 Oh, he's fast Clemson Clemson another pro day two weeks ago This guy absolutely bald out and now we get to know him a little bit We get to meet him this tremendous linebacker who played three years at Clemson. He ran a Get this NFL fans 443 40. He has a 40 and a half inch vert. Did I read that right Trenton Simpson? Welcome to the show Yes, ma'am. Thanks for having me Yeah, you're welcome, sir. We love to get let's get going now that we are friends I need to know a couple things. Did you wake up feeling fast this morning? Tell me I wake up feeling fast every day That's the same but definitely this one. Yes, ma'am This morning. Yes ma'am. All right. What should I call you is it Trenton Trent T simp the world needs to know The NFL fans need to know T simp is cool. I like that. But uh, you want to just quit responses Trent transfer Okay, well you call me ma'am. So that's not cool. We're gonna stop that. We'll work on that We'll work on that listen your time at Clemson under under an incredible Leadership team all of that. It was really impressive 166 total tackles 12 and a half sacks three forced fumbles What was the most memorable moment the one most memorable moment of your college career? I Would definitely say uh winning the ACC championship my last year at come sent against North Carolina So I'm from North Carolina and just to win against the hometown state school that everybody thought I was gonna go to So just accomplishing that with all my teammates and I had a really well game And just going out there and doing my thing and in my career the right way And I'm being a champion that that felt so great because I know how much work I put in how much my team has put in as well 166 total tackles 12 and a half sacks three force fumbles that is Impressive and your numbers are really impressive at the combine to you crushed it You really did let's talk about the 40 you were the second fastest linebacker in your class and you're tied for the 7th fastest all-time at your position now I know it's not just the cleats that give you this speed. How did you make sure you got in the 4-4 club? No, I train I had went out to Dallas, Texas I had left after our last game and I had met with a coach bring Calloway, you know He's trained a lot of linebacks. He trained Devin white So Devin white ran 4-4 to a couple years ago LSU linebacker for the Bucks now and I'm I just trusted in him I went to work every day put my head down and grind it and I just know the type of work I put in so when it was time to go out there in the combine I knew I was gonna put on the show and I was confident in every room I went in when I met with the teams that I let him know like watch me cuz I'm gonna have put on the show for Everybody and I'm gonna do my thing. So when I'm there and perform well. Yes, ma'am And you beat your goal, right? Your goal I heard was 4-4 9 Yes, ma'am. It was it was That adrenaline got to me The adrenaline the hard work And I felt like my technique was really well when I was running. So once I heard 4-4 3 I was like, wow, like I really did it, you know, but it's always been in me I've always been super fast. So just to have it on official time and say I'm a 4-4 3 guys feels great And I'm gonna ride with that for the rest of my life It's amazing. I go I go to Dallas, Texas to party and eat Tex-Mex You go there to work on your speed and your athleticism and it's amazing because listen There are some guys that have those qualities the speed the athleticism, but it doesn't translate to the field You are not one of those guys you fly around the field like an Absolute maniac if I can say so and you lay the smack down on opposing ball carriers and when they send you off The edge onto a blitz. I gotta say it's like you're shot out of a cannon and I genuinely feel bad. I Genuinely feel bad for any quarterback on the other side. So what would you say that your biggest strength is on the field? I would say definitely my Spying the quarterback blitzing. I feel like when I'm moving full speed on that 4-4 3 translate on the field Every time I'm taking off and I'm moving at full speed, but I definitely listen I feel like I have a great ability to understand angles to tackle wherever has the ball But really spying the quarterback and and really blitzing off the edge like I know when I bliss I'm going for the script side. You know, I'm always a turnover guy Want to be a playmaker at all times. So that's definitely my best attribute He's poor quarterbacks NFL Yeah, I'm excited. I'm excited. Yeah, I know you are that smile I think defensive coordinators are really excited too Now you had your pro day with your teammates at Clemson that was earlier this month and after your combined performance And all these numbers and all this incredible stuff that we're talking about the 4-4 club and so on Do you feel like there's still something that you have to prove? Look, is there something that motivates you like a chip on your shoulder moment? I Would just say still people just question them if I'm a first-round talent. I truly feel like When I talk to my parents, they always tell me control the things that I can control And I truly feel like every opportunity I've displayed from the time I've left Clemson and Entered the NFL world. I've ran 4-4-3 jump 40 inch vertical and I can honestly say like there's no other 235 guys 235 pound guys doing what I'm doing right now And I'm just my personality and going into these