WEBVTT - Jahan Dotson joins Santana Moss | Episode 12

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Command Center Podcast. I'm Julie Donaldson. The

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<v Speaker 1>NFL Draft turned dreams into reality for the Commander's twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty two draft class. Upon their arrival to Ashbourne, notable

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<v Speaker 1>Washington alumni sat down with the rookies to discuss life

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<v Speaker 1>on and off the field. First rounder John Dotson knew

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<v Speaker 1>from an early age football was his future. Dotson put

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<v Speaker 1>up career high numbers his senior season at Penn State,

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<v Speaker 1>posting over one thousand, one hundred yards and twelve tds.

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<v Speaker 1>Former Washington wide receiver Santanta Moss welcome to Dotson to

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<v Speaker 1>discuss his life and career before going sixteenth overall. Heydsha boy,

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<v Speaker 1>Santanta Moss. I'm here today. What the Washington Commander's first

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<v Speaker 1>round draft pick, John Dotson. Welcome, my brother, than How

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<v Speaker 1>you doing it? I'm good. How are you doing? I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm great, man. How you feel on the right now? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm good. First day in the building. Just excited for

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<v Speaker 1>the opportunity. Honestly been tering to get here. I can't wait,

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<v Speaker 1>can't wait to see what was in store now that

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<v Speaker 1>that that process, I mean you know when I say

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<v Speaker 1>the process, I've been in them shoots before I understand

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<v Speaker 1>how we are as collegiate athletes. I mean, my goal

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<v Speaker 1>was out the gate as a five six year old

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<v Speaker 1>and I was asked what do I want to do

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<v Speaker 1>or what I was gonna be when I grew up?

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<v Speaker 1>I said, a football player. I'm not sure if that

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<v Speaker 1>was your number one goal. But now that it's over

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<v Speaker 1>and you're here, what feeling do you have? Yeah, kind

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<v Speaker 1>of just achievement, just excitement. Like like you said, from

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<v Speaker 1>an early age, you knew that this is what you

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to do, and I feel like it's the same

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<v Speaker 1>exact way for me. Um, I've always, like my parents

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<v Speaker 1>always told me when I was a young kid, I

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<v Speaker 1>never really played with toys. I grew up playing with football, football, football, basketball,

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<v Speaker 1>So I always kind of knew I wanted to do

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<v Speaker 1>something like this, and in football, I took it serious

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<v Speaker 1>from a young age and it's finally playing on. So

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<v Speaker 1>it was football number one sport for you, Because I

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<v Speaker 1>know I ran track, I did a daly with basketball,

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<v Speaker 1>but I knew football was number one. Track got me

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<v Speaker 1>into college. But you know, how was it like for

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<v Speaker 1>you growing up? Yeah? Football, football was always my number one.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't start running track till high school, started playing

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<v Speaker 1>basketball to middle school. But I've been playing football since

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<v Speaker 1>like a walk. So I always knew this was what

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to do. So tell me you was born

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<v Speaker 1>in New Jersey. I'm right? Did you grew up in

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<v Speaker 1>Jersey or did you grew up in Philly or Pennsylvania. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so I grew up in Jersey for about seven to

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<v Speaker 1>eight years and then basically just moved to Pa my

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<v Speaker 1>dad putting us in a better opportunity for me and

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<v Speaker 1>my family, just getting away from just a toxic city.

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<v Speaker 1>For it was good the opportunity to come to Pennsylvania.

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<v Speaker 1>And really it was a big culture shock for me,

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<v Speaker 1>but just adapting to it, it was good for me.

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<v Speaker 1>So how was it? I mean, like, take take me,

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<v Speaker 1>Take me through your childhood. I remember being a kid man,

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<v Speaker 1>and I remember, you know, I stayed in Miami all

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<v Speaker 1>my life, but but I stayed in two different sizes

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<v Speaker 1>of Miami. And if you ever, I'm not sure you're

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<v Speaker 1>familiar with it, but you know, folks always talk about

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<v Speaker 1>South Beach when they hear in Miami. I grew up.

