WEBVTT - Welcome to Miami Cedrick Wilson Jr.

0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:05.360
<v Speaker 1>To us buyers touch style by waddle stuck into the

0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:09.440
<v Speaker 1>end zone of Miami Boy, tight froll, tight window. They

0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:11.760
<v Speaker 1>had to get that touchdown on that play. They get it.

0:00:15.240 --> 0:00:19.480
<v Speaker 1>What ends up? Dolphans And Welcome to the Drivetime Podcast,

0:00:19.800 --> 0:00:24.120
<v Speaker 1>part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering Door, Team Door,

0:00:24.640 --> 0:00:27.920
<v Speaker 1>Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? I am your host

0:00:27.920 --> 0:00:31.000
<v Speaker 1>of Travis Ringfield and on today's show, it is a

0:00:31.080 --> 0:00:35.120
<v Speaker 1>free agency special. Cedric Wilson is the topic today. Will

0:00:35.120 --> 0:00:37.920
<v Speaker 1>break down his game and get him on the podcast

0:00:37.960 --> 0:00:40.680
<v Speaker 1>here to talk some football, his decision to join the

0:00:40.680 --> 0:00:43.080
<v Speaker 1>Miami Dolphins, and a whole heck of a lot more

0:00:43.360 --> 0:00:46.640
<v Speaker 1>from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex.

0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:54.800
<v Speaker 1>This is the Drive Time Podcast. So Dolphins land a

0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:58.360
<v Speaker 1>talented receiver in the free agency period here, adding some

0:00:58.440 --> 0:01:01.240
<v Speaker 1>weapons to the Mike mcdi annual offense here. And I

0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:03.520
<v Speaker 1>think with Cedric Wilson, the guy that I was a

0:01:03.600 --> 0:01:05.840
<v Speaker 1>huge fan of his game back at Boise State and

0:01:05.840 --> 0:01:08.560
<v Speaker 1>watching him just tear up the Mountain West back in

0:01:08.600 --> 0:01:10.360
<v Speaker 1>those days for a couple of seasons. When he got

0:01:10.360 --> 0:01:15.280
<v Speaker 1>on campus, he just produced immediately and he also earned

0:01:15.319 --> 0:01:17.960
<v Speaker 1>some playing time this last season and a loaded Cowboys

0:01:18.080 --> 0:01:21.520
<v Speaker 1>offense where they had options on top of options on

0:01:21.520 --> 0:01:23.840
<v Speaker 1>top of options. But he'll be a twenty six year

0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:26.720
<v Speaker 1>old receiver who had a career year last year, making

0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:30.080
<v Speaker 1>the most of his opportunities, catching forty five passes for

0:01:30.160 --> 0:01:34.440
<v Speaker 1>six hundred and two yards one and six touchdown passes.

0:01:34.480 --> 0:01:37.840
<v Speaker 1>But as the efficiency that really jumps off the page.

0:01:37.880 --> 0:01:41.679
<v Speaker 1>He finished ninth in the NFL in slot receiving yards.

0:01:41.720 --> 0:01:43.800
<v Speaker 1>Five hundred and seventy four of those yards came from

0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:47.720
<v Speaker 1>the slot. He played at a ten percent split from

0:01:47.720 --> 0:01:49.800
<v Speaker 1>the slot last year for the Cowboys, and he also

0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:53.000
<v Speaker 1>tied for fourth in touchdowns from the slot with all

0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:55.160
<v Speaker 1>six of them. That's of courtesy of Pro Football Focus.

0:01:55.600 --> 0:01:58.080
<v Speaker 1>He also caught seventy three point eight percent of the

0:01:58.120 --> 0:02:01.520
<v Speaker 1>targets thrown in his direction, was ninth best in the

0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:04.800
<v Speaker 1>National Football League among receivers, and he continued the trend

0:02:04.840 --> 0:02:07.680
<v Speaker 1>of ranking nine with his nine point nine yards per

0:02:07.720 --> 0:02:10.000
<v Speaker 1>target that was inside the top ten as well with

0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:13.680
<v Speaker 1>some names like Deebo, Samuel Jamar, Chase, Cooper Cup and others.

0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:18.240
<v Speaker 1>And though he caught six of thirteen possible contested catch opportunities,

0:02:18.440 --> 0:02:21.240
<v Speaker 1>it's forty six point two percent. That's it's a very

0:02:21.360 --> 0:02:25.760
<v Speaker 1>very good rate. His game is separation. His average distance

0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:28.919
<v Speaker 1>created on a route or per route ram basis with

0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:32.880
<v Speaker 1>the nearest defender being three point five yards away last season,

0:02:32.919 --> 0:02:36.519
<v Speaker 1>that was tied for thirteen best among all receivers. You

0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:39.840
<v Speaker 1>have some comparisons. Cooper Cup and Tyreek Hill both finished

0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:43.079
<v Speaker 1>at three point six yards average separation per route run.

