaled going into that 0:05:24.320 --> 0:05:26.960 and I mean we we we knew a play we 0:05:26.960 --> 0:05:29.640 we wanted already. So once we got those guys to 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:32.200 look to their sideline and snapped the ball, they were 0:05:32.240 --> 0:05:37.240 misaligned in trying to hold um their middle of the 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:39.640 field safety, you know, in the middle of the field 0:05:39.640 --> 0:05:42.279 for as long as I could before going back outside 0:05:42.279 --> 0:05:45.320 to the ponte Smith. But it touched down. And one 0:05:45.320 --> 0:05:47.239 more question here for you about your time with Trent 0:05:47.320 --> 0:05:49.560 Dilfer back at the Elite eleven camp. He talked a 0:05:49.600 --> 0:05:52.360 lot about how he coached you hard and your commitment 0:05:52.400 --> 0:05:54.839 that you had to making those changes and working extra 0:05:54.920 --> 0:05:58.120 time after practice with your father, and what would you say, 0:05:58.279 --> 0:06:00.960 all those repetitions, all that straw work, what did that 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:04.840 do for you as a quarterback? I would say Trent's 0:06:04.880 --> 0:06:09.160 helped me tremendously. Um, he's always been been a guy 0:06:09.240 --> 0:06:12.920 that's been in my corner. Um, you know, after after 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:16.839 the National championship, I mean my two eighteen season, two 0:06:16.839 --> 0:06:20.600 thousand nineteen season, he's been there. But you know, the 0:06:20.839 --> 0:06:24.400 biggest thing with with Trent is embrace hard. You know, 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:28.360 hard hard is what a lot of these professional guys. 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:30.560 You know is what makes a lot of these professional 0:06:30.640 --> 0:06:33.480 quarterbacks successful because they embrace it and they learned how 0:06:33.480 --> 0:06:36.720 to maneuver themselves through those hard times. And to you, 0:06:36.839 --> 0:06:40.240 of course, were number thirteen at Alabama. That number is 0:06:40.279 --> 0:06:42.919 held in high regard down here in South Florida. What 0:06:43.080 --> 0:06:46.719 number are you looking to snag with the Dolphins? Whatever 0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:51.240 numbers the Dolphins? I mean, whatever number is free and 0:06:51.279 --> 0:06:54.279 the Dolphins are are are gonna give me if it's 0:06:54.360 --> 0:06:57.080 number two, it's number three, four or five six, like 0:06:57.320 --> 0:06:59.800 any of them are, It's fine with me, you know, 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:04.520 I mean, that's I gotta earn my respect over there. Absolutely, 0:07:04.520 --> 0:07:06.240 we're looking forward to howing you on the football field. 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:08.920 Last question for you to how long until the Dolphins 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:13.520 locker room gets some shy lights on the speakers? Oh? Man, 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:17.120 I don't know, Man, You know, it's one of those 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:19.960 things where you gotta you gotta earn your respect where 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:23.440 you can start doing things that you know you you 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:27.160 normally would do if if you're comfortable. So I mean, 0:07:28.720 --> 0:07:31.280 I'm just really looking forward to being able to build 0:07:31.320 --> 0:07:34.120 relationships with guys in in that locker room, um, and 0:07:34.160 --> 0:07:38.160 getting to know everyone well. Soak it up to enjoy. 0:07:38.240 --> 0:07:41.800 You've earned a man, and welcome to Miami. Appreciate it, brother, 0:07:41.880 --> 0:07:44.840 thank you. And there he goes your new Dolphins quarterback 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:47.200 to a tongue. By lower the fifth pick in the draft, 0:07:47.320 --> 0:07:50.200 the Dolphins stay put at number five and take their quarterback. 