 I say just coming in every day working like no matter the circumstance I'm going every day like no matter who I'm going against what I'm doing I'm giving it my all. All my effort is buying into the portion every day. Getting where you start in the unofficial contract. Do you feel like this is your job or do you feel like you have to do any job? I feel like it's my job and I feel like I got to win it every day because this is the end of it. So every day you come in compete and there's new rookies and new players coming in from everywhere come to take your job so the same time I feel like it's mine I got to work every day to keep it earning it every day. How important is it to process for you as you work? You got to go like Taylor on one side and you got like that on the other side. It's good like to have them vets to have that that work in. They've had great careers successful careers and they still going they year 10 year 11. Now I'm trying to get like them so just having them this and me learn from everything they do on mentally physically overall it's great. Taylor mentioned that he thought you and he could kind of do something. He said similar skillset I assume he's talking about playing at Lesley right? Definitely. Have you guys talked about that and have you I don't know pads will help show a lot of that more but have you seen some of that play out in YouTube playing together? Uh yeah absolutely because our identity is effort speed off the ball toughness finishing that defines both of us that's what we built out for. Basically like how we come off the ball we run it off the ball. Appreciate it. We run it off the ball so just that itself us who's probably been some of the fastest offensive line you've come across that helped us. You ever had a two-dollar stake? Uh yeah it reminds me of me. Did you hear what Gravel said about that? Yeah I'm talking in a two-dollar stake that's a great description of myself. What do you hope to accomplish here in camp? In camp uh just to stack every day and just get better every day just fundamentally technique wise conditioning just every single day try to work on something to improve just to be the best player I can be. Buddies with Jayon? Jayon yeah. Has he seen you in the 55 or what do you say about it? Yo I'm not sure I ain't talk to him about it but I remember rookie year I had asked him could I get his number but he wasn't coming up out for us back then so I got it now I haven't got no input from him so far. How important is it getting one day when I try to get him to really show what you're capable of building as an offensive player? Oh it's going to be great this time that's when that real contact come in so and just continue doing what we're doing just cut them shoulder pads come on it shouldn't be no difference like it's shoulder pads man up I still I'm still coming off the ball the same working everything I've been doing when the pads come on it's trying to amp it up a little bit more. I talked to a couple defensive guys just sort of saying they're licking their chops because you know football you are too as an offensive one though. Absolutely yeah they can lick their chops all they want so I'm gonna do my thing no matter what you put them pads on I'm coming off the ball just like them they can have all the talk and all the ride riding on hey when it comes we lined up we're coming off the ball. Almost definitely I feel like as a corner man as a DB you have to play inside and outside so it's really good that I got like experience inside and outside no matter what position they put me I'm just ready to play. Biggest difference just biggest difference for you so far in adjusting to the to the NFL level anything in particular? Um I wouldn't say like it's just a major difference for the SEC like one level under it but it's just like the mentality of like when it feels good like actually being over the guys communication that's more like that's I'll say that's the biggest part the communication part and that's like something I'm just learning getting this experience is just learning the system of the league basically. How'd you like what you did during the offseason in OTA's mini camp and kind of what was your mindset coming into in the training camp? Well my mindset was just to start off brand new like no matter what like don't fall back no matter what learn from my mistakes and everything so I'm pretty catching up back off on OTA's and everything just getting this experience and learning the system and everything I'm just trying to learn something new every day and just improve. And how much I'm sorry I've been asked this sort of but the competition I guess I guess the trailing other receivers how much I'd help you on a day-to-day basis? I mean it helped me a lot because all these guys they're great they got different skill sets and everything so I'm happy I'm experiencing going against these different receivers because you know in the future going to need games and stuff like I'm gonna always go against a quick guy I'm not always going to get some big guy it's just great experience going against them every day at practice. And you a couple of square offs you've had with trailing been pretty physical I mean is that that's kind of your game you think that's kind of his game is that what you think you guys will continue to work with? Yeah most definitely I talk to Trae every day we just trying to help each other get better so we're trying to be more physical this game all about being physical and stuff but there's sometimes when you don't have to be physical but just in that realm like we'll just be in physical trying to get you to get better. And as far as a corner you got to have a short memory I guess you get beat on the play you try to come back I guess kind of vice versa. Yeah that's that's part of the game right there next play mentality no matter what position you play every like every position if you have a bad play you got to go to the next play. And what do you think you have to do to kind of earn play earn a spot maybe earn playing time as a rookie? I really don't know I haven't really