Interviewer (2:08)

Oh, yeah.

Athlete (likely NFL player) (2:09)

So when you're younger, you're playing football with people that's older than you or growing up in Miami or the hood or whatever. I would Say, because I grew up in the hood, so I was able to grow up and play football with people that was older than me, so people that was always better than me. So you always played to the competition that's better than you in Miami, I would say so. True. A lot of athletes that's coming out of Miami right now, they are not seeing the best of the best. You get what I'm saying? So they're. If. If they're a stud coming out right now, bro.

Co-Host/Interviewer (2:37)

Yeah.

Athlete (likely NFL player) (2:38)

Potentially they're gonna be a stud in the NFL because they already seen the best of the talent and they didn't learn from their peers.

Co-Host/Interviewer (2:43)

There's always that, like, debate of, like, which state produces the best player. Right. It's like, Florida, Texas. California. Florida's got to be number one. Right?

Athlete (likely NFL player) (2:52)

Right, I would say.

Co-Host/Interviewer (2:52)

Or is it. Is it, like, position specific?

Interviewer (2:54)

Right?

Athlete (likely NFL player) (2:54)

Like, no, I would say, overall, Florida is number one because you got to think about, like, what drive us and what motivate us. Like, it's not just football or the love of the game. It's the simple fact that we're from the bottom of the map. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, so, like, we're literally from the bottom. So, like, we really trying to make it out the bottom to, like, get to that point. Like, whereas, like, I know I got the talent and everything, but, like, maybe I'm overlooked or maybe, like, I just ain't got the opportunity. So when I do get this opportunity, everybody's gonna be like, to me, wow, where this kid come from? And it's like, we got plenty of that where that came from, but, like, some people choose to make their own decisions in life and stuff like that, so they don't usually make it to this point, but, like, the ones that do make it, it's like, oh, my God, he's the goat. Or he's very good. And it's like, that's normal in Miami.

Commercial Narrator (3:46)

Yeah.

Athlete (likely NFL player) (3:47)

Yeah. Normal. It's.

Commercial Narrator (3:48)

Yeah.

Interviewer (3:48)

No facts. You played over at Booker T. Right?

Athlete (likely NFL player) (3:50)

Yes. Yeah.

Interviewer (3:51)

So in that era, who were some of, like, the big guys that you were going up against?

Athlete (likely NFL player) (3:57)

I played Patrick a little bit in college. I ran a track with Patrick, too, when we was younger. Shout out Pat, man. One of the best DBs in the game right now. But we ran track on the same team with Miami Garden Express, and I played against him a little bit, just, like, a couple times, like, growing up when we was younger, then played him in high school. Okay. But played against Asante Samuel when he was with St. Cornish. I mean, St. Thomas Aquinas, but played against a couple studs. We're in this game back from Florida, bro. Yeah, Mike Harley was a stud, you know, coming up in college, I mean, in high school. But we had a lot of guys that was pretty good at that level at the time. And, yeah, there was a few guys that I could remember for sure.

Co-Host/Interviewer (4:41)

Was there a big culture shock when he left from Miami to go play at Baylor?

Commercial Narrator (4:48)

Oh, yeah.

Interviewer (4:49)

There was no flannies there.

Athlete (likely NFL player) (4:50)

That's for them. No planning, is there, man? No flankers in Waco. But look, when I got to Baylor, that's why I really went. Because when I went on my visit, me and my parents, this is our first time, like, really on a plane to Texas, like, you know what I'm saying? So when we went there, the campus was beautiful. Like, grass green, the sky's blue, no cloud. Like, the most perfect. You could. You feel me? Yeah. Everybody we met had this country accent, but it was nice, though, overall. And I'm from Miami. Like, Miami, everybody ain't nice.

Co-Host/Interviewer (5:27)

It's a little bit of Miami.

Athlete (likely NFL player) (5:28)

You'll meet a couple of people, you know what I'm saying? You can meet a little. That'll tell you a little something about yourself, but they're not very nice. But in Texas, everybody was very genuine and very nice, and they'll welcome you in. It's like, dang. Like, in Miami, you don't really have that trust. I was like, damn, can I trust you? Like, you know what I'm saying?

