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It's engraving here with another video and a very very special video to me Now we're about a month removed from the NFL draft and we know the Ravens had their hand full of selections But one of those selections occurred in the fifth round where they took Ohio State cornerback Sean Wade now Sean Wade is a slot corner, but he can play on the outside as well He can do different things But something that I really felt was an underrated part of his game in my eyes was his power with his strength When this dude blitzes and he hits the hits but anyway he has a very very interesting story and Who better to tell that story than somebody who's has seen the story in its entirety I had the privilege and the honor to be able to interview his father Randy Randy was a very cool guy and shout out to him I appreciate him being willing to come on and just chop it up for a little bit and this interview for me It really hit different especially being a father and hearing another father talk about his son How proud he was of his son, but also at the same time how hard he wants his son to continue to work But he spoke about a lot of positive things that Sean and him are doing and you know what without further ado Let's just get into it. So thank you again. Shout out to Randy for coming on I hope you all enjoy our little sit down and team keep it clean. This is this is Randy Wade This is Sean Wade's father and again, I appreciate you joining us Especially so last minute too. So thank you for taking the time out of your schedule to hop on and talk with us about your son I wanted to sort of start from the beginning When did you how did how did he get started in football? He started off overseas I'm a military Yeah, so he started off overseas in Italy and that was his start Okay, I didn't know that and how did you um, how did y'all know like he had it? How did y'all know that he was gonna be something? That's a real good question Me being a coach now I can see kids that have it but back then I didn't know So it was two coaches that was in Jacksonville, Florida move Kind of move three different places. It was just heavily and then uh, my wife. She was uh had And uh Ended up moving in Jacksonville, Florida and two coaches kind of told me at a younger age that he was special Um, and I guess what they was talking about was just his attitude towards playing. This was an excellent basketball The attitude to a plan and just a skill set. He had a really good skill set in both sports So, uh, they kind of told me they every time they seen me from when he was a kid. They told me he was under special Okay And you saw so you've been uh, sort of like a coach around him all his life No, um, I actually do a podcast about that I made sure I coached him like like his first basketball experience in Jacksonville after that I uh was just hands off man, because you know pants we do the double dip man We coach kids Coach him on the court and then we coach him in the car, you know, I'm saying that's just too much for these kids Yeah, too much Okay, so you you try to create like sort of that uh, that healthy balance to where you use his parent and you let the coaches do the coaching Yeah, man, I try to set people out all the time man Sean was a result of a lot of different adults that uh, that discipline him that that helped structure him And uh, a lot of parents got to just understand man. You got to release your kid To a lot of different things that it can experience life man. Sean had a really really good sports life All the way through and uh, but he was disciplined and talked to by other people Now, did you ever feel like there might have been a time where um, I know you said he was into basketball and football Did you ever think there might be a time where he made of may have went the basketball route? Man, he was ranked in basketball really really early man He was like, I think at the age of like 11 or 10 He's like ranked the 30th player in the country man. So like all these all these cats in the NBA, man He all he played with all of you. He played with the top, uh 19 in the country each one teach one. It's just So it was like that then it was like that bro Like I got I got videos against him and so many players just in the NBA right now So we thought who's gonna go basketball. What do we think what we think happened is, you know We ended up going to a football private school and he ended up getting a Utah offer like really really early and uh His football coaches were like man You do that basketball all you want to but the markers ain't gonna come right there, right? You know saying so he kind of made the decision because of the office, but his love is definitely basketball Oh, okay. Hey that that's nice to know man. So just in case uh If he ever want to go one-on-one with them off, he might catch him. I'm slipping man You never because you know, you know, they've been playing basketball and stuff together They've been doing all type of all type of stuff together. So yeah, man, he might catch somebody slipping That's cool, man. So he yeah, he a jack of all trades them All right, and um, how did he uh, how did he get centered into playing cornerback? Out of that. All right So that was another argument his whole life he played like running back running back and wherever see And um, he got to uh, trinity christian. I'm just Uh, they had two coaches that was that was already in an affair. One of them was in with the new Patriots