 Play clock down to 15 seconds Motion pranks three to the right one to the left Here's Ritter pressure coming Flushed from the pocket to the right Ritter gonna throw it up trying to come back Touches it touchdown Atlanta. Holy smokes What an unbelievable story Bernhardt is and a tremendous athlete Bernhardt makes the play He's a Florida kid triple option quarterback in high school, you know, it makes his way to Maryland as a lacrosse player and Broke records over there. I think he's the all-time points leader after after he finished at Maryland He goes to Ferris State and plays quarterback as a triple option quarterback there as well Bernie's been a we want to call it a pleasant surprise But when you when you know what the kid is and how he's wired and where he's from And and all the things that we just talked about like it doesn't surprise you know That he's that he's come along as fast as he has You know it goes back to my dad. I'm just being a football coach. He was pretty dry-humored But tough on us He had a you know tough upbringing losing his dad actually early in his life So he was living on his his own for a bit But you know just being tough on me and my brothers and making sure you know We had our priorities taken care of Football was definitely the first Where dad was involved that's what we were doing if we were outside playing football You wanted to be outside playing football kind of your your tag-along little brother is most probably people would think about So I wasn't playing lacrosse. I was doing football when I wasn't doing football lacrosse When he got to high school the ability for him to kind of Do what he was kind of doing on a high school field and there's definitely something there more than just kind of your normal You know high school football player or athlete per se Again from an early age was kind of a good athlete and you know like most play places like I was put the best athlete a quarterback Right and and again growing up. He was ironically enough huge like Michael Vick fan and you know Even then he kind of had some Shiftiness to him and and all that kind of stuff. So he had a great career I mean probably if not, you know one of the best to do it at our high school In terms of what he you know team standpoint and just an individual standpoint able to kind of accomplish A little bit later. I really wasn't thinking about playing football some of the military academies again We ran the triple option. So Had some opportunity to do that and then Do the lacrosse route obviously decided to go lacrosse route He walked into you know a top-notch you know lacrosse program in the country and kind of worked his way up to being a midfielder He was an attackman in high school the really Veteran group mentors and just day-by-day. I mean you're not really looking too far ahead Just trying to get a little bit better each day And getting we had a great group of seniors and you know just watch them You know how they carry themselves on and off the field kind of was a you know a big part to success and they end up 2017 winning the national championship which ended up 42 year drought for University of Maryland You know every year kind of just continue to get better and better He kind of has the individual success and kind of break some records at Maryland which You know to him is you know just is what it is But it is very impressive especially at a place like like Maryland and obviously he goes on to kind of win The tour time which you know as most people are learning is like the heisman of of college lacrosse. I love the game but I Made some of my best friends there continue to talk to him daily You know as the relationships that I've built you know in my time there You kind of really didn't really tell us too much. I mean you can kind of Bits and pieces kind of pick some things apart and figure there's something going on But when he ended up telling us obviously it you know hits pretty hard And then you know see him in the in the conditions he was in You know that was definitely the hardest thing You know since his passing you know you see all these people kind of come out And you know tell stories of the impact he had on their lives and all these things and then when you reflect in the reason Why we like being in sports and coaching isn't necessarily because of that It's because of the relationships that have come through it and we were able to see that through our dad He just kind of had that it factor that some people kind of do and you know Some people kind of don't but he definitely had it. I wasn't sure I wanted to do after Maryland After his passing I just kind of felt like yeah, this is kind of the route You know, I kind of want to pursue this and at least you know finish this you know going into 20 You know gonna be his senior year We're winding into that fall You know, that's kind of where the whole football thing started. I just kind of sent out some emails They got back in touch with me coach coach Anise over there actually called me Obviously said he was interested and showed you know kind of what their culture was about what they you know brought as you know As a team I think in that January Site unseen never even been to Ferris State didn't had a looking up on a map He committed them told coach Anise he was gonna come so that's kind of how we Tell he ended up at Ferris State when I got there They're already a great team, you know with coach Anise being there And you could see you know what he was building and what he had built So and he said they had they had a great team before I got there going into his first game at Ferris State I think it was about five minutes before the game that coach Anise told him that he was gonna be the starting quarterback It's a great feeling it was probably more. I mean it was it was awesome family is there You know you finally kind of saw him smile when they won the championship because to him that was the most important thing We had some seven-year guys that came back And kind of look look on their faces, you know to finally, you know get the get the championship So it was really cool to see you know how happy they were And during that season coach Smith brought his name up and coach follows every sport that there is you know Basketball lacrosse you name it and and and Bernie's name was always come up because he's the you know this great lacrosse player who's playing football at Ferris State and and he asked the bottom during the season and We made sure our area scout was on it and After that season he went and worked out at Maryland as his pro day So we went and watched that made sure we were there to attend it and he worked out as a As a wide-out and so that's kind of where the process started that way They were talking to me and said hey, maybe there's some them some interest here and Yeah, maybe I'll you know give it a shot When you watch as lacrosse tape it's it's impressive. He's a gifted player gifted hands, you know instinct spatial awareness So you watch that you know and and you're trying to make it okay? Well, what about football wise well when we watch him as a quarterback at Ferris State triple option quarterback You're seeing the same thing now You get the ball in your hands and you're running and you're making guys miss and those types of things and you start Peace and everything together Super super excited honestly, you know to have someone you know reach out and do that It's obviously means a lot and show their interest. So it was definitely definitely a great feeling There was no huge like Climactic moment or you know anything like that, you know definitely some congratulations and proud of you know for those things But every time he gets to one of those points he it's He's just already moving on from the thought process to like okay. This is just the beginning like now The work is kind of just starting which is just Jared He's come a long way switching positions playing wide-out for the first time coming to our mini camp From where he was at as at mini camp to where he's at now is it's light years away And that's because of I think just his overall athletic Ability and playing other sports and having that feel just trying to get better each day But also just trying to be a good teammate Again and that just comes with you know come to do your job every day China You know help your teammates get better, you know for Jared We know he has great intangibles and all those things like he's our brother or you know You know all those things but sometimes people don't get that opportunity to show those and hopefully that they've seen that and I think they Have you know otherwise like I tell him like you know if they didn't think you could be doing some of these things Like they wouldn't they wouldn't give you the chance So you know you just kind of kind of keep believing in yourself because they obviously see something too There are other players on this team that are playing really well, what's the kid's name Jared Bernhardt Bernhardt Yeah, this kid's gonna make the team guys if you're telling me he doesn't I gotta ask the reason why he's popping He's making plays Mike. He's catching balls. He makes plays every freaking game So I'd like everybody wants to see this kid out, but you can't ignore it. No How quickly he's improved from pro day Mini camp OTA's training camp to the game You know I'm saying like it was you just saw it coming you saw it coming you saw it coming and and the kid works at it It's him. He's got a great demeanor about him walking around the building very serious. You know, I love that about it Jared Bernhardt makes this team. I like it. I mean, I just all I know is he's the one guy that was making plays I don't know, you know, it's done with all the emotions just trying to you know, figure it out But you know I talked to my family Nice to hear from them had a bunch of you know friends and family reach out, which was you know Great to hear from them as always. So again, just probably a bunch of different emotions for his first opportunity ever To have the opportunity to dress in his first opportunity that he ever could that kind of was like Well, like that's pretty like I was like breathtaking, you know, I was like wow like this is it Like this is real now, you know, so like when I go now and sit in the stadium and it's like his first NFL game And you know, he's a better person than he is an athlete and he's a pretty good athlete