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for the Trojans. Appeared in eleven games, making three starts

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as a true freshman, so got the ball out as

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a freshman too, served a mission for the Church of

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Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints in Norway prior to

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arriving at USC, and, as it mentioned, a four star

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recruit that was touted as the number two tight end

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in the nation by ESPN and the number four by Rivals,

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number nine by twenty four to seven Sports, and number

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thirteen by ON three, right as the number eight player

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in the state of California once upon a time by

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twenty four seven, and number fifteen by ON three. He

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was selected to participate in the twenty twenty three Under

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Armour All American Game, where he was honored as the

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All American balls Man of the Year for his high

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standard of excellence in community service and athletic distinction, and

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as a junior selected to the twenty twenty one Max

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Preps California All State Second Team. In twenty twenty one

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Max Preps All San Joaquin Section Football Team. Now he's

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a BYU cougar brought his talents to Pro Bowl along

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with his brother, and I was able to catch up

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with him, uh earlier this week. And you're gonna you're

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of that twelve personnel package that Kugarnation loves this season.

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All right, we got BYU tight End, Walker Lions here,

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Walker House practice today.

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Speaker 3: It's good.

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Speaker 4: Iss a good day, lots of lots of take and

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but that's kind of part of spring and sounds good.

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Speaker 3: But overall was good, good competition stuff.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, how's the transition been for you from from USC

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Speaker 2: Has it been smooth? A little bumpy along the way.

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Speaker 3: No, I mean it's been really smooth. It's been really seamless.

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Speaker 4: And for me, it kind of feels like in a way,

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the program, very familiar with a lot of coaching staff,

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even teammates, even just students, and so I everythink has

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been pretty seamless, been been a good transition. I haven't

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overall it was good and I'm feeling good now. And

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little differences here and there, but for the most part,

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Speaker 3: It's gonna be very and learn. As far as talent goes.

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portal and and uh, you know, find your next home?

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feel for me here and now I'm just to be

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Speaker 3: My all two and make a lasting impact.

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Speaker 4: Because I've seen how VYU was affecting my life, and

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Speaker 3: Know, for for my future as well.

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Speaker 1: Love that what were what were some of the determining

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second go round was the right plot spot.

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the answers to it in a way, or like there

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Speaker 1: Because you initially did you commit to Stanford and then

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commit to USC. So I've heard, you know, a'tually great

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things about all those things that you mentioned at Stanford and.

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Speaker 2: USC, So I could I could see that.

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Speaker 1: I think there's some valid, you know, constructive criticism there

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and that feedback, and it's been transformed. I mean, I've

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seen it personally over the last three years. Colby Colossum, Skyler, Maine,

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Speaker 4: And I think it's also evident in just looking at

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the team, looking at the caliber of guys we have

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in a long time, and you know, we have high

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expectations and we're just kind of buying in one day

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Speaker 1: What stood out to you about you your teammates as

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far whould you like to highlight that you've been impressed by,

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maybe on the offensive or defensive side of the ball,

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that you've been impressed by.

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Speaker 4: I would say I've been really really impressed by our linebackers.

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Speaker 3: Well, all of them.

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Speaker 4: My roommates Kid, so that's fun. We live together, and

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he's he's doing awesome.

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Speaker 2: Can he lift with the club?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it was a little brace when he lift, but yeah,

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with communications. As far as the tight ends go, all

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the tight ends have been playing really well. The receivers also,

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I think Reggie's been doing really well.

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charts right now, and it's just kind of.

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Speaker 4: Everyone's just kind of playing. And but I've been really

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impressed by everyone.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned, you know, three really tall wide receivers. I

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was joking around on my show that I would love

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to see an empty set with Walker Lyons, Roger, Sally Apaga.

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Speaker 2: Kyler, Reggie and Jojo. That maybe the biggest empty set

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I know, I mean, it would be pretty fun.

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four of those guys, and that's been pretty fun in

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the huddle, just like, well, it's not used to this,

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but I mean, I think it's cool. I think it's

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speaks to the team, the talent that we have, the growth,

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this year, and I think, you know, we have big players.

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Speaker 3: And hopefully we make some big plays.

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Speaker 2: You mentioned your brother in law also played here or.

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Speaker 3: He's played here. He's a played here.

