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to the hot line. Welcome in. Former now former BYU
defensive ex six with one two hundred and five pounds
out of Arlington, Virginia and Yorktown High School, balled out
at Brigham, becoming an All Big twelve defensive back for
the Cougar Secondary, walked on, became a starter, then became
a Big twelve All conference playlists. Welcome in, Tanner Wall
number twenty eight on the football field, t Wall. What's up?
Speaker 2: What's up? Krid? How are we doing doing?
Speaker 3: Good man? Just living the dream, talking some some Brigham
football today and everything that's occurring. You know, as you
take a step back, I know you're probably still down
there in Provo. I don't know where you're at, what
you're doing as you prep for for everything, But it's
gonna be a difficult transition, isn't it to step away
from the BYU football family and take your talents to
the NFL?
Speaker 2: No doubt. Yeah. So I'm actually already down in Florida,
down in Fort Lauderdale, training at a facility down here,
getting ready for Pro Day in the draft. But I'm
staying closely plugged in and connected and love all the
good that I'm seeing coming out of our program in
the recent days and have had some great combos with
coach Papinga and coach Kilane over the last week too.
Just excited about the future of BYU football.
Speaker 3: Indeed, give us an updates. So from the end of
the bowl game, what has the process been like for you,
what you been doing, what you've been seeing, And obviously
you're already in Fort Lauderdale training.
Speaker 2: Yeah. So after the bowl game, we came, we came back.
My wife and I actually were able to go out
to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans for New Year's
we I was uh. I was a finalist and was
selected on the All State Good Works Team. So we
were honored at halftime of the Sugar Bowl down in
New Orleans, which was really cool experience. Got to meet
the other twenty one players on the Good Works team
and hear about all the good that they've been doing
in and in their communities throughout the country. But then
after that got back to Provo and just kind of
tried to get everything in order and get organized, just
working with you know, my agent and figuring out the
best timing for me to to get down here to
Florida and start training. So got down here on Sunday
and started yesterday training down here. Got a couple other
b y you guys down here with me too. We
got Waylin La Poijo and also Isaiah Jada. So it's
been it's been good to have some some some boys
down here with me as well. Love that. Yeah.
Speaker 3: So which which agency did you end up signing with
your agent and and why did you sign with him?
Speaker 2: Yeah, ended up signing with with David Canter and Ness
mcgraby from Aura Sports Management Group. There they're do a
great job. David's had a lot of success throughout his
career representing some other great safeties. Eric Weddle was kind
of the first one who who he had a lot
of success with, and then he has also represented Daniel
Sorenson currently represents Zane Anderson and Cole Bishop, so a
lot of great safeties coming out of the city of
Utah where they played their college ball. So he's had
great success doing that and just ultimately loved the interactions
that I've had with him, him and all that he
you know, promised as far as what he understands about
me as a player and what value I can add
to an NFL organization and in helping paint that picture
for you know, the scouts in any GM that would
want to take a chance on me and bring me
on to their NFL squad.
Speaker 3: You know your game better than anybody. You know your trajectory,
you know your talent, your potential. As you've conversed with consultants, agents,
et cetera. What's the feedback that you've been given on
what you need to do next in order to earn
yourself an opportunity as a as a draft pick and
and or a high priority under atchet free agent.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean for me, obviously, it's a big part
of it is just showing that I can run and
play with you know, the speed of the NFL. I
have a lot of great tape and obviously they know
that I'm a football player. They know I'm a high
IQ football player as well, so they've seen that in
my tape, my ability to make plays, and now it
just comes down to, you know, what they really evaluate
in a combine setting is just Kenny run? Can he jump?
Is the explosive? Do we think that you know, he
has the speed to play at this level, which I'm
confident that I'll be able to do and to show well.
Speaker 3: I remember, I mean this was probably four five years ago.
I got I got some film with you training at
Stroshine looking pretty good with the vertical, with forty time
with everything. What were you testing out at then and
what do you think you can test out at now?
Speaker 2: Yeah, No, I've I've always kind of excelled in in
this combine setting. I remember at the time when we
were kind of training the five ten five in the shuttle,
I was consistently like in the low four point ones,
and then my vertical was right around thirty six inches.
My broad was about you know, ten five ten six,
So looking to you know, exceed those numbers just given
you know, I've had five years of good work on
top of that, and then really just you know, kind
of honing in on the thing that they care about
the most, which is which is the forty.