teams and I'm interviewing very well meet with the head coaches You know the linebacker distance accordingly. I feel like I've controlled everything. I completely can so I'm just excited to see where I'm gonna go, but I know I'm a first-round talent all day Yeah, I feel like I'm talking to a future absolute star in the NFL I'm getting in on the ground level and you better not forget me when you're an all-pro or wearing a gold jacket some day because I was You know, I was interested in you before you were even drafted and you mentioned your parents there And they told you to control what you can control And I read a really beautiful article talking about your relationship with your dad and how close you are with Sergeant Major Timothy D. Simpson and we of course thank him for his 17 tours overseas and a service throughout these years just incredible Can you explain a little bit what it's going to feel like when you hold up that jersey on draft night? Whatever night whatever place I Imagine knowing what I know that you feel like you're sort of accomplishing his dream, too Now it'll mean a lot. Um, it's gonna be surreal. I'm not truly an emotional guy, but I feel like my name is called Poor out of me because you know how much hard work and how much sacrifice my family is made for me but especially my dad I'm just trying to be a great role model for me and represent our country in the right right way Needs a lot to me, but definitely getting drafted will be it will be Trans Simpson game draft, but it's really for my whole family You know being a great role model for my whole family and just represent my last name the right way And just the way my parents have raised me Just truly blessed to have two supportive parents that are supporting my dreams to the day one and uh Just when that name gets called it's gonna definitely all come out because I know how much work I put in How much family I have behind like my support is amazing, you know So that's why when it's time to go out there and get in front of interviews or get on the field Like I know like confidence is through the roof because I know I got a lot of people back home chair me on I Love it. I love that. You already know you're gonna cry You already know you're gonna it's gonna pour out of you and I hope you enjoy that and you deserve it It's amazing you mentioned your mom too. So I saw that you were at the LSU game I think with your mom and your grandma, right? So shout out by the way to those girls going to the final four I heard that you're a big fan of women's sports What was that night like to be there with two people and two women in your life and watching those women and cheering them on? It was a cool experience. I'm just my mom is a great basketball player So hit that's where I get a lot of my athletic ability from my mom is my height as well My mom is a 5 10 great athlete great mom But uh whoa, yeah, I've been able to take care of my grandma there to go watch the LSU Tigers And really Angel Reese they're really big fans of her and I just knew like them being in Greenfield And then being close like I wouldn't let that pass me by so I got us tickets I were really close and this the witness witness those girls go out there and Achieve their goals. It was amazing. I think everybody's had a great time My mom was happy smiling the whole time took a lot of pictures. So I just enjoying everything, you know Taking my platform and allowing it to pass to my family. We all have a great time and make memories together Gosh Trent and you're such a stud you're gonna be such a stud in the NFL I cannot wait and it's so great to meet you now Is there anything that you want teams? GMs fan bases to know about you ahead of the draft like what do you want people to know about you? I Would want people to the world to know that Trent Simpson is a relentless Football player. I'm gonna give it all I got my proud myself on a 50 and a take That's my mindset whenever I play like I'm gonna give it all I got, you know, and after the game When I give it all I got it's always great for me and my team But I'm a great person as well I'm gonna come into the city and impact my community in a positive way and I'm as well Just be a great teammate and I feel like I'm gonna represent Trent Simpson like I've always has and whatever organization I step into I look forward to bringing my winning pedigree to the team and continue to win championships That's all I'm about. I wanted every level of football. So Look forward to winning and then I feel that was well Yeah, and you did it at a high level at Clemson. That's no joke And when you were there you played with Trevor Lawrence as I understand it as a freshman, right? Yes, and you practice against him But that can't be that fun because he's always wearing that dang purple jersey, right? You can never get your hands on Trevor Lawrence in those practices or anything Let's say you're playing the Jaguars third down your coach dials up a blitz you're coming off the edge You're unblocked. What is going through your mind knowing that you finally get to hit Trevor? Script sack all day Going for the ball and I'm getting it down But it was real great because like you said my freshman year I was young 18 year old and I was always getting close But you know you got to stay away from our quarterback, but I'm definitely going for the script sack And I'll celebrate, you know and after the game will will laugh and junk it up