 Well, lots of guests on the show. Shoms is here. I wanna talk about Julius Randall. I wanna talk more about Devon Booker. Do not put that Devon Booker thing on the internet. Ow, Jordan Bell! Wow, you are a big guy. We've got him, the Bama Star. Next. We're almost to a single digits, baby. The countdown continues. The NFL draft 10 days away in Kansas City. Our first guest today, a college football national champion. He's got the hardware, baby, playing four years at the University of Alabama, one of the best safeties. I'm sorry. The best safety in the draft, please welcome Jordan Battle. Hey, Jordan. Hey, how you doing? I'm great. Maybe we should have some intro music for you, because listen, you got moves in that locker room. I'm watching. There's dance battles going on. Talk me through. And by the way, I particularly liked this one from last season. What's going on here? I was calling it to the spot. I didn't wanna dance. Just like, sometimes I just don't wanna do it. Looks like you do it, but. Yeah, I don't, but I can dance. So whenever they call me to the spot, I gotta accept the challenge and go and show them what I can do. All right, y'all just doing this. I just started doing it like I'm floater. Jordan, what do you look like when you want to dance? If that's you not wanting to dance? I guess I have to find out. You have signature celebrations. Is the NFL ready for you? Do you have something in the works? I don't think they're ready for my dance moves. My dance moves is different. They're amazing. Now imagine this scenario. Wherever you go, you pick off Bryce Young. You take it to the house. What's the touchdown move gonna be? We talked about this, but hmm. What do you mean you talked about it? I think. You said Bryce, I'm picking you off in the NFL? Oh yeah. Yeah. How did that conversation go? You know, it was mellow. It was nothing. You know, we didn't take it personally, but obviously when we do play, it's probably gonna be personal to the end of the game. But you know, it's all love for Bryce. But in practice, it was the same. Go pick Bryce off. So it's nothing gonna be like, nothing gonna be different but from practice at Alabama. What's the key to picking off Bryce Young? You have to trick him because he knows how to trick the opponent or the DB. So you have to be able to read his eyes, but kinda not always read his first read because you're not always going to where he's looking first. He's a smart quarterback, the most intelligent quarterback I've practiced against or even seen with my own eyes. So just knowing that. It's well said. And he might go number one in the draft in 10 days, but we're wanting to know where Jordan Battle's going to go. Lots of teams are interested. And I wanna know a little bit about your story because there's NFL fans that are sort of meeting you in this interview. You could have left after your junior year, right? I remember, I don't watch College Ball, but I remember your name being brought up. There were experts that I really hold in high regard, predicting and projecting you as a high-run pick in last year's draft. And then all of a sudden it was like, nope, he's going back for a senior year. What made you do that? Yeah, I would say the main reasons was to graduate. My mom wanted me to graduate college and that was something that I took and ran with and I actually ended up graduating last year in December last semester. And that made her proud. And then the other reason was something that we didn't accomplish, but we set out a great season, but I wanted to win another national championship. We didn't accomplish that, but we did end the season well, went and played Kansas State before the last game of the season and went out there and dominated. And the decision for all the seniors and all the guys who were deciding to lead to play in that game was another thing that went into the season and going in the leadership that we just built it. And the togetherness for all of us to go in and play and not sit out like other players would do and go in there and dominate was a beautiful thing to see. I think it's beautiful that you wanted to finish college. I think it's a risk. I think it might have not paid off. Anything could have happened, but nothing happened. You crushed it. And the experts this year are syncing your praises again, if not more. Mike Renner over at PFF and he does all the analytics. These teams are looking at these numbers. He marked you as a high floor safety, plug and play starter from day one. There's a lot of comparisons being made. Jordan Battle, you tell me, what is the strongest part of your game? Yeah, I would just say my smarts on the field. How I play off instinct, how I can be a versatile guy. I can be moved in the box. I could be a deep field safety. I could play in a slot. So just being versatile and trying to be smart and studying film and kind of knowing what the office is giving me before I've been playing the game. Just going into the game with confidence and being comfortable out there. You played your whole college career at Bama. You almost played three, but you almost didn't play any over there. You finished with a four year career under the stewardship of Nick Saban. You originally were committed to the Ohio State. What did Saban say to you? What was his pitch that made you pick Bama? Well, it was like, in 2019, that was the year Urban Meyer had resigned. So I had kind of opened up my recruitment again because I wasn't sure if the whole demons of staff would stay, which they ended up all leaving. Smart. Yeah, Coach Shiano, who was the DC, Coach Grinch, who was the Safety Coach, and Taylor Johnson was the Cornish Coach. They all had one hand went to NFL, one went to Oklahoma, and one hand went to Rutgers. So I had to open up my recruitment again, and it was almost like, dang, who am I going to go to now? But then after that, you seen Coach Kirby. It was Coach Smart and Coach Saban, who came in on the same date. And it was like, that who am I going to choose because these are two tough schools. But when Coach Saban came, it kind of reminded me of my high school. I had to work for my position in high school. I had to earn my spot in high school. And just Coach Saban coming in and saying it just felt different. It's the greatest college coach to ever coach. And just going into a place like Alabama, being able to earn a spot and get on the field early, it was like unreal. He seems like a real intense guy, like I would not pick him to be on his team. There's coaching because I want