0:07:50.400 --> 0:07:53.000 He joins a quarterback room of Ryan Fitzpatrick and Josh 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:56.000 Rosen and the futures contract and Jake Rudoc. And now 0:07:56.160 --> 0:07:58.200 let's go ahead and spin it over to an interview 0:07:58.320 --> 0:08:00.800 with our second draft pick of the night on Thursday, 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:05.320 with the eighteenth pick, offensive tackle from USC Austin Jackson 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:08.440 and joining us now on the Drive Time podcast is 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:12.200 the eighteenth pick in the NFL Draft, new Dolphins offensive 0:08:12.240 --> 0:08:16.000 lineman Austin Jackson. Austin, congratulations, and welcome to Miami, man, 0:08:17.600 --> 0:08:19.200 thank you, thank you. I'm excited to be a part 0:08:19.240 --> 0:08:21.280 of the family. We're excited to have you down here. 0:08:21.320 --> 0:08:23.760 How does it feel now the whole process finally complete, 0:08:23.800 --> 0:08:26.680 combine pro days, all that crazy stuff. Now you're a 0:08:26.760 --> 0:08:29.440 Miami Dolphin. The process is over. Time to get to work. 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:33.040 How do you feel? I feel great, you know, I'm excited. 0:08:33.120 --> 0:08:35.600 These last couple of months have been great. But you 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:38.319 know it's been the tiring process. It's been a lot 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:42.000 of moving parts and uncertainty. But you know, I'm more 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:44.720 comfortable now knowing I got you know, place I can 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:47.679 you know, call home and grind, uh, you know, put 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:50.760 them together with some special special guys. Are you familiar 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:52.680 with the East Coast going from Left coast to the 0:08:52.720 --> 0:08:56.480 East Coast now? Uh, not familiar with the East coasts 0:08:56.480 --> 0:09:00.200 at all. Well, hey, you're staying in the sunshine, so 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:03.920 you've got that going for you. Yeah. Yeah, Still beaches, 0:09:04.280 --> 0:09:06.520 Yeah exactly, We've got some beautiful beaches down here in 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:09.280 South Florida. As far as the player on the football field, Austin, 0:09:09.320 --> 0:09:13.000 what are the Dolphins getting in you? Uh, you know, 0:09:13.040 --> 0:09:14.720 they're getting a guy that you know, knows how to 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:18.400 come in day in and day out in the working Uh, 0:09:18.600 --> 0:09:21.440 you know, not just about better in myself, but you know, 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:24.160 trying to you know, help out the whole team really. 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:26.440 You know, I think winning as a team and on 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:29.360 and off the field is you know, what helps us 0:09:29.400 --> 0:09:32.480 the most. So you know, I'm looking to put as 0:09:32.559 --> 0:09:34.360 much work in as I can and try to get 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:36.920 to know as many guys on the team as I 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:39.800 can and you know, put some together. So you're an 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:42.719 invite to the virtual NFL Draft, A different experience from 0:09:42.760 --> 0:09:45.200 what other classes in the past I've had to go through. 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:47.400 But you get the phone call from the Miami Dolphins. 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:49.400 You're there with your loved ones. What was that phone 0:09:49.400 --> 0:09:54.800 call like from Brian Flores and Chris Career. Uh, It's unbelievable, 0:09:54.920 --> 0:09:59.000 you know, just sitting there watching the draft, watching people 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:01.280 get the names called it then you know, all of 0:10:01.320 --> 0:10:03.319 a sudden, like you know your next, your name is 0:10:03.360 --> 0:10:07.040 being called next. Is beautiful? UM, very gladful it inside 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:09.960 it and I'm glad I could share with my loved ones. 