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It is time for a little player profile. I'm gonna

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get to know Kid uluave ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls.

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Look at everyone's talking about Kid. Everyone's on that cad

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train right now. And Ronald the three man Weaver. I

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mean prior to this interview is that during the off

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season by you got their transfer portal class. Ronald, you

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said some crazy things. You said, this may be the

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best acquisition via the portal like in portal history. I

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was like, WHOA well, I was I was taken back.

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I was blown away that you would say such a thing, Ronald,

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because we've had some great portal acquisitions. But it could

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it's maybe trending that way. Aaron Roderck was asked, Hey,

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who on the defensive side had stood out to He said, oh, yeah,

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a lot of them have been Ku Luave when out

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of his ways say Cade okay, and so I thought

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that was interesting. I know that Kelly Pepinga has definitely

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been high on k.

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Speaker 2: Too Luave as well.

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Speaker 3: The six foot one, two hundred and thirty five pounder

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out of South Jordan, Utah, via the University of California,

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he played in thirty four games with the Cal Bears

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up there over three seasons, starting in twenty six of

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them started eleven of twelve games in twenty twenty, leading

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the cow Bears with one hundred total tackles, twelve vfls,

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five quarterback hurries, and a parts Regeni Para Tree. He

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was First team All ACC in twenty twenty five. He's

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got two hundred and thirty seven career tackles, twenty one

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and a half TfL, six acts, three i in ts,

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two forced fumbles in three seasons at Cal and Ronnie,

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you caught up with him, and I'm sure this is

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let's get to it. Ronald the three man. We were

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catching up with the starred linebacker, the stud linebacker kdol

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Here with the.

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Speaker 1: BA linebacker K Cade. I'll spring gone for football, go

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gone for you.

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Speaker 2: So far, it's been good. It's been good.

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Speaker 4: This has been a good experience for me and you know,

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to grow as a as a player and as a person.

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So it's been good. It's been good to learn a

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new system and you know how a bunch of different

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opinions and everything. So I'm just excited to be out

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here and just blessed and just happy you.

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Speaker 1: Went into the transit portal. Well led to that decision

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to change, to take a different journey your college football career.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it was. It was a hard decision.

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Speaker 4: It was you know, being able to being able to

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come into a new school and hopping the portal was

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was a long decision and ultimately kind of led down

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to you know, you know my time at CAL. I

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loved it, you know, I you know, it was like

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my second home playing at Cal.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 4: Some coaching changes happened, new staff coming in, so uh

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for me, you know, being my last year, I was like,

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you know what if I hopping the portal, see something,

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get a new experience, new scenery, and then and then yeah,

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so then once the b WHYU reached out? You know,

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I'm like, Okay, there's no better opportunity to come back

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home and play for my last year and just have

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a good experience.

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Speaker 2: So that's that's pretty much it.

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Speaker 1: Well may be why you so attractive even after they

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reached out.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think I think one just it's b yu

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really like you look at their season last year. There's

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a sucessful season with a bunch of dudes on defense

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especially that could you know, and so you know, kind

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of filling in those roles, you know, and just working

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each day is just like a cool opportunity for me.

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national stage, right, and like people are like, wow, you

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I use the real deal, you know, And so that's

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something I want to be a part of.

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Speaker 2: And then even stepping down.

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Speaker 4: To the culture, you know, I want to be a

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part of a team that has a strong culture. You know,

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being from Utah obviously helps live like thirty minutes away,

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and you know, just and then by you being a

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part of the church. You know, I'm a member of

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the church, and so that's definitely, you know, a pro

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for me. But ultimately just just grateful to be here.

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Speaker 1: Really, how has how has it been so far with

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the culture getting adapted to the guys and welcome me

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's been good. I love it.

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Speaker 4: It's been awesome, and it's it's a good experience for me.

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You know, something very different. I think Callum by you

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were very different, very like a.

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Speaker 2: Lot of ways. But I love it.

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Speaker 4: You know, it's been great, and you know, at times

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it can be difficult being the new guy, you know,

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fitting into a new team, a new system and learning

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Speaker 2: So simply you know, had bumps in the road.