0:02:43.600 --> 0:02:46.400
<v Speaker 1>Wilson is a sure handed receiver as well, just five

0:02:46.520 --> 0:02:49.799
<v Speaker 1>career drops six point five percent drop rate, and that

0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:52.320
<v Speaker 1>helped him achieve a pass a rating win targeted last

0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:56.000
<v Speaker 1>season of one sixteen point two. The numbers keep getting better.

0:02:56.080 --> 0:02:58.760
<v Speaker 1>You talk about the separation, it wasn't just because he

0:02:58.880 --> 0:03:02.040
<v Speaker 1>was running quick greens where the off cornerback is five

0:03:02.120 --> 0:03:04.760
<v Speaker 1>yards away and he picks up five yards of separation.

0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:09.120
<v Speaker 1>They piled up primarily on two occasions for Cedric Wilson Jr.

0:03:10.280 --> 0:03:13.280
<v Speaker 1>After the catch and running to the intermediate and deep

0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:16.320
<v Speaker 1>portions of the field, he averaged six point two yards

0:03:16.400 --> 0:03:18.680
<v Speaker 1>after the catch last year. That was tied for tenth

0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:22.720
<v Speaker 1>among all NFL receivers. His plus one point two yards

0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:25.880
<v Speaker 1>after the catch over expected go back to uh We

0:03:25.919 --> 0:03:28.519
<v Speaker 1>talked about this in the Chase Edmonds podcast about the

0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:32.320
<v Speaker 1>rushing production over expected same idea, how many yards are

0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:35.960
<v Speaker 1>you expected based upon historical data to get after the catch?

0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:40.400
<v Speaker 1>He Wilson was one point two yards over the expected,

0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:44.200
<v Speaker 1>which was eighteenth best among his contemporaries, and the separation

0:03:44.280 --> 0:03:47.960
<v Speaker 1>metrics help soda slipping four tackles on forty five catches,

0:03:48.040 --> 0:03:51.760
<v Speaker 1>one every eleven point two catches he makes someone miss.

0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:55.119
<v Speaker 1>He also finished fifth in the NFL among qualifying receivers

0:03:55.360 --> 0:03:59.240
<v Speaker 1>with eight team point four yards per target on passes

0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:01.520
<v Speaker 1>thrown twenty or more yards down the field. That's the

0:04:01.600 --> 0:04:05.560
<v Speaker 1>deep ball right. Only Cooper Cup, Tyler Lockett, Deebo Samuel,

0:04:05.600 --> 0:04:09.360
<v Speaker 1>and j Sean Jackson had better averages in the deep

0:04:09.400 --> 0:04:12.880
<v Speaker 1>passing game. Those will numbers for Wilson seven catches on

0:04:13.000 --> 0:04:16.120
<v Speaker 1>fourteen targets, so fifty down the field for two hundred

0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:18.600
<v Speaker 1>and fifty eight yards and two touchdown passes. And he

0:04:18.800 --> 0:04:22.040
<v Speaker 1>was even better in the intermediate. He caught twelve of

0:04:22.200 --> 0:04:24.800
<v Speaker 1>his eight teen passes in that ten to nineteen yard

0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:27.760
<v Speaker 1>air yard range I should say for a buck seventies

0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:30.400
<v Speaker 1>six and three touchdowns. In fact, he had a plus

0:04:30.560 --> 0:04:34.080
<v Speaker 1>eight team point six catch rate over expected. Again, these

0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:37.960
<v Speaker 1>are next gen stats that take collective, comprehensive data and

0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:40.839
<v Speaker 1>give you what's expected and how the player performs against

0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:44.040
<v Speaker 1>the expected. He was plus eight teen point six on

0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:47.640
<v Speaker 1>catch rate over expected on targets of ten plus yards.

0:04:47.960 --> 0:04:50.960
<v Speaker 1>That was third best in the National Football League in

0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:54.120
<v Speaker 1>that area. So the run after the catch and the

0:04:54.279 --> 0:04:56.800
<v Speaker 1>nuance in the way he runs routes deep and that

0:04:56.880 --> 0:04:58.960
<v Speaker 1>was what I saw on tape back in college and

0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:01.360
<v Speaker 1>through the pro. This guy just knows how to get

0:05:01.480 --> 0:05:03.760
<v Speaker 1>vertical on guys from the slot position from the outside.