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<v Speaker 1>I was born and raised in Liberty City, and Liberty

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<v Speaker 1>City is a world now known, it's known. Everyone knows

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<v Speaker 1>what Liberty City is about. And then then I turned twelve,

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<v Speaker 1>I think, and I moved to Carroll City, which was

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<v Speaker 1>like rival cities. I remember those days, I remember vividly.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have that memory of you leaving one spot

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<v Speaker 1>to the other, Yeah, for sure. When I first left

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<v Speaker 1>New Jersey, I cried the whole way there. I didn't.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't want to leave Jersey just because that's where

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<v Speaker 1>all my family grew up. My grandmother, grandfather, cousins and uncles,

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<v Speaker 1>like everyone was back in Jersey. So my dad moving up,

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<v Speaker 1>so we were the first ones to really move away

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<v Speaker 1>from the connected family. And I cried the whole car ride,

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<v Speaker 1>a whole hour, fifteen car ride. So it was tough

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<v Speaker 1>for me just going through that process, just because I

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<v Speaker 1>was a very young age. Yeah, and I kind of

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<v Speaker 1>only knew one place. But it was good for me.

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<v Speaker 1>But it was a better life though, better lifestyle, just

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<v Speaker 1>better opportunities. Around what age did you start playing you know, football,

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<v Speaker 1>or rather the organized football? Yeah, so I started playing

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<v Speaker 1>around four. I started playing flight football around four years old,

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<v Speaker 1>and I pretty much been playing ever since. Got You

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<v Speaker 1>Got You, You Got You? So high school yep, And

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<v Speaker 1>I know we all go through it. You know, you

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<v Speaker 1>started whether you started ninth grade or you started TIM grade.

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<v Speaker 1>I started tim grade and I started straight out the

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<v Speaker 1>gate to varsity. Yeah, how was your journey in high

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<v Speaker 1>school knowing that my goal is to get to college

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<v Speaker 1>doing what I'm doing I love to do. What was

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<v Speaker 1>it like for you? Yeah, my early years of high

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<v Speaker 1>school were tough. Um. I went to a very small,

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<v Speaker 1>small high school and I was always like kind of

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<v Speaker 1>the best player on my team. So my ninth grade year,

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<v Speaker 1>they moved me right up to varsity just basically threw

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<v Speaker 1>me in with the big dogs, and I was I

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<v Speaker 1>was about thirty five one hundred thirty five pounds, just

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<v Speaker 1>ready to make plays. But it was it was really

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<v Speaker 1>a shock to me to realize that, like, there's so

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<v Speaker 1>much more than just your talent that will get you there.

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<v Speaker 1>So just really having to understand throughout high school putting

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<v Speaker 1>the work in, um, it's going to enhance your ability

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<v Speaker 1>to play on the field. Was it always a given

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<v Speaker 1>that you knew that what you was doing at that

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<v Speaker 1>time was going to allow you to or allow your

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<v Speaker 1>parents not to have to pay for, you know, for college.

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<v Speaker 1>For you I'm not sure how you got into Penn State,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know, I knew the process for me was

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<v Speaker 1>a lot different. I remember it got down to my

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<v Speaker 1>last year and I was like, well, you know, I

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<v Speaker 1>look like I would be not going to school and

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<v Speaker 1>then things just drastically changed. How was that journey like

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<v Speaker 1>for you, Yeah, so basically my sophomore year of high

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<v Speaker 1>school was basically my breakout season started again. I probably

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<v Speaker 1>had around forty offers after that year, and going into

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<v Speaker 1>my junior year, I was highly highly recruited. And that

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<v Speaker 1>year I had broke my leg. That was the first

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<v Speaker 1>injury I've ever faced, and it kind to seem like

