1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 1: Yes, it's gonna be great. It's nice being home or 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: as close I can get the home playing football, So 3 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: it would be great. Great seeing some family and stuff. 4 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: So my my mom, my dad, my sister, a couple 5 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: of close friends. UM's you know, yes, some people are 6 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: asking stuff and you know we watched Uh. I know 7 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: a lot of guys watched, like Ted Lasso and stuff. 8 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 1: So I'm saying it's one of the I love that show, 9 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: by the way, but just kind of the atmosphere of 10 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:44,880 Speaker 1: as our football their soccer, you know, different chants and stuff. 11 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 1: So it should be a really good experience for everybody. 12 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: Oh nice, it's awesome. Yes, Um yeah, I live right 13 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:01,959 Speaker 1: beside a couple of guys who play on the Major 14 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 1: League rugby team. Um so uh, you know, got got 15 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: on some tickets to the game and they loved it. 16 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:09,680 Speaker 1: They gave me a rugby ball for the guys to 17 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,479 Speaker 1: chuck around. So it was pretty funny seeing people catch 18 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: it and looking at going on Earth is this? So yeah, 19 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: just just to chuck around. Uh, that's a team that question, 20 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 1: you feel like, I just take it one day at 21 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 1: a time. I'm in a really good situation right now. Um, 22 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,559 Speaker 1: I'm playing in the National Football League. It's pretty cool. 23 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: So I give it my all every day be the 24 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: best punner I can be for this team. And I'm 25 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 1: here for a reason to perform at a high level 26 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: because I can do. So. I'm just gonna keep plugging 27 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 1: in every day and take it one step at a time. 28 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, Uh. I think winning over a locker room 29 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: speaks for itself with how you practice and how perform 30 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: in the field. You know, you go around talking and 31 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 1: no action, nobody's gonna get behind you know. So there's 32 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 1: the same thing with any locker room in any sport. 33 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 1: So I had a different path. I went to college, 34 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: so I got to experience the college atmosphere and learn 35 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 1: a lot from guys around there then filter into the pros. So, 36 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: um yeah, I just I just gotta go perform in 37 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 1: the field, right, It would be would be really cool. Um. 38 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: I think a lot of Americans would have something to 39 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: say about that. Uh So I'm gonna leave that to 40 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 1: the big dogs over there. It would be really cool. 41 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 1: He'll be a little fun though your career, you did 42 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: you I didn't know what was Uh yeah, I just 43 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 1: I didn't know HBC was still for historical You know 44 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:24,080 Speaker 1: black colleges. Um, I thought it was a sponsor or something. 45 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 1: I just kind of got thrown a ball and I 46 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: took it around with it. And I showed up there 47 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 1: and I was very much a minority at the school, 48 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 1: which didn't matter to me. I've I've grown up in 49 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: many different places with my dad's job being in the military. 50 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: So I showed up there and it was just a 51 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 1: totally different experience to what a lot of people have 52 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: done with football and maybe sports. But it taught me 53 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: a lot of things, and um, although I am grounded it, 54 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: it's it was a very grounding experience for four years. 55 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 1: They're different, especially with some of the guys I played 56 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: with the backgrounds they came from. It only made me 57 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 1: appreciate everything that my on we have provided for me 58 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: that much more over the years. So, um, it it was. 59 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: It was a different four years. It was tough in 60 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: certain areas, but it made me who I am right now, 61 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: And it was great. First of all, when the idea first, 62 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 1: how did you we just no? It was in high school. 63 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: My coach, his name's Brian Woodburn. He was the guy 64 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: that got the sole journey started and he just happened 65 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: to Uh, give me that name, and you know, you 66 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 1: guys could call me anything, and I'm going to go 67 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 1: out there and do my job. But it it's stuck. 68 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 1: I remember, I think it was Tom Pella Sero had 69 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 1: brought it up on one of the football talk shows 70 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 1: before the draft, and as soon as it came up, 71 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: it just kind of stuck. So I'm just gonna take 72 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 1: it wrong with it and have fun with it. Right 73 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:16,840 Speaker 1: that anything out, I mean, you can go take the 74 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 1: touristy stuff. Right, You're gonna get in the bus and 75 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 1: hop around all the places, you know, pay the forty 76 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: pound or whatever it is, take all the boxes. Uh, 77 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:27,280 Speaker 1: I'm gonna stay. I'm probviously gonna stay in Wayne and 78 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: hang out my mom and dad. I haven't seen my 79 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 1: dad in a long time, so it'll be really good 80 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 1: to see them. No, actually, um, it's it's definitely being 81 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,720 Speaker 1: exaggerated over the time. You know, I wish I could 82 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 1: kick a ball. It would explode. That would be fun. Uh. 83 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 1: But basically, I bought three footballs to train for the 84 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 1: pro day, and I didn't know there was a whole 85 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:59,840 Speaker 1: process of conditioning the balls to make them for a kick. 86 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 1: As our quarterbacks and I was just working really hard 87 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: in the off season in Arkansas, and I don't I 88 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 1: really don't know what happened. But in the span of 89 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,839 Speaker 1: two days as I'm training, one went down, then another 90 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: went down. Then my last ball that I spent my 91 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 1: money on went down the next day, so I was 92 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 1: left with no balls, kind of trying to figure out, Hey, Wilson, 93 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 1: what's going on, Like, can I please get some balls? 94 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 1: So that was that, but I haven't done since, but yeah, 95 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 1: that was kind of how that went down.