 How do you assess the way you played first? You know, they're pretty good, still got more work to do. And specifically, do you think you've ever thought about it? Like, specifically, you don't think you're doing anything better? Yeah, just going through, you know, second year, just things I could work on last year. Just made shot. I worked on it on the off-season, just carried it over to this year so far. So everything been going smooth. Yeah. Who are these people? You know, a few people, a train that I did around here, local in SFSP with Oliver Davis, got some good work in. Yeah, just really just more so, just using my hands more, staying more patient at the line. What's the key to kind of staying locked in, when maybe the ball, if you don't see the ball for a long time? Just, you know, just anticipating the play coming my way every time, just, you know, just not being laid back too much and just staying on my PZQ. Uh, I mean, you know, I don't really look at it like that. I just go out there and just do my job, and then it all speaks for itself. What? What's the season been like for you? Hell's a while? Yeah, I mean, you know. No, my week, I mean, I've been going smooth. You know, last week wasn't really nothing. Just did all the precautions, whatever it was, and just did everything the right way. You made a play to put swing players out to the flat, came down, shot inside the end, shot outside the end, I received and made a tackle. What does it come from? Because it seemed like you kind of pride yourself on, you know, tackling and wrapping up and being physical out there. Even when it's not, when it's rumbly. Yeah, just, uh, just feeling, studying, anticipating plays and trusting myself and go out there and make the plays, you know what I mean? And that's just really what it goes, you know, bore down to just being instinctive and recognizing plays and understanding what's coming my way. Did your coaches at Westlake kind of emphasize that or that was something that you kind of just always care about? Yeah, whether it been at my high school, my dad, just, anybody, I always just take advice and just run with it. Yeah, you know, like I mentioned, like in camp, he just gives us a variety of things to do on defense. Very multiple, like the, you know, we can do everybody's type job. I could play the curl flat, the third and all that type stuff. So we just do a lot of things in the defense, play man. And it was just very diverse, you know what I mean? So like you're just getting to, were you just kind of feeling comfortable and what's your defense to your defense? Right, just being comfortable and just, you know, going out there doing my job. Did you just see something where you have hoped for in person, like the way you're applying personally? Uh, you know, just, I don't even know if we hit mid-season yet, but so far, everything going smooth here. Yeah. What pinpointing that had actually come to fruition? Yeah, really, like when I had answering his question, it was just really like press, you know, just being patient at the line and just using my hands more really when I went into the off-season focusing on and taking care of my body. A conversation about, you know, rankings or if you see that Henderson, Jeff Acura, you know, those guys were kind of like at the top and don't look like I was getting a lot of the press as far as being the best come out in the draft. Did you pay attention to any type of stuff or did you feel slighted at that moment when those rankings came out or did you pay attention to them? No, I mean, I didn't really pay attention to the rankings like that. I feel like, you know, rankings, you know, it's opinionated. You know, everybody got opinions, so I couldn't control the drive. You know what I mean? You can't control that type of stuff. So whatever happened just happened and then just went, you know, go along with it. Do you kind of feel like, if I could take you to who knows where you are, do you feel like justified, like where you ended up? Yeah, I'm home. I'm good. Were you happy to see the break for it? Oh, yeah, I don't, you know, I don't really watch baseball like that. I ain't even gonna lie. I don't watch baseball like that, but I was locked in. I was locked in when I seen them go into the, you know, through the semifinals and to the finals, how they just, you know, did their job and just took care of business. So I watched, I watched it. Definitely, you know, they, you know, the Hawks had a good season last year. The Braves just won it all and just, you know what I mean? Get out, get our ball rolling. Types of things, is there more on the field for you? Like, do you want that? Yeah, you know, yeah, of course I want the respect, but the rankings, like I said, I don't really pay attention to that, but I do control what I can, just go out there and earn my respect. And, you know, soon to be, it'll just, it'll all take care of itself.