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Martin stats in this segment. One of the best single

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season single seasons in BYU rushing history in my opinion,

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especially when you consider the totality of rushing yards, receiving yards, touchdowns,

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yards per carry, and you look at the strength of schedule,

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what by who's been up against this season, and it's

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truly a monumental season. We're gonna talk some stats about

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Let your money work for you rather than you always

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working for your money. Let's talk about stats with the

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star of the show.

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Speaker 3: Today.

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Speaker 2: We got BYU running back RB one LJ Martin on

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Speaker 3: LJ, how that g are you buddy? Thanks for joining us.

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Speaker 4: I'm doing great. Thanks for having me.

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Speaker 2: Always a pleasure, always a blessing. Talking ball with you, LJ. Look,

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I know when you got to BYU, you probably had

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a vision of what you know, you wanted to accomplish

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and what you've ultimately accomplished up to this up to

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this point has been tremendous. What did you envision for

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your self from a productivity standpoint when you arrived in Provo?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, I just I always had a dream

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of just you know, trying to be the best running

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back I can be, and you know, just giving myself

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myself was trying to going to the NFL, so you know,

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coming down to Provo, I just wanted to be the

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best player I could be. I didn't know what that

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was gonna entail or what it was going to turn

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out to be, but it's worked out pretty good so far,

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and I'm glad with what I've been able to do.

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Speaker 2: Man, you passed up a legendary Cougar this season. In

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this last game versus Texas Tech, you passed up Luke

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Staley for total rushing yards in a season. You passed

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up Jamal Williams as well from his two thousand and

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thirteen season. Jamal, I believe in twenty thirteen, I think

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he had approximately, you know, right around that twelve hundred

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and thirteen hundred yard mark. What does it mean to

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be considered one of the great BYU running backs and

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BYU football history, surpassing the likes of Luke in a

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single season in Jamal in a single season.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean that's amazing. I mean you I came in,

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you know kind of like looking at those guys and

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you know, hoping to be like them, and just to

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be in the conversation with them, just to it would

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be mentioned like alongside their name. It's pretty awesome, man,

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it's just a blessing.

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Speaker 3: Well, you also passed up your coach. I don't know

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Speaker 2: In two thousand and seven, Harvey Unga had two hundred

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and forty four carries and one two hundred and seventy

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two yards. He also had thirteen rushing touchdowns in oh seven.

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He was our bell cow back back in my day

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over twenty essentially twenty years ago. You're sitting at just

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around thirteen hundred yards. We have two hundred and seventeen.

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So you had less carries two hundred and seventeen yards,

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and you have eleven touchdowns. Now get you gotta eclipse.

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You need at least two more three more touchdowns to

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's gonna be a tough one, but it's pretty

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cool to be able to I'll do my coach. You know,

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he kind of taught me all this tricks. I guess

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that's a little hag, but you know, it's cool, and

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you know, he always it's funny because when I first

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came in, he was like, yeah, you're gonna be good.

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You're gonna be really good. You're gonna be better than me,

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you know. And I heard this stuff, and you know,

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you just kind of go about it. I didn't really

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believe it at the time. And you know, like just

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to have a season like I did and be you know,

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like pass him in rushing and stuff like that, it's

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pretty awesome. But it's not everything. You know, He's just

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trying to win the games and just trying to continue

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to be as great as I can be.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, what type of impact have has Harvey had on you?

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a mentality that has given you a competitive advantage in

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order to surpass your your coach a little bit in

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that in that single season rushing total.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean he's done a lot for me. I

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mean he he pretty much. I didn't know a whole

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lot of football. So when I first got out here,

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you gotta score, you know, And you know, I was

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able to read some stuff, but he really took the

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time to help me like read defenses, understand what they're

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trying to do and how I'm uh, how things are

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probably gonna play out, So I'm just being around them

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more and just learning learning the game through them. It's

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just helped me a lot. And you know, it just

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kind of opened my eyes and I feel like you

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really saw it this year.

