So the coach had a big influence on that decision, it seemed, right? So Coach Brown, how did he sway you?

So I was not going to go to junior college, actually.

I was going to do something called a gray shirt and just go to, I don't know, whatever.

It was a Division I school at Kansas or Marshall or something like that.

I just was like, I'm not going to junior college.

I'm way too good.

I'll do what I have to do.

Yeah.

So from being ranked the number one player in Minnesota, when did you find out that was going to be the case? And how did that news sit with you at first?

Well, first things first, I...

I grew up, I didn't have anybody around me that I seen excel, you know, on the football field.

I mean, to the level that I have this far, I just know I didn't see that.

So I didn't really have anything to kind of look up to or set a goal for.

I just kind of knew what I knew.

And unfortunately, I was just I didn't prioritize school.

I don't know, maybe I'm wrong, but my perception is people don't talk about it as much as I remember when I was a kid.