Speaker 3: Yeah, well I remember, like if you were to take
one clip from you know, your to showcase your speed
from BYU on tape, what clip would it be and why?
Speaker 2: I think I think there'd be a couple of plays
that you could probably put on there. I think some
of my chase down you know, tackles against Avery Johnson
last year. I think also the chase down from behind
on Garrett Rangell, Loklahoma State quarterback last year. I think
the pick six this year, like just kind of really
see me get out and run. But those those those
chase down plays too, is you really can find another gear.
And you know we have we got good GPS data
too on all that stuff from from coach scyl ermine
that they'll be able to to share with scouts and
and and people like that.
Speaker 3: The other tape that's really good is your special Teams tape. Man,
I want to say, you know you forced ah a
turnover being heads of you utilizing that football like you
but also utilizing your strength right to push a player
defender into the ball and then b WA ends up
recovering it. You know, I know you you ended up
focusing more on the defensive side of the ball. Is
you you became tenured and proven and a starter. But
I remember early on on special teams you making a
huge impact.
Speaker 2: Absolutely yeah. I mean that's where I really earned my stripes,
and that was kind of my road to turning a
lot of the coaches trust. And I think what also
led to, you know, switching positions is just being able
to show I could run and tackle well and base
on special teams. And I mean special teams is a
huge part of the league too. Guys make you know,
great careers out of that. And I understand in my
career path in the NFL too, it'll likely start as
more of a special teams role player. And shoot, I'm
excited to be able to run down on kickoff again
and and do that stuff that you know I did
starting my career at BUYU and and just remember how
fun that is to to go make plays on those
special teams opportunities.
Speaker 3: Do you ever miss playing wide receiver Tanner?
Speaker 2: I do, and I don't. I just miss having the
ball in my hands multiple times a game. And you
get the ball in your hands in the game, it's
a it's a great feeling.
Speaker 3: No doubt about it. You only got a few of
those this year, but yeah, hey, but those were those
were fun and you cemented yourself in Holy war lore
and it will always be remember high pointing that that
I n t uh mossing the young man, if you will,
and uh was that like, give me favorite of her
team and then individual while at b YU, give me
a favorite memory, you know from a team standpoint, and
then maybe as a as an individual play or player.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, favorite memory as a team has got to
be last year. So twenty twenty four, I guess, I
guess that's two years ago now if we're talking real years.
But season wise, last season up and right cycles just
standing on the sideline, you know, with next to John
Nelson and you know, Blake Mangleson, these guys that came
in with me from day one and just us watching
welfare and you know, trot out there to go kick
the game winning field goal and see that thing go
through the uprights and just celebrating like that was a
huge moment and such a cool way to end that
game and break the break the streak up there in
their states of you know, us not winning for a
long time. So that moment meant a lot to me
and to our team. And then yeah, I'd say for
me the interception this year that you just talked about
in the Holy War at Home. You know, that's a
kind of player I've dreamed of making in that game
my whole life. So it was really really amazing to
see that come to life and to be a reality.
Speaker 3: Seeing what you accomplished, seeing what by U's accomplished over
the last couple of season eleven to two and twelve
and two respectively in top top fifteen finishes. It's truely
remarkable time to be a part of kugarnation and be
a part of the Cougar football family. You see the
trajectory and you see what Kiloni's building, and obviously Jay
and Genero they head off to Michigan, but Kate Popper's
there and much of the staff has retained, not only
defensively but even offensively. What do you think about what
do you ponder about about the future of UAU fotball
going forward with Colonie at the Helm and these coaches
being retained.
Speaker 2: Man, I'm just I'm just really excited. I mean, it's
it's it's interesting when you you know, when you play
five years of college football, you start to notice certain
patterns and certain trends across you know, programs, and how
that shapes their success as seasons go on. When you
kind of zoom out and look at that, and I mean,
if you when you look at the amount of success
that we've been able to have over the last two
seasons and what that's done for our recruiting, you know,
landing big time recruits both out of high school, having
an incredible recruiting class this year, and putting together really
great portal classes because we've been able to retain so
much of our talent and you know, from a player standpoint,
and so at that point, you know, our portal needs
are smaller, you know, more more selective. It's a more
selective approach and the portal and you know, guys want
to come play for a team where they have an
amazing culture, they have an amazing coach, and where they
know they're going to win, and they're gonna you know,
we're gonna have a lot of eyes on us, and
they're going to be in an environment where, you know,
if their goal is to play in the NFL, there's
gonna be a lot of eyes at practice at games.
