Speaker 1: NFL Draft coverage on the radio program begins right at
Speaker 1: six o'clock when we say good night here on the show,
Speaker 1: so stay tuned for that. Not a lot of intrigue
Speaker 1: at the top, even Vegas has overwhelming odds in the
Speaker 1: direction of cam Ward being the selection from Tennessee.
Speaker 2: And then we'll see what happens after that.
Speaker 1: But our next guest knows what this day is like
Speaker 1: for these young men waiting to hear their name called.
Speaker 1: One of the best players that we've ever had in
Speaker 1: state from the University of Utah entering a sixth season
Speaker 1: in the NFL with Cincinnati. Friend of the show Zach Moss,
Speaker 1: on a draft day Thursday, Zach, Happy Thursday, man.
Speaker 2: How you doing good?
Speaker 3: Good man, how are you well?
Speaker 2: I appreciate your time.
Speaker 1: I want you to take us back to your draft
Speaker 1: day and tell us what that was like. What did
Speaker 1: you do, who were you with, and how did you
Speaker 1: handle the emotions of a day that change your life.
Speaker 2: Zach.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it was a great day, man. Honestly, you know,
Speaker 3: my year was different doing COVID, so didn't get it
Speaker 3: opportunity to do a bigger thing and stuff like that,
Speaker 3: but still was surrounded by loved ones and things of
Speaker 3: that nature. But you know, in the day, no matter what,
Speaker 3: you know, just hearing your name called flash across TV
Speaker 3: and things of that nature something you definitely never forget
Speaker 3: for sure.
Speaker 1: When did you know that it was going to be Buffalo?
Speaker 1: When were you told that the bills were taking you
Speaker 1: in the third round.
Speaker 3: Of Literally probably two three minutes before you know, came
Speaker 3: up on a TV and things like that. They called
Speaker 3: me and let me know that they were going to
Speaker 3: select me there in the third round with their pick
Speaker 3: and stuff like that. It was crazy because I didn't
Speaker 3: know where I was going to go. I didn't even
Speaker 3: really have Buffalo on my radar. Like I said, it
Speaker 3: was COVID, so you know, all the top thirty visits
Speaker 3: and all these different things that you have to go
Speaker 3: do as draftees. I didn't get atence to do any
Speaker 3: of that. So it was literally just up in the
Speaker 3: air and seeing who was going to select me. Whenever
Speaker 3: they did, Wow.
Speaker 1: Just a couple of minutes before. So now I've got
Speaker 1: to know what the emotions were like when you heard
Speaker 1: your name, Like we you know, all of us at
Speaker 1: some point if you're in the business or if you're
Speaker 1: listening to sports talk radio. There's a chance that most
Speaker 1: everybody dreamed of doing what you still do to this
Speaker 1: day and having a moment like hearing your name called
Speaker 1: during the NFL Draft.
Speaker 2: What was that moment like for you, zach.
Speaker 4: Uh?
Speaker 3: You know it was it was definitely surreal to some degree.
Speaker 3: You know, I think I've always worked, you know, pretty
Speaker 3: hard to put myself in it to give myself an
Speaker 3: opportunity to be able to hear my name called, So
Speaker 3: you know when I did hear it called, it was
Speaker 3: it was definitely surreal, But you know, it felt like
Speaker 3: a good moment of validation of all the work I've
Speaker 3: done and you know, the things I had to overcome
Speaker 3: and all those different type of things. So just hearing
Speaker 3: my name was like a validation in that moment, Like
Speaker 3: I didn't get really emotional and things like that because
Speaker 3: I moved, still a lot of work to do. Six
Speaker 3: years later, I'm still trying to do that work to
Speaker 3: you know, do the things I really want to do
Speaker 3: in life.
Speaker 2: And you continue to do it.
Speaker 1: And there was some news that broke a couple of
Speaker 1: days ago that you and the Bengals agreed to terms
Speaker 1: where you've restructured your deal a little bit, So tell
Speaker 1: us what that process has been like. And also, most importantly, Zach,
Speaker 1: I probably buried the lead. You're not supposed to do
Speaker 1: that in this business. How are you doing. How is
Speaker 1: your health?
Speaker 4: I'm doing good, man, Just you know, taking the day
Speaker 4: by day and you know, just doing the best I
Speaker 4: can do to be ready for the end of the
Speaker 4: year in the league and things like that.
Speaker 3: But yeah, restructure the deal to come back to Cincinnati.
