of Georgia drape on Walker, ladies and gentlemen, I'm just
kidding. How's it going? Yeah, but you
I'm not the commissioner but we can still shake hands. You
didn't go to the draft. So this is like my draft set up. Okay
okay
yeah I'ma be honest I called Kirby and said I'm going down
to Jacksonville and so I'm interviewing Trayvon. Are you
going to send the ring or not? Like go ahead. Give me my ring
and he's like all right that's what's up? You gonna look out
for you every time. Every day
you do. Thank you. You know, I was at the national
championship game and I think to myself, you know, five
players on that team ended up going
in the first round. You went number one overall.
Like, what do you take from being on a team? That talented
to say, there's
me, I'm blessed, me, personally, being number one,
and just to be a part of that team, like a lot of time in
the guys on that team and just to be
one of those guys that stood out
to be number one, pick,
it really means a lot to me.
Do you guys still talk?
Oh, we talked about
Every day I was just on the phone with Jordan Davis,
the white a white walker last night. We got to look group
chat, so we still stay in contact. I love that all
the rookies. Yeah, staying on the phone. You know, when we talk
about the NFL draft process,
it could be crazy for anyone.
But for you specifically, because you come into it,
everyone's like, okay, top 10 pick Trayvon Walker
Flash Forward to right before the draft day, and you're
the number one draft pick. Everyone's talking about
Trayvon Walker Trayvon Walker. What was it like, right?
The roller coaster,
for me, it wasn't a roller coaster. I had to say, just
sticking to the course, like, I'm
out here, trying it for a reason. So I said I
wasn't on social media.
I'm just out here
to or days getting to work in, leading up to the combined,
like I'm already known them. Go kill to come by. It's just me,
being an athletic person that I am. I love that you, bring that
up, because we're all sitting there like, wait, who the wait,
what just happened?
How can he be that big run that fast, you know, jump that high,
but you knew it was going to happen. I do. What was
the fastest? You ran the 40 training and training the fast
as Iran was a oneself. 4461 was the fastest, but my 10 split
was giving me like a 44 and 45 range. So, I knew I was going
to be
in 45 wild,
how did it feel after you came and did what you set out to do
which was dominating? That combine I feel great just
because like, that's where I set out all of my time aside to
work for, like, I've been working for
that I'm in there. - it was leading up to the combined just
I blocked out all the noise people talking about. He's
going to be early second round late first round. I really
don't care
about that. Just long as I got opportunity to
play professional football. Do what I love to do,
what was the toughest critique, I know you block the noise out
and you didn't hear anything
but what was the toughest critique that you heard?
Being honest with you, I really don't know good. Like I really
don't care if you like, everybody has their own
opinion. So like I'm not a, I'm not going to get into your
opinion. That's just
somebody else opinion, them. You like, you really don't know
what I go through the hard work. I put in every day
to get where I'm at now.
Well, why don't you tell me then
for those who don't know
what makes you special like on and off the field? What kind of
work are you for everyone in Jacksonville? The fans that are
going to be here in this Stadium. They want to know more
about their number one. Pick I had to say I'm sorry.
Like if I'm going to be
somewhere like I'm going to be at practice, I'm going to be
giving my all good like at that point in time I have nothing
else to do. Like all my time is bought into that. So I'm giving
all my energy to the game of football and that's what I love
to do. Like I just do it for fun
as well. So why not have fun with it? I hear that you're
never the first guy on the bus like you're going to get
the extra reps in. Yeah, I got a
guy to do that, especially like, when you got somebody
like Josh Josh, see, we always having like little
conversations here and uh, he just giving me extra games. So
for For me I'm just trying to soak up all the game I can
early and
trying to play a long career in the NFL.
What would you say is that sometimes there's a coming to
the league moment where you're like oh this is a little bit
different.
Yeah, they even had to say one of my first 0ta practices, just
the speed of the game. Like it's is different from college.
Football college is fast, don't get me wrong, but
once you get to the lead, like some grown man, like at that
point, I am not going to be little boy so I got to step up
to the challenge. Just do what I do. You consider yourself
a grown man now young man. Okay, I like
that here young man. When you think about your career at
Georgia,
you know, you play a lot of different positions, you dealt
with injury, you know what I mean? For a lot of people, they
were learning about you in your play in the national
championship, you know, because you showed out. So what would
you say being able
to come here? Maybe focus on one position. The impact that
has on you especially as a rookie I had to say just being
able to focus on one position like I really don't have time.
Have to remember as much. So it might not be
like a small mental error so I can really just lock in on what
I have to do right here, I don't have to worry about
like what I have to do it another position and another
scheme so it's a lot that goes into it just depends on what
type of scheme you. I might have to know away a lot more
just playing one position. I can really dial in on that
position and go look at other people and just pick
little things that they do that. I can insert into my game
to try to help me as well. I love that because that means
you Be the game. Like you love the game, who are some of
the guys, maybe that you look at here and there. I mean
they could be on your team or on another team. Even as you
were coming up in college that you like looked at their game,
you like, I like that part of it. I had to say, one of my
main ones j.j. watt,
light bulbs have brothers as well.
When I used to Russian inside. I used to watch errand on the but
it's a lot of j.j. watt, both brothers
miles Garrett. I was a man once for me, what are some of
the things you see in their game, the pieces? You pull out
my thing? Out of everybody. I name is Relentless effort, like
all those guys give Relentless effort and one of the things
I noticed coming into the league and watching a lot of film
like sex is not a really a lot of pretty sack slice
efforts actually just giving it your all not quitting on
the play and they intersect and may fall into your hands O. Like
people be worried about always move didn't work how it's
supposed to like,
not all about that. Just continued to play
Within the play and let it come to you. Make a hundred percent
of the plays that come your way.
