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Speaker 1: Kobe, congratulations.

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Speaker 2: I'd just like to ask you just your reaction to

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Speaker 2: hearing your name called.

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Speaker 1: Man, So it's just a blessing. I've been waiting all day.

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Speaker 3: I didn't know if I was gonna get the call

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Speaker 3: or not, and I ended up waiting to the last

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Speaker 3: pick and I ended up getting a call and my

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Speaker 3: heart was raising.

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Speaker 1: So I'm thankful.

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Speaker 2: And and and what are your thoughts on being the

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Speaker 2: final pick of the draft and and all that comes

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Speaker 2: with that?

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Speaker 3: To me, I love it because I've never been a

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Speaker 3: highly recruited guy, never been one of the top guys,

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Speaker 3: so really this isn't anything new to me. So I'm

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Speaker 3: gonna just go out here and do what I gotta

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Speaker 3: do for my head down the ground like I always been.

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Speaker 4: And next question, I stell.

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Speaker 5: Kobe, congrats on on getting the call. They called the

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Speaker 5: last pick in the draft mister irrelevant, and I wonder

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Speaker 5: just your feelings on that title. Obviously you're not, but

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Speaker 5: just your thoughts on that title.

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Speaker 1: I love it. Actually, it's just fuel to my fire.

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Speaker 3: So I'm gonna just continue to work and I'm excited

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Speaker 3: for this opportunity.

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Speaker 4: And next question, so.

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Speaker 6: If you will, Hi, congratulations on getting drafted. I'm just

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Speaker 6: curious what you know. As you said, you're not a

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Speaker 6: highly recruited guy all that. So if you had to

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Speaker 6: like sum up your play style, what fans can expect

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Speaker 6: from you when you get to New England, what would

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Speaker 6: that be?

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Speaker 3: I would say, I'm a dog in my opinion for sure,

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Speaker 3: and you're gonna get a hard worker, a guy that

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Speaker 3: does everything right on and off the field. So yeah,

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Speaker 3: I just you getting a good football player and a

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Speaker 3: better person.

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Speaker 1: That's all I'm gonna say.

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Speaker 4: And next question, Mike Grace.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'd love to hear more about your football journey.

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Speaker 2: You know, I was reading a little bit if I

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Speaker 2: haven't right, Texas Tech, Indiana, Memphis, and even before that,

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Speaker 2: can you can you share a little bit about where

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Speaker 2: you come from, you know, and your journey?

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Speaker 3: Okay, yes, sir, So I go to a high school.

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Speaker 3: I went to a high school that wasn't far outside

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Speaker 3: of that Texas high school. It's a little bit up north.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, three star recruit out of high school. I

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Speaker 3: ended up committed to Texas Tech and played there for

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Speaker 3: three seasons on special teams and wasn't getting the shine

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Speaker 3: that I wanted getting my opportunity to play. So I

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Speaker 3: took my chances into the portal and I landed at

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Speaker 3: Indiana with coach Allen and his staff. So I'm just

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Speaker 3: grateful they took me in for that and I got

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Speaker 3: to do what I could to help out the team

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Speaker 3: then and then his staff ends up getting let go.

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Speaker 3: So my final year, I just decided to hit the

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Speaker 3: portal again and Memphis took a chance on me. I

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Speaker 3: went with it, ran with it, and I'm here today.

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Speaker 2: And as you were going through the process leading up

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Speaker 2: to the draft, did you have much connection with the Patriots,

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Speaker 2: their coaches, their scouts or is this sort of a

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Speaker 2: surprise you know that they did. They come out of nowhere.

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Speaker 1: Oh, I wouldn't say it came out of nowhere.

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Speaker 3: I talked to some of the scouts at my pro

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Speaker 3: stuff like that. So I went up there for a

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Speaker 3: top thirty and I enjoyed to visit a lot, nice staff.

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Speaker 3: Real it gave me a family feel back like I

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Speaker 1: So yeah, it's not a surprise. It's not a surprise,

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Speaker 1: but I kind.

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Speaker 3: Of have been in contact with them before, so I

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Speaker 3: was gonna say, if they brought you up here on

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Speaker 3: a thirty, they only get thirty.

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Speaker 7: Of those, so they obviously thought they obviously see something

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Speaker 7: they like, right, So were there other Were there any

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Speaker 7: other teams that you visited on a thirty or did

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Speaker 7: the Patriots sort of stand out, you know, by bringing

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Speaker 3: So the Patriots really was the only team I took

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Speaker 3: a thirty two, but I was in contact with a

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Speaker 3: few other teams. But yeah, I'm just glad they took

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Speaker 3: a chance on.

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Speaker 1: Me and Kobe.

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Speaker 2: My last question, and thank you for answering the questions.

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Speaker 2: It's it's great to hear your journey and you're making

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Speaker 2: it to this point.

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Speaker 5: If you were to say.

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Speaker 2: One thing that you really feel like you do that

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Speaker 2: that sets you apart from maybe other players, what might

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Speaker 3: I would say, I tackled very well, come up and

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Speaker 3: run support. I'm gonna I feel like I'm a technician.

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Speaker 3: I could play man coverage, and I feel like I'm

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Speaker 3: versatile in the back end. I could play whatever dB

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Speaker 3: position or help out on special teams. Whatever I need

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Speaker 3: to do to get to win, or do whatever I

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Speaker 3: can to help the team out.

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Speaker 4: I'm ill go to the next question from Greg to god, Hey.

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Speaker 8: Kobe, congratulations on getting drafted. A little bit more about

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Speaker 8: sort of where you've been playing. You sort of started

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Speaker 8: to talk about it, but in your career have you

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Speaker 8: been more of a boundary corner? Do you have slot experience?

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Speaker 8: Like what has sort of been your journey as far

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Speaker 8: as where you play in the secondary.

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Speaker 3: So when I came into college, I was a safety,

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Speaker 3: and then my defense coordinator takes a take asked if

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Speaker 3: I ever played corner. But I've always played anywhere in

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Speaker 3: the back end, so I'm familiar with a lot of

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Speaker 3: the spots and I know how to play each and

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Speaker 3: every one of the spots.

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Speaker 1: I feel like back there. That's what makes me firstatile.

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Speaker 1: But for the most.

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Speaker 3: Part, I played corner in college, but like at Memphis,

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Speaker 3: we had a package for me to come in at nickel,

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Speaker 3: but we never got to run it. So I'm familiar

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Speaker 3: with nickel too. So wherever you need me in the

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Speaker 3: back end, I feel that spot.

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Speaker 8: And one more follow up. You know you mentioned about

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Speaker 8: how you do all the right things on and off

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Speaker 8: the field, and we'll know everything is you know how

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Speaker 8: you conduct yourself, your character and things like that. Is

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Speaker 8: that important to you, And why is that?

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Speaker 3: I was just raised from a two parent household and

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Speaker 3: I was just tough to always do the right thing

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Speaker 3: and good things will happen and treat people with respect

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Speaker 3: and everything will go the way you plan if you

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Speaker 3: just keep God first.

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Speaker 1: And that's just what I live by day and day up.

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Speaker 8: Great.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Yes, Sir.

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Speaker 4: Kobe, thank you so much for joining us. Congratua again

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Speaker 4: and we look forward to seeing you sing yes ma'am.

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Speaker 1: Thank you