Speaker 3: You know, got a lot of good people there and
Speaker 3: we got a really good team. So decided to be
Speaker 3: a part of that process again with those type of people.
Speaker 2: What do you guys?
Speaker 1: Let's talk about the Bengals for a moment, because last
Speaker 1: year it was just strange. You know, you ended the
Speaker 1: season on a wild run because there and you know this,
Speaker 1: there is so much talent in your locker room and
Speaker 1: so ultimately, when you start out the season, you're not
Speaker 1: winning football games.
Speaker 2: And you know, a lot.
Speaker 1: Of this it is another defensive side of the ball
Speaker 1: because you obviously have Burrow, you get those two wide
Speaker 1: receivers back, and you've got a great running back room.
Speaker 1: You know, obviously you among the three backs that will
Speaker 1: be running and blocking for the Bengals coming up this year.
Speaker 1: But how would you articulate how last year went and
Speaker 1: what are you guys hoping to accomplish this year.
Speaker 3: Yeah, last year it was tough, man. I think us
Speaker 3: being so young on the deeper side of the ball,
Speaker 3: it was just one of those years where it felt
Speaker 3: like no matter what you kind of did right, something
Speaker 3: always kind of went wrong. And playing in that division
Speaker 3: AFC north Man, you've got to be ready to go
Speaker 3: each and every week. It's a it's a real tough
Speaker 3: physical division. I mean you factor in the weather in
Speaker 3: those cities and stuff like that as well, and you know,
Speaker 3: it was it was just a hard year. We got
Speaker 3: a lot of good quarterbacks in that division as well.
Speaker 3: But I think it's a good learning curve. I mean,
Speaker 3: you saw a lot of guys have you know, great
Speaker 3: individual years, which was nice and crazy to see. I
Speaker 3: mean you got to see I got to see Borough
Speaker 3: play at the high level, chase at the high level,
Speaker 3: and things of that nature. So I think, you know,
Speaker 3: everyone coming back, uh, you know, and getting another year
Speaker 3: on our belt with those guys, you know, it's gonna
Speaker 3: be a lot of interesting things. That's gonna be able
Speaker 3: to happen for us this season. That just didn't go
Speaker 3: out way last year. You know, sometimes you don't get
Speaker 3: the ball to spin your way, and you know we
Speaker 3: we dealt with that a lot last year. But I
Speaker 3: think the way we competed throughout that year, you know,
Speaker 3: there was never gains where we just laid it down,
Speaker 3: always competitive as a team. So that's that's huge, right
Speaker 3: when you're thinking about it, you look back at that
Speaker 3: year and finish it out, finished it out strong. So
Speaker 3: definitely looking forward to getting that UH cohesion this together
Speaker 3: this season and you know, give him our best shot again.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna ask you kind of a little bit of
Speaker 1: a fanboy question, which I never do, but I you know,
Speaker 1: you hear a lot of people talk about the best
Speaker 1: wide receivers in the NFL, and there's a lot of
Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson. There's a lot of Tyreek when he's healthy.
Speaker 1: There's a lot of aj Brown.
Speaker 2: I I I think it's.
Speaker 1: I think it's jamar I think it's jamar Ja. I've
Speaker 1: got to know what it's like. And look, you're a
Speaker 1: top man athlete yourself, so I'm sure you never in
Speaker 1: awe of any of your peers but he seems to
Speaker 1: be a unicorns unicorn. He seems to be one of one.
Speaker 1: What's it what's it like to watch him day to
Speaker 1: day do what he does?
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's different, man. Honestly, I think you know I was.
Speaker 3: I was tell people like, he didn't even play during
Speaker 3: the preseason, and he didn't do anything in training camp.
Speaker 3: He didn't do anything in the offseason program. Right.
Speaker 5: Uh.