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:12.559 Do you have any certain role models or players and 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:14.679 maybe you like to model your game at after as 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:19.560 a left tackle? Yeah, you know, just you know, just 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:23.240 growing up and being a West Goes kid, um and 0:10:23.360 --> 0:10:26.200 watching online play. I always watched Tyrn Smith, you know, 0:10:26.400 --> 0:10:29.240 just it's a bunch of USC graats, you know, Anthony 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:33.120 Unos and Baker. You know, the list goes on and 0:10:33.160 --> 0:10:35.200 on and on. So just I watched a lot of 0:10:35.200 --> 0:10:37.679 those guys. So you just finished up your third season 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:39.360 there at USC, and by now I think a lot 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:42.240 of people know about an incredible story with your background 0:10:42.240 --> 0:10:45.440 in a relationship with your sister Autumn, who needed a 0:10:45.480 --> 0:10:48.200 bone marrow transplant in order to kind of beat this 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:51.120 really rare bone marrow disease that she has. What did 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:53.000 it mean to you to be able to go ahead 0:10:53.000 --> 0:10:56.280 and do that and step up for her? Uh? And 0:10:56.800 --> 0:10:59.400 to me, you know, you know that's like part of 0:10:59.400 --> 0:11:01.680 my heart is so right there, you know, scrowing up together. 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:05.000 And it was just having the opportunity to help her, 0:11:05.280 --> 0:11:07.319 you know, at ways I never thought I could. It 0:11:07.320 --> 0:11:09.800 means a lot to me, and you know, I hope 0:11:09.840 --> 0:11:12.880 I was, you know, I hope, you know, I just 0:11:12.960 --> 0:11:14.520 I'm really glad I could have done that for her. 0:11:14.720 --> 0:11:18.600 How is she doing now? She's great. You know, she's 0:11:18.800 --> 0:11:21.439 a couple of months aft from being declared a full 0:11:21.480 --> 0:11:24.640 recovery from since her transplanted, So it's great. What was 0:11:24.720 --> 0:11:26.120 that moment like for the two of you when you 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:27.960 got the draft calling and you got to kind of 0:11:28.080 --> 0:11:33.640 enjoy it with her. It was unbelievable. Um, you know, 0:11:33.679 --> 0:11:37.440 we're both excited. Everybody's yelling and jump in and it's 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:39.959 just a great time. And how do you think that 0:11:40.080 --> 0:11:42.240 kind of that whole situation the last year. I'm sure 0:11:42.240 --> 0:11:44.760 it's been very hectic on you, obviously not really having 0:11:44.840 --> 0:11:46.680 much of an off season to work out to prepare 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:49.080 for the twenty nineteen season there at USC How do 0:11:49.120 --> 0:11:51.640 you think that grind and that adversity kind of prepared 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:56.319 you for making the next step here to the professional level. Uh, 0:11:56.440 --> 0:11:58.959 you know, that's adversity is a part of life, and 0:11:59.000 --> 0:12:01.640 you know also each part football. You know, I feel like, 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:03.960 you know, battling the things I went through to help 0:12:04.000 --> 0:12:05.839 my sister and also get on the field, or just 0:12:06.480 --> 0:12:09.320 you know everyday adversities that everyone has to go through. 0:12:09.520 --> 0:12:12.920 You know, you just gotta keep looking forward and you know, 0:12:13.000 --> 0:12:16.280 keep moving forward no matter what's going on. Any And 0:12:16.520 --> 0:12:18.560 as far as being back on the football field playing 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:21.280 the offensive line position, do you have a favorite pass 0:12:21.320 --> 0:12:23.880 set and also a favorite running call that the offense calls? 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:28.840 And it gets Austin Jackson just fired up in the huddle. Yeah, 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:32.200 you know, my favorite passets would always be third down. Yeah, 0:12:32.200 --> 0:12:35.160 that's on the defensive vent is you know, try to 0:12:35.240 --> 0:12:36.680 roun with their head cut off. You know they're gonna 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:39.520 their best move, you know, try to get you on whatever. 0:12:39.600 --> 0:12:42.320 But you know, setting that down is probably my favorite. 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:45.720 I'd say my favorite run play is probably you know, 0:12:46.080 --> 0:12:49.120 any power play where you know, I tackle into pulling, 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:52.400 you know, on a backer and you ran a five 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:55.240 oh seven forty time at the combine, you jump thirty 0:12:56.280 --> 0:12:58.920 on the vertical jump, one fifteen on the broad jump. 0:12:58.920 --> 0:13:02.440 Those all ranked austin the top eight percentile of your position. 