1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,040 Speaker 1: I wanted to ask you about being high school teammates 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: with Ryan, and uh, you know you've been in touch 3 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:10,520 Speaker 1: with him since since the weekend. Yeah. Absolutely. Uh So 4 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:13,400 Speaker 1: I got a chance to play with Ryan my freshmanute 5 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:17,319 Speaker 1: sophomore year, and at Eaton Prairie High School, Ryan was 6 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: the starting quarterback, So it's a it's awesome that he 7 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:22,920 Speaker 1: switched over the linebacker. It clearly worked out for him. 8 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: But but yeah, he and uh, he texted me on 9 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: draft Day and then um, I got a chance to 10 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: call him last night and he gave me a little 11 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: rundown on a bunch of stuff. So it's it's awesome 12 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: to to connect with him, and um, I'll be able 13 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:42,839 Speaker 1: to get some awesome, awesome wisdom from him. How was 14 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: he as a quarterback? He was a monster as a quarterback. 15 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: I mean he was. He was built like a linebacker. 16 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 1: He was crazy athletic and super smart and all that 17 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 1: obviously transferred over to his linebacker game. So but I 18 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: mean I still remember him, you know, standing on the 19 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 1: fifty yard line with his feet planted and being able 20 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 1: to huck the ball all the way to the end 21 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: zone without an issue. He had a he had a 22 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: cannon for an arm. Thank you? Yeah, how do you 23 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: can go ahead with your question? Thank you? Hey Carter, 24 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 1: how are you doing doing great? How about yourself doing well? 25 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:23,919 Speaker 1: Thank you? I have two questions for you. First question 26 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:27,119 Speaker 1: I'd like to ask you is you reversatile? I guess 27 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: at Minnesota? Can you talk about the positions and what 28 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 1: they asked you to do in the defense. Yeah, So 29 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: in Minnesota I got a chance to play our our 30 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 1: edge rushed position. UM, so we just called it our 31 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: our rush and it was kind of a hybrid outside 32 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 1: linebacker mixed with defensive end, so you know, allowed me 33 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: to drop into coverage, allowed me to get after the quarterback, 34 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: and um playoff tight ends and you know, play near 35 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage. So it really allowed me to 36 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: to to be able to play a bunch of different 37 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: aspects of you know, what an outside linebacker could look like, 38 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: or even a defensive end mix. So I love the 39 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 1: position position. Okay, sorry, I thought it said that I 40 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: was muted at first, so I wasn't sure if I 41 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: was coming through. Um. Just this isn't the second question, 42 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 1: but just to that, did you play with your hand 43 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 1: in the dirt? And then I'll ask you the second 44 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: question I had. Now, so I always stayed up on 45 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: my feet at the University of Minnesota. Okay, now for 46 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 1: the second question. You have a long family line who 47 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 1: attended the University of Minnesota, and I just was wondering, 48 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:45,079 Speaker 1: why was that so important to you to continue that tradition. Yeah, well, 49 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: you know, I grew up a golfer fan since the 50 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 1: day I came out of roomb and uh and for me, 51 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: I took a lot of pride in the University of Minnesota. 52 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: But being a golfer fan for a while, it was 53 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,800 Speaker 1: it was kind of tough sometimes just because there are 54 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 1: a lot of years where it was it was down 55 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: and then you catch a glimmer of hope and it 56 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: would go back down. And so, you know, when I 57 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: was deciding where I wanted to go to school, I 58 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: decided that I wanted to be a part of, you know, 59 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 1: making Minnesota as great as the days back when my 60 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: grandpa played, when they were winning championships and all that 61 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: kind of stuff. So um So from that aspect, you know, 62 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 1: I had pride in Minnesota, and I just decided that 63 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 1: I wanted to be a part of building the program. 64 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: Shorts would go ahead with your question. Hey Carter Um, 65 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: you had obviously a lot of success Um in college 66 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: getting sacks, rushing the passer. Um, how do you see 67 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: that translating to the NFL? UM outside linebacker guy, you know, 68 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: not the biggest guy, and the Giants did not really 69 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 1: draft pass rushers in this draft and they need pass rushers. 70 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: So Um, as a seventh round er, can you be 71 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 1: a guy who can contribute in that regard? Yeah? You 72 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 1: know I think that Um, that being a Swiss Armory 73 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 1: knife is always useful. And so you know, whatever position 74 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 1: the coach decides to put me at, I guarantee you 75 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: that I'll be able to maximize my potential there. So 76 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 1: you know, whether that looks like special teams, whether that 77 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 1: looks like a positional fit. I'll be able to use 78 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: a lot of the different tools that I've been able 79 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 1: to build up through college and be able to maximize 80 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:27,920 Speaker 1: every opportunity I get. What do you think the key 81 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 1: to um Um being a successful pass rusher at the 82 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: next level will be? Um? You know, I'd say to 83 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: continue to to harness in on some of the details 84 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 1: that I think. Uh, you know, since I've been out 85 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: of college that I've been able to identify stuff that 86 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 1: I really want to work on. But I think a 87 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 1: lot of it too is is watching film. You know 88 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 1: that that played out a lot for me in college, 89 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:57,040 Speaker 1: you know, identifying what the opposing offensive tackle struggles with, 90 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:59,159 Speaker 1: how he moves his feet, al he shoots his hands, 91 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:01,920 Speaker 1: whether he leans, all that kind of stuff. And uh. 92 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 1: And I think that that transfers even more more to 93 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: the NFL because from what I've heard, it's it's a 94 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 1: whole bunch of film and note taking, and um, that's 95 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 1: right at my wheelhouse. So I'll be able to continue 96 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:15,719 Speaker 1: to develop those skills of of learning and taking notes 97 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:18,599 Speaker 1: and watching film and all that kind of stuff. Thank you, 98 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: it's there. You go ahead with your question, Corner. I 99 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,160 Speaker 1: know you have a long legacy in Minnesota, but the 100 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:28,600 Speaker 1: Coauflin name also has a big legacy here with the Giants. 101 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 1: So have you have you ever met coach Coughlin And 102 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 1: I'm assuming you're you're not related at any distant point. No, 103 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: I've never met him, and we are not related. But 104 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 1: I've got a bunch of people that have been asking 105 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:44,159 Speaker 1: me that over social media.