other ones with the uh, I forgot what's in this bit, but uh, basically they they were cornerbacks and they they just they just made a cornerback Uh, uh feel as far as getting kids d1 in the college, man. You know, you had kevin tolleville. You had, uh, A rare cornerback that came out of trinity christian and that's what that's what they did. That's what they do So, uh, they would turn players and nice cornerbacks and shaw was one of the players they went for it in turn Okay, okay. Well, yeah, it obviously worked out and How was it with the uh the jump to to ohio state? How was that? How was that entire process and not even for him, but how was it for you as a father? I was rough because you I learned everything at the level that it's at. So like I'm just starting to really pay attention to the ins and outs of NFL because my son is there and um, I pay attention to them I got three kids whatever they are. I pay attention to them. I look at the national scale of it and stuff like that So going to a high state what I had to do is I had to talk to a whole bunch of other parents Right at the insight of what was the best for shown, you know and also keep communication with the coaches and just learning this whole process man because This thing man, this thing we call College football man, it's crazy man Stressful it's it's make a break for these kids man. But by them picking the wrong school They can not go to the NFL go to the NFL. They can graduate not graduate They can do so many things. So you just got to be careful who you put your kids on Yeah, so, uh, it was it was really really stressful for me being the fact that people think it's it's not stressful because you had a chance for the any school you wanted to But that makes it even harder because you have to make the right decision It'll make the right decision. So, uh, it's different levels to that thing But the level we was at man, we had to really Depend on other parents who've been through the process before and that's what helped us out a lot Oh, yeah, talk to some people who had that experience. I guess now um With uh at Ohio State um Take me back to 2019 uh, the fiesta bowl, I believe Uh, where it was third quarter. I think like a little less than five minutes left. No, not no second quarter a little less than five minutes left in the second quarter Trevor Lawrence drops back. I think Ohio State was up like 16 zero Trevor Lawrence dropped back Your son went blister He wrapped him up with bringing him down and chase young came to clean up So everybody's hyped everybody's all excited and whatnot, but then They take him out the game. How was that for you? And how was that for him? that moment For me, man, it was Not as bad as it was for him because uh I'll go how it was with him first. He uh He just felt like, you know, it's nothing else you could have done on it play He felt like he did everything he could he just wanted his teammates to play as hard as they could to win that game and sit back in that locker room by himself And watch the game unfold the way it did man. They just He just had to come back man. He wanted some more of that And he just had to come back because we were the killer And uh, he felt like if he still would have been in the game, he wouldn't want and then for me, um My family and nobody knew what was going on. So we kind of just, um Listen to the people that was behind us saying they about to kick him out the game because it was so loud It's so crump at the time. We didn't know what was going on. So we really didn't see anything. So we seen the replays on television because they didn't even replay it up top and um It was it was cool. It was it was bad But as a dad With your son in that moment Man, you just soak it all in. You know what I'm saying? My son, I mean because you're not gonna win them all You know what I'm saying? And the fact that my son was like a main part of this team That could have worked Clemson's butt that year and um, him not being there was affecting the team Because the daddy just made me proud, man. You know what I'm saying? That's all it did Yeah, it made me proud Okay, and I mean, I'm sure you're pretty proud especially being a father And I know because my son my son's only five though Uh, but when he has those moments where you those those father moments where you're like, oh man, he got it Like I love this and it really makes you like Appreciate all the work that you put in To his entire life um, how was it When he got that call On draft night a couple weeks ago because it's still kind of fresh almost Uh, but how was that when he got that call? How was it for you? How did how did that feel like especially after just all the years of work and just Obviously that's your son. So you've seen him his entire life You've seen the ups and the downs and just everything in between How was that when he got that call when he officially became a Baltimore raider? Um, it was mixed man It was mixed because of the stress of this whole season and how it affected him And then the the weight man. Nobody's talking about that weight Well, I guess some people do talk about it But uh that weight to get your name called when you're expecting to be called a little bit early and stuff like that So it was mixed it was mixed emotion once we once we got the call You know, everybody celebrated and I just kind of just sat back and just you know Just look at everything man. Look at everything that you know, he's been through and how hard he worked to get