0:13:02.480 --> 0:13:04.800 And twenty seven bench reps with thirty four and a 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:07.360 half inch arms, what do you think is your best 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:11.040 overall treat I'd say my athleticism. You know, I feel 0:13:11.080 --> 0:13:13.720 like I have the athleticism and strength company with that too. 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:18.240 You know, around people, move through people, mirror people. Um, 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:20.080 you know, I feel like that's one of my best traits. 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:22.520 And when you did those twenty seven bench reps, I'm 0:13:22.559 --> 0:13:24.679 really curious because, like we mentioned, you didn't have much 0:13:24.679 --> 0:13:26.800 of a chance for our strength program in the off season. 0:13:27.000 --> 0:13:28.360 How long did it take you to get up to 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:30.000 that point? And what point are you at now on 0:13:30.040 --> 0:13:37.160 the bench? Um man, you know, since the season, really, 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:40.480 I've been trying to strengthen up my you know, my 0:13:40.520 --> 0:13:44.800 strength process, um my recovery, you know, give my give 0:13:44.840 --> 0:13:47.400 my bench, my squad, all that stuff up as strong 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:50.680 as possible as it led me. It was what led 0:13:50.679 --> 0:13:52.520 me to get to the twenty seven reps on bench. 0:13:52.840 --> 0:13:56.000 And then you know, now I haven't have next to 0:13:56.120 --> 0:13:58.880 twenty five since to come by. I'm pretty sharp, could 0:13:58.880 --> 0:14:01.240 put it like thirty thirty plus for sure. It's one 0:14:01.280 --> 0:14:02.880 of those things you'll never have to do again as 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:04.960 far as like testing it and whatnot. Same thing with 0:14:05.000 --> 0:14:08.120 all those drills in Indianapolis. And speaking of Indianapolis, I 0:14:08.160 --> 0:14:09.840 want to ask you a question or read you a 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:13.280 quote that you said at your media availability Austin. You said, 0:14:13.320 --> 0:14:15.520 I have a work ethic unlike any other. I see 0:14:15.559 --> 0:14:17.680 what needs to be fixed within myself, and I'm able 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:20.320 to correct it and improve. That's a really mature quote 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:22.720 for a very young man like yourself. Where does that 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:27.080 kind of maturity come from? Uh, you know, it just 0:14:27.280 --> 0:14:32.200 comes from you know, just I don't know, it's just 0:14:32.320 --> 0:14:34.360 I've just been there with my whole life, you know. Uh, 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:37.560 I've been taught raised by wonderful people in my family, 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:40.880 and there's just always tidy to look forward and you know, 0:14:40.960 --> 0:14:42.800 trying to think what matter as much to you and 0:14:43.480 --> 0:14:46.320 you know, most important to just you know, just never 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:50.160 be too comfortable, never be uncomfortable to getting your faith 0:14:50.200 --> 0:14:54.080 and pray and things around. So you know, definitely look 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:56.720 to look for that too. And you mentioned coming from 0:14:56.760 --> 0:14:58.920 a place of love with your family, a family that's 0:14:58.920 --> 0:15:01.320 really full of football players in your past, but you're 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:03.640 the highest drafted one. Is that bragging rights for you 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:07.800 in the Jackson family? Uh? You know, I'm not. I'm 0:15:07.840 --> 0:15:09.880 not a big bragging rance guy, you know, unless we're 0:15:09.920 --> 0:15:13.400 talking about E. C. L A. So, uh, I think 0:15:13.480 --> 0:15:16.040 think I think that's I think you know, we're all 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:19.360 really happy for me, absolutely, And I'm sure they wouldn't 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:22.000 be picked eighteenth in the draft. Speaking of being picked eighteen, 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:24.400 dolfhers first pick was two A tongue of Biloa. How 0:15:24.560 --> 0:15:26.440 how much you're looking forward to blocking for that guy? 