thought about it just me like I'm just trying to like improve slowly improve every day and on my web position if I started or not I'm just trying to help the team out no matter the way and just trying to get better. Along the short memory line seemed like the defense bounced back pretty well today how I'm good was the effort on that side of the line. It was great you know some days we weren't great but you know we have the colors on our team like kb that tell us as long as we show effort and everything they don't care about that so we'll have a bad play get on to the next play today we have some good defensive plays and everything so that's the energy that we like no matter what pressure next play that's how we did. Four days in how close has this been to what you expected did anything surprise you though and how you feel like you've been? I wouldn't say that surprised me this is really all fun I'm just like enjoying the experience here everything's just great just actually playing leave playing with the guys you can actually see watching everything but it's just great like communication everything I learned I noticed that that's like a big part in everything and it is great because like we communicate and I feel like long as y'all on the same page everything's gonna be good. What did you do between the time Mini Camp ended and training camp started? I was just like focused on my drills and everything you know the stuff that we did here I just focused on that playing like inside playing outside off-press it's just really every db drills everything just being in shape that's the more thing about being in shape and conditioning. Do you think different styles wise like have you gotten bigger since you've been been here or what have you done anything to change your body for the last couple months? Yeah I'm focused on trying to eat more and eat better so I gained a couple pounds and everything trying to get more weight on me but that's not really a big thing it's just all about mentally with me. Given where you're starting after you look at this this is my job or do you feel like I've got to win this job? Um it's both I mean obviously I'm there I'm in that spot and you're like yeah this is the mindset this is my job I need to protect it but at the same time like I said before we're gonna we're gonna put the best five out there five that will make us win games and we're gonna make sure everyone earns it and that's and I'm making sure they earn and I'm they're making sure I earn it so it's gonna be a constant hey I need to win this job all year long. What's the biggest challenge for you trying to do that and getting this team finally a right tackle consistent? Yeah like I said I'm from the FCS so just getting used to the speed and getting used to the confidence that I can build we're getting used to the speed of the NFL so as long as I can do that and have the confidence for that I think that's going to be huge I have full trust in my abilities to then block if I have that confidence so I'm no doubt in my mind we'll get there. Progress so far I'm coming in late dealing but happy with progress so far you know just the weekend. Yeah yeah happy with progress so far we have a long way to go lots to work on lots to correct but so far it's been a good first four days. How much of a difference does it make for everyone? How much will that you know yeah it'll just be the true test of physicality I mean the defense will be able to bull rush one-on-ones we'll get to see where we're actually at when we they have all their moves and their arsenal and we have all our moves in our arsenal when we're doing a-gap power and stuff I mean obviously we're not trying to kill each other's shoulders when we're on shoulder pads on so we put those on it'll be a true test of physicality to see where we're at as offense. How much in health do you want to make for a technique standpoint or maybe a mindset standpoint? Just to be able to walk in on one spot and just pull on the end and focus on that. Yeah I mean obviously being honed in on one goal you're able to focus a lot more on that maybe they'll focus a lot more on that spot but ultimately last year moving around I think to help me understand this offense a lot more so it will take a lot of positives out of that but yeah it's been super helpful just to be locked in at one spot. I'm excited you know I've been here three years left for a year back again it's fun it's cool but I still gotta get back in the system learn things quickly and do what I can if I can help this team. What have you been doing maybe before you got the call to come by to be ready? Staying ready you know working out I got a trainer in Houston and Austin one in Houston Justin Allen and one in Austin Jeremy Hill's and the Collective so they've been getting me right staying in condition and lifting weights coming back from my pecs here just trying to stay every to stay healthy. Man I guess your mission maybe just to kind of find a role on this team and create a role. You can find a role you can create a role whatever way you want to perceive it but uh like I said do what I can to see if I can help this team. You weren't going long but have you seen some changes in Austin and the building? Yeah lots of changes I mean if you look around the building the fields lots of change it feels like I mean whether I'm here or not things are moving so you take that I guess a concept into life and onto the field you just know you have to have you have to have some type of urgency in your life. And how things been for you already in the team? Um different you know uh getting back in a group of things uh meetings you know it's a grueling day it's a grueling day you know you wake up at six in the day it's at eight o'clock uh just get back in a funk of things and coming out here and learning from my mistakes and not to become a repeat offender. What did you hear when you came back in like some guys that were around? Yeah it felt like a family reunion but I mean a family reunion can can turn into a family goodbye real quick so you know can't get too high can't get too low.