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Speaker 3: LJ.

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Speaker 2: Martin on the line that says, let's talk about stats

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segment currently. Uh, Statistically he's uh, he's got the seventh

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best single season, uh, single season as a running back

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or quarterback, and then in totality he's top ten in

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rushing yards in BYU football history.

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Speaker 3: So pretty impressive work, LJ.

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Speaker 2: And Uh, it's it's awesome to see, you know, your

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progress not only as a as a runner, but as

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a receiver. You've got targeted a lot in that Texas

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Tech game. You got a lot of touches running the

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ball and then also receiving the ball. And I know

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that your skill set has always been has been pretty diverse,

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but it's it's fun to watch kind of that that

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whole package come together. Your pass pro, your pass catching,

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off tackle inside the tackle box. What does it mean

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to you to be an all purpose a complete back.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean it means a lot to me. You know,

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I just want to be a complete football player. You know,

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so that just comes to blocking, running routes, receiving, just

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doing everything. So just being able to have the opportunity

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to have a coach a robber call plays for me

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to be able to catch in the past game and

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running the ball and touch the ball as many times

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as I can. I mean, it's really awesome and you know,

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I've been able to make it the most of it

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Speaker 2: How tough was that Texas Tech defensive front? Obviously you've

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had a tremendous amount of success this season.

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Speaker 3: Tech is built a little bit different.

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Speaker 2: How does the Tech defensive front compare to other defensive

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fronts that you faced over your career.

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Speaker 4: They're probably the best I've seen, you know, and they're

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just really good. I mean, they're really active. They got

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guys that can move up front. And I felt like

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time we played, and we did a decent job. But

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you know, they did make things harder for us. You know,

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it was they got back there sometimes. You know, it

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was a little bit more competitive in the fact that

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they got us a couple of times, but we were

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getting them too. Just you know, we couldn't We just

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weren't able to get them more than they got us

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unfortunately that time. But you know, they were a really

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good d line and you know a lot of those

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guys are gonna play on Sunday, so shout out to them.

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Speaker 2: Did you try to convince a Rod to give you

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a few more like wild cougar direct snaps going forward?

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Speaker 3: You know, as you as you finish off this season.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't want to do a little bit more

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wildcat direct snaps, you know, just and for him to

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allow me to throw the ball. This was something we've

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been trying to talk about, you know, because I did

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play quarterback in my middle school and freshman year of

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high school, so.

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Speaker 2: You a point guard too, you know, how to distribute

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that exactly.

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Speaker 4: I was like, we could just go far words and

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if nothing there, I could just take off. So you know,

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I've been trying to convince them, so we'll see. We'll

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see if we'll be able to get it done.

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Speaker 3: But you know, who knows, keep fighting that good fight.

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Speaker 2: It's okay to get in the coaches here and let

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them know you're you're confident and you can help. You

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can help move the sticks and make place for him.

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Speaker 3: We got LJ.

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Speaker 2: Martin on THEL like Cougar Sports, ESPN the fan. Look,

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this is a new era, right We're getting towards the

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end of the year when transfer portal and NIL and

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bowl games and championship they all converge right into one

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and it could be pretty stressful.

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Speaker 3: How have you been able.

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Speaker 2: To navigate the new NIL world with this new found resources? Uh,

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you know, newfound success. It can be a little bit overwhelmed.

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Who have you leaned on? How have you navigated the

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new NIL world?

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Speaker 3: LJ?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I lean on my parents, you know, just listening

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to my dad and my mom and just you know,

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they kind of told me to not not make things

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about money, you know, like, of course you want to

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get what you deserve and stuff like that. But and

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then I'll be all, you know, it's it's about like

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what you want to accomplish, and for me, being in

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the NFL, that's what I want to accomplish. So the

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end result can't be can't just be money. And you know,

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I got to continue to work hard and just be

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at the best place that develops me. And that's why

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I've been at here at BYU for so long, since

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they do a great job of developing players and just

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making things easy. And it's been real fun.