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Speaker 4: I don't know when, but he was a tight ends

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Speaker 1: And when Riyter was going through his recruitment, what what

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were you what were you thinking? What were you what

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were those conversations like within the family at the family dinners.

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Speaker 3: His recruitment was a little as crazy.

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Speaker 4: It was very just very nationally followed, very national stage.

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Speaker 3: At the time. And when here in the community.

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Speaker 4: I was still has obviously, but it was like one

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decision that you know was just good for you, good

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for your life, and ultimately what you want, what you

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it was the one that you know, I gave him

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my opinion, but he really made that decision on his own,

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and I thought it was cool that he committed and

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he was just pretty much all in on that once

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Speaker 1: So you mentioned his recruitment and how high profile was

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Speaker 1: Did it make you reflect it, like on your position choice,

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Speaker 3: I don't know, it's too much pressure for me. I

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you know, kind of two years of high school. Oh

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you did, okay, Yeah, I switched over my sophomore year.

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Speaker 2: What was the determining factor? Like why it was more natural?

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Speaker 4: More natural? I probably was not as good. I wasn't

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as good as a writer was. It was just a

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more natural, bigger and like I kind of like this

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less little bit, less pressure, more chill and just something

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I really I don't know.

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Speaker 3: I just became very passionate.

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Speaker 1: About it schematically and even speaking to maybe Kevin gilbrid

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what do you like about the scheme and also your

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position coach?

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Speaker 4: I mean the development for our position specifically is it's

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some of the best I think I've seen, like seen

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or heard of. When we have three designated people in

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our room just tight ends helping us, which is.

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Speaker 3: I don't think that's normal. So Kevin, who else have Kevin?

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Speaker 4: We got al and we have Tysonison, Tyson McDaniel, and

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then a yes, yep, and we have all.

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Speaker 3: Three of them.

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Speaker 4: Obviously, Al played in the NFL for you know, eight

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ten years, he said, he has just lots of nuggets

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that helped have helped me. And coach Gilbright obviously coached

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the highest level for you know, ten plus years, and

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Tyson he's very familiar with just the position that's well,

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and so during our individual time and during film, I

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think the biggest difference I've noticed as far as like

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my development goes is there's just so many things that

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I thought I knew that I didn't know and that

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they've just helped me to get better at. And that's

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just run blocking, feeling zones, different man techniques, just so

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so many things. And I would say the development for

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our position the Titans specifically is just top notch.

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Speaker 1: What skill set do you bring to the tight end

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room that differentiate yourself and then do you model your

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game after anybody collegiate later.

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Speaker 4: Professionally, Yeah, I think for me, I've always tried to

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be a player who can, you know, play every level

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of the field and play every down and kind of

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just do whatever that's asked to.

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Speaker 3: What's ever asked of me, whether that's.

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Speaker 4: Run blocking, whether that's past blocking, whether that's running a

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vertical route with screen intermediate, you know, blocking in space,

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whatever it is. I've tried to just be able to

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be a complete player and really just become a player

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that doesn't need to be taken off the field because

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he can do it all. And so that's kind of

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what I'm trying to do. And the person I've really

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studied a lot of as far as like just like

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NFL goes is, I've really studied a lot of George

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Kittle stuff, and actually I've studied a lot of Dalton

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Kincaid college stuff, which might be a little Yeah, I

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think he's just the way he like attacks the ball,

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the way he's just I don't know. There's a lot

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of clips of him that I've watched, and I feel

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like I've tried to.

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Speaker 3: Just kind of implement my own game.

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Speaker 1: Awesome Walker, What goals do you have for yourself through Spring?

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I'm sure the playbook and alignment assignment is probably the key.

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Obviously you want technique and all those things, but knowing

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where you're at and what you're supposed to do on

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any given place, probably the most difficult thing right now.

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Speaker 4: I mean, I've been surprised by how fast I've picked

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it up and understood offense, and I think that's it

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helps that have you know, played a lot of college football,

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and so I may be less worried about, oh, is

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this dude gonna like absolutely destroy me right now, or

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more like focused on Okay, what do I have here

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and able to kind of go a little bit quicker now,

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whereas if I was newer, it's probably just like you're

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drinking out of fire hose.

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Speaker 3: A little bit.

