How much did that rock your world from excitement, going to college, going to go do this?

Yeah, it was a tough place for me just because obviously NFL, that was the end goal, you know what I mean? But that was just the start of, you know what I mean, of for him to see like those summers that I told you about where we ran the hill and him telling me, hey, you probably need to try football.

So that was going to be the first time where he actually got to see like He was going to be able to say, I told you.

You know what I mean? If you did this, this, or this, this will happen.

And unfortunately, he didn't get to see that.

So it was kind of tough for me to, you know what I mean, just kind of keep going.

Kind of in my head, I was thinking, like, this whole time I was doing it, not obviously for myself, but just to, you know what I mean, this is what my dad wanted for me.

So did you just put your head down and bury yourself in the work, or is there something that helped you that helped? somebody listening to this might also help them when they face it

Tell me more about Jeremy Garrett and how that's going this year.

Yeah, so like I was just telling you, that was one of the guys who, you know what I mean, helped me get my hands right, told me, okay, where should you – be looking at where should you be keying so you know you can strike, alignment, all of those things all came from him, honestly.

So he's been a huge help in my career this far, and just he is never ending improvement with him.

So every time he's, okay, after you fix this, you got your hands right, all right, let's work on the feet.

You got your feet right, let's work on this.

So it's always something different, and it's always something for me to get better.

Do you feel that you're starting to emerge in that regard on this football team and for your future?

Yeah, I definitely think so.

There's got to be – I mean, it's great that they get paid for doing what they do, but there's got to be, like, things to worry about.

Yeah, I would say it's a huge positive.

Obviously, guys work their – you know what I mean? Work almost their whole life to get to an opportunity to – you know what I mean? Get money from it.

And I think there's a plus and minus.

I think the minus for me was probably – A thing that I don't hope happens is, you know what I mean, kids get to college and, you know what I mean, that's their end goal.

You know what I mean? NIO is their end goal because I'm not sure exactly how much those guys are making in college, but I do know how much the guys in the NFL are making, and I don't think it's close.

You know what I mean? And I would just say if guys can get to a point where they're, you know what I mean, they don't stop the hunger from wanting to, you know what I mean, make it to the NFL and, you know what I mean, get, you know what I mean, to that end.

So how are you doing with finding balance?

How much did that rock your world from excitement, going to college, going to go do this?

Yeah, it was a tough place for me just because obviously NFL, that was the end goal, you know what I mean? But that was just the start of, you know what I mean, of for him to see like those summers that I told you about where we ran the hill and him telling me, hey, you probably need to try football.

So that was going to be the first time where he actually got to see like He was going to be able to say, I told you.

You know what I mean? If you did this, this, or this, this will happen.

And unfortunately, he didn't get to see that.

So it was kind of tough for me to, you know what I mean, just kind of keep going.

Kind of in my head, I was thinking, like, this whole time I was doing it, not obviously for myself, but just to, you know what I mean, this is what my dad wanted for me.

So did you just put your head down and bury yourself in the work, or is there something that helped you that somebody listening to this might also help them when they face it?