 A lot of guys, you know, they say is my story like a Cinderella story my whole life I've been a die-hard faculty fan as my whole family. So when I actually started playing football my first position was quarterback You know, so yeah, I always just wanting to be like Mike My cousin introduced me to football I start playing like around age seven part right in Griffin, Georgia Me choosing to play at Tuscaloom, I'll say Coach Jerry Odom, he's still the head coach there now At the time he was with Jacksonville University, a small D1 school, he reached out to me from there And right before signing day I checked his social media and he changed the team logo And with Tuscaloom University he gave me a call and wanted me to follow him and do what I did I just wanted to go where I wanted the most Just going to D2, you know, you gotta obviously, you know, just work hard You know, it's a small school so you want to stand out no matter what And it made me, you know, play with a chip on my shoulder that I want to be better, you know, better than the Power 5 Better than the D1, double A, double type of guys and it just helped me, you know, just play physically, play fast And just a mindset that ain't meant to me And I'm the fattest, the general manager of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers reached out to my agent And during that time I was talking to a few NFL teams and I want to say one day I just woke up And boom, you know, the pandemic happened, COVID-19 And all my pro days and stuff got canceled But I did have the opportunity to go ahead and sign to Winnipeg and do what I did So yeah, they came and found me off of my film, actually CFL in particular is one that I've always, you know, liked to track Just because it, you know, it is a game that you can find some skill up there Once I, you know, set a goal for myself, I'm going to do whatever to achieve it So yeah, there was a moment that I felt like hanging it up These tapes are really easy to watch You know, it jumps off the tape in terms of twitch and quicks and speed And all the things that you see, ball skills, instinct Be going to the CFL, man I just went in with a purpose and a goal that I'm going to find a way to get back down south to the NFL Coach says it all the time and Terry says it all the time It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter where they play, division and college It doesn't matter what league they're in, if we think they're good And they match the makeup that we're looking for in terms of football character Then we're going to give them an opportunity But as soon as we got them in here for a workout And he did the same thing in our workout You know, the feet, the quicks, the speed, you know, it was all natural Like I said earlier, I just come in with a chip on my shoulder just to be the greatest I'm still chasing greatness to this day It's how D's wired, you know He's feisty, competitive Came in here and gained, I think, 12 pounds, 13 pounds in a couple of months And it just keeps getting better and better And he's got to continue to do that It's just crazy, man It's just like a dream come true I would feel with excitement Obviously I talk to a lot of teams But I already knew Like I want to come home and play for the home organization And you know, God made it happen for me And I'm thankful and blessed It played out in my favor Like once again, I'm so thankful You know, I'm ready to continue to, you know, to impact the defense And this organization in a great way I still haven't had the time to just let it soak all in You know, I just got the mindset to just continue to get better