0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:05.920
<v Speaker 1>It's just a natural talent that he possesses and one

0:05:05.920 --> 0:05:07.720
<v Speaker 1>that he works very hard on as well. And as

0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:10.440
<v Speaker 1>Pro day and combine numbers work at workout numbers showed

0:05:10.839 --> 0:05:13.640
<v Speaker 1>exactly what we saw on tape the last four years

0:05:13.680 --> 0:05:16.680
<v Speaker 1>as a pro. He leaped thirty seven inches and one

0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:20.559
<v Speaker 1>inches in the vertical and broad jumps, respectively. He plays

0:05:20.600 --> 0:05:22.920
<v Speaker 1>a six eight nine three cone time to display that

0:05:23.000 --> 0:05:26.720
<v Speaker 1>lower body explosion, quickness, change of direction skill set, and

0:05:26.839 --> 0:05:30.000
<v Speaker 1>he pairs those traits with some real nuance and understanding

0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:33.359
<v Speaker 1>for how to attack leverage and coverage to create that separation.

0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:35.960
<v Speaker 1>Every route he runs looks the same. He can alter

0:05:36.120 --> 0:05:38.920
<v Speaker 1>his speeds and explode out of breaks to put defensive

0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:41.360
<v Speaker 1>backs in quite a bit of peril. And again primarily

0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:43.760
<v Speaker 1>a slot receiver, he does have the ability to go

0:05:43.800 --> 0:05:46.400
<v Speaker 1>outside thanks in part to his six ft two frame

0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:50.040
<v Speaker 1>and playing at six ft two inside slot fades kind

0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:52.359
<v Speaker 1>of those body up post up shots over the middle.

0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:54.640
<v Speaker 1>It's a great trait to have for a slot receiver

0:05:54.720 --> 0:05:58.120
<v Speaker 1>who's crafty, nifty, and nimble, all those great traits you

0:05:58.200 --> 0:06:00.440
<v Speaker 1>have to have, but you add sized of that frame

0:06:00.480 --> 0:06:02.600
<v Speaker 1>as well, and where he really stands out I think

0:06:02.760 --> 0:06:04.560
<v Speaker 1>is the deep ball tracking on the tape. Like I

0:06:04.920 --> 0:06:08.560
<v Speaker 1>keep talking about this, but it's sensational that in college

0:06:11.279 --> 0:06:13.960
<v Speaker 1>of his one thirty nine catches, let me go ahead

0:06:13.960 --> 0:06:17.560
<v Speaker 1>and do the math on that real quick of a

0:06:17.640 --> 0:06:20.840
<v Speaker 1>hundred thirty nine catches go for twenty five plus yards.

0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:24.400
<v Speaker 1>That's thirty six catches of over twenty five yards in

0:06:24.440 --> 0:06:26.680
<v Speaker 1>a two year career with Boise State. He builds up

0:06:26.720 --> 0:06:29.280
<v Speaker 1>speed and has that extra gear when the football is

0:06:29.320 --> 0:06:31.200
<v Speaker 1>in the in the air. And we talked about the

0:06:31.279 --> 0:06:34.320
<v Speaker 1>loaded Cowboys offense right last year Michael Gallup, who just

0:06:34.360 --> 0:06:36.720
<v Speaker 1>got a nice extension there with the Cowboys. He missed

0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:40.400
<v Speaker 1>eight games one, which gave Wilson a chance to play

0:06:40.480 --> 0:06:43.680
<v Speaker 1>forty one point four snaps per game in those eight contests,

0:06:43.960 --> 0:06:46.840
<v Speaker 1>and he came up big twenty one grabs, three and

0:06:47.000 --> 0:06:49.960
<v Speaker 1>four touchdowns in those games. And his ability to step

0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:52.880
<v Speaker 1>up for Dallas, including their loan playoff game with five

0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:55.880
<v Speaker 1>catches for sixty two yards last season really caught the

0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:59.120
<v Speaker 1>attention of this Cowboys teammates. Quote, the biggest reason why

0:06:59.240 --> 0:07:00.920
<v Speaker 1>this team is good is because of the depth we

0:07:01.000 --> 0:07:03.680
<v Speaker 1>have and said as an example of that, said receiver

0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:06.719
<v Speaker 1>a Marii Cooper. Of course, now with the Cleveland Browns quote,

0:07:06.760 --> 0:07:09.360
<v Speaker 1>somebody goes down said can just step in and get

0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:11.760
<v Speaker 1>the job done and quote, and that helped him earn

0:07:11.840 --> 0:07:14.160
<v Speaker 1>the respect of the Cowboys team, even the guy that

0:07:14.200 --> 0:07:16.440
<v Speaker 1>he replaced in those games that Gallop miss Here's what

0:07:16.480 --> 0:07:18.920
<v Speaker 1>Gallup said, quote watching him play his game and letting

0:07:18.960 --> 0:07:21.240
<v Speaker 1>him get his shine. He deserves it. He worked so

0:07:21.400 --> 0:07:23.800
<v Speaker 1>hard for it. So that was definitely a player that