to the point Where he at man and kind of just sulked it in I'm but I'm a really hard dad man. I always think about the next step So I celebrated but I first thing I did was got on the um Raven's uh website to see, you know, what the cornerbacks they had What position he was playing the history of him. So I don't I'm kind of dad man He does his thing, but he gets you know, uh mentoring and stuff from me So I look to the next thing, you know, I'm saying I look to the next thing making the 50 ram Find out what she's gonna play. Who are your coaches? What's that background? Who do they know? What do they come from? So I go to the next level quick, bro And then I don't really said totally celebrate. That's probably a problem But I don't really told to celebrate ever like I just go to the next thing But we're gonna what we got to do, you know, I'm saying so I just want to help him out on the outside Of things that he might not be looking at to help him With this upcoming uh something right right right. Okay. So you like okay, let's get the business. Let's cut to the chase No beating around the bush. I don't I'm straight with it man. Okay I like that Yeah, that's that's important to um That you say you did your research as well man about like the Raven's history Uh about the coaching staff and just everything when it comes to the cornerback position and their current They're current players as well because they do have Some very high quality corners on the team right now. Um, they have a Marlon Humphrey They have a Marcus Peters. We got a jimmy smith uh, taevon young Uh, those those are the the guys that are at the top right now. They've all certainly made a big impact on the league Um, and then after that, um, there's some question marks here and there But uh, he's gonna have an opportunity man. He's certainly gonna have an opportunity um to to make an impact right away and I think um It's probably gonna start on special teams Uh, because I know especially with john harbaugh With rookies a lot of times he doesn't like throw him in a fire immediately Especially at the cornerback position. Um, but with them having so much depth there I think he's gonna start as special teams And with uh, with your son with shone. It's gonna be one of those things Uh, where you just got to stay ready. So you ain't got to get ready because At a cornerback position, especially with the ravens and and that haven't seen it so many times You could lose one guy And it will change everything like that like quick um, and That's in my opinion. That's probably the worst part of the game is injuries Because you hate them and it's unfortunate for so many people But it has propelled a lot of careers because it's it's next man up So at the cornerback position Yeah, he's just gonna have to be ready, man Because his number could be called a lot sooner than expected Uh, and you like you just got to be ready for it, man Yeah, man, I just I think I think the the biggest thing is his versatility, man And I'm not saying that it's his day. Even though I am his dad, man But I think he's the most versatile you can say what you want something about how you played last year All that stuff, but he's the most versatile corner in in the drill. Um, I think His iq is really really up there And I think the coach is going to definitely see that. I think that's what kind of sold uh, the rabies on that I know, uh, we had some particular coaches that talked to Ravens We really didn't talk to him through the pro process at all it either anyway, not he didn't I I didn't of course But uh, so I was kind of surprised about that, but uh, I just think his versatility is something that's going to carry him through Um, and definitely you got to start off on special team. I got another Sunday It was his first year in college this year and uh, he had been on special team So they told him me, you know at the end of the season, you know, they're lost in the playoffs or whatever and they told me in the season Hey, next year we gotta get you on the field because he you just gotta do your job You got to do your job and then when you're like you said when your time come show up, you know, we are he already knows that He already knows that Yeah, man And uh, I I wonder if that's that's your answer to my next question What do you feel like is his best asset to what he brings to the team? What he brings to the Baltimore Ravens? Like I said, he's he's he's a plug-and-play man telling you man. He can play all three. Yeah, I mean a lot of people don't think he He can play the outside But the thing about it the things he needs to fix is small things man You know what I'm saying being more patient on that line not moving Let that letting that wire see if it just jukes You want to jump up and down do jumping jacks and count one one thousand before you move and get that hit off You know what I'm saying that's that's that's an easy fix That's something that a senior quarterback can um help him Get you know those db. I mean the db coaches and defensive coordinates can help him get there You know I'm saying a couple the injury thing with the foot's good You know I'm saying you're gonna see more of him jumping like he didn't do a lot of jumping last year And uh, he was really just scared to hurt himself even more last year So like like I just think that versatility in that iq man is gonna just carry him a long long way Because he can be even plugged and played and he's gonna make a plate in a game He'll make mistakes, but