Speaker 3: Usually, you know when you see guys go out there
Speaker 3: and perform at the love what they do, they've done
Speaker 3: a training camp which gets them in tune and with
Speaker 3: the playbook, you know, his quarterback and all those different
Speaker 3: type of things. I mean, the guy didn't even have
Speaker 3: to do any of that to go out there and
Speaker 3: have the type of season he did. When he thought
Speaker 3: about the triple crown was it was crazy to see
Speaker 3: I played with a lot of really good receivers and
Speaker 3: you know, a guy like Diggs our first year in Buffalo,
Speaker 3: him having a career year and stuff like that, and
Speaker 3: to see what Jamar does, you know, and the way
Speaker 3: he does it is so nonchalant, it's not like it's
Speaker 3: not even really trying. And to see him shred up
Speaker 3: so many defenses and like I said, playing in that division,
Speaker 3: you kind of almost respect it even more just because
Speaker 3: you're going against top defenses weekend and week out. And
Speaker 3: we had a really good schedule this season when it
Speaker 3: comes to the terms of who we played and the
Speaker 3: guys that he had to line up in front of
Speaker 3: and things like that. So I mean, like you said,
Speaker 3: he's a unicorns in the corn when you think about
Speaker 3: just the fact that Demand didn't even do training camp
Speaker 3: and just went out there and just ball, which is
Speaker 3: crazy to see.
Speaker 1: Additionally, a lot of debates about who the best quarterback
Speaker 1: is in pro football, and of course fifteen in Kansas
Speaker 1: City probably continues to hold that moniker, But I don't
Speaker 1: know where you put Joe, But there aren't a lot
Speaker 1: of quarterbacks i'd want ahead of Joe Burrow. And look, Zach,
Speaker 1: as you know, in this game at any level, but
Speaker 1: especially in pro football, if you don't have one of
Speaker 1: the laite dudes under center, you might as well not
Speaker 1: even kick off. But having Joe Burrow under center, that's
Speaker 1: got to give you the belief in that organization that
Speaker 1: you have a shot to do anything possible as special
Speaker 1: as any other team in this year this year with
Speaker 1: him under center, is that Is that accurate to say?
Speaker 3: Yeah? Absolutely. I mean you're talking about one of the
Speaker 3: best receivers in the league. I mean quarterbacks in the
Speaker 3: league could be stepped in and this season come up
Speaker 3: of a risk injury and leading the league in yards
Speaker 3: and touchdowns is crazy. You know, it's throwing risks at
Speaker 3: that and to be able to come back from that
Speaker 3: and look as seemless as he did. That was really
Speaker 3: special to see that from him. But uh, you know,
Speaker 3: I think you have a guy like that, Like you said,
Speaker 3: if you don't have one of those top guys in
Speaker 3: this league, which he is, it's gonna be really really
Speaker 3: hard to win a lot of games. And fortunate I've
Speaker 3: been able to play with, you know, two guys that
Speaker 3: are really really good at what they do. So that's
Speaker 3: that's been just a blessing, just being able to play
Speaker 3: with guys who play the game at a high lovel
Speaker 3: future Hall of famers.
Speaker 2: So you were at the Forever twenty two game.
Speaker 1: It was fun to see you hanging out with Devin
Speaker 1: and Mackay and a bunch and Britain Covey in town
Speaker 1: as well. How connected do you stay to the program,
Speaker 1: Zach And what was it like to be up there
Speaker 1: for the spring game last Saturday.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm always around, man. I think I try to,
Speaker 3: you know, be in tune with those guys as much
Speaker 3: as I can be. And you know, finally being back
Speaker 3: because I was only able to be back last year
Speaker 3: one time for all home game, which I hadn't been
Speaker 3: too long since I left, you know, so that was
Speaker 3: really cool than being out there this past weekend. That
Speaker 3: was also cool just to see, you know, the football
Speaker 3: and being in the stadium the game and stuff like that,
Speaker 3: and seeing the coaches do what they do best. But I,
Speaker 3: I say, interlock with the school as much as I can.
Speaker 3: And I live here now, so you know, I think
Speaker 3: anytime I'm able just to be around the game for
Speaker 3: one and then be around you know, people with familiar
Speaker 3: faces that I know in the program that has helped
Speaker 3: me tremendously. I think it's always a good thing for sure.
Speaker 1: Last year was a year that nobody was expecting, certainly
Speaker 1: nobody in the media and I know nobody in the
Speaker 1: locker room. I know the standards up there are very,
Speaker 1: very high and have been for quite some time.
Speaker 2: What would you say to youth fans tuning in today?
