 Hey Tyler, how are you? How would you describe your running style? Physical physical downhill run here a little little shifty like that little secret seat breakaway speed and all that so So what was this weekend like for you in terms of what you thought might happen what you ended up doing where you are at the moment? Yeah, shoot. It was a it was low key like a full of full of emotions like a roller coaster low key just seemed Where like what's what's actually gonna happen? You know, I think because like nothing's in in your control right now like everything's on to the 32 32 teams So, you know, I did everything I could so now it was just a waiting game. So Appreciate congratulations. No, thank you next we'll go to D. Orlando led bitter Atlanta Journal Constitution There we go. Hey, congratulations, Tyler. I'm here myself there What how do you see what do you know about the Falcons offense and how do you see yourself fitting into it? Yeah, sure, you know, you know, since they dragged me out hope Get get a good fit get a good fit to it, you know, I'd be a pit be a peace that they might have been missing Hopefully, but you know, just you don't really know until until we get there and they explain to me Yeah, and I'm can you share with us your conversion from linebacker to running back Shoe, uh, you want the long story or short story long story. We got some time today. Yeah, so Came in as a running bag and then they switched me to line. So I played all special teams switched me to a linebacker The 2019 after my red shirt freshman year. So my second year 2019 switch me to linebacker and then Running backs got down due to injuries and then they switched me back to running back and finally got that opportunity I've been waiting for and just lastly for me Could you discuss the independence bow where you went for the 192 and winning the MVP at that at the ball game there? Yeah, shoot, uh, it was a blessing It was a blessing, you know work the now all my credit goes my own line though, you know The big boys are the ones that are in the trenches, but you know, all my success goes to them. I appreciate them very much Thank you. All right, we'll go to Josh Kendall. Yeah, buddy Hey Tyler, nice to meet you So what were your conversations with the Falcons people like prior to the draft? Did you have much contact with them any contact with them? Did you get a sense that they liked you? Yeah, so coach Petrie ended up Doing my pro day and I'm doing what a as well and then besides that Had a couple calls had a couple calls and then I was pretty much Did you get a good sense from did you think it this might be one of your landing spots? Or did they just those conversations just go like all the other conversations? No, I thought I thought it was pretty good Yeah, I thought it was pretty good. No, just in the back of my head because you really you really just don't know What's gonna happen? Sure Like down or we'll go to Charles Odom the Associated Press Welcome to Atlanta and thanks for doing this Tell us how how a guy goes from being a walk home to NFL draft there damn Just putting your putting your head down and getting to work You know where you know, I've been slept on almost almost my whole life, I guess but yeah, really just Just betting on myself using my support that I had with my family family friends coaches and Just yeah, like I said, just put my head down and getting to work really just put that I am today And and tell me about your your work or style. Not only did you set? Record for yards you set record for carries 276 is a is a full season Do you feel like you're a guy that gets stronger as those carries mouth? Oh for sure As long as yeah, you especially at this position. You got to take care of your body I think that's a that's a really big one, especially at the running back position side did a really good job at doing that during the season which allowed me to Produce produce on the field and get as much care as I could We'll go to gay burns. Did you see? Yeah, Tyler congrats man. Um, well, what would you just say is an element of your game? That's maybe underrated or even overlooked Damn, I would say Speed possibly or then like catching catching out the back so we didn't really do that a lot at a BYU, but what I did I made the most out of almost every opportunity. So And and your tackle breaking numbers are really impressive Just how much pride do you take on, you know, just kind of being a force and delivering a blow, you know to defenders Yeah, I always keep in a bit like low-key like just Just making that one guy miss not letting one guy be the one that tackles me I rather had like the full team and still making like a full team to tackle me rather than just one guy So I kind of kind of pride myself in that. I would say I will go to Allison Estrangelo WSB Hey, it was just curious I saw that obviously went to be a BYU But you also are from the same hotel hometown is Jamal Williams kind of is there any connection there? Have you ever any conversations with them? That's the amount you're doing none. Oh, so I talked to him now But like before the fact no, I didn't really know him and then but now but now like past year We we've been we've been standing cocked a little bit And is there any guy in the league that you try to like model your game from watching? Yeah, shoot Nick Chubb That's a that's a bad man right there. So yeah, I watched him growing up especially Marshawn as well All right, I got time for a couple of follow-ups Michael Rosty Yeah, I mean, what do what would you say you took from Nick Chubb and from Marshawn? Yeah, really just Like being not The nail I guess like hit them before they before they hit you like stay like stay physical one cut and then if you need to make a miss make a miss but The only way forward or the only way you can get positive yards is forward instead of really dancing around What's like the most interesting thing you think you do not football related The ball your ball Are you good? Pretty good hit a hit a or or I want to say like good good like 300 type stuff but like one 180 180 here and there so Finally got consistent cool. We'll go to D led you're a little better Yeah, Tyler the the folks on TV said there were some fumbling issues Can you expound on that on fumbling and ball security? Yeah, I really took a lot of I think a couple no so one of them was like a pitch that right when I got hit It came out. So I think that counted as a fumble and then two of them were in USC and then One of one of them was my fault because I Two of them were two of them were good plays one of them was my fault But I I for sure learned from that one and then the second one It was just like what the hell what the hell happened, but now I just need to really just focus in on just covering Covering the ball covering the ball for sure High and tight room Yeah, what they were with the claws well, so right? Thank you appreciate it