he's gonna he's gonna make a play you won't see too many games Where he don't make a play man. So it's it's kind of good. I'm really really excited and then like I said It's just to have that monkey off your back man. You know what I'm saying last year was so Stressy getting getting the uh, uh, think uh, what is it the thing stuff? You know, it was every game I mean every day We're gonna play we're not gonna play Worrying about well moving to this new position am I gonna do this am I gonna do that trying to win You know I'm saying so he had a lot of stuff on his mind, man But uh, I'm just really excited because all that stuff is in the past now It's time to go out there and show yourself and do your thing Oh, yeah, yeah, he done made it there man And uh, it's like not not only did he make it but again with with y'all being his family you being his father His mom and all his family y'all made it too Because it takes a village. It certainly takes a video Uh, because like I said my my son, he's only five Um, but in just his five years alone. I don't seem like it takes a village Mom and dad super important, but having that input from everybody sometimes it's limited input here and there But having that input from everybody it all helps him to make such a big difference man It does man. It does uh, he has a Organization that he's gonna bring up Call one village and that's just based off of that it takes a village We do a lot of community service down in Jacksonville, Florida, man Hopefully he does some stuff up there, but uh, we know man. It's just Seeing a person like like before the draft we went like all over Jacksonville to schools to juvenile detention centers went to a Couple of pop water places with the little kids and stuff like that and he just talked to him And he told him he told him that man and we tried to tell the parents that at the same time It's not just one person. It's not just it's not just look to it's um, it's Competency and it's it's repeating its consistency all that stuff man. You got to go hard man Anything that you got to believe in yourself and just go hard, man. I'm like I said I'm the society Yeah, man, you should you should be man. And um, yeah one of the one of the words that you just used, uh consistency Uh consistency is everything in anything If you're gonna be trying to be the best at something if you're gonna try to be better Whatever it is that you're trying it takes consistency because it and it takes not giving up too um, if you struggle with something And you try it for a little bit and you're like, oh man, I ain't never gonna get good at this So you know what? I'm gonna move on to something else. So you're never gonna get good at it But if you keep trying no no matter how hard it is and you put in that work like you say it like you said Y'all been doing The sky is a limit man The sky is a limit straight up and it's nice to hear that um, y'all went around duval and everything talking to people and talking to the youth because That's super important too, uh because a lot of times and and I like also that you said how you Uh, no matter when you get to a certain level when he gets to a certain level when y'all get to a certain level You always looking ahead to see what's next what he has to do and you do your own research and everything too Because that's that's super important, especially when it comes to the business side of this whole thing because Colleges and then now on the uh, the professional level. It is definitely a business. It's a real business. It's a nasty business It's a business man You gotta stay on top of all of that Yeah, we had um, like I said, we had one of the we had like 25 people in a drive class out of a small school we went to that uh Of we're like had over like 500 600 offers between those people at our school And that was like the best best trinity class ever And I'm those boys went to the league and a lot of them are struggling man when they say three years They mean three years, bro. The average NFL player career is three years So you got to be ready for that. You got to think outside the box You got to understand it like you might not make it that far So you got to plan your life after football, you know what I'm saying while you're grinding on the football And so that's something we're working together to do Yeah, that's true, man. Um, because it was so what what did he study guy? I think I read that he studied, um NFL Was it sports sports? I think it's kind of sports industry Yes, everything to do with sports from the from the medical side from the advertising side from the marketing side from the uh, uh Being the asian all that kind of stuff. Oh Yeah, I didn't like it at first. I didn't like it at first because I feel like all our athletes they they get general degrees When they should be using these schools for the hardest degree they can get because they get all the help they get They get all the they get all the attention and help they want but uh when I looked into it I realized that you know sports is a business and the fact that sports is a business is always going to be here So he's always going to have a job and he can use this image to help all that, you know come across Yeah, for sure for sure. Um, now and to to touch more on what uh, what you all were doing in the community. Um, how is that? So the name of that project was called uh cleats on the ground So what we did we did it for a couple different reasons what we did is we went to we we put a call out