1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,080 Speaker 1: That was this whole thing due for a couple of 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: years here. Yeah, it's been good. Um you know, just 3 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: getting another playbook, gett another teammates, and um, you know, 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: just trying to improve every day. Like coach says, So 5 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 1: I've enjoyed it. He's he's keep you knew a lot. Yeah. Yeah, 6 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: it's like I mean the phrase they use is drinking 7 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: out of a fire house. You know, just a lot 8 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: of information really quick. But um, you know, I think 9 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: it's good. That's how you're gonna learn, so not frustrating 10 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: at all. Kind of have to take several stuffs back. 11 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: I mean it can be you know when you're you 12 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: mess something up or um you gotta do another play over. 13 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: But um, you know, like I said, that's how you're 14 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:46,239 Speaker 1: gonna learn, That's how you're gonna get better. And uh, 15 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 1: that's just what the coaches want out of you. You 16 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: consider yourself a late bloomer as far as football, Um, 17 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: I would say yes to a certain extent. Yeah I didn't. 18 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:56,280 Speaker 1: You know, I didn't play in high school until my 19 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 1: junior year, and um, you know I was kind of 20 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: overlooked at that, you know, at an early age. But yeah, definitely, 21 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: how did you feel about being overlooked. I think it 22 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: just puts a chip on your shoulder. You know, you 23 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:09,040 Speaker 1: just you want to get better and you want to 24 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:12,479 Speaker 1: you know, everybody wants to play, and um, you're kind 25 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: of be an overlooked like that. It makes you want 26 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:16,959 Speaker 1: to play even more, It makes you go harder. Why 27 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 1: didn't you play football? Into in other sports? Or he's 28 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: oh I haven't interested at that point. No, I played. 29 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: I played football every year since I was six. I 30 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: just wasn't good at it. Ye correct? Are you good 31 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: at it now? I would say I'm getting there? Yeah? 32 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 1: What what? What do you pride yourself on as a 33 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: lot of playing? Um? I just say, you know, being instinctive, 34 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 1: playing fast and physical, um, and just getting to the ball. 35 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: Are you hearing? Are you hearing the head sat at 36 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: this point? Yeah? Yeah, it's definitely new. But you know 37 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 1: I like it. I like being able to hear the 38 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 1: call and uh, you know you're not looking at a 39 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: bunch of funky signals off the sideline and it's just 40 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: a rag straight into the helmet and um, you know 41 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 1: you know what you're doing. What change for you in 42 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: high school that you were able to make that step? 43 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: So late year. Um, I'd say, you know, once I 44 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: got the varsity, just the coaches kind of made it 45 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 1: simpler for me. And UM, I played. I played pretty 46 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: much like an edge rusher my my junior year, and um, 47 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 1: that just abled me to kind of run and run 48 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: around and hit people and and you know, just play fast. 49 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 1: So I think that's kind of what changed before that. Um, 50 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 1: My sophomore year, I was on JV and I played 51 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:35,519 Speaker 1: inside backer, and then freshman year I played inside backer 52 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:38,959 Speaker 1: as well. And so did you start like when you 53 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 1: were starting player or you said you weren't very good 54 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 1: at it on j V or varsity? I started my 55 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: sophomore year, I didn't play as I played a little 56 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 1: as a freshman. I didn't start and started the last 57 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:58,079 Speaker 1: few years. What's the recruiting process, like start you only 58 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:01,239 Speaker 1: have two years and two yeah, I mean, you know, 59 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 1: I didn't. I didn't have much of one actually, Like 60 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 1: I only got six offers, and um, I didn't get 61 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: my first offer until the spring before my senior year. 62 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: But UM, you know, it's just different. I think I 63 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 1: committed right before, you know, in the summer, right before 64 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: my senior year, So after that, there wasn't much coming 65 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: in either so it was pretty short.