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Speaker 2: It can be a little bit overwhelming to have, you know,

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newfound funds though, And it sounds like you've discussed it

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with mom and dad and and uh and discuss Hey,

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how do we want to navigate this.

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Speaker 3: It's not all about money.

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Speaker 2: You want what's fair for you obviously, but uh, you know,

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when you got this new money in your bank account,

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how did you navigate that? Did you just put it?

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You're putting it in savings? You just say, hey, mom

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and dad, what do you guys thinking we should do

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Speaker 4: Yeah, we started investing a little bit, you know. We

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just put it like in a S and P five

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hundred fund, I believe, And just did that for now,

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you know, because I'm not I'm I'm not too far

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into that investing stuff. And my parents their work, they

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know a little bit of stuff about investing, so we're

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not too big into it. But we just did that

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for now, and you know, just trying to save as

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much as you can, because I mean, you know, this

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is a great opportunity to make some money and set

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you over for the long run.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, no doubt about it. Let's welcome into the show.

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Speaker 2: NFLPA shortify financial planner Blaine Anderson. He's on the line

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as well. Blaine, You've consulted with a lot of student

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athletes over the years about how to invest in where

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to invest. What are some of the common questions that

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student athletes pose to you in those kind of those

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consultative evaluations of how to invest, where to invest, why

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Speaker 4: Yeah, well, thanks Ben.

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Speaker 5: It's the pleasure of being on and listening to the

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conversation here with LJ.

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Speaker 4: When it comes to some.

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Speaker 5: Of those early steps, a lot of it is just

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putting together a plan, being intentional and thinking about tomorrow.

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As far as you know, it's not all about money.

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worked know that it's a byproduct of good hard work.

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But it is something that oftentimes is necessary to help

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us get by, to provide opportunities for those around us,

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and to certainly free up time. And so one of

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the things we talk about most is just planning for tomorrow,

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starting to understand the power of compound interest, the importance

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of spending less than you make, and even if you

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can sacrifice a little bit now that it can provide

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tremendous long term benefits. And one of the things that

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we emphasize a lot is we talk about the difference

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between let's say a rich person versus a wealthy person,

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and a rich person can work hard to make money.

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A wealthy person works hard to have that money work

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for them, and so that's where we want to get

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to and that's what we're trying to accomplish. And then

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of course, as you know, it's just combining tax and

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investment and the state planning and all those things under

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the Certified Financial Planning umbrella that put together a comprehensive plan.

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So it's neat to work with younger folks, but people

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that are thinking about tomorrow and whether you know the

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old saying the best time to invest was twenty years ago,

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the next best time is now. And so it's just

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applying many of the principles around finance and investing, and

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these guys all do a great job of it. It's

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neat to see.

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Speaker 3: You know, we got LJ.

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Speaker 2: Martin on the line as well as Blaine Anderson Bantererwealth

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Banterwealth dot Com. Blaine this season when you watch LJ

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run when you've been watching them run and catch and

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do his master his craft on the football field. For BYU,

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what stands out to you? How would you describe LJ

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as a as a running back at b YU.

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Speaker 3: What do you like about his game?

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Speaker 2: Do you have a maybe a highlight of particular play

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that you just you just say you lean on You're like, man,

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I'll remember that.

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Speaker 3: That's like emblazing in my mind as a fan.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, a few things. First of all, I like even

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hard or LJ mentioned it about just being a football player.

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back position, that's what you need as a football player.

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Speaker 4: And even hearing you.

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Speaker 5: Guys talk about his relationship and mentorship that's come from Harvey.

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In knowing Harvey and as a friend, I know that

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the greatest compliment you can give a coach or a

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teacher is that they teach their students or their players

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to go on and be better than they are or

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than they were. And hearing Harvey say that early on

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that LJ was going to be and is doing more

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than he did, I think is a true compliment to Harvey.