an easy ride. Does he have tender moments? Like does he have moments where he lets it loose or lets his guard down, or is it just nonstop foot on the gas? No, he definitely has his soft sides. And I feel like Miss Terry plays a key role in his soft side as well. She loves the players. And he loves them just as much as Miss Terry does. And usually he'll invite us over his house, cook us dinner. Sometimes guys may not have dinners, but if God needs a dinner or anything, you can go to Miss Terry, you can go to Miss Coach Saban, and they'll always offer. Jordan, who's cooking? What do you mean he's cooking dinner or Miss Terry's cooking dinner? Most likely it'll be, if it's planned, it'll be catered. Yeah, I was going to say. I'd love to see Nick Saban in an apron making a little souffle for dinner for everybody, but I didn't think it was going to happen. Okay, I love that. Now, in Alabama, such a powerhouse program, so we love asking about it, because we've seen a lot of success making that jump to the NFL. I read that you said that Heisman Trophy winner, Davante Smith, who's now at the Eagles, took you in when you got there. What did you learn from him and how are you expecting Bama to help you make the transition to the NFL? Yeah, Davante Smith was a hardworking guy. He's one of those guys who will stay after hours catching balls or doing whatever it takes to be that Heisman winner that he is and that he was. So the main thing coming to Alabama was to put your head down and work. You got in the first day, you're going to have to work. Wake up early. As a freshman, you're going to wake up, go to 6.30 workouts every morning. Just prepare your mind for that. Knowing that you have to be responsible for yourself. Now you don't have your parents to tell you wake up or do your work. So just growing to a man early in early stages of Alabama was a thing that would help you and help others be successful. And that was one thing I did. I was very hardworking. Got in ex-work when I needed to. Winning got extra film after practice before practice. Just so I know what I can do to what I can do to get on the field. So being able to practice comfortable was a big name for me. And when you practice comfortable and not thinking too much, it allows you to play faster. Now, Devante Smith is one of the guys. Jerry Judy, Jalen Waddle. When you're watching them make plays on Sundays last year and you decided to go back to school and do that, were you a little like, I want to get out there and break up their play? Yeah, a little bit. But it was like, your time has come in. So just be patient. Your time has come. Just be patient. You'll be out there before you know it. And look, it's about what, 10 days away from the drive? Yes. Yeah, now it's here. So now I'm ready. I'm scared of you in the NFL. Listen, I like fantasy football. Don't do me like that. I like points. I like a game to have a big score so I can enjoy touchdown dances and all that. But you're another thing. And I don't know, if you play half as well as you dance in this NFL, we got a monster on our hands. All right, we're going to have a little fun with you before we go. We're going to just do a quick, would you rather, we're just going to get to know you a little bit. Would you rather have the superpower of invisibility or flying? Definitely flying. I don't want to be invisible. I want people to see me. And they will. And they will. How about get an interception or get a sack? Interception. Who are you intersepting? Let's manifest this. Which NFL wide receiver, you could pick one right now. Break up the play. Pick one. Let's go. Step on digs. Step on digs. Oh boy. Now he might have Deandra Hopkins up there in Buffalo before all is said and done. So we'll see. It'll be hard to cover them. I know that would be really hard with Josh Allen to cover all of them. Would you rather for a month eat only burgers or only pizza? Only burgers. Okay. Would you rather ride on the, what is this? Would you rather ride on the back of a stampeding buffalo or on the back of a dolphin? I'd rather ride on the back of a dolphin. Is that like a trick? Yeah. I don't know. I think it's a dumb question. Absolutely. We want to be on a dolphin. Okay. That's it. Before we let you go, what do you want NFL fans, coaches, GM scouts, everybody who's talking about you without knowing you, what do you want them to know about you before this draft? Just that, I'm a high character guy. I have a great personality. Every building I walk in, my goal is to make someone smile because I'm always smiling. You'll never know I'm having a bad day because the way I carry myself and even if I'm having a bad day, I don't really have too many bad days. I'm just a positive guy who's going to inspire others around me who's just going to motivate others around me. I want all of us to win. I want all of us to have that same goal of winning a Super Bowl and being a winning team. Anything I can do to make a program, be a winning program, that's what I'm going to do. Yeah. I love that. I'm just telling you right now, I'm rooting for you to go in the division where Bryce Young lives. That's all I want. I want twice a year. So whatever Bryce Young will say, he goes number one. Great. Then I'm going to be rooting for you to be in that division where he decides to go. It's so nice to meet you. Enjoy. You have a perfect NFL name. The jersey writes itself. Like, who doesn't want a Jordan Battle NFL jersey? Enjoy these moments. I know they're weird and they're tough and they can be uncomfortable and you can ask all these crazy dumb questions but it's nice to get to meet you. Don't forget about us when you're an all pro. I want it all. Nice to meet you. Teach me a dance move before you go. Can you give me a little... I was not ready for that. Give me a little something. Give an old lady something to work with. I'll say, like, just get ready for, like, just walk right here when I do this. Okay. That right there. That's a dance move? Mm-hmm. Okay, so come on. All right, you can't see my legs. You can't see my legs. What are you doing with your legs? It's like, I'm going in and out with them. Yeah, there you go. That's it? I can see it. I don't get the whole... I can't see the whole view. Yeah. But I can see you got it down. It's not pretty, Jordan. You don't want to see the whole view. We love you. I will talk to you soon. Enjoy Draft Week in Jordan Battle from Bama to NFL and then to NBA. Listen, if Devon Booker doesn't turn around, that play doesn't happen, Sean. Sean's up next.