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Speaker 4: The goals for me, I mean, for then for the

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rest of the spring is just continue to develop the

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most I can, continue to try and get his be

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the most out of it, because this is kind of

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the last competitive football we have for a while. So

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just to take take the most out of it, to

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get the most development I possibly can. And then you know,

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goals going to the fall, just be the best player

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I can be the best team that can be, help

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help help team win a national championship. You know, I

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have a lot of personal goals. I want to you know,

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I want to eventually be drafted, I want to be American.

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All these things I have, these goals, but I kind

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of just you know, before all that, I just kind

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of want to help, you know, team be what they

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need me to be.

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Speaker 1: So outside of football, what do you to be studying?

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What do you want to get into career wise after

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the NFL?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so I'm doing business right now.

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Speaker 4: I was studying real estate development at USC So I

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studied that for two years and that's kind of where

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I want to. I want to get into just a

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little bit commercial real estate and just kind of that that.

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Speaker 3: Realm of work. Great network here, yeah, I know.

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Speaker 4: So there's lots of lots of people I've been put

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in touch with so far, and hopefully I meet a

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lot more who who.

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Speaker 3: Can help me and you know, learn help me learn

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the ropes a little bit.

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Speaker 1: When once you get big time. One last thing, uh,

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product or service? An IL deal you're looking for for

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those corporate sponsorships out.

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Speaker 3: There, I don't know, that's a good question.

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Speaker 2: If you could choose one right now locally? Anything food plays.

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Speaker 4: Oh, I think I think like a golf like some

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golf courses, golf course and IL deal. Yeah, I think

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those would be pretty sweet. You know, I don't know golf.

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Speaker 2: Clubs, golf golf. It's about that time.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, there we go, all right, walker, lions, ladies and

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general things. So much.

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Speaker 2: It is golf season, isn't it like these?

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Speaker 1: As soon as spring ball is done and they get

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into the strength and conditioning, nutritional law season, the extra

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bandwidth that is not allocated to maybe classes you know where,

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you know where it goes, they head over to the

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golf course. Remember, like Cody Apps just fell in love

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with the golf courses here in the state of Utah

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in the off season. All the boys getting together, competing

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with the sticks on the uh on the manicured greens

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and uh beautiful fairways of Utah County. Baby, and going

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around the state. There's some tremendous golf courses. We're in

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a high desert, but man, we have some tremendous golf course.

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I love Hobble Creek, you know, t Point. I was

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a member at Alpine for a long time and I

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love that course as well. Anyway, a lot of great courses.

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It sounds like he's got the bug. He's got that

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golf bug that all these Cougar football players get in

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the offseason. Rob up the three man weaver, that's what

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he wants. If he wants an nild, he wants to

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get on board with a golf course.

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Speaker 5: It sounds like, I mean, how do you not fall

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in love with golf? Ben, And I mean, that's my

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I've fallen in love with Look I've gotten better. Look

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it's been what three years since I've started, And I

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see why you fall in love. Now my bank account

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can't fall in love with it, you know for some reason.

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Speaker 2: Well, the driving ranger is fine.

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Speaker 5: Well no, exactly, Well that's why you said that. You

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told me, don't spend all these money on courses in

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this and I saved a lot more money compared to

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year one to year two when I looked at it.

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So wow, that's anyway to the point he I mean, look,

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he's a ca boy, he's from California.

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Speaker 3: It's nice.

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Speaker 5: They got some nice courses out there, probably been good weather.

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And then he comes to Utah, so he's already got

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a good bug to have. And you're right, that's what

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football players do. And look, there's been a lot of

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news been in the off season with some football players.

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If you're on a golf course, that's exactly where you

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should be with your teammates, with your family with your friends.

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If you're married, with your wife, take the kiddo, gonna

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be taking jersey and then go out there and enjoy it. Look,

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the weather's nice and right now it's a little muggy,

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but yesterday, Ben, and then you know, last week.

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Speaker 2: It's been beautiful.

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Speaker 5: So after this cold front, I'm looking forward to definitely

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seeing the golf courses. You and I gotta get out a.

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Speaker 3: Little bit more.

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Speaker 5: And uh look, I was even talking to the Sids.

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We even know when our media golf tournament is gonna be,

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so I'm looking forward to that as well.

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Speaker 2: But golf season is definitely upon us.

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Speaker 1: With as April hits, golf season, Baby is the best season.

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Speaker 2: Let's go.

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