To go along with that Relentless effort. What's
the thing that coaches are kind of like harping on right now with
you? What is the focus for you? Let me just continue being
the person. I am like in practice, I'd cover down the ball like
the Bob, maybe 30 yards down
the field. Like, that's something I do I naturally run, so
they just continue to stay on me about that to get in game
shape. That's going to help me in the long run. I've heard you
say several times and in interviews that, since you were
7 years old, you've been in love with this game.
I'd love to hear
seven-year-old Trayvon story, like introduction to the game.
Umm,
I had to say
seven years old. I remember the exact team I Was Out. Boy, it
was the Bulldog. So
what would I do there?
But yeah, I was on the Bulldogs and I had a coach coach block.
One was coach block having Marshall and Coach Dean. They
were always told me like, everybody always told me. I was
one of the biggest kids. One of the most athletic guy just way
too much to where I
couldn't really be like a running back
but I just told me like it's something about you
that says Raise you from a lot of the kids like I ever since
I've been that age, I just always been locked in on
football because it's something that I really love to do like
it's not just
because I have to do it to get my family out like Yeah,
I wanted to help get my family in a better position but I love
the game of football. Did you believe them? When they said
that, you were special
kind of hard? Because I thought my dad was I went to see my dad
was too hard on me, but he was, he'll always give me my props
but like, once he gave me my props, his snout like I'm out
of it. Trying to get back to work, so I guess that helped me
in the long run to now like
say for instance, I have a good game or whatever,
it's time to look forward to the next game, like can't dwell
in the past, keep getting
at least one percent. But everyday,
I love that you brought your dad because he's a Marine
a former Marine. What's it like to be the son of a marine and
also being a football player,
it definitely can be hard, but from a football standpoint,
like I said, a lot of interviews. I wore helmets.
Sweat jacket, cut cut A sand at really, trying my mental early
on. I'm in Jacksonville, it's hot.
So I'm really used to that. So now I just go out there and
play ball, and it's not really a mental game for me. I'm just
out there
having fun. How old were you when you were in this lawn?
Mowing suit. I've been cutting grass, ever since, like sixth
grade but the helmet. What the hell? It's electron Middle
School
you ever say, thanks Dad. I do.
Sometimes it may be hard but I really do.
Look back on the situation now and I really do appreciate how
That
you know it's interesting because obviously you're in
training camp right now. But soon I'm seeing the lines, get
painted. The guys were out here a little bit earlier and this
is your field getting close.
Yeah. What do you think? It'll feel like when
the sunlight hits your helmet or
you play night in the lights, hit your helmet
and your running out for the first time
I had to say for me. Once I run out of that tunnel is
like I said earlier I'm a totally different person, I'm
ready, I'm locked and loaded but it's definitely a great
feeling right now that tunnel as an official NFL player Jack
War for the first time, you're like this very low key person,
but then I feel like there's an alter ego on the field.
Is that fair to say,
definitely like it. A lot of people not going to see that
side of me because I not allowed person. But
on the field I get Reckless on the field and
out without a helmet.
That's not me.
So just go. Keep it like that. Balance it by my side, my
personality. So I feel like I can get a lot off my chest on
the field and
come back in the locker room. I'm that friendly guy,
that got it. Talk to everybody laughs I'm goofy. Like once you
get to know me
then go have some fun together. Okay. Recommed tray is out
there that calm trades in here.
I also heard that you trained a little bit with Robert Mathis.
That must have been great. What did you learn? What were your
takeaways from that?
My main takeaway I have to say just
attention to the small details like if I'm not
just saying is I'm not getting out the ball. That's the number
one key to its Edge rusher. So I just want to take small
steps, it's not
It's not all about,
it's about to hand placement and things like that. It's just
the small details, once you get the small details down and
remember eyes, it make it second nature to you. Then,
everything else is just going to work yourself up.
All right, you're the second number one overall pick to come
here. Trevor! Lawrence was in here a little bit earlier, talk
to him. What's it like to? I mean, I know, you know, in high
school for you, knew his name, at least, what's it like to
be on the same field with him fighting and
having the same goal as him
for me, being on the same team with Trevor lie, I used to look
up. But I want to say,
look up a truck that he totally different position. But I used
to look at Trevor like,
like he's great, like, he's from Georgia. He set that
example for a lot of Georgia kids. And I'm, you know, I'm
probably like what, two, three years younger than Trevor.
He was one of those ones named that always popped up and as
state of Georgia, like, he was from Cartersville. I'm a model
and South Georgia, like, how am I am about him? He was just
a great player that did everything he had to do to get
in the position that he is. So
like now that I'm on the team,
More than my I can really see
why he's in a position that he's there.
And something I really wanted to ask, you was
just even when you were growing up and you're playing the game
and I know you said you loved it. Did you ever imagine that
one day? You would be the number one, overall pick that
your name would be the first one. I had to say, everybody
had that dream, at least one time in their life, but
I had, I had a dream as well, but I never really just
thought. I'll be the number one, pick for
special moment for me
special and you sure. And it with your family.
Yeah,
well, I'm excited to see you play.
You can borrow my ring. If you left it in Georgia, I got
you straight good. You got the diamonds to
you. Sure. Are they real
they might have gave you to knock off.
That's enough.