Speaker 1: Your belief that a bounce back year two in the
Speaker 1: Big Twelve as possible.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean they've They've done it right within the
Speaker 3: sense of you know, I think the quarterbacks are going
Speaker 3: to be really really good. You add a dual threat
Speaker 3: quarterback like that, it's gonna make it real hard and
Speaker 3: it helps to the running game tremendously, which is gonna
Speaker 3: beautiful for the new running back also that they have,
Speaker 3: so that's nice. And the solid defense that that we
Speaker 3: play over there at Utah, you know, with coach Scalley
Speaker 3: and Coach Wayde leading the way over that side. When
Speaker 3: you add a dual threat quarterback, a really good running
Speaker 3: back as well, that's come in as well, you're gonna
Speaker 3: be able to control the ball and play the style
Speaker 3: that they want to. And I think, you know, like
Speaker 3: I said, I think the quarterbacks gonna be really just
Speaker 3: I've seen what he was able to do. I think
Speaker 3: it's at New Mexico State, so excited to see what
Speaker 3: he can do with these guys and the coaching staff.
Speaker 3: And I think obviously bringing on his officer coordinator from
Speaker 3: his last school as well, keeps that familiarity there. It
Speaker 3: should be a pretty seamless uh transition for him. Hopefully
Speaker 3: you know, these guys can uh put it together and
Speaker 3: you know, injured a part of the game. Just hopefully
Speaker 3: that you know, they don't get hit with that buzz
Speaker 3: again for sure.
Speaker 1: So you've gone on to have a really good pro
Speaker 1: football career, and of course we'll all cheer for you
Speaker 1: to play as long as you possibly can. And so
Speaker 1: somebody like you, when you look, when you look at
Speaker 1: nil and transfer portal, it probably doesn't sting as much
Speaker 1: because you've achieved success. I mean, I'm sure you would
Speaker 1: have liked to make money when you're in college, as
Speaker 1: all of us would have liked.
Speaker 2: I'm not alluding to anything other than that.
Speaker 1: But as somebody who was an athlete, very good athlete,
Speaker 1: good football player prior to NIL and the transfer portal
Speaker 1: and follows the sport and follows the program, how do
Speaker 1: you think those two those two things have changed the
Speaker 1: sport the most?
Speaker 3: Okay, man, I think that's the biggest thing is like,
Speaker 3: you know, he used to not saying that it's not there,
Speaker 3: but it's definitely fading away a bit in the sense of,
Speaker 3: you know, he used to want to care about you know,
Speaker 3: the logo on the side of your helmet, you know,
Speaker 3: and putting on for your school and things of that nature,
Speaker 3: and wanting to be a all the you know, being
Speaker 3: alumni at school and things like that when you graduate.
Speaker 3: I think now, which you can't fault the kids to
Speaker 3: some degree, uh, you know when you talk about the
Speaker 3: money and setting yourself up for the future, you know,
Speaker 3: because there's only so many guys that can go to
Speaker 3: the NFL for one coming out of college. You know,
Speaker 3: if I broke down the numbers on that, it's just
Speaker 3: obviously a lot of people, know it's crazy on how
Speaker 3: many people play college football, college sports period and aren't
Speaker 3: able to make it to that pro level. Even if
Speaker 3: you are able to make it to that pro level,
Speaker 3: the chances of you, you know, having a full career
Speaker 3: and things of that nature, it's already hard when you
Speaker 3: think about that type of stuff. So you know, obviously
Speaker 3: them taking advantage of NIL is a good thing. I
Speaker 3: think hopefully, you know, we can they can just get
Speaker 3: a cap on it and you know, really control it
Speaker 3: the best that they can so that they get you
Speaker 3: know that the schools don't lose as much and you know,
Speaker 3: the people would the biggest pocketbooks don't just throw money
Speaker 3: at these kids, and you know, they just jump school
Speaker 3: to school and don't really build that brotherhood that they
Speaker 3: are going to you know, really love and depend on
Speaker 3: at some point. So I think that's the biggest thing.
Speaker 1: Do you pay attention at all to any of the
Speaker 1: back and forth between Utah and bu Yu fans complaining
Speaker 1: about the other teams poaching their players?
Speaker 2: Do you pay attention at.
Speaker 3: At all that? I don't pay attention to it. It
Speaker 3: does pop up on my social media here and there,
Speaker 3: just like because I'm just so into them, you know,
Speaker 3: with the school and different accounts and things like that.
Speaker 3: But it's crazy, for sure, but it is, you know,
Speaker 3: a big part of it, which you can't really, like
Speaker 3: I said, be upset at these kids for wanting to
Speaker 3: take advantage of that. But it does destroy the loyalty
Speaker 3: part of it, where you can just jump schools and
Speaker 3: go different places and do different things and it's not
Speaker 3: much a thing about behind it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and like you said, you can't blame the players,
Speaker 1: and look, Zach, the bottom line here, love it or hated,
Speaker 1: college football has become very transactional, right, and so the
Speaker 1: only way to handle these ebbs and flows is to
Speaker 1: remove your emotion, but as you know, it's hard to
Speaker 1: ask fans to remove their emotions, you know.
