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Speaker 1: Jersey and Amanda jam Nation. The young Australian man has

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Speaker 1: gone viral in the best possible way, all through the States,

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Speaker 1: through the state of Nebraska. They're all embracing him. The

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Speaker 1: footage is lovely. This is a Melbourne teenager. His name

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Speaker 1: is Archie Wilson. I think he turns nineteen tomorrow. He

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Speaker 1: has made the move to Nebraska to play NFL football.

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Speaker 1: He's playing college football as a punter. He was taken

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Speaker 1: from one of those pro kick He was scouted here

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Speaker 1: and then taken to the state.

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Speaker 2: Well, they love our AFL players because we can really

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Speaker 2: boot the ball.

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Speaker 1: That's right, and college football is massive. So he's kicking

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Speaker 1: off his college football career with Nebraska and it's such

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Speaker 1: a big deal. And he had a press conference yesterday

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Speaker 1: and it was all going well. He was chatting, chatting, chatting,

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Speaker 1: and then he was asked how he feels about being

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Speaker 1: so far away from home.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I got two little brothers in a moment dat Yeah,

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Speaker 3: I loved it a lot. Yeah, that's the tough part

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Speaker 3: about being hit. I loved them a lot and I

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Speaker 3: missed them. But it's I mean, they know this is

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Speaker 3: what's best for me and I can still talk to

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Speaker 3: them plenty of the phone, and they're coming here to

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Speaker 3: see the first first few games, so I'm looking forward

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Speaker 3: to that.

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Speaker 2: It is hard when you're young, when you move away

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Speaker 2: from mom and dad from to a long a place

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Speaker 2: that's far, far away.

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Speaker 1: Far away. But the States and Nebraska have just embraced him.

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Speaker 1: I'll go to war for Archie. These are some of

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Speaker 1: the comments. Can't wait to see this man play. Husker

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Speaker 1: Nation has your back. I love this kid. Hang in there, buddy,

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Speaker 1: It'll be worth it the first time you do that

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Speaker 1: tunnel walk. The state of Nebraska's got you. I'm getting

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Speaker 1: emotional reading those. You're home here, Archie. May you always

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Speaker 1: feel that you're our family. You're our brother to Nebraska forever.

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Speaker 2: Oh he's so sweet.

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Speaker 1: He's done himself such a service. And to see a

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Speaker 1: young man at the height of his power, you know,

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Speaker 1: beginning this incredible career, allow himself to be so vulnerable. See,

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Speaker 1: this is what we want to see. This is what's

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Speaker 1: great about young men who are this open and this vulnerable.

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Speaker 1: And to do that on that big platform is so

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Speaker 1: is so refreshing to see.

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Speaker 2: And I don't know much about American football. I have

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Speaker 2: been watching that TV show Ballers, and it's it's such

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Speaker 2: an industry over there, every minutiae of the game. There's

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Speaker 2: stats about how fast they run and all that.

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Speaker 1: And this college guys, this is where and this is.

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Speaker 2: Where it comes strong for him, This is where it starts.

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Speaker 2: But you would get lost in all of that, and

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Speaker 2: you just missed your mum and dad.

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Speaker 1: That's right. Well, he stamped himself as one to keep

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Speaker 1: an eye and he really has. His name is Archie Wilson.

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Speaker 1: And tomorrow, happy birthday, Archie.

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Speaker 2: There'll be plenty of sympathetic ears for you, Archie. I

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Speaker 2: bet