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<v Speaker 1>everything just shut down. Everything went downhill. A lot of

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<v Speaker 1>schools stopped talking to me. Um, it's not getting recruited

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<v Speaker 1>as as I was the previous year. So it was

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<v Speaker 1>tough going through that and knowing that like football isn't everything,

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<v Speaker 1>there's much more to life than just football, and I

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<v Speaker 1>really just had to hone in on on daily life

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<v Speaker 1>and just really let it take me. And I'm glad

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<v Speaker 1>you spoke on that because I remember going through something

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<v Speaker 1>going into my junior year. Football was taken away from me.

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<v Speaker 1>They said I had scoliosis. They said I couldn't participate

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<v Speaker 1>in anything of that sort. And I remember now thinking,

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<v Speaker 1>like when I'm just out here to the park with

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<v Speaker 1>my friends and the life that I knew, that I

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<v Speaker 1>that I loved dearly and wanted to have, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>pursue and and go pro in it might be over

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<v Speaker 1>from me, What was it like keeping your faith? Because

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<v Speaker 1>I remember what it was like for me. I kind

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<v Speaker 1>of it was a roller coaster from me. But what

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<v Speaker 1>was it like keeping that mindset and just knowing that

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<v Speaker 1>I can overcome this and still have the opportunity. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it kind of just made me hungrier. Yeah like that,

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<v Speaker 1>Like you said, that was the first time football had

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<v Speaker 1>ever been taken away from me, And that's when I

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<v Speaker 1>realized how much football really meant to me and how

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<v Speaker 1>much I really love the game. Like I wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>get back out there so bad. It hurt me. I

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<v Speaker 1>tell everyone the thing that hurt me most was sitting

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<v Speaker 1>on the sidelines watching and not being able to participate

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<v Speaker 1>with my guys. Because football is really somewhere where I

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<v Speaker 1>kind of bring out who I am and expressed myself.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's tough. It was really tough for me to

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<v Speaker 1>go through that. I'm you know, I'm just sitting here.

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<v Speaker 1>Things you're seeing is just I'm connecting with it because

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I tell folks all the time, I suffer

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<v Speaker 1>from I guess social anxiety. I'm not good in the crowds.

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<v Speaker 1>But when I'm on that field, no matter how many

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<v Speaker 1>people in that stands, I'm at home. I don't feel

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<v Speaker 1>no one around me. I don't care what's going on

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<v Speaker 1>between the white lines. That's my safe haveing. So to

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<v Speaker 1>hear you say that, I mean I feel you. I

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<v Speaker 1>feel I'm in the same boat. But tell me something,

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<v Speaker 1>in college, it's a different ball game. You know. You

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<v Speaker 1>get there, you seeing it these guys and nothing like

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<v Speaker 1>the guys that you played with in high school. That's

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<v Speaker 1>one thing we get away within high school. We play

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<v Speaker 1>against You might have a Blue Chipper or a five

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<v Speaker 1>star here or there, but the team sucks, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>to be real, you know, and you take advantage of

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<v Speaker 1>everybody is in front of you. That sucks because it's

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<v Speaker 1>not your fault that this guy can't, you know, live

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<v Speaker 1>up to the competition. What was it like when you

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<v Speaker 1>first introduced the Penn State and you realize this is

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<v Speaker 1>a different ball game. Yeah, enter in the Penn State

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<v Speaker 1>once again the same thing. I was light. I was

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<v Speaker 1>real light, probably about one hundred and fifty five pounds

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<v Speaker 1>going in there. And that was the first first adversity

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<v Speaker 1>I facing, just because that was the first time I

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<v Speaker 1>realized that there's guys out there that can do what

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<v Speaker 1>you can do. So that was that was a culture

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<v Speaker 1>shock to me again and it really made me honing

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<v Speaker 1>on my skills, honing on my abilities, and really just

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<v Speaker 1>want to be that guy. I had a guy in

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<v Speaker 1>front of me by the name of kJ Hamler, tremendous talent,

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<v Speaker 1>and it really like it. It dug at me that

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<v Speaker 1>he was that guy, like that was my brother and

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<v Speaker 1>he was that guy because I wanted to be that

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<v Speaker 1>guy so bad. I was that guy in high school.