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They actually remind me a lot of each other with

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their playing styles. I remember watching Harvey and he was

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one of my favorite running backs to watch because of

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his power style running. He always lowered the shoulder and

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always fell forward, and that's something that we've seen with

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LJ when it comes to maybe even some plays. It

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must have been that UCF game, that final game of

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the season where LJ just grinded in.

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Speaker 4: And play out.

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Speaker 5: I think he was probably at least what they were saying,

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banged up a little bit, but he certainly didn't show

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that on the field. And so that'll be something I'll

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always remember about watching LJA and his style of play.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: That that, speaking of let's talk about stats. That was

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probably one of the best single game performances from a

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running back or quarterback running the football in BYU football history.

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I put it as a top five performance from a

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from a rushing output standpoint.

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Speaker 3: LJ.

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Speaker 2: Let's revert back to you, like, what do you recall

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that that UCF game, Because I think, look, you look

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at the opponent, you look at you know, the kind

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of the situation. I also look at like the Cincinnati game,

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like I kind of look at that one as like

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the LJ. Martin game on the road where you kind

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of haw did to had to put it, put the

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maybe the team on your back a little bit. What's

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been your favorite game, your single game performance that you

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lean on, Bakery, That was my favorite game all.

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Speaker 4: Time right now, I'll probably say that Cincinnatti one. Just

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look at back at that. You know, it's pretty cool

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just to be able to carry the ball that many times,

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and you know we kind of got into that four

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mini mode and we were able to finish it off

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with the touchdown, and you know, everyone knows we're gonna

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run the ball and all I was still able to

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get pushed and they were creating holes and I was

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able to run physical and still get yards. And you know,

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that just shows like what we were able to do

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as offense this year. And it's that was probably probably

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my favorite one by far. And you know, just just

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going out there having fun, just touching the ball that

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many times, just playing football. I mean, it's it's that's

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my that's my favorite game by far.

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Speaker 2: I would say, yeah, it might be of tyler Ils

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year to thirty two carries, two hundred and twenty two yards,

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six point nine yards per carry, two touchdowns. You had

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three receptions, forty four yards and then a handful of

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pass pro reps as well a lot of contact that

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gave you took How sold was the body after that game?

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Speaker 4: Yeah? Yeah, I was pretty tired. We were coming back

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home from the flight. Started cramping on the plane and

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you know, so I had to get some foods. Yeah,

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it was.

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Speaker 3: It was a bit.

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Speaker 4: It was a struggle for a plane ride, but you

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know it was it was fun. I wouldn't want to

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play any other way, you know, just I mean it's football,

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you know, just being able to touch the ball that many times,

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just out there having fun with the guys. And yeah,

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you're just out there with the guys and they're feeling

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it and you're feeling it and we're just all out

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there having fun. It was really fun to them.

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Speaker 2: Have you had, you know, apart from Harvey obviously being

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a key mend where his Jamal Williams come back, Tyler

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Rale's year, you know, these uh, these running backs that

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have had success in the NFL recently, have they you know,

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mentored you at all?

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Speaker 3: Have you have you developed a relationship with those guys

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at all?

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Speaker 4: Yeah? I talked to Tyler someone when he first when

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I first got out here. He kind of just him

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here and hearing him talk about Harvey and what he

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thought of him. You know, it kind of made me

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made a believer and you know, wanted to come out here.

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And then as well as Jamal, well he came back recently.

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lot more this year, and uh, you know, just talking

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to him, he's always on this year, he's been on

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the sideline a little bit, you know, just giving me

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tips and pointers. So he's been helping out at a

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time too. So yeah, just those two guys and you know,

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they've just been doing a great job and just kind

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of giving me little tidbits and uh, just little pieces

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of knowledge so I could be a better running back.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: What's the what's the best words of advice you've gotten

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from Tyler or Jamal that stood out to you in

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this process over the last couple of years.