So it's it's become even more of a special destination
for any recruit, whether it's out of high school or
out of the portal. And the culture that Kilani has
built is deep rooted and it's you know, the foundation
is very strong, and so they're going to keep building
on that and I expect to see the fruits of
that keep keep coming up in the coming seasons and
look forward to a lot more wins and more success
for for Kloni and for the boys.
Speaker 3: For some the fact that jay and and Gennaro left,
that was that was that was devastating, right, But it
seems like, I mean, by you guys a lost city.
No one's I mean, look, we obviously there's some good
players that have entered the portal from b y u
H Max, Alfred Tavian, b's lead, Marcus Macanzie. There's a
number of defensive players that have entered the portal and
they're going elsewhere and they're gonna get more pet It's awesome.
But you know, give me your perspective on h on
K pop, his uh his ability to be the defensive
coordinator and retain this the majority of the key players
on that defensive roster.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I I love coach Fapinga. He's done an
outstanding job the last two seasons with you know, with
Special Teams, and he brings a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
You know, he'll quickly be the first coach to point
out at practice if the energy is bad and if
we got to pick it up and if we gotta
you know, wake up and freaking you know, kind of
really focused. So I think he'll bring a lot of
great intensity and and focus in that level, a lot
of good energy to to practice, to recruiting, to all
those things. But also I'm I'm curious as well and
excited to see, you know, with the with the Special
Teams role kind of off of his plate, to see
really how he kind of can emerge as a as
a coordinator and you know, lead in that setting because
you know, coaching special teams and having a position to
coach too. You know for some outside people, the m
I think that's an easy task, but you know that's
a lot and he and he cared a lot about
that role and put a lot of time and effort
into that, so I know he'll have an amazing impact
as a coordinator and the as you already mentioned, being
able to retain so much of our staff and having
Klane at the helm. You know, our guys, our guys
who had opportunities to leave, they want to stay and play,
you know, for Kilani, for k Pop, for the university,
and it's just it's a great place that guys they
don't they don't want to step away from that anymore.
Speaker 3: Excited for you, T Wall can't wait to see how
you you you perform at your combine. I think it's
going to be eye opening for for some that haven't
seen your athleticism firsthand. I was looking, you know, through
kind of the NFL draft scout where they're projecting you.
I mean, I've seen your speed firsthand. I think you
can go uh sub four five laser handtime, definitely. I
think you go sub for four five laser. I wouldn't
be surprised if you run like a four four five,
if you're ten splits on point, which it should be,
I wouldn't be surprised if you hit that mark. What
are you shooting for?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I know I'd love to run in the in
the four fourth I think, you know, at my size,
I think that'd be you know, great. I think I
play with with that kind of speed, so it would
be awesome to show that to the scouts on on
Pro Day.
Speaker 3: Can't wait to watch a t wall. Let us know
if you need anything from us. Appreciate you hopping on.
Congratulations on all of your success, and no surprise to
me that you balled out at Brigham. I'll be honest,
I didn't expect all big twelve, you know, and just
you know, immortalizing yourself in the Utah game. But at
the same time, I'm not surprised, you know what I mean.
It's hard to predict those things. But you went out
and and showed everybody what you were capable of. A
dream come true, man, and I'm a big fan of yours.
I appreciate you hopping on to give us an update,
keep us up to date on all things, and let
us know if you need anything from us.
Speaker 2: All right, well do yeah, thank you so much. Ben,
really appreciate you been a great mentor throughout the years,
so it's good to It's kind of weird to hear
you say the former Cougar, but isn't that tough. That's
the realm we're stepping into now.
Speaker 3: Yeah, hey, man, it went by fast, but I know
you savored those moments, man, and now go out and
seize the day. Brother, empty the tank. You still have
a lot left.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I believe it. Thank you so much.
Speaker 3: Much love to you, Tanner Wall. Ladies and gentlemen appreciate
you and your family.
Speaker 2: Guys.
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Jared Bloodshow coming up next. Does BYU have a wide
receiver one next year? That I should have asked that question, Ronnie,
I should have asked that question to t Wall.
Speaker 2: Should have just ki me ye. Sorry I didn't help
you out.
Speaker 3: All right, It's all good man. I'll text him, I'll
text t Wall who that wide receiver one is going
to be next season. Jared Bloods are coming up next.
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