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:31.720 I'm really looking forward. So I'm really excited for you know, 0:15:32.080 --> 0:15:34.920 seeing him on film, seeming games, is a great athlete, 0:15:34.960 --> 0:15:37.400 and you know looking forward to you know, coming in 0:15:37.440 --> 0:15:39.800 with him, and so we can both work towards, you know, 0:15:40.040 --> 0:15:42.080 being the best we can be, and you know, getting 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:44.120 around a good group of guys and working towards the 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:46.280 same goals. All right. So when you get to South Florida, 0:15:46.320 --> 0:15:49.480 there's plenty to do. You're a usc guy, Southern California guy. 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:52.120 If we're looking to find Austin Jackson on his day off, 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:55.240 where we're gonna find you at on his day off? 0:15:55.960 --> 0:15:59.280 For fun? Man, for fun, I'll probably check out a 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:02.200 beach or something, you know, see how the Florida beaches 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:04.720 are compared to there. You go, well, you can't go 0:16:04.840 --> 0:16:06.880 on with that. In South Florida, it's it's absolutely beautiful 0:16:06.880 --> 0:16:10.120 in that regard. You're gonna love it. Welcome to Miami, Austin. Congratulations, 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:13.320 big time man. We're happy to have you. Thank you. 0:16:13.720 --> 0:16:16.760 And so Austin Jackson arrives via the eighteenth pick of 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:20.760 the NFL Draft, the second player selected by the Miami Dolphins, 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:23.000 shoring up the offensive line after taking care of the 0:16:23.080 --> 0:16:27.200 quarterback position. And we had one more pick on Thursday night, 0:16:27.200 --> 0:16:30.800 but after the Dolphins traded back with the Green Bay Packers. 0:16:30.800 --> 0:16:33.120 They pick up a fourth round pick in addition to 0:16:33.160 --> 0:16:35.680 going from pick twenty six down to number thirty and 0:16:35.720 --> 0:16:39.080 with a thirty pick in the NFL Draft, the Dolphins 0:16:39.080 --> 0:16:43.520 pick up super athlete cornerback out of Auburn, Noah Igbogny 0:16:44.240 --> 0:16:46.800 and joining me now on the Drivetime podcast is the 0:16:46.840 --> 0:16:50.680 dolphinst overall pick in this year's draft of the first round. 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:55.480 He is Noah Igbanogeny out of Auburn, defensive back. Noah, congratulations, man, 0:16:55.520 --> 0:16:58.440 and welcome to Miami. Thank you, thank you so much. 0:16:58.800 --> 0:17:00.640 So I want to get your thoughts here on how 0:17:00.640 --> 0:17:03.800 does it feel to be a Miami Dolphin. Oh, it's 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:08.280 a blessing. It's really a blessing. Um. It was so 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:11.640 exciting in hear I hear my fall rang a very anxious, 0:17:12.000 --> 0:17:14.720 a very anxious moment, a very excited moment for my family. 0:17:14.720 --> 0:17:16.520 So it was just a blessings on it to be here. 0:17:16.680 --> 0:17:18.640 So when that call comes in and it's either Brian 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:20.600 Flowers or Chris Queer, what was that? What was that 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:22.480 exact moment like for you when you heard their voice 0:17:22.480 --> 0:17:25.040 on the other side of the phone, it was just 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:27.800 a solid relief. No I'm getting drafted. No, I don't 0:17:27.800 --> 0:17:29.520 have to wait anymore. So it was just like I 0:17:29.520 --> 0:17:31.359 said before, all of it is a blessing just to 0:17:31.400 --> 0:17:33.280 hear their um, just to hear their voices, and so 0:17:33.320 --> 0:17:36.199 I knew um the pickles in. So yeah, now you 0:17:36.200 --> 0:17:38.040 get to enjoy the rest of your third day stress free. 0:17:38.119 --> 0:17:40.560 So congrats on that man. As far as the player 0:17:40.560 --> 0:17:42.919 on the football field, what are the Dolphins getting in you? 0:17:44.119 --> 0:17:46.200 I'm getting a player who can do anything or anything 0:17:46.200 --> 0:17:47.720 they want me to do on the field, Bottle and 0:17:47.800 --> 0:17:50.520 the kid drive myself as my position. Um, I really 0:17:50.520 --> 0:17:51.879 feel like I can do anything on the field that 