0:07:23.880 --> 0:07:26.680
<v Speaker 1>I enjoy watching. End quote, and an affinity from his

0:07:26.720 --> 0:07:29.560
<v Speaker 1>teammates is not new for Wilson. Here's what an a

0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:32.920
<v Speaker 1>f C team area scout told NFL dot COM's Lance

0:07:33.080 --> 0:07:36.120
<v Speaker 1>zer Line in team when Wilson was in the pre

0:07:36.280 --> 0:07:39.680
<v Speaker 1>draft process. Quote they like him inside his building. That's

0:07:39.720 --> 0:07:42.440
<v Speaker 1>talking about Boise State. He's a worker and he doesn't

0:07:42.480 --> 0:07:44.600
<v Speaker 1>take anything for granted because he had to work his

0:07:44.680 --> 0:07:47.560
<v Speaker 1>way into this position. He self made. I go to

0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:50.000
<v Speaker 1>bat for those guys because they never let you down

0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:52.800
<v Speaker 1>due to football character and quote pretty high praise for

0:07:52.840 --> 0:07:54.920
<v Speaker 1>the way this guy works. And going back to his

0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:57.600
<v Speaker 1>college production, the only thing that matched that college career

0:07:57.640 --> 0:08:00.120
<v Speaker 1>on the field was his work in the classroom. He

0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:02.640
<v Speaker 1>was named to the Academic All Mountain West team back

0:08:02.680 --> 0:08:05.400
<v Speaker 1>in twos sixteen, his first year on campus there in

0:08:05.480 --> 0:08:08.960
<v Speaker 1>Boise and before earning All American honors in junior college,

0:08:09.360 --> 0:08:12.520
<v Speaker 1>Wilson was the quarterback of a six A high school

0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:15.280
<v Speaker 1>team that made to the Tennessee State semifinals during his

0:08:15.400 --> 0:08:18.160
<v Speaker 1>senior season, where he was the QB, racking up big

0:08:18.240 --> 0:08:21.360
<v Speaker 1>yardage there for his high school team. That information makes

0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:24.320
<v Speaker 1>it no surprise that Wilson has completed all five of

0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:26.920
<v Speaker 1>his professional passing attempts. He's five for five as a

0:08:26.960 --> 0:08:29.840
<v Speaker 1>pro with a hundred and eleven passing yards, a touchdown

0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:32.960
<v Speaker 1>pass and a perfect one fifty eight point three passer rating.

0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:34.719
<v Speaker 1>As he shows you a little bit of jack of

0:08:34.800 --> 0:08:37.640
<v Speaker 1>all trades in his skill sets. There. Let's go ahead

0:08:37.640 --> 0:08:39.680
<v Speaker 1>and take our first break and come back. And here

0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:43.600
<v Speaker 1>from Cedric Wilson Jr. On the Drivetime Podcast with Travis Wingfield,

0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:48.559
<v Speaker 1>brought to you by Auto Nation. What's up Dolphins? Travis

0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:50.959
<v Speaker 1>Winfield here, the host of the Drivetime podcast on the

0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:53.320
<v Speaker 1>Miami Dolphins podcast network, and I'm freeled to be joined

0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:56.600
<v Speaker 1>today by new Dolphins receiver Cedric Wilson Junior. Cedric, thanks

0:08:56.640 --> 0:08:59.040
<v Speaker 1>for jumping in man, thanks for having me, and grateful

0:08:59.080 --> 0:09:01.600
<v Speaker 1>to be here. So you know here, new to the building,

0:09:01.640 --> 0:09:03.680
<v Speaker 1>new to the city, just got in today. I understand.

0:09:03.960 --> 0:09:06.040
<v Speaker 1>How's it all feels? It all hitting you yet? I

0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:07.840
<v Speaker 1>mean yeah, I mean I've been to Miami a couple

0:09:07.840 --> 0:09:10.440
<v Speaker 1>of times, but I've never been in the Dolphin Dolphin

0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:14.360
<v Speaker 1>side of things, and uh, definitely amazing first time seeing it. Uh,

0:09:14.640 --> 0:09:17.760
<v Speaker 1>definitely a lot of wild spots here, so you'll see

0:09:17.760 --> 0:09:19.840
<v Speaker 1>plenty more. You can kind of tour of the area.

0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:21.599
<v Speaker 1>We had Carnor Williams in her earlier and he was

0:09:21.640 --> 0:09:23.480
<v Speaker 1>talking about the building and I was like, you came

0:09:23.520 --> 0:09:25.640
<v Speaker 1>from Frisco where it's pretty nice too, but not bad

0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:27.520
<v Speaker 1>here either, right. Oh no, I mean it's like the

0:09:27.640 --> 0:09:29.839
<v Speaker 1>same exact building. Both great, but no we get to

0:09:29.840 --> 0:09:33.439
<v Speaker 1>see palm trees and got the hard rock. That's exactly

0:09:33.520 --> 0:09:36.200
<v Speaker 1>what he said. So before before Dallas, you were up

0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:37.760
<v Speaker 1>in Boise for a couple of years, and you know,

0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:40.600
<v Speaker 1>I told you before you came on technically the Pacific Northwest?