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Speaker 4: I would say just being consistent in the work and

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just enjoying it, you know, just enjoying your time, just

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playing football, just making it fun, you know, because I

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feel like now people try to make it the job,

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you know, they try to make it where you get

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money out of it, but you know, if you just

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go out there and have fun with it and just

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enjoy yourself, like everything else will come. You know, honestly,

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that was a bigest advice.

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Speaker 3: Great advice.

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Speaker 5: L J.

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Speaker 2: Martin here on ESPN the Fan, talking stats, talking his

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h his season. Now you got a bowl game? Uh,

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the the the pop tarts, boor In Orlanta. What's what's

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your mindset like preparing for the bowl game? Do you

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plan on playing in the bowl game for BYU?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, still trying to get some stuff figured out, but yeah,

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I mean right now, you know, we just got to prepare.

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We got to whoever's usually whoever's most excited to be

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there is going to be the one who wins. So

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you know, it's it's another opportunity to play another game,

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get a twelve win. So we're really excited. You know,

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it's a blessing. I mean, I remember two years ago

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we weren't even in a bowl game. You know, our

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season was done pretty quick. So you know, it's just

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a blessing to even be in a bowl game and

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just going out there having fun and making the most

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out of it. It'll be a lot of fun.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, how special is it to have back to back

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eleven and two seasons with an opportunity to get twelve

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wins for you and your teammates.

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Speaker 4: I mean, yeah, that's amazing, especially after my first year

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out here. You know, it's just you know, you believe,

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but for it to actually happen, it's like, it's pretty amazing,

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you know, just to be able to be consistent two

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years in a row. When when have back to back

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scenes like that, it means a lot, and you know,

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we just can't be happy with the result, but you know,

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they just kind of use this motivation, you know, and

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it'll give the other guys motivation going in next year.

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You just you know, want to wanting to sustain that

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that standards.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, LJ. Martin, Ladies and gentlemen ology.

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Speaker 2: I know you're still kind of navigating figuring stuff out.

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Let me let me put a theoretical out there. The

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dream is to go to the NFL. And we all

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know you're an NFL running back. There's been many that

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have said, hey, he could. He's a top five running back,

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he's a top ten running back. He's a top three

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running back in college football. You're the Big twelve offensive

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player of the year. What's going to go into maybe

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the decision to either take your talents in the NFL

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or to come back. And you know, let's say the

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donors they're, hey, we want to you know, we want

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you to come back, and they're going to be aggressive

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and trying to retain you, et cetera. What is that

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process going to be like for you to maybe you know,

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make the right decision for you and your family.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's gonna be a lot of praying, but it's

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also just gonna be you know. I always just you know,

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when you think of getting drafted to NFL, you always

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think of you know, just don't you know, being in

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the green room and you know, go into that first

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round or like you know, just being there and you know,

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being an early pick. You know, So it kind of

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just depends on what I land. So, like, you know,

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I've been saying if I'm if I'm like, it just

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kind of depends where, Yeah, I'm projected, you know, if

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I could go like day three, I mean, shoot, I

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might just you know, like just come back next year

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and you know and try to up my draft stock

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and try to get it as high as possible. But

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if it's pretty high, like right now, and you know,

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where it's like, yeah, you could go day two for sure.

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Then you know it's something I think about where it's like, oh, yeah,

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I'm gonna go you know. Yeah, so just yeah, it

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just it just kind of depends. I just want to

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give myself the best opportunity to go out there and

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just you know, fulfill my So that's coming back next year,

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and you know, if I'm hearing like I could help

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my draft stock for next year if I come back

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another year and you know, I can really improve it,

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and they're talking about I could be go go early.

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You know, I'll definitely consider coming back a lot more.

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just wondering. So yeah, it's gonna be a lot of

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praying and just listening to others what they gotta.

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Speaker 3: Say, no doubt about it. Take it all in.

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Speaker 2: As you've mentioned, you're enjoying the process. You're enjoying the journey,

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and uh, you got great people around you to support you,

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advise you, and consult with you.

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Speaker 3: So lean on those people that you trust and love

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the most.

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