0:17:51.920 --> 0:17:54.040 they would like me to do on special change as well. 0:17:54.040 --> 0:17:56.080 So you get a complete player on somebody who's willing 0:17:56.400 --> 0:17:58.120 to do anything to coaches on me to do. Yeah, 0:17:58.119 --> 0:18:00.280 I love watching a return kick down there. A man, 0:18:00.320 --> 0:18:03.440 You're explosive player for sure. And the explosiveness I think 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:06.639 kind of translates from your track background in the it's 0:18:06.720 --> 0:18:09.159 the long jump or the high jump. It was a 0:18:09.240 --> 0:18:11.520 long jump in the superdun Okay long jump. That's that 0:18:11.520 --> 0:18:13.119 triple jump always gets me. I don't know how you 0:18:13.119 --> 0:18:15.879 guys do. So it's so for a non athlete like me. 0:18:15.960 --> 0:18:18.040 I can't figure that out, but I'm curious to ask you. 0:18:18.080 --> 0:18:19.880 I just read an article about you on the Athletic 0:18:20.080 --> 0:18:22.119 and they talked about how you have this leeway in 0:18:22.160 --> 0:18:24.880 college if you're a two sport athlete, where you afforded 0:18:24.920 --> 0:18:27.840 the opportunity to skip some spring practices. But they said 0:18:27.880 --> 0:18:29.520 you were having none of that, Like, where does that 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:31.040 come from? And you where you just said, I want 0:18:31.080 --> 0:18:34.560 to play some football. Man, I fell in love. I 0:18:34.840 --> 0:18:37.680 really we had some bad audio there, but Noah said 0:18:37.720 --> 0:18:39.520 he fell in love with the game of football in 0:18:39.560 --> 0:18:41.840 the second grade. Here is the rest of his answer. 0:18:43.359 --> 0:18:46.280 Everybody knows my passion has track backgrounds very successful in 0:18:46.280 --> 0:18:49.960 the field field, but that was something, um, I'll feel 0:18:49.960 --> 0:18:52.040 a little bit at the time. But when I met football, 0:18:52.080 --> 0:18:53.720 that's something that I just felt like it was me. 0:18:53.920 --> 0:18:55.960 I felt like I was a part of who I 0:18:56.080 --> 0:18:58.399 was in the person when you would see me a 0:18:58.560 --> 0:19:01.080 track because I always got the track I light at 0:19:01.080 --> 0:19:06.880 the football and anytime spring pool society rack. And so 0:19:07.119 --> 0:19:09.000 that just shows my love for the sport. And I'm 0:19:09.040 --> 0:19:12.040 just ready already to say what next step? And I 0:19:12.080 --> 0:19:14.399 think your track background certainly served you well at the 0:19:14.400 --> 0:19:18.400 scouting combine this year four eight seven inch vertical jump, 0:19:18.600 --> 0:19:21.159 one inches in the broad jump. Did you know the 0:19:21.200 --> 0:19:23.359 Dolphins have a cornerback and that's gonna be working with 0:19:23.400 --> 0:19:26.560 you this year that has the world record broad jump? Yeah, 0:19:26.640 --> 0:19:29.560 what do you think about I want to be interested 0:19:29.560 --> 0:19:31.160 to see what he would have jumped in the law jump. 0:19:32.880 --> 0:19:35.359 We could have some some good competitions down there practice 0:19:35.400 --> 0:19:37.639 in South Florida. I love that story about you. You You 0:19:37.760 --> 0:19:40.359 joined this Dolphins second there with Byron Jones, Xaviing Howard, 0:19:40.400 --> 0:19:42.240 so many good players. What does it mean to you 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:44.200 to come into a room that is so experienced and 0:19:44.240 --> 0:19:47.800 has so much success in their back pockets? Um, it 0:19:47.840 --> 0:19:51.320 means everything and everything I got, I got folks to 0:19:51.320 --> 0:19:53.560 look up to. UM. And so on my side, those 0:19:53.560 --> 0:19:55.560 are two players I've watched for a very long time. 0:19:55.640 --> 0:19:58.600 I know that, know that. UM. So I'm just ready 0:19:58.640 --> 0:20:00.320 to watch them and grow from them, you know, in 0:20:00.400 --> 0:20:02.680 life from them as well. And I go and take 0:20:02.720 --> 0:20:05.439 their stuff that they learned and you know, just something 0:20:05.560 --> 0:20:07.719 learning to me, give it to me. And so so 0:20:07.760 --> 0:20:10.520 I'm just ready. And is one of the interesting things 0:20:10.520 --> 0:20:12.640 about your game, Noah, is that you do have that 0:20:12.920 --> 0:20:16.080 jumping ability of leaping ability, athletic ability, but you also 0:20:16.119 --> 0:20:18.720 played press man on the outside like an absolute bully. Dude. 0:20:18.720 --> 0:20:20.879 I love watching you play out there, and you like 0:20:20.960 --> 0:20:24.080 getting those receiver spaces, don't you. Yeah, yes, I do, 0:20:24.160 --> 0:20:26.320