So on via facebook to a whole bunch of different organizations and say hey Who wanted Sean to come by and talk to the kids or talk to the adults or talk to anybody? And so uh people put put requests and so we kind of just picked from my hat and kind of just Pick don't know enough where he could be busy for a couple days and it was cleats on the ground It was five days We actually have it on youtube boss. So what we did and so we just we scheduled that and it was mostly like three a day and so we went by and just kind of talked to different people and uh Like I said kids adults all that kind of stuff. Just show his face and the original purpose of that is When he's growing up in Jacksonville Jacksonville was really really good, baby Uh, you know, that was uh around the time of uh, Marcus brunel and fred taylor stuff like that You know somewhere around that time somewhere around the time period, but he was never able to See an athlete come to his area. We always had to go see them He's met like numerous athletes or whatever But he always met him at their camp. He always met him at their, you know, son something or whatever So he was like, you know, I feel like it's bigger if you can come to their house to their Community and show your face and show them that you care and show them that they can do it And they can do it though. Just don't mean athletics. They can do it means in the school You know i'm saying being a positive role model in the community all that and so that's that's what we're preaching it We make sure we let them know that um That one percent of people that go to the NFL That's probably not gonna be you You know i'm saying you it's alright to have the dream But it's probably not going to be you so you're gonna have to make a plan other than just going to the NFL So we made sure we made sure we did that. Yeah, we made sure that it was it was really a good time And we learned a lot, you know i'm saying we learned a lot about the community and when you come back and get everything set up We're gonna do some more Yeah, that's good and I do appreciate um that honesty too because it's uh the the truth it ain't always super smooth It doesn't always feel good But people need to hear the truth and like you said that that one percent man It's it's tough It's tough tough tough Um and even like you talked about too nfl stands for not for long That that three year lifespan that thing ain't no joke because even then a lot of one One percent one percent of people make it but then It's a lot of a lot of them don't last And with the nfl too, it's this constant turnover because you have Guys that are already on the team You have veteran players you have free agencies and you have the draft you have undrafted free agency And you have so much turnover every year so many guys coming in and so many guys going out And the nfl the those business owners the franchise owners the gms the head coaches They always looking for the next best thing at whatever position So when it's your time You got to be on point and you got to be with it Uh and like you said, it's it's very smart to uh to have these kids to teach them to have a backup plan just in case Because like you said Try to go and reach for your dreams try to aim for try to shoot for it But at the same time, uh, you got to be realistic about the whole thing too and have that that backup plan that fall back So I I do like that y'all uh y'all are teaching them early and again That's getting his name out there too Uh in the community and whatnot getting his face familiar with the community over there and do vol whatnot So people know who he is and and it's it's different when um It's different when you just hear about somebody preaching and teaching this and that But when they actually come to you Come to where you from and somebody that Is an nfl player now somebody that made it to the nfl Somebody that was even on the way to the nfl when they actually are reaching out to you And like you said, they he didn't have that opportunity where the players came to him He had to go to where they were at but now for him to be like fixing what For him to be given the opportunity that he didn't get Uh that that that's super special man. So y'all y'all honest. I'm real good man Y'all getting this thing started the right way man. So I really appreciate that Good I appreciate you having on man. I appreciate you taking the time out of your day Uh to come through and for us to get to know It's fun and for us to get to know you too. Um, you always more than welcome to come on uh chitchat I'll let me you got my number. Um, but yeah, man. I appreciate it a lot and I appreciate your time All right, man. I appreciate it man. I'll hit you up man. And uh, like I said, I'll be up there I'm excited bro. Are you raving flock, baby? You know what I'm saying? Let's get it You know, let's get it All right, baby. You're good, man. All right, you too, man. Thank you So again, huge shout out to randy way for being able to come on and chop it up with us for a little bit And we all gonna be rooting for shone You already know we're gonna be rooting for him heavy and he is in a very very good situation because the ravens That is definitely one position. They got quite a few positions But cornerback that is definitely one position that they know how to develop and they know how to develop well So we look forward to shone way And we look forward to his growth as a person and as a player and we definitely we're gonna be rocking with