0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:42.760
<v Speaker 1>Do you guys call it that? I don't know. I

0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:44.360
<v Speaker 1>don't really know what they call it. I went to

0:09:44.400 --> 0:09:48.440
<v Speaker 1>play football from the south. Well, it is my stomping grounds.

0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:50.720
<v Speaker 1>But I asked you, you know, coming from Memphis to Boise,

0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:52.719
<v Speaker 1>how much of a culture shock was that for you?

0:09:52.760 --> 0:09:57.199
<v Speaker 1>In college? Huge? I mean kind of definitely helped me,

0:09:57.400 --> 0:09:59.160
<v Speaker 1>Like traveling around when my dad played in the league

0:09:59.200 --> 0:10:02.280
<v Speaker 1>definitely helped me at just to it easier. But yeah,

0:10:02.440 --> 0:10:05.760
<v Speaker 1>like I definitely remember calling my mom multiple times my

0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:08.040
<v Speaker 1>first semester out there, like I don't know, I just

0:10:08.120 --> 0:10:10.920
<v Speaker 1>gonna work out, but she told me to stick through it,

0:10:11.000 --> 0:10:12.880
<v Speaker 1>and shoot, I mean look where I am today. It's right,

0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:14.920
<v Speaker 1>that's exactly right. But you also have to stopping coffee

0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:17.800
<v Speaker 1>villeas that, Like that was pretty easy. Me and my

0:10:17.880 --> 0:10:19.760
<v Speaker 1>best friend we left and went up there together and

0:10:19.920 --> 0:10:21.839
<v Speaker 1>I mean, we were always together in high school, so

0:10:21.880 --> 0:10:24.120
<v Speaker 1>it was pretty much out the house by your by ourselves,

0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:26.719
<v Speaker 1>all football all the time. It's right, that's you know.

0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:28.640
<v Speaker 1>One thing I read about, kind of doing some background

0:10:28.640 --> 0:10:31.160
<v Speaker 1>on before the interview here was I read a scouting

0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:34.360
<v Speaker 1>report that talked about anonymous. A f C scout said

0:10:34.360 --> 0:10:36.840
<v Speaker 1>that Cedric Wilson's a self made man and I'll always

0:10:36.840 --> 0:10:38.040
<v Speaker 1>go to bat for ag like that because he's not

0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:39.800
<v Speaker 1>gonna let you down with the character and the way

0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:42.240
<v Speaker 1>he works. How does an assessment like that, how much

0:10:42.280 --> 0:10:44.720
<v Speaker 1>pride do you take in that man? I definitely take

0:10:44.840 --> 0:10:48.120
<v Speaker 1>pride in what, um, well, not really what others think about,

0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:50.760
<v Speaker 1>but I think of myself pretty much. Um. I wouldn't

0:10:50.760 --> 0:10:52.880
<v Speaker 1>necessarily say self made. I mean I got two great parents,

0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:55.640
<v Speaker 1>I got a great family, kids and everything, so not

0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:58.520
<v Speaker 1>really self made, but just every day going out there

0:10:58.559 --> 0:11:00.480
<v Speaker 1>that I'm not only putting my name him on the line,

0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:02.160
<v Speaker 1>I just got a whole family behind me as well.

0:11:02.440 --> 0:11:04.200
<v Speaker 1>That makes total sense. Yeah, I guess maybe the wrong

0:11:04.240 --> 0:11:05.959
<v Speaker 1>phrase for that. But in terms of the way you

0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:07.600
<v Speaker 1>work is oh yeah, the way I work all yeah,

0:11:07.600 --> 0:11:10.160
<v Speaker 1>my works off from me exactly, so you know, being

0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:11.760
<v Speaker 1>a sixth round pick and you go to an offense

0:11:11.840 --> 0:11:15.080
<v Speaker 1>that has you know, Ceedee Lamb, Mamori Cooper, Dalton Schultz,

0:11:15.160 --> 0:11:18.640
<v Speaker 1>Michael Gallups, Ezekiel Elliott, Tony Pollard. You're one of many

0:11:18.760 --> 0:11:21.199
<v Speaker 1>many weapons pieces there in the weaponry and yet you

0:11:21.240 --> 0:11:23.000
<v Speaker 1>still find a way to get on the field and produce.

0:11:23.400 --> 0:11:25.480
<v Speaker 1>And that's something your Cowboys teammates really praised you for.