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Speaker 4: But you know, with the people well here and the

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support that we have, you know, they you're help they're helping.

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Speaker 2: You twenty four seven, you know, And so that's what

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Speaker 4: And so just continue to keep learning, keep building, keep growing,

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and just you know, as string balls are kind of

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wrapping up towards the end, just keep the momentum going

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into you know, somewhere and into the fall camp.

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Speaker 2: So and then next thing, you know, it's about to

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Speaker 1: Are you planning on standing here for the offseason, working

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out or going elsewhere?

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Speaker 4: I'll probably I'll be around, I mean, being only living

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like thirty minutes away, you know, I'll be up and

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Speaker 2: So, uh, yeah, that's great.

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Speaker 1: Well, when you went into the portal, who is the

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person to contact you was? I guess you were recruitering

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the process to come to Uyu.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the main guy was coach Pop Coast Pop.

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Speaker 4: He reached out, and you know, me and him had

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a relationship previous, but when I was in high school,

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he was he was recruiting when he was at Boise State.

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both those guys, you know, I knew, you know, I

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created a relationship with. So then you know, when they

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reached out, I was like, man, this is awesome. Like

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both those guys are phenomenal coaches and my little guys

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off the field, you know, And so that's one thing

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they've been great mentors to me and so trying to

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soak it all in and learn each day.

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Speaker 2: And it's been great.

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Speaker 1: What he likes so far about playing in K pop system.

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Speaker 2: It's great. I love it. I think, I mean him.

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Speaker 4: Defensive coordinator as your position coach definitely helps because he

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kind of sees the defense through your eyes, which I

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think is awesome. So you know, so we're out here blitzing,

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we're out here, you know, dropping playing man coverage, you know,

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doing all sorts of stuff, and so that's what I love,

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you know, I like I like being able to play

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all over the field and doing.

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Speaker 2: My thing rather than just sticking in one spot, you know.

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Speaker 4: And so that's one thing I love and just just

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super grateful to be a part of it.

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Speaker 2: Really.

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Speaker 1: How would you describe your your skill set? You just

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said in coverage getting out the quarterback. If you look

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at your tape, it's a lot of stuff you know,

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that you can you can take away.

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Speaker 2: And that you can like from that.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I just think you know, for me, I've

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kind of just always been an explosive player really, and

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I just honestly that's just God given talent. Really just

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always been explosive since I was a little kid and

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everything so pretty twitchy.

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Speaker 2: And you know.

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Speaker 4: And then another reason I came to buy used to

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like to develop more really, and so there's been things

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that we've been going through that I've been learning a ton.

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Speaker 2: So it's been a big learning curve.

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Speaker 4: But like I always think about this, you never you

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never grow if you're comfortable. So that's really the main

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thing for me is like change is inevitable, but growth

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is optional, you know, And so that's what I love.

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from all these great coaches and great players. So it's

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been it's been great.

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Speaker 1: What does it like to play with you know, Isaiah Glasker, Obviously,

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Jake Clifton is new and then see all this here

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in that linebacker around.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, no, all those guys are dudes. They're all ballers,

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Speaker 4: And I think I think Zay was one of the

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first guys to reach out to me and you know,

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be like, let's go.

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Speaker 2: I'm hived. And so me and him have a good connection.

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Speaker 4: And and then both and then both and and Zay

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know the defense super well. So any questions I have,

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you know, they're there to help me along the way.

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the same boat, just being the new guys, working it in,

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fitting it like, filling it out and just working each day.

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it's it's been great. Really, the whole linebacker room in

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itself is a good group of guys that love football

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and are super talented.

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Speaker 2: So it's blessed to be a part of that group.

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Speaker 1: Coach Bop said that Jake got off of a mission

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of his power cleaning three thirty five. Can you confirm

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you know, his numbers and just him in the weight room.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, No, Jake's dude. He's strong.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, me and him live together and he's he's a strong,

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explosive guy.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, he gets after.