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<v Speaker 1>So it really dug at me and just made me

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<v Speaker 1>just want to go harder, always be that guy. When

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<v Speaker 1>did it come to the realization that you can go pro? Like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we all get that nod. It might be

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<v Speaker 1>a coach, it might be somebody that's watched you play

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<v Speaker 1>that say hey, bro, you got potential to go to

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<v Speaker 1>next level. You know, I got it. I got it early,

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<v Speaker 1>like I played out the gate. But by my sophomore year,

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<v Speaker 1>folks are telling me, hey, you're gonna be a first rounder,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, being that guy listening to it, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>just one of those guys. Didn't want to hear the noise.

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to go out there continue to produce. When

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<v Speaker 1>did you stop believing or even hearing that you can

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<v Speaker 1>go pro? I would probably say after my sophomore season

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<v Speaker 1>that's when I really I really just took it in

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<v Speaker 1>an account. Like I had talks with a coach, Franklin,

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<v Speaker 1>and he was like, listen, like, if you you have

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<v Speaker 1>the ability to be a first round pick, you have

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<v Speaker 1>the ability to be successful at the next level, but

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<v Speaker 1>you really got to take this, take this to the

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<v Speaker 1>next step, and that off more. After that sophomore season,

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<v Speaker 1>going into my junior year, that was when I really

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<v Speaker 1>just enhanced my game. I started really taking the weight

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<v Speaker 1>room real seriously, just getting that extra working, and I

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<v Speaker 1>just I really started feeling in love with it and

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<v Speaker 1>just never got tired of it. So your game grows,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean every year we get better. And then you

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<v Speaker 1>hear those noises, you hear the sounds, and you hear

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<v Speaker 1>everybody just you know, chopping in the whispers. Of Man,

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<v Speaker 1>this guy has potentially who is that one guy you

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<v Speaker 1>looked at, you know on that nixt level one, say

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<v Speaker 1>this is who I I basically resembled this guy? Who

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<v Speaker 1>who was that one one whit received me that you

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<v Speaker 1>watched growing up? Yeah? Um, I watched a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>Sean Jackson growing up. He was always kind of a

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<v Speaker 1>guy who's right there in that Philly area, right in

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<v Speaker 1>the Philly area. Wasn't very big in stature, but he

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<v Speaker 1>made it happen. Um, And then that's that's kind of

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<v Speaker 1>how I've always been, just trying to trying to make

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<v Speaker 1>it happen. Uh, you you can't. You gotta deal with

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<v Speaker 1>the cards that you're dealt with and you gotta make

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<v Speaker 1>it happen. That's great, man. Well not you're here, man, Um,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to first, and I'm pretty sure I'm sure

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not the first, but I want to congratulate you.

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<v Speaker 1>But I will say this, and I don't have no

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<v Speaker 1>more questions for you. I want you to know that

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<v Speaker 1>we all been in those shoes. Most of the guys

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<v Speaker 1>that you see that's gonna be doing this, you know

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<v Speaker 1>throughout the year is gonna you know, be former players

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<v Speaker 1>or we've been in them shoes. But keep that hunger

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<v Speaker 1>that's first and foremost, whatever it was that got you here,

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<v Speaker 1>continue to let that, you know, build up in you, man,

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<v Speaker 1>and just have fun with the process. Trust me. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>it's gonna be a journey, it's gonna be a task,

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<v Speaker 1>But if you're having fun with it, man, you're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be able to do something the same things you did

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<v Speaker 1>on the collegiate level. All right, thanks, thanks, yes, sir.

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