Yeah, Elijah, what have you seen so far
from the Ole Miss defensive backs?
Has anybody really stood out to you so far?
Yeah, you know that's a special group of guys.
You know, like we had a bunch
of new players come in and everything.
We're just trying to get, you know, our
- our team really settled, so.
I know Lakevias, he does really well.
Jalen Jordan. I get to go against him a bunch at safety.
You know, of course, Keidron and Jay Jones.
Nate, go ahead.
Elijah, Jonathan kind of mentioned
the freedom of this offense. How does that kind of show up
in what you guys are doing as receivers
and kind of the freedom that you guys are given?
Well, I feel like it like allows us,
you know, to be the players that we are,
you know, especially with Lane - Lane Kiffin and Lebby, you know,
it like allows us to really tap into what we are good at.
So, I just feel like he just puts us in
like the best position to be us.
Nick, go ahead.
Elijah, what's your mindset been like these last nine,
ten months since the last season ended?
I know it obviously was a tough ending for you last year.
Just kind of how have you built off of that
and just kind of responded
to some of the online criticism you might have gotten?
Just tried to flip the page, you know.
I've got a new coach, you know, and that was a blessing,
so I just try to be positive, you know,
and leave - leave the past in the past
and just become a better player overall.
You know, just learn from all - all my lessons.
Has that been motivating at all or is it kind of just
the same sort of off-seasons you're used to?
No, it's been motivating. You know, of course, you know,
being a young man, you know that everyone makes mistakes.
So you just learn - learn from them.
I don't really like use them as losses, you know.
I take them as like a lesson.
So, you know, I just learn from my lessons.
David, go ahead.
Elijah, you talk about being a young many,
but you're kind of the old man
in that wide receivers' room right now.
Can you talk about that transition of
when you first got here to where you are now,
where you're kind of assuming the leadership mantle
in that room?
Uh, yeah. Freshman year, I remember coming in.
You know, I had a big dog in front of me.
You know, I just learned as much as I can, soak it in.
You know, like basically everything
that they had taught me.
You know, how to be a better leader.
You know, just play fast.
You know, just small things here and there.
And I always keep in touch with them to give me,
like, advice on being a leader
and everything I'm still learning.
But, you know, I feel like now being the leader in the room,
you know, like I've got to put everything on -
on, like, on me.
And I don't mind taking that role.
I do want to be that person, you know, who -
who always does everything right.
I feel like a leader doesn't really have to speak,
you know, as much, he just has to do it,
like, his job correctly.
Nate?
I think going off that, I mean you're not really flying
under the radar this year after the season you had last year.
How does that kind of change your approach going in?
What do you mean?
I mean, you - going into last year,
not a lot of people know Elijah Moore.
You put up some pretty big numbers, especially in -
compared to everyone else in that receiver room.
And now you're kind of just the guy
and everyone knows it going into the season.
How does that change things for you?
I just really just let God handle that.
You know, I don't really focus on stuff like that, you know.
Football is going to take care of itself.
David, go ahead.
Yeah, Elijah. I asked Jonathan Mingo
this same question, and I want to ask you, too.
Your evaluation of - of the quarterbacks.
We don't get to see practices, media people,
and so we're kind of dependent on what you guys are telling us.
What have you seen from Matt Corral and John Rhys Plumlee?
They're both great quarterbacks. They both make good decisions.
They're both great guys, so, you know,
I guess it just comes down to, you know,
the small things, you know. So, only time can tell for real,
but it's really hard to, like, decipher them
because they're really both great people.
Any more questions? Yeah, go ahead, Nate.
Would it make it easier for you if the coaches picked
a quarterback a week or two from now
and not take it all the way to the start of the season?
Does that change anything from the receivers' preparation?
Yeah, of course it does, you know.
It makes it easier, you know, like on who they, you know,
really get more, I guess, reps with and stuff like that.
But, one thing I can say from learning from last year
to this year is like it doesn't matter
what quarterback is in there. You know, you just got to -
you got to take reps with everyone.
You know, and make sure that if something happens,
you know, it's next man up.
You just got to be comfortable with everyone,
so it's like...
all the receivers are not making no mistakes.
So.
Gil, go ahead with your question.
Hey, Elijah. Forgive me if you've already answered this.
Do you go into this season looking at, hey, you know,
if you could raise your stock high enough
to leave early and go pro?
I kind of leave it up to God.
I don't really want to focus on that.
I feel like when a player is focused on that,
they don't play how they should.
So I'm just going to leave it up to God, you know.
I'm just going to play football. If it happens, it happens.
If it doesn't, it doesn't.
You've obviously seen DK, and AJ,
and some of the guys that were there before you.
What do you feel like you have to do on the field
to kind of raise your stock?
Just got to keep playing football.
You've got to keep putting on film.
You've got to play fast.
You just got to score touchdowns. Gotta win.
David, go ahead. Yeah, Elijah.
You kind of got a new old wide receivers' coach in Derrick Nix,
who's been around this program a long time.
Just curious what you think about Coach Nix
and the job he's doing with you guys this - this camp.
He does a great job. You know, a lot of the guys,
you know, really hold him very accountable.
You know, he does - goes everything.
He touches every point.
And with knowing that, you know, he never coached receivers,
but he's been around football so long to where, you know,
I feel like he knows the ins and outs,
you know, he knows the - the running backs, the line.
He knows all the protections. So, he helps us
tap into parts of our game that we didn't even know.
So I feel like that's another like blessing, of course.
Nick Suss.
Elijah, we - there are some other players across college
[Audio drop] this season.
Did the thought ever cross your mind or was there something
[Audio drop] something different about it?
I apologize. I really can't hear you.
You were cutting in and out, Nick.
Yeah, I was asking about opt-outs, just in general.
Did you ever consider it?
No, I haven't. I love football.
And I know that, you know, COVID is something very, very serious,
but, you know, I feel like
that's just something you got to leave it up to God, you know.
I'm going to do my very best, you know, to keep safe.
You know, we're all wearing our masks here at Ole Miss,
so I feel really comfortable with the staff
and everything that we're doing.
So, it didn't even cross my mind.