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I mean it's the human element to all
Speaker 3: of it. So yeah, it's gonna be hard, absolutely, but
Speaker 3: like I said, hopefully, you know it's they can figure
Speaker 3: out a way to make it more, you know, even
Speaker 3: around all the schools that way, you know, it doesn't
Speaker 3: love you don't love the integrity of the college support game,
Speaker 3: which I think is you know, has been so great
Speaker 3: for so long for a reason, and it's definitely time
Speaker 3: for the athletes to get paid. But there's always better
Speaker 3: ways to do a lot of different things in life.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well said one more thing in this space, and
Speaker 1: then ironically enough, I get to ask you about a
Speaker 1: former teammate of yours at Utah who's going through the process.
Speaker 1: So we'll get there in the moment. Like I said,
Speaker 1: you've gone onto the NFL. You know, you've had a
Speaker 1: really good career and you'll continue to. But I wonder
Speaker 1: through conversations that you have with with ex teammates at
Speaker 1: Utah who didn't have an opportunity to go make money
Speaker 1: playing pro football, do you feel like there's resentment?
Speaker 2: Do you feel like there's bitterness.
Speaker 1: Do you feel like there's anger that they were not
Speaker 1: able to play and benefit off of their name, image
Speaker 1: and likeness while they were playing at college college football?
Speaker 2: Utah.
Speaker 3: Uh. You know, I think you definitely are going to
Speaker 3: have those emotions to some degree. And I think that's
Speaker 3: fair when you think about putting your body on the
Speaker 3: line the way you do, and you know, and all
Speaker 3: that type of stuff. So I think that's fair to
Speaker 3: have those emotions. And I'm sure some guys do. I
Speaker 3: know I've had them even though I've been able to
Speaker 3: go in the NFL and uh do some things in
Speaker 3: that in that realm and things like that as well. Uh,
Speaker 3: But you know, I think long lasting wise, I don't
Speaker 3: think so. But you know, it's like I said, it's
Speaker 3: fair to have that because it is something that would
Speaker 3: have been great to a lot of guys. Because it's
Speaker 3: just like I said, it sets you up at a
Speaker 3: certain age twenty one, twenty two years old with an
Speaker 3: X amount of dollars right you do it correctly and
Speaker 3: things like that. It's a big blessing financially to take
Speaker 3: care of yourself and even people you love depending on
Speaker 3: you know, however much you made or whatever, but it
Speaker 3: is what it is. You know, it just wasn't the
Speaker 3: timing didn't didn't work out, and that's you know, obviously
Speaker 3: that's fair in the sense of, you know, you just
Speaker 3: were born a little too early and that's when they
Speaker 3: decided to do it. But but yeah.
Speaker 2: Now it's a good perspective, all right.
Speaker 1: The twenty nineteen Utah football team, in my estimation, is
Speaker 1: as talented, was as talented, is as talented as any
Speaker 1: team that we've ever.
Speaker 2: Had in the state.
Speaker 1: I believe that that includes two thousand and four, in
Speaker 1: two thousand and eight, the undefeated teams, and you played
Speaker 1: with Brant Keithy and Brand Keithy. Of course, prior to
Speaker 1: Dalton King, Kid was thought to be the better NFL
Speaker 1: tight end prospect because back before Brand had his injury issues,
Speaker 1: he was really dynamic. Uh, he's going through the process
Speaker 1: and I don't know that he'll be drafted and hopefully
Speaker 1: he can just get healthy and somebody gives him a look.
Speaker 2: But what sort of NFL player do you think Bran
Speaker 2: Keithy could make.
Speaker 3: You know, like you said, he's very dynamic when he
Speaker 3: was healthy. I think that's the main thing is getting
Speaker 3: into the NFL for one, and being able to stay healthy.
Speaker 3: He's a guy who can do a lot of different things,
Speaker 3: and you know, in NFL is about you know, sticking around.
Speaker 3: You know, it's really hard to stick around that lead.
