Jermaine Mathews
Ohio State Buckeyes cornerback and 2024 CFP national champion.
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APPEARANCES
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PODCASTS
Aug 28, 2026
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You can come out this way.
Jermaine MathewsGUEST
Just feel the, the college football out is, I really feel like my first couple games, it was, it was a test for me.
Jermaine MathewsGUEST
It was a test just to see where I was at, just for me personally, and I feel like this, it's a, it's big for any freshman to get on the field and get to see some time, especially when you got vets in front of you that's, that's been playing their whole career.
speaker_26UNKNOWN
How much have you two pushed each other since you've gotten here in the spring?
Jermaine MathewsGUEST
So it's really us, the only freshman that was here for the spring and all the way up until the other, the other, the other, uh, freshman came in the summer.
Jermaine MathewsGUEST
So we really just been on each other, just making sure we straight, making sure everybody, I mean, making sure we both just, just got our, our head in the right spot and just our mind right.
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Press Conferences (Dan Lanning) August
Aug 6 · 5h 24m
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chall-Positive, uh-
Jermaine MathewsGUEST
Um, just going against, um, Jeremiah, um, that's gonna make Saturdays super easy.
speaker_93UNKNOWN
Do you still keep that in the back of your head when you're going against Jeremiah, and Carnell, and Brandon, and, and Emeka?
Jermaine MathewsGUEST
Yes, that's my mindset, like, in practice every day, I, I want those boys to give me e- everything that they have so like o- o- o- o- o- o- on them Saturdays it's gonna be easy for me and I'll be prepared.
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Press Conferences (Malik Hartford) Elite Edition August 6
Aug 6 · 5h 24m
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How has that helped you confidence-wise heading into this next season and kind of trying to push for a job? Is that like a confidence booster for you?
Jermaine MathewsGUEST
One reason I say that is because you get, like, good coaches who believe in you.
Jermaine MathewsGUEST
And, like, they give you the tools to go out there and just play with confidence.
Jermaine MathewsGUEST
Like, my first play when I got up there in Tennessee, like, when DeZell, IGB, and Jermaine, like, first thing they said is, like, don't worry.
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Press Conference (Justin Frye) August 6 Massive
Aug 6 · 5h 25m
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You have to keep that in the back of your head when you're going against Jeremiah and Carnell and Brandon and Emeka?
Jermaine MathewsGUEST
Yeah, that's my mindset, like, in practice every day, I want those boys to give me everything that they have.
Jermaine MathewsGUEST
So, like, on them Saturdays, it's going to be easy for me, and I'll be prepared.
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Caleb Downs over here
Jermaine MathewsGUEST
... w- with, um, uh, uh, Downs coming and, um, w- when he said he was coming back, Zella said he was coming back, it just seemed like we'd be happy to have you tonight.
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Press Conference (CJ Stroud) August 6 Massive
Aug 6 · 5h 25m
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Hey, uh, wh- when, like, somebody like Tyron stands up in front of the team and says like, "I haven't played up to my own expectations," like, "I'll, I'll, I will do better for the..." Like, what, what, what does it mean when, when somebody of his, his stature, like a lot of people grew up watching him?
Jermaine MathewsGUEST
Um, and you know, regardless of it all, he always finds a way to, to get interceptions.
speaker_48UNKNOWN
How much of the confidence boost fr- do you get from this win?
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Press Conference (Justin Frye) Elite Edition August 5
Aug 5 · 5h 25m
speaker_48UNKNOWN
You have to keep that in the back of your head when you go against Jeremiah and Carnell and Brandon and, and Emeka?
Jermaine MathewsGUEST
So like, o- o- o- on Saturdays it's gonna be easy for me, and I'll be prepared.
speaker_46UNKNOWN
What's different about it, I guess?
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Press Conference (Augustcus Freeman) Elite Edition August 4
Aug 4 · 5h 18m
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Jermaine, how excited are you just to play your first all-night
1 HR 42 MINS LATER
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Jermaine, how excited are you just to play your first all-night game?