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00:02 - Normally when you hear of highly touted football players,
00:07 they have a pretty particular path to success.
00:10 They're a four-star crew out of high school,
00:12 then they commit to a Power Five school,
00:14 and then they shine on the biggest stage.
00:16 Well, for star linebacker for TCU, Johnny Hodges,
00:18 his story is nothing but normal.
00:21 - Coming out of high school,
00:22 I wasn't very heavily recruited for football.
00:24 I was pretty heavily recruited for lacrosse.
00:26 Went to the Navy to play lacrosse.
00:28 The year got cut short 'cause of COVID,
00:30 and then I was just kinda like chillin' at home,
00:32 just turnin' up with the boys,
00:34 and I was like, "All right,
00:35 I need to kinda do somethin' different with my life."
00:37 'Cause I hadn't offered an Army,
00:38 so I knew I could play at Navy, you know what I mean?
00:40 It's like the same style.
00:42 Started like annoying the coaches, found their emails.
00:44 My dad found their emails.
00:45 My high school coach was reachin' out to 'em,
00:47 and they let me walk on.
00:48 Played there for like two years,
00:50 had some good memories, some good memories on the field,
00:53 and then just kinda wanted out of the whole school situation
00:56 kind of a fresh start.
00:57 Entered the portal and just eventually ended up here.
01:00 - You led the team in tackles last year.
01:03 What are you changing about your mindset
01:07 going into this season in comparison
01:09 to what you were expecting from last season?
01:11 - The big thing is just takin' it one day at a time.
01:13 Like, all right, we gotta practice,
01:14 we gotta get better at these certain plays
01:16 and these certain coverages,
01:17 and get better looks just so we can be better
01:19 when the games come around.
01:20 So, take it one day at a time,
01:21 then once the games come around, one game at a time,
01:23 and I think just bring it like every play
01:25 when you're in the game.
01:26 So, stay in comp, I think that's the biggest thing.
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