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00:00 Just really becoming a complete player in terms of edge players.
00:08 He plays our Sam, Sam Edge, which is more of the athletic pass rusher.
00:18 Expecting to be really proficient in coverage, but he's somebody that can go get the quarterback and set the edge.
00:27 Braden, Derek Moore, that edge, that bigger edge, that rush from Colm.
00:36 I think both of them have been fit in the bill in that regard.
00:41 Josiah Stewart, like Jalen, he's that Sam type of player, real athletic.
00:49 Ben, around the corner, great quarterback.
00:53 Also, a secret plan for Alex Orji.
00:58 He might be, got a chance to be maybe one of the greatest kick returners of all time.
01:04 Big 230, 335 pound guy.
01:07 So he just started doing it, we'll see how it goes.
01:13 He's also excelling at quarterback, so there'll be some decisions that'll have to be made.
01:18 We've had a lot of people through, a lot of people, a lot of football people, a lot of general managers come through, we've had scalps come through.
01:30 One in particular who was in our meetings and practices, he said, "This is vibrant."
01:41 So that's my word, I can't get that word out of my head, it just best describes the vibe, the mentality.
01:54 It's infectious, can't help not picking up on that.
02:00 That was well defined, it's vibrant.
02:03 They take that from the meeting rooms, to the weight rooms, to the practice field, to the stadiums.
02:12 A first to have the first scrimmage in the stadium be as good as it was.
02:23 Every season I've coached, every season I was a part of as a player.
02:30 That first scrimmage in the stadium, guys forget, I forgot.
02:34 I forgot coaching as a player, just something about going to the big house.
02:41 Scrimmage, coaches yelling at everybody.
02:44 That's always been my experience, was my experience as a player, and even as a coach.
02:50 Freshmen forget everything they've been taught.
02:53 It wasn't like that at all.
02:56 It was the same vibrant energy, execution, and I can comment on the team afterwards.
03:04 I've never seen anything quite like that.
03:09 It's good, they're further ahead.
03:13 That's a credit to the coaches and the players themselves and their focus.
03:20 It's to the point where, and I had to make a poster person for who I thought was the most,
03:29 who really defined enthusiasm on the road to mankind.
03:34 I looked at every player, every coach, even considered myself.
03:40 By the power vested in me as the head coach, the poster person for enthusiasm unknown to mankind for the 2023 year is Chris Jenkins.
03:56 Nice little sticker, EUTM, on the helmet.
04:04 He's not the only one who has it.
04:07 He's given some others out, Blake Kowalma, J.J. McCarthy, Zach Marshall, he gave one to a freshman.
04:16 And a few others got that initial award.
04:20 The poster person is Chris Jenkins.
04:25 There's a lot of them.
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