 Well at 2023 NFL draft is officially under way and the Atlanta Falcons already have their first round draft pick. I'm actually here with him right now. The eighth overall pick in the 2023 draft Bijan Robinson from the University of Texas. How are we feeling in this moment right now? Oh my gosh. I mean, it's just like such a blessing. Just know that God blessing to be here at the Falcons. Like I'm so excited. I mean, I'm kind of speechless. Like it's just it's crazy. It's crazy, but you know, I'm really happy even to be here with my family just to celebrate it and just to just to enjoy this time, you know. Yeah, you talk you spoke about your family a little bit. Talk to me about we heard some screams in the back when you got the phone call. How excited was all of your family when you got the call? Yeah, I mean, they were they were obviously they're so excited. You know, we've been working for this for such a long time. It's been such a dream of mine just to make it to the NFL. But I mean, even even just seeing their reaction and seeing how just happy they were and you know, it just made me just so happy. I'm just want to cry like because I mean, it's just like such amazing moment, especially like, you know, for me, for me and my family. Yeah, it's been a long journey for you. I mean, when the off season starts, you have the combine. You have meetings. You have interviews. You have pro day. What was kind of your favorite part leading up to the draft? I think probably probably the combine. You know, I had a really good time at the combine and just meeting, you know, so many, so many guys and making so many relationships, even meeting all the players that I've grown up with since high school and obviously college. But I think that it was just a really fun experience and then even like going on the field and just doing some football stuff, doing some football drills. It was it was really fun for me. But I mean, for the whole process though, like, you know, I only got the process one time. So I was just trying to enjoy it as much as I can and just, you know, smile all the time. I mean, I smile 90% of my life. So like, I was out there just teasing and just enjoying myself and having a good time. I mean, it was probably a fun time all around, but it can't be as fun as the actual NFL draft. Let's actually talk about that for just a second. When you saw the Atlanta area code pop up on your phone, what were you feeling? I mean, my heart just like stopped for a second. I was like, whoa. I was like, this is this is crazy. And when I answered the phone, I mean, it was like immediate excitement from, from, you know, the GM coaches, the owner, I mean, myself, all the family. And I was trying to like hear them. So I was trying to like, dug down to here. It's because everybody was so excited. But when you got that call, I mean, it's a moment that you'll never forget. And obviously, you know, God bless you to be here. So it's so amazing. I know you said it was a little bit hard to hear when you got the phone call, but when you got the call from Terry Faunow and head coach Arthur Smith, what did they say to you on the call? Yeah, I mean, they're just like, man, I mean, you just fit what we believe here when it comes to personality, obviously the play on the field and you know, just what they're trying to do with with me and my skill set. And they were just like, man, it's time to go. It's time to get ready. It's going to be a fun ride. And you know, just hearing that from them and for you, you know, and how that builds my confidence, you know, off the bat. It was just really cool to know that they accept me and bring me into the team. You can play a lot of different roles. You kind of said that and they told you that on the phone. You can play a lot of different roles on the offense. What can you tell the fans that you're going to be able to bring to the forefront in Atlanta? Yeah, well, you know, obviously, you know, I want to I want to bring so much positivity. Obviously the, you know, me playing on the field and, you know, bringing that skill set. But I want to go in the communities, you know, do awesome things in the community. Obviously on the, you know, be the best player I can be for the whole team, for the whole city, for the whole program. I just can't wait to see what God does for, you know, the team and I. So this is just such a big moment for all of us. You're going to be playing with a younger offense with guys like Tyler Algier, Drake London, Kyle Pitts, Desmond Rudder. I mean, like the list kind of goes on. What are you most excited about for like, with playing with these guys? What's the most exciting for you? Yeah, I mean, well, you just said it, like, you know, it's a young offense with so much great talent. And I think that, you know, when you got young guys that can, you know, contribute as much as they can and, you know, try to build something really, really special. Then that's where you that's where you start off with because, you know, when you just said young guys, we can do this for such a long time. I mean, it'd be so effective for such a long time in the NFL while we're here. And we're all going to obviously, you know, do our jobs the right way and do it really fun. But I'm happy to be with those guys and just enjoy it with them. You, I mean, a lot of people know what you can do on the football field. They know a lot about you on the football field. So let's kind of flip the script a little bit. What's one thing that Falcons fans might not know about Bijan Robinson? Yeah. Well, I like love, like, love to be with kids and like just have fun with kids. Obviously, like, I love to do like camps and, you know, just be around, be a part of those type of things just because, you know, I'm such a guy that that will bring so much positivity to anything and just put smiles on people's faces is such a cool thing for me. And then maybe one day, like I always say, like I want to be accurate one day. So even even just bringing people into that as well. But obviously, that's that's down the line here. But that's some that you probably don't know about me. Yeah, an actor. Maybe we can get him on camera a couple of times. Well, he's in Atlanta. I know you're in Kansas City right now, but you're going to be in Florida Branch really soon. We're so excited to have you on the team Bijan. Thank you for taking the time. Welcome to Atlanta. Absolutely. Yeah. Thanks for having me. You know, I can't wait. Thanks.