0:11:25.640 --> 0:11:28.400
<v Speaker 1>How did you learn that resilience and how did that

0:11:28.480 --> 0:11:29.920
<v Speaker 1>kind of shape who you are as a player? In

0:11:29.960 --> 0:11:32.880
<v Speaker 1>a person I would probably have to say just self talk.

0:11:33.240 --> 0:11:35.760
<v Speaker 1>I'm a big believer in everyone is going to have

0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:37.719
<v Speaker 1>their opportunity is what you do with it. So I

0:11:37.760 --> 0:11:40.760
<v Speaker 1>mean I just grinded and every opportunity I was given,

0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:43.040
<v Speaker 1>I took full advantage of it. Rather it worked out

0:11:43.280 --> 0:11:45.160
<v Speaker 1>or it didn't work out. I just put my front

0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:49.160
<v Speaker 1>full forward and big on preparation because a lot of

0:11:49.200 --> 0:11:50.839
<v Speaker 1>people get in the jam because they don't prepare and

0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:52.480
<v Speaker 1>then when their moment comes, they're not ready for it.

0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:55.120
<v Speaker 1>That's exactly right. That's how we do The podcast is

0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:57.000
<v Speaker 1>the key. So you're here with the Dolphins. Now, what

0:11:57.120 --> 0:11:58.599
<v Speaker 1>was it that attracted you to coming down here to

0:11:58.640 --> 0:12:01.839
<v Speaker 1>Miami to play for the Dolphins started off first was

0:12:02.640 --> 0:12:06.200
<v Speaker 1>obviously coach with Welcome. I mean we we definitely talked

0:12:06.240 --> 0:12:09.400
<v Speaker 1>along bit before I was drafted and didn't get to

0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:11.199
<v Speaker 1>work with him in Houston. So then he got me

0:12:11.280 --> 0:12:13.040
<v Speaker 1>out here and it was a no brainer. I mean

0:12:13.120 --> 0:12:15.160
<v Speaker 1>he was he played here, so I'm really trying to

0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:17.559
<v Speaker 1>do some great things here like he did. Did you

0:12:17.600 --> 0:12:19.480
<v Speaker 1>grow up watching him here with Miami and New England

0:12:19.480 --> 0:12:21.640
<v Speaker 1>after that? I didn't. I didn't definitily watch him. This

0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:24.040
<v Speaker 1>is my dad's favorite team though, so he mean he

0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:26.439
<v Speaker 1>probably had it on TV when I was younger, but

0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:29.920
<v Speaker 1>now I was I was big into just being outside,

0:12:30.040 --> 0:12:32.360
<v Speaker 1>never really much in which football or TV. Your dad

0:12:32.440 --> 0:12:34.760
<v Speaker 1>was a Dolphins face? My dad's a Dolphins fame his

0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:37.040
<v Speaker 1>favorite team. So awkwin Orange all over the house or

0:12:37.040 --> 0:12:38.960
<v Speaker 1>how's that work? Oh No, We're not not that big.

0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:42.520
<v Speaker 1>Just just support, just support. So so you mentioned, you know,

0:12:42.600 --> 0:12:44.560
<v Speaker 1>having that relationship with Wes Welker, I mean, what else

0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:46.120
<v Speaker 1>can you tell about tell us about him in terms

0:12:46.120 --> 0:12:48.360
<v Speaker 1>of your guys relationship and and just kind of how

0:12:48.520 --> 0:12:50.920
<v Speaker 1>that became a thing and what you've experienced here with

0:12:51.000 --> 0:12:53.040
<v Speaker 1>him now so far in Miami. I mean it's actually,

0:12:53.080 --> 0:12:54.959
<v Speaker 1>I feel like he's scratching the surface. I feel like

0:12:55.000 --> 0:12:57.080
<v Speaker 1>we're both for I mean, obviously, looking at his career,

0:12:57.280 --> 0:12:59.120
<v Speaker 1>he's he was a hard working guy that most people

0:12:59.160 --> 0:13:01.480
<v Speaker 1>probably counted out, And I mean, I feel like that

0:13:01.559 --> 0:13:03.439
<v Speaker 1>was the same way with me. And I feel like

0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:06.280
<v Speaker 1>over the time that we're here, we're gonna definitely get

0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:08.760
<v Speaker 1>closer and definitely get to pick each other's brain of

0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:10.880
<v Speaker 1>what we want to know. One of the toughest guys

0:13:10.880 --> 0:13:13.160
<v Speaker 1>to ever do it right, I mean, just an absolute warrior.

