Is there an emphasis with the routes you were running
on certain things you wanted to show on?
That I can get in and out of my breaks and three cone
or five ten five, doesn't matter.
What does it been like, you know,
like I'm sure you've heard of people -
I don't know if criticism is the right word -
can say yeah, he's, you know, you know, strong fast
but can he actually play football.
You know, Is he really worthy of that?
How do you go about trying to prove that you're a legit,
you know, top five, top ten pick, football player and
not just a physical marvel?
Right, well I don't try to prove anything to nobody
except myself cause, you know, I look in the mirror and
know who I am each day and uh,
I mean I know in this life people are going to like you
and people are going to hate you so.
Just going by my visions.
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I mean it was great just going out there with all the NWO
and Jordan, just uh, you know,
just practicing one last time.
Just showing, showcasing what we do every day.
What you do at the combine.
Like, Is there any relief in that at all after what you
went through?
I imagine that's a pretty scary deal.
Uh yeah, it was scary at first but when the doctor
said I could play football again,
all the doubt went away.
Um, um, I know God has been and you know,
he's been keeping me ever since the injury so.
That's all I'm focused on.
What's it like kinda becoming a celebrity
with the pictures going around and all that stuff?
It was great but it was just good to be back home
with my family.
You talk about being back home, I mean,
Is it some experience coming from on the road,
What is that they have meaning to you?
Finishing off what I tried to become,
a hometown hero.
Um, just staying at home, playing college football
here where my dad played and just, you know,
doing the best I could while I was here and
going off and finishing my career in the NFL.
What sort of question have teams and
scouts been asking of you during the process?
Um, They really haven't been asking many questions,
just watching film and breaking down my film pretty much.
What's it like having your dad
involved in the process?
Because having my dad is like a cheat code because,
you know, he's been through all of this.
So, he tells me stuff every day, he gives me tips.
What I need to do, what I don't need to do so.
It's always good to have him around.
Questions up top?
Do you feel at this stage of the game
that things between you and AJ.
How is your relationship with AJ helped you get to
goals to workout?
Um man, AJ competed at everything we do.
Um like, we're two different people on the field but
you know, that's my brother off the field and
I know he's always got my back.
And um, AJ's a great player and we just compete
at everything we do and that brings the best out
of both of us.
Has there been changes in the mock drafts?
Where people place you as far as in the draft?
And, you know, who do you kind of model your game after
in the NFL?
Um, I don't try to pay attention to all of that
because at the end of the day they are not
making the decisions so.
It's really just people guessing out there and
I try to model my game after Julio, Calvin Johnson.
Big receivers that can run fast and um,
that's pretty much it.
Any questions?
Any draft day plans?
No sir, just spending time with my family.
Any more questions?
You just talked about comparing yourself to
Calvin Johnson and Julio. Julio ran four routes.
Stuff that you are very used to.
Is that something that you're getting a taste of
the next level?
Yes sir but I can run more that that.
Teams are asking you about routes you ran.
How do you kinda answer the question people
bringing that up?
Uh, we ran those routes in games.
At practice we ran routes so.
You know I talked to you about,
you know obviously the physical stuff, you know
you obviously were hurt for a little bit of your
college career, I'm sure people will ask you about that.
Is it difficult to prove you don't like I'm not
injury prone, these were two just kinda freak, you know
injuries and stuff like that, just kinda like you handled
those questions and those, you know,
that kind of criticism I guess?
Um, like I said, people are gonna criticize you,
people are going to like you, they gonna hate you so.
I'm just going to let people talk and
if a team asks about my injury.
Yeah there are freak injuries and, you know
a freak injury's going to happen in the game
of football is dangerous so, um, yeah.
We good?