00:00Let's talk about your journey.
00:16Just a short time ago, 2022, undrafted, didn't stick on in Cleveland with the Cowboys last
00:25year in camp, waved at the end of camp.
00:28Then you end up starting two games and now, you know, it looks like you're number one
00:31on the depth chart.
00:33You must have been putting in some great work here over the last year plus.
00:36Yeah, no, I think it, you know, my NFL journey is kind of a representation of how my whole
00:41football journey has been.
00:42You know, I grew up in kind of a football family.
00:45My dad being a college coach when I was really young and then he coached me through elementary
00:50school and, you know, he always told me, like, whether it's football or life, you're going
00:54to face adversity.
00:55You know, I was an under recruited kid out of high school.
00:57I went to Coastal Carolina.
00:58That was a school that was going into their first year in the FBS, right, and then ended
01:03up transferring.
01:04My mom was sick.
01:05Went to Virginia Tech, ended up playing and then, you know, boom, adversity strikes.
01:09You go undrafted, right?
01:11Going to camp.
01:12Don't make the team.
01:13You're on practice squad.
01:14Then week 10 comes around right off the bye week.
01:17Like I, it was kind of a rough 48 hours, right?
01:19So I went to go see my girlfriend who was still in school.
01:23Flight got delayed.
01:24Landed at like midnight.
01:25Had to wake up at five and then there was the Grim Reaper and the breakfast line like
01:29came and tapped me and I was like, damn, dude, like five hours off the plane.
01:33So yeah, I mean, it was it was definitely a tough time.
01:38Went home for four days and the Cowboys called, came on a workout and I always believe, you
01:42know, adversity makes the strong, stronger, the weak, weaker, and it's always been something
01:46I've prided myself on.
01:47That's a Mike Tyson quote, big boxing guy.
01:50So yeah, no, I mean, everything that, you know, whether good or bad, you just got to
01:54keep moving on and keep building and keep improving yourself.
01:57That's kind of been my mindset since I've gotten here and I've been super thankful to
02:00be a cowboy.
02:01I couldn't be happier to be a Dallas Cowboy.
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