Video interview linked below. Here's the transcript:
It was fun. Because I trained elsewhere. there were other guys that trained elsewhere. But you come together on Pro Day, a week before, you get all ready and pumped up. You worked hard with everybody and you want to see everybody do the best they can
How does that work? You come up with your own plan and everyone kind of splits off?
After the season you pick your agent, you pick somewhere to train. It's all personal preference
How do you think everything went today?
It went good. I could have done better in a lot of things. Even thought I had some good times out there I think a lot of people didn't realize how athletic I was, for whatever reason, if they don't watch film or they do. I put some good times up but I could have done better. A little frustrated with my short shuttle and three-cone. Even though they were teh best of the day they weren't the goals I set. They were still good times. I'm happy about the day overall. It was fun to see other guys do well.
Speaking of the agility stuff, I was talking to your dad, I know there were kind of what the top inside backers at the combine got, and you're capable at least of a few notches up from that. Throughout this process what's that been like when people realize how how good you are with the short speed, with the burst stuff
It's my whole whole life. Everyone, I don't know for what reason, they set these standards that are pretty low. No one has set an expectation for me that I haven't surpassed, whether that be in the 40 time, I had scouts telling me pretty much everyone thought I was going to run a 4.85, 4.89 even. I came out here and ran a 4.68. My shuttle times are top times. I'm athletic. That's what the tape says, that's what the drills say. I'm just happy to go out here and prove people wrong. That's what I do on the football field, that's what I do everywhere...
Playing into the whole chip thing. Not being invited to the combine, how much fuel was that?
Yeah, it pumped me up a lot. I figured I came in here, I started four years. I did what I could for my teammates, for myself. To not get a combine invite it kind of frustrated me, to be honest. You see guys out there that you think you should have been there. But it was fun - I knew some guys at the combine. I was rooting them on. So it wasn't necessarily a negative thing for them, I just wanted to see myself there and competing. I'm just glad I got to do that today.
Have you gotten any NFL Feedback from the scouts as far as where they see you going and what they like about you?
No, I'm not sure. I think today was a big day for that. I think there are going to be a lot of change in perceptions about me after today. So I'm looking forward to it.
When you reflect on your, gosh, five years here. is there any single moment that stands out to you as a highlight of your Stanford career?
I wouldn't say there's a single moment. I loved coming out here and competing with my guys, my friends, for the past four or five years. It was kind of one penultimate moment that you get to see each other, pursue your goals, pursue your career in the NFL.
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It was fun. Because I trained elsewhere. there were other guys that trained elsewhere. But you come together on Pro Day, a week before, you get all ready and pumped up. You worked hard with everybody and you want to see everybody do the best they can
How does that work? You come up with your own plan and everyone kind of splits off?
After the season you pick your agent, you pick somewhere to train. It's all personal preference
How do you think everything went today?
It went good. I could have done better in a lot of things. Even thought I had some good times out there I think a lot of people didn't realize how athletic I was, for whatever reason, if they don't watch film or they do. I put some good times up but I could have done better. A little frustrated with my short shuttle and three-cone. Even though they were teh best of the day they weren't the goals I set. They were still good times. I'm happy about the day overall. It was fun to see other guys do well.
Speaking of the agility stuff, I was talking to your dad, I know there were kind of what the top inside backers at the combine got, and you're capable at least of a few notches up from that. Throughout this process what's that been like when people realize how how good you are with the short speed, with the burst stuff
It's my whole whole life. Everyone, I don't know for what reason, they set these standards that are pretty low. No one has set an expectation for me that I haven't surpassed, whether that be in the 40 time, I had scouts telling me pretty much everyone thought I was going to run a 4.85, 4.89 even. I came out here and ran a 4.68. My shuttle times are top times. I'm athletic. That's what the tape says, that's what the drills say. I'm just happy to go out here and prove people wrong. That's what I do on the football field, that's what I do everywhere...
Playing into the whole chip thing. Not being invited to the combine, how much fuel was that?
Yeah, it pumped me up a lot. I figured I came in here, I started four years. I did what I could for my teammates, for myself. To not get a combine invite it kind of frustrated me, to be honest. You see guys out there that you think you should have been there. But it was fun - I knew some guys at the combine. I was rooting them on. So it wasn't necessarily a negative thing for them, I just wanted to see myself there and competing. I'm just glad I got to do that today.
Have you gotten any NFL Feedback from the scouts as far as where they see you going and what they like about you?
No, I'm not sure. I think today was a big day for that. I think there are going to be a lot of change in perceptions about me after today. So I'm looking forward to it.
When you reflect on your, gosh, five years here. is there any single moment that stands out to you as a highlight of your Stanford career?
I wouldn't say there's a single moment. I loved coming out here and competing with my guys, my friends, for the past four or five years. It was kind of one penultimate moment that you get to see each other, pursue your goals, pursue your career in the NFL.
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