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Speaker 4: And we push each other in the weight room, which

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I love. That's like what it's all about. Iron Sharpen's Iron.

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So yeah, he's a baller, he's a dude, and he's

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super smart, flies around, makes play.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, he's a he's a good dude.

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Speaker 1: He said, this is your last season of eligibility. What

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do you want to accomplish them most in this last year?

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Speaker 4: Really that's a great question because you know, that's kind

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of a question I was asking myself, you know, hopping

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into the portal, what do I really want? And that

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kind of stemmed down to, you know, you know, I

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wanted to be on a team that's one that's gonna

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have a good experience, two that's gonna develop me, and

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three that's gonna win that that's the main that's the

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main three right there, And so got all three here, Yeah, exactly.

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So when when the opportunity came, I'm like, dude, I

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can't say no, Like this is awesome and so with

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the guys we have and the talent we have, you know,

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it's everything's looking well, you know, and so obviously everything's earned.

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Speaker 2: So no, but I love it.

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Speaker 1: It's an opportunity to play in the Big twelve conference.

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what is it like to your what your thoughts on

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the play, you know, competitive football week in and week out,

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Speaker 4: I think I've had the crew opportunity of playing and

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so I've kind of seen I've kind of seen a lot,

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just gonna help me as a player. I think of,

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you know, just getting a ton of experience and learning

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Speaker 2: Super excited just to get after it and learn.

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Speaker 4: And I could tell, you know, like from coach A

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Speaker 2: Real deal, you know.

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Speaker 4: So some of the times I'm out there, I'm like, well,

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she's offense a little tricky, but no, it's good for me.

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Speaker 2: So it's good for me.

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Speaker 1: Thoughts on the rivalry, I mean, obviously you're gonna get

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that in the season, but you're from Utah, you know

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, yeah, that I'm super excited man. That That's

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and everything, and then I mean being from Utah though

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Speaker 1: A b a linebacker Katy Luavi. Last couple of things

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was seeing Jack Kelly and seeing what Isaiah Glasker did

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last season. Was that one of the reasons why you

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they were fine Oali the field and everyone knew and

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was looking for of like, you know, these linebackers are

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out here making plays, you know, and that's awesome and

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Speaker 2: And so you know, to Jack, I've known Jack for

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Speaker 4: We used to train back in the day a few

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times cross pass and then and then now being able

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Speaker 1: Which one's a linebacker's dream to pick off the quarterback

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you get you get a nice drop going, you read

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the quarterback size, you get a pick, you take it

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to the house. Man, Man, now you're just now you're

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up six points, like you know, so as long although

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a strip sack is pretty sick, I'd have to get

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Speaker 1: Have you had a pick six to your career?

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Speaker 2: Pick six? No, I haven't.

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Speaker 1: I've had a lot of play, so it's hard.

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Speaker 2: I've had a scoop and score. Okay, so I've had

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a scoop and score. I've had a.

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Speaker 4: Strip sack, but I've never had a pick six. So

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maybe that's on the goal this year's.

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Speaker 1: Want to go this year, we'll get you out of

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here on this Who would you like to highlight from

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the defensive side of the ball and then from.

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Speaker 4: The offense defense side? Man, honestly, just everybody, I think,

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especially the D line. I think I think those guys

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are awesome. Keanu is a dude like I've you know,

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Speaker 2: That's he's he's nice, and he's and.

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Speaker 4: He's a leader, and he gets after and he you know,

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hypes everyone up and so he's a dude.

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Speaker 2: And then I think the whole team. You know, you

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look at the other linebackers and you know, all those

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Speaker 4: And then you look at the second ear of the dbs,

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of our safeties are dudes. So across the board, it's

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defenses is awesome. And then on the offense, the side

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of the ball man a lot of talent too. I mean,

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bear like that dude is he's good and you could

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see it and you could see that, you know, he's

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he's developed and he's and he's not the same as

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he was last year, and so that's super exciting and

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that's good for us to play against. And you know,

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I think the offensive line is big and strong, and

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running backs are good.

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Speaker 2: You know, I'm excited to play with LJ.