0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:15.840
<v Speaker 1>And you know, watching your tape, have you ever gone

0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:17.360
<v Speaker 1>out of bounce on a catch? I don't think I've

0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:20.600
<v Speaker 1>seen it. I don't know everything. Every time I catched

0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:24.000
<v Speaker 1>the ball. I'm trying to get an orange file. That's

0:13:24.000 --> 0:13:26.760
<v Speaker 1>all that's visions. Well, and you also had some rushing

0:13:26.800 --> 0:13:28.240
<v Speaker 1>yards back in your high school days as a former

0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:30.800
<v Speaker 1>high school quarterback. How did playing quarterback in high school

0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:32.880
<v Speaker 1>prepare you for a receiver in the National Football League?

0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:35.920
<v Speaker 1>The ball was always in my hands, so everyone's looking

0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:38.120
<v Speaker 1>at me, so now it's pretty easy. They don't know

0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:41.520
<v Speaker 1>where I'm at until it's in my hands. So I'm

0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:43.000
<v Speaker 1>not going to read these to you, but one of

0:13:43.040 --> 0:13:45.000
<v Speaker 1>the most or the stats that I found on you,

0:13:45.040 --> 0:13:47.400
<v Speaker 1>one of the most efficient deep receivers, according some advanced

0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:50.160
<v Speaker 1>metrics you know across the boltiple websites that do that stuff.

0:13:50.360 --> 0:13:52.000
<v Speaker 1>What is the key to being a good deep receiver?

0:13:53.320 --> 0:13:55.040
<v Speaker 1>I think it was mean. I just I feel like

0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:57.000
<v Speaker 1>I was just not really blessed with you. But I

0:13:57.040 --> 0:14:00.280
<v Speaker 1>played baseball first, so just a natural ball skill came

0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:02.240
<v Speaker 1>pretty easy. And I mean football is way bigger than

0:14:02.240 --> 0:14:03.679
<v Speaker 1>the baseball, and I could to use both of my

0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:06.600
<v Speaker 1>hands to catch it. So I feel like that's that's

0:14:06.840 --> 0:14:09.120
<v Speaker 1>that background of baseball is pretty much where the track

0:14:09.160 --> 0:14:12.000
<v Speaker 1>and of the deep ball came. And then speed, just run.

0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:14.559
<v Speaker 1>That always told me, you run faster, get faster. It

0:14:14.640 --> 0:14:17.360
<v Speaker 1>makes sense. I'm gonna guess center field. Uh no, I

0:14:17.360 --> 0:14:20.400
<v Speaker 1>actually play shortstop. Was good. I had an arm, had

0:14:20.400 --> 0:14:22.440
<v Speaker 1>an arm, so some some range going back onto the

0:14:22.440 --> 0:14:24.440
<v Speaker 1>outfield and rest too there as well. So same story

0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:27.080
<v Speaker 1>with your your yacht numbers. You're running after catch, what's

0:14:27.080 --> 0:14:28.480
<v Speaker 1>the key to that? What's the key to running after

0:14:28.520 --> 0:14:32.720
<v Speaker 1>the catch? Don't get tackled, that's simple. Yeah, I didn't

0:14:32.720 --> 0:14:34.920
<v Speaker 1>feel good to get so yeah, I try to stay

0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:36.440
<v Speaker 1>away from getting hit. Okay, So I want to go

0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:38.360
<v Speaker 1>back to your father. You mentioned, you know, a Dolphins

0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:40.720
<v Speaker 1>fan now, but playing the National Football League? What was

0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:42.280
<v Speaker 1>that like as your experience as a kid, you know,

0:14:42.360 --> 0:14:43.800
<v Speaker 1>being around someone that was in the league and kind

0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:46.560
<v Speaker 1>of seeing how he did it. I mean here now

0:14:46.640 --> 0:14:48.680
<v Speaker 1>looking back onto I mean, it felt pretty normal. It

0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:51.080
<v Speaker 1>was just like Pop's going to work and he playing football,

0:14:51.200 --> 0:14:53.120
<v Speaker 1>just like when he get off work, I'm going to practice.

0:14:53.280 --> 0:14:56.120
<v Speaker 1>So we're both pretty much doing the same thing. Um.

0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:58.520
<v Speaker 1>But now looking back on it, I definitely wish I

0:14:58.560 --> 0:15:00.480
<v Speaker 1>would have understood what was going on. I'm gonna pay

0:15:00.480 --> 0:15:03.120
<v Speaker 1>more attention to a few tips here. Yeah. But I'm

0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:04.680
<v Speaker 1>sure he's helped you along the way, you know, once

0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:06.800
<v Speaker 1>you got a little bit more into the football life, right,

0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:08.040
<v Speaker 1>I mean he was probably a big in your corner.