Speaker 3: So you know, him being an athlete that he is
Speaker 3: at especially at that position, I think, you know, you
Speaker 3: don't always just have to catch passes. Is the more
Speaker 3: you can do in NFL, it's what allows you to
Speaker 3: have a really good career. They have the longevity you
Speaker 3: might want, so you know, I think going in with
Speaker 3: an open mind, maybe it's not fifty catches you know,
Speaker 3: a year anymore or something like that. Maybe it's special
Speaker 3: teams and different things of that nature, especially when you've
Speaker 3: been able to be a player who's had the type
Speaker 3: of career he's had in a sense of production in college.
Speaker 3: So I think that's the biggest thing for him. It's
Speaker 3: just you know, hey, it's you know, not drafted or
Speaker 3: or drafted. You know, it doesn't matter when you get in.
Speaker 3: It's just getting in and staying. And that's the biggest
Speaker 3: thing because it's a lot of guys that go early
Speaker 3: rounds that don't play for a long time, and there's
Speaker 3: guys that do play for a long time that didn't
Speaker 3: go draft, that went undrafted, So I think once you
Speaker 3: get past that, and then just being healthy and you know,
Speaker 3: being available, and then you know, having that flexibility which
Speaker 3: he have athletic wise for sure, and then just going
Speaker 3: out there and taking advantage of each and every day.
Speaker 1: Before I said you lose, Bengals are at seventeen and
Speaker 1: throughout the course of the draft, what are you hoping
Speaker 1: that your current team adds so you guys can take
Speaker 1: another step?
Speaker 3: Man, I think you know you need that to those
Speaker 3: guys for sure. I always do. Everybody think about it,
Speaker 3: but you know they know best in the sense of
Speaker 3: what the team needs in that moment in time, like
Speaker 3: for us to go out and compete at a high level.
Speaker 3: So you know, whatever whoever they choose, man, it was
Speaker 3: going to open our doors and you know, invite them
Speaker 3: in and make sure he's comfortable and you know, ready
Speaker 3: to work and get this thing back on track and
Speaker 3: put Bengals back on top where we were just a
Speaker 3: few years ago.
Speaker 1: All right, Man, besides working out, besides rehabbing and getting healthy,
Speaker 1: what's the Zach Moss off season? You're gonna get some
Speaker 1: trips in do you swing a golf club? What do
Speaker 1: you like to do in your downtown?
Speaker 3: Well, I got another little kid on the way, bretty girl. Yeah,
Speaker 3: So I'm chilling man getting raised for that and you know,
Speaker 3: get excited for that, and that's the main thing right now.
Speaker 1: That's what I'm up to, all right, man, Well that's
Speaker 1: the good stuff. Congratulations on that. You know that you
Speaker 1: always have a home here, So stay healthy and be well.
Speaker 3: Okay, absolutely, my man, appreciate you having me on, all right.
Speaker 1: Zach Moss truly one of the best football players we've
Speaker 1: ever ever had in State. I talk about that twenty
Speaker 1: nineteen team all the time. Unfortunately it didn't end the
Speaker 1: way that we all thought it could. But when you
Speaker 1: look at that roster top to bottom, and I think
Speaker 1: Zach was the best player on the team. I know
Speaker 1: he's running back and a bunch of other good players
Speaker 1: on both sides of the ball. Pack twelve Offensive Player
Speaker 1: of the Year that year, First Team All Pack twelve,
Speaker 1: third round draft pick from Buffalo entering his sixth season
Speaker 1: in the NFL.
Speaker 2: That's wild to think about that, our guy.
Speaker 1: Zach has been doing this five years and he's entering
Speaker 1: his sixth year. It seems like he was just here
Speaker 1: like yesterday.
Speaker 5: It is crazy time certainly flies. As he mentioned, he
Speaker 5: was part of the COVID year draft class. Everything since then,
Speaker 5: timing wise, feels a little blurry, so maybe.
Speaker 2: That's part of it.
Speaker 5: But yeah, man, one of the best players in the
Speaker 5: programs history. You mentioned it, the state's history as far
Speaker 5: as what they did at at the college level, and
Speaker 5: to go in and now keep doing it at the
Speaker 5: NFL level. Proud of Zach. Can love seeing it as
Speaker 5: it continues to grow. Got to get healthy, for sure, Cincinnati.
Speaker 5: That's that's the story this year. Yeah, Zach had a
Speaker 5: neck injury. It limited him to I think eight games. Yeah,
Speaker 5: eight games last year. But he's in that running back
Speaker 5: room with Chase Brown. They brought in Samiji Pierne, right,
Speaker 5: I think it's those three at the moment.
Speaker 1: Yeah, in the running back room. So only wishing good
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