 Hi everyone, I just start off by saying I'm sure everyone have saw the video I posted on Friday To be honest, I posted the video That was a dark time of my my life then nobody really know But I posted it because I wanted to Encourage others to seek help whenever they are they are they are down. I Didn't know Really really didn't take in consideration what depression really was I always just brushed it off. That's how I grew I grew up. I just brush out my feelings and And it got the best of me, you know, and I just wanted to Put out a positive message that that I'm still here. I'm still I'm still growing. I'm still learning. I'm blessed I got a lot of things to be grateful for and someone was there for me So reach out to your loved ones and ask them how they're doing and listen to them, you know, because it's important, you know, so Yeah Widely positive were you were you pleased by that? Yeah, a lot of guys a lot of guys reached out to me Tell me what I did was powerful Lot of guys on my team Said I don't talk to me one-on-one about their struggles, which which we need to do more often You know, we need to need to look out for one another, you know, I know we play this beautiful game But you know life is beautiful too, so Sorry It's okay Just what made you kind of come out and want to talk about that. I'm so sorry. You're fine. You're fine. It's okay Like I said, it was a dark moment and It was a year ago Where I had thought about, you know, taking my life, you know and it was it was special to me because It just came with my heart that I wanted to share with others and help others as much as I can like I said I'm here. I'm so much to be grateful for I'm blessed I know I wake up every day and get to play the game that I love But you know, I have loved ones around me that love me dearly, you know And I just wanted to help someone. Hopefully I could save a life or anything Personal understand if it's too personal, but what prompted you to feel that way? I won't get into all that, you know, that's that's between me but Yeah It was Elijah Moore Yeah, it was Elijah Moore. That's He's he's more than family. He's more than family. I love him like he's my brother and he is my brother my brother, but He's a special special person and I appreciate him. He's in every day For somebody in your position Like you said to come out and speak out about it because a lot of people from the outside would say You know, you're an NFL football player you make a lot of money, you know, you have a lot of notoriety What could you possibly be down about right? Yeah? Life happens to everyone, you know, I'm human just like everyone else That's because I I played this beautiful game. Just doesn't mean life is not gonna happen to me, too So like I'm grateful for the person that was there for me and I just wanted to encourage everyone to Seek help if you if you're down and you depress and just try to get help Example AJ though of like John was saying you on the outside, you know, everything looks like it's great for AJ But people just don't know right what's going on inside somebody. Yeah, most definitely man I know for me Walking around with a smile. That's easy to put on everybody can do it, you know, but you know, we go on we some of us have real life problems You know, so you just how you deal with those things and that's why I said just talk to someone reach out You know, else is men, you know to be honest our feelings aren't too much cared about, you know, so Especially men just you know get things off your chest, you know, it's okay to talk to talk to someone seek help You're not too tough to to talk to someone, you know, so To have a coach like Mike Ravel who makes those emotional deposits with you guys, you know And it's open to to conversation into things like this It means a lot it means a lot I Appreciate a coach very just for everything I Just try not to I try not to You know, sometimes I know this a business and sometimes you don't want to get Emotely attached or tired with someone, you know, because it's a it's a business side of it But man, I appreciate him so much And and people like that. I think no matter how ever this business may go. I think Forever, I'll be a friend of his and he'll be a friend of mine, you know But I appreciate him so much from just open this door just listening trying to help me as much as I can It doesn't go unnoticed with me So he's definitely family in my book Regardless of we have a part ways down the line, which I hope I hope not but you know, but I appreciate him so much Front that that darkness from time to time or you've been been pretty good for the last year No, I'm in a better place mentally I was that's behind me. That's behind me now I know how to deal with certain things if something comes up in my life now Like I said growing up. I just kind of brushed off my feelings and you know, I buried them And you know, you don't need to do that, you know, you need to get things over chest and talk to someone, you know Elijah Moore was the one who had kind of helped you in that particularly a dark moment I guess what is kind of made you guys so close beyond the fact that you guys were teammates at Ole Miss Why is he kind of like more than a like a brother to you? I live with him. He's seen my struggles. I've seen his struggles, you know, I know what he wanted to accomplish He knows what I want to accomplish, you know in life period, you know, this is this is not just football talk It's life talk, you know, so Just being around him so much, you know you start to To a point where I feel like I kind of kind of raised them and the point, you know in college You know, I seen them grow seeing them do all the things he wanted to do and Just being there for one another, you know, so Long and hard about posting the video I Was on my phone for a while. I actually recorded that video earlier that day But I didn't post until later that night. So it was it was an all-day process and I was kind of nervous to post it But you know, some gave me the courage some came over me to to just do it About your little girl on social media and how much she's meant to you how how much is she being in your life? How much does she kind of push you to kind of keep going and to be strong for her? My little girl, man, she's amazing It's the it's the reason why I'm still going today. I Don't even have the words for it. I know she she gives me strength. She is who I play for so Without without my little my little girl, I don't know where I'll be So was it a year exactly I'm trying to remember to the date that you know that you had thought about You know as you said you had contemplated, you know taking your life was that yes, it was November 12 Did you and again whatever's private private, but I mean did you feel like it would you were you were right there on the on the edge? or I want to get too much into detail about it, but Just it was heavy on my heart But how important is it your message and you coming out to try and fight that negative? Stigma that surrounds mental health, right? Uh, I just wanted to come out and just try to just put that to rest You know mental health is real Just like physical health you need to take care of your body when you see just like when something's going on with you You need to get stuff off each case you need to talk to someone seek professional help it and need so But you got to take care of your brain. Just like you take care of your body, too, you know so find ways to Safe safe place for you do the things you love You know so enjoy every moment Yes, I did I did after I still do to this day Football wise how much of what's gone out for you the last two weeks was about the Ramsey and the Lattimore match ups Do you think? What about it in that your production? Um You know I try to control what I control You know, I can't throw myself the ball or anything like that Whatever I can do is I could just get open You know and if I if I have to clear it out for someone else like Marcus had a big day It's past Sunday. I'll do it again. You know, so it's it's all about trying to get to nine and two You know why don't we get a time? That's the only thing I care about. You know, that's the production winning so You Seen differences in defense the last couple weeks, you know with with Derek being out AJ Do you see that much more? Um, not these two past weeks because they had Jalen Ramsey and Lattimore, you know Those guys messed up on me. So But you definitely know I get a lot more eyes and you know point me out and