Commercial Narrator (5:46)

True.

Athlete (likely NFL player) (5:48)

And that's what Matt Rule and his staff did. They made me feel very comfortable, and they made me feel. I put my trust in them. Because when they was calling me, it wasn't about football. They was calling me to check up on, like, if I was checking in with my parents or if I was like, you know, I'm saying, just being righteous overall, and that's the little things that take you more, like, deeper than football, you know what I'm saying? I feel like that's really what connected with us and Waco, with Baylor.

Co-Host/Interviewer (6:14)

Yeah.

Interviewer (6:14)

Yeah. What. What were your options coming out of high school? Obviously, you went to Baylor, but my

Athlete (likely NFL player) (6:19)

other option, I would say, was probably the Florida Gators. That was my dream school.

Interviewer (6:23)

Really?

Athlete (likely NFL player) (6:23)

Yeah. Yeah. We had. I went to Booger T. Yeah. So Chian Harris, stud. Yeah, like that. Antonio Calloway, stud. Like that. You hear me? Quentin Dunbar was like that. And they. We all from the same area. Yeah. Of Miami, you get. But they all went to Florida. They all did a thing there for sure or whatever. And whatever it was, it didn't work out. But I was like, that was. That's all I knew. So I'm like, I'm going to Florida coming out of college, but when I had a chance and the opportunity to meet Matt Rule and his staff, it was like, you guys was great people. So when they showed me like basically who they were, I was all for it. And I'm like, all right, bet. Forget Florida. I'm gonna start my own wave. Let's Florida guys to Texas. Let's go to Baylor Evans and see how it goes.

Co-Host/Interviewer (7:14)

Dude, we need you at fiu, man. You should have stayed home at the crib.

Athlete (likely NFL player) (7:18)

I did have fiu, but hell yeah, me.

Interviewer (7:24)

I know we're running low on time, but talk to us about playing now at Kansas City, playing with Mahomes. Yeah, down year for you guys, but we, you guys are always the talk of town, right? Like, you guys are the team that's always put up up there. Deserved, right? So talk to us about that experience, man.

Athlete (likely NFL player) (7:41)

It's been a great experience to play with Kansas City, man. I'm. I hope I continue to be able to, you know, keep this trend going and playing with them and creating this bond with them guys and learning and growing. But like, like you said, like we've been talking to town and you know, believe it or not, when you play a lot of teams, it's going to be their Super Bowl. Playing against the Kansas City Chiefs, you get everyone's best, you know, you get everyone's best. And I feel like this, this year coming up, you know, everybody's going to get Kansas City best. You get what I'm saying?

Co-Host/Interviewer (8:10)

Hell yeah.

Athlete (likely NFL player) (8:10)

We're ready and we're prepared and we just gonna keep on just exceeding in that level and keep growing, man. And we're excited, man, for this year bring us because it's not easy to win in this league. No. And you gotta give yourself that opportunity to go out there and compete and just be the best version of yourself. But like, it's been an honor to play with Patrick Mahomes. Like one of the best quarterbacks ever. Like to make any pass. I don't want to get on his trend, but like make any pass.

Co-Host/Interviewer (8:37)

He's very strong.

Athlete (likely NFL player) (8:39)

Even when I'm in like the huddle, I'm like, bro, like you the goat. Like, like playing with a little bit. I'm like, bro, like I'm fanned out. Low key, bro, like you my dog, you know, but like he's still patching my home because everybody real home, you know what I'm saying? Like, it's like Patrick Mahomes, bro.

Interviewer (8:54)

That's dope.

Athlete (likely NFL player) (8:55)

You know what I'm saying? But, like, that's my boy, though, man. Shout out, Pat. You know what I'm saying? Keep doing what you doing, bro. Like, it's very exciting to play with them guys, man. It makes you want to raise your standards so much higher, bro. And it makes you want to just be the best version of yourself.

Co-Host/Interviewer (9:10)

Hell, yeah.

Interviewer (9:10)

Absolutely. Nine. Pat, like, throwing the ball to you this year like you, you had, you, you, you, you hooped this year. So congrats to you, bro. Wishing you continued success. And we got to do this again, cuz. There's plenty more to talk about. Appreciate you, bro.

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