But that'd be a great feeling for sure What can you do you can you do pick up anything off of his game? Can you you know he's having so much success Maybe not right in the beginning in the NFL and there's a kind of a lesson in that too It didn't start great then he got new coaches now It's really he had like the third greatest comeback in playoff history Happened he took that team back in the first half and did his thing and then he went to Waffle House Like were you surprised when you see these great things happening for Trevor? No, Trevor is like besides like being the most amazing football player I've ever seen like the person he is teammate he was Like that all that stuff that the world is finally seeing about his football character We all know he could do that, but just the person he is in the community in Jacksonville Like that's who he was my whole freshman year So definitely not surprised and I've seen a lot of things he's done in clenching is like man Wow, he's a great player, but the person he is is truly amazing And I know his charisma just continued to keep getting better and it's cool to be a former teammate of his and just Continue to support and watch from afar Yeah, trying when you're when you're thinking about going to the NFL and you and you said strip ship sack pretty fast So you you were ready for that question and that answer with Trevor Lawrence Who's the quarterback that you've sort of been like man, I want to take him down someday in the NFL Lamar Jackson all day. It's like everybody Yeah, they all seem to get up on the mar and it's just like he does something and it is nobody can ever get him down But I'm confident myself and I know for a fact You know, I'm gonna get a second on one day and we can roll this clip and uh, 21 year old Trent Simpson gonna get more Jackson down for sure You gotta I mean, I would say my answer for anyone else would be gotta catch him first. Good luck But you with this four four blazing speed like Lamar's gotta be unnoticed Lamar should wait to figure out his contract situation to see where Trenton Simpson gets drafted and then get that Out of that division, I think and then he won't have to deal with you in that speed at all I love it. You know, you're you should I would also say that you should be like a youtube sensation But you already are you have this content going on Which is inspiring I think and but a lot of younger players are going to start doing and should be doing Um, is that how passionate about that? Are you? Uh, it was definitely a passion of mine. Um, I feel like I have a pretty cool life Like I'm truly living my dream and um, I know it's kids worldwide that's living my dream So just to give them a quick insight, um, especially like me coming up Like I always wonder what the come on process was like what do players do to get ready for the Now just taking my experience and um having it all on documentary and allowing people to just display it on youtube and a lot of them to just follow my career and then for me personally like Just myself like looking back to my first day in the life video I posted when I was getting ready for my sophomore year It's like how far I've grown the way I've changed cut my hair Like just having everything documented just being able to show my just my progress over time I gotta tell you I have a a producer on my show who Came from a world where she did big features for fox Like the big ones you saw on sunday to john madden documentary all of that and this morning on a morning meeting She's like the cameras he uses on these youtube videos like the quality of these videos is really really impressed She was going you know, she's saying things. I don't I was talking about camera lenses and stuff And I don't know what she was saying, but it was really impressive and when I see that I say This is a kid who really sees something in that process potentially in His nfl career in this college career and further and just that you are really leaning into that I thought was really cool. So everybody should go subscribe to trenton simpson's youtube page and you YouTube channel right now. Sorry. I know that we're rooting for you. Do not forget me when you sack lamar jackson, okay? I would not All right, let's get you in the first round nothing better By the way, espn if nfl network if you're hearing this right now Like nothing better than a crier if you guys want to cry you got trenton simpson needs to go in that first round So we can get the big lights the big stage the gadel hug. How would you shake gadel's hand? How would you dapp him up? I don't even think like I would just give him a hug. I gotta just be like that's that's really I don't like I truly don't know what i'm gonna do because it's gonna be such a special moment and um But I probably just give him a hug man. Just tell him how blessed I am to be there I don't I don't know. I'm gonna try to hold my tears But I'm just gonna be completely honest like I know when I look at my mom and my family like that's when they'll Start to roll down my face, but uh, I probably give him a hug and just let him know how blessed I am to be there for sure Your family is really what matters here. Trenton simpson a terror coming to nfl quarterbacks everywhere We appreciate you. We'll be right back at up and Adams to wrap it up here on a Tuesday So nice to meet him and he's just gonna be a monster. He's gonna rob me of all my fantasy points next year. I know it