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Speaker 4: You know, he hasn't been able to get any reps

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so far, but once he gets in, I'm super excited.

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fast guys.

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Speaker 2: So I mean, like across the board, it's like it's

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looking good. So we're excited.

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Speaker 1: Last messages for Kugernation as you head into you know,

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the off season, but you'll still be working.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, man Kugarnation, excited to get it going, get it rolling,

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keep working, stacking days one by one, and when it's time,

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we'll be ready and we're gonna get after it.

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Speaker 2: So let's go.

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Speaker 1: Ko Kok's ba linebacker Kidulava.

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Speaker 3: Everyone they go, that's Ronald the three Man. We were

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interviewing Kate Uluave. Impressed by the young man. He's he's

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gonna be a good one for b Yu if if

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he's healthy, which he is right now.

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Speaker 2: He is clubbing.

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Speaker 3: H he's got a club on his end, but he's

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healthy enough to still ball out and make plays. Uh

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and uh get past breakups, make tackles, et cetera. Man,

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if he's healthy, he's gonna be a beast on the

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football player. I would not be surprised if he leads

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the team in tackles. Runald the three Men Weaver.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm with you right there. Uh Gunna leaded teams

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and tackles like Ben bay Water had him on the

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program last week.

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Speaker 2: He missed it.

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Speaker 1: Go go check it out.

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Speaker 2: It's still linebacker you Ben.

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Speaker 1: You know, I know we call it offensive line, you tighten,

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you joke bo He's got a plethora of great positions

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and NFL talent that's played and guys that have played

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at b AU. But no, I mean when I said

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that take that he was this was arguably the best

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get out of the transport on b A in BAU

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football history.

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Speaker 2: It wasn't.

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Speaker 1: I probably because the number one linebacker like this guy

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could have gone anywhere else. And he said, why coach

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and change? You know, kay Pop reached out to him.

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I thought that was interesting that he knew Demo too,

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you know, knowing them going back to Boise State that

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a connection knew Jack Kelly from working out back in

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the day. So there's a caide was always supposed to.

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I feel like, make his way eventually to BYU and

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like you always singing, I won't sing it because I'm

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terrible and no one wants to hear the bad vocals

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in my throat. But you know, they brought him home

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and I think as long as he's healthy, he's going

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to make a big impact. This is a guy that

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when when he's whether it's dropping in the coverage or

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getting off the quarterback, he's a playmaker. He's a next

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level guy NFL talent, And he said to himself seeing

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Isaiah Glasker, seeing Jack Kelly make plays, and he talked

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about BO. He develops people's not just you know, I

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wanted to go where they win, where they can develop me,

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you know, where the culture is good. And that's what

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I said. They got all three of BO because they do.

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They're winning at a high level, performing at a high level,

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guys are developing for the next level, and the culture

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is great. And when you got all of that, it's

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really hard to say no to BYU. And you know,

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Kelly Papinga reached out to him quickly, got it done.

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And and look, this guy is gonna true really be

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a standout for BA. You can hear his name called

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a lot this year, like he could be on the

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preseason All Defensive team. Rightfully, so because every you know,

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every year that he's played football, he's been he's been

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able to make plays. So they got a good one.

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Ben appreciate him giving his time to me because he

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obviously doesn't have to do that. And uh, look, I know, Kugarnation,

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you've been asking for it, so you finally got it

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that well here from obviously walking lines we've been in

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in you know, in a little bit, but you know,

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these are the high profile guys the bou struck out

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on or didn't get ben back in the day, and

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now they're getting them. So you got to enjoy it

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while at lasts, whether it's a year, whether it's all four,

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the tides have turned and you know all these guys

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that b A you didn't you know necessarily succeed on there,

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they're succeeding now and they're gonna make impact and leave

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it and you're gonna set yourself up for life. So

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shout out to Kate Luave and you'll be seeing them

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a lot in provo because he's only thirty minutes.

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Speaker 3: Away in hereman, So bring him home, bringing them home,

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ladies and gentlemen, and it's good to be home there

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