0:15:08.200 --> 0:15:09.640
<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, for sure. I mean that he wants me

0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:13.920
<v Speaker 1>to play quarterback, chasing the dream and he had. Do

0:15:14.040 --> 0:15:16.040
<v Speaker 1>you have do you have one memory of you know,

0:15:16.160 --> 0:15:18.040
<v Speaker 1>going to a game or a practice the locker room

0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:19.640
<v Speaker 1>with your dad? Do you remember more than anything else

0:15:20.160 --> 0:15:23.200
<v Speaker 1>as far as his experience, because a player goes, yeah,

0:15:23.600 --> 0:15:29.520
<v Speaker 1>let me see, Uh, probably my biggest memories probably think

0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:31.200
<v Speaker 1>they were now I didn't really understand what they were

0:15:31.240 --> 0:15:32.280
<v Speaker 1>doing then, but now I think it was the O

0:15:32.400 --> 0:15:35.200
<v Speaker 1>T A phase and they were in the locker room

0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:37.520
<v Speaker 1>clowning around. Um, and I think I was like in

0:15:37.600 --> 0:15:40.240
<v Speaker 1>the back, like scrubbing the football is getting ready for practice.

0:15:40.280 --> 0:15:42.160
<v Speaker 1>And then I don't think I did it right. And

0:15:42.520 --> 0:15:44.240
<v Speaker 1>I mean they were joking, but they let me have

0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:46.160
<v Speaker 1>you go. You got you got a piece of the

0:15:46.240 --> 0:15:48.440
<v Speaker 1>NFL right away early in your life. So you're here

0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:50.760
<v Speaker 1>in Miami. Now, is there one thing? And it could

0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:52.640
<v Speaker 1>be football, It can be the culture down here. You

0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:54.960
<v Speaker 1>mentioned kind of being here a little bit you visited before.

0:15:55.280 --> 0:15:57.480
<v Speaker 1>The food is great down here. Dealer's choice. What is

0:15:57.560 --> 0:15:59.960
<v Speaker 1>one thing that you're most excited about with your opportunity

0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:02.440
<v Speaker 1>here with the Dolphins or in Miami in general? Um,

0:16:02.680 --> 0:16:05.880
<v Speaker 1>I mean that's two different things. With the Dolphins win games. Um.

0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:09.760
<v Speaker 1>As of being in Miami, I mean, stay at the

0:16:09.840 --> 0:16:12.320
<v Speaker 1>beach and I'm trying to find the best wings in town.

0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:14.280
<v Speaker 1>We're gonna have to ask someone out that they can

0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:16.800
<v Speaker 1>find you some wings. I don't know my personal last round,

0:16:16.840 --> 0:16:18.320
<v Speaker 1>but very good man. That's all I got for you.

0:16:18.360 --> 0:16:21.080
<v Speaker 1>Cedric Wilson, appreciate your time to there he goes Cedric

0:16:21.120 --> 0:16:24.040
<v Speaker 1>Wilson Jr. New Dolphins wide receiver. I'm telling you, guys,

0:16:24.080 --> 0:16:27.200
<v Speaker 1>these interviews they're all very very good, fun energetic guys,

0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:29.000
<v Speaker 1>fun to talk to, a lot of good football in

0:16:29.040 --> 0:16:30.800
<v Speaker 1>there as well. It's go ahead and take our last

0:16:30.840 --> 0:16:32.480
<v Speaker 1>break and come back and put a bow on this

0:16:32.720 --> 0:16:35.680
<v Speaker 1>edition of the Drivetime Podcast, your host, Travis Wingfield, brought

0:16:35.720 --> 0:16:41.560
<v Speaker 1>to you by Auto Nation. The Cedric Wilson episode of

0:16:41.640 --> 0:16:44.920
<v Speaker 1>the Drive Time Podcast, Welcome to Miami said, we appreciate

0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:47.360
<v Speaker 1>him coming on doing this with us. In the meantime,

0:16:47.440 --> 0:16:49.600
<v Speaker 1>that is gonna be my time. You all. Please be

0:16:49.720 --> 0:16:52.800
<v Speaker 1>sure to subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcast. Leave

0:16:52.880 --> 0:16:55.040
<v Speaker 1>us a rating, leave us a review. You can follow

0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:58.200
<v Speaker 1>me on Twitter at Wingfield NFL. Follow the Miami Dolphins

0:16:58.240 --> 0:17:01.760
<v Speaker 1>across all social platforms. At Miami Dolphins, check out the

0:17:01.800 --> 0:17:03.840
<v Speaker 1>Fish Tank Podcast with Seth and o J, my co

0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:06.520
<v Speaker 1>host on the Twitter space, the show on the postgame show,

0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:10.040
<v Speaker 1>our YouTube channel for media availabilities, Dolphins Today, and my

0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:12.879
<v Speaker 1>interviews with these free agents, and of course Miami Dolphins

0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:15.920
<v Speaker 1>dot com. Until next time finds up, Caroline, Daddy is

0:17:16.000 --> 0:17:16.400
<v Speaker 1>coming home.