WATCH! TCU TE Jared Wiley Talks Excitement for Second Season in Fort Worth
Jared Wiley is entering his second season at TCU and is eager to get back on the field this Saturday.
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00:00 >> We'll go straight to questions for Jared.
00:03 >> Jared, we just want to hear about the 17 pound weight loss in one practice.
00:06 How do we do that?
00:07 >> Hawkins wants to know.
00:07 >> I need two of those.
00:08 >> Yeah, I just sweat a lot.
00:12 I have to drink a lot after practice and then eat even more than that.
00:15 So I mean, on an average, I normally lose probably about ten.
00:19 It was just a little bit warmer that day.
00:20 >> Jared, now that you've gotten through fall camp, second fall camp at TCU,
00:27 how much are you looking forward to getting out there on Saturday and
00:29 playing another opponent and your two at TCU in general?
00:33 >> Yeah, for about two weeks I've been like, all right, it's about time to go.
00:37 But yeah, I mean, just super excited to see what this team can do this year.
00:41 This offense is gonna be amazing.
00:43 As you all know, our defense is gonna perform really well.
00:46 So yeah, I mean, I'm just really excited for it.
00:49 >> Jared, last year we didn't know that Chandler was gonna be the starting
00:53 quarterback.
00:53 We all know what happened and what he went through.
00:55 What do you see different in him this year now that he's known for
00:59 a while and it's been his job basically to lose or win?
01:03 >> Yeah, I mean, he's just matured a lot from last year to this year.
01:06 I think that he's really grown as a leader on our offense.
01:11 He's not always the most vocal guy on the team, but in his actions and
01:15 how he carries himself and how he practices every day.
01:19 I mean, you can tell a lot of the younger guys and
01:22 even some of us older guys are really starting to gravitate towards that.
01:24 >> In addition to Chandler, just talk about the whole mindset of the team,
01:30 the difference that you saw last year before the first game against Colorado to
01:34 this year, how y'all's mindset has changed in this short amount of time.
01:37 >> Yeah, I think last year there was a big question mark,
01:40 whole new staff, a lot of new players for us.
01:42 So I mean, it's kind of like a hey, let's just get our feet wet type of deal last
01:46 year.
01:47 This year there's an expectation just for how we should perform week in and
01:52 week out.
01:52 And I feel like you can really feel that just through the energy of the team and
01:57 everything like that.
01:58 So I mean, yeah, there's definitely, like I said, some type of goal or
02:04 like an extra motivation for us this year to really go out there and perform well.
02:09 >> 13 wins in a bad way to get your feet wet, but
02:11 I know there's two losses at the end.
02:13 How much, the baseball championship game and
02:15 overtime and then obviously the championship game in short,
02:18 how much of that kind of bites y'all all year?
02:21 How long did it take to kind of get past that set with move forward?
02:25 >> Yeah, you're gonna feel some type of way about that.
02:28 You obviously wanna get those two games back.
02:30 But I think just for a lot of us older guys, we just kind of had to deal with it,
02:35 deal with the consequences of not playing your best in those two games and
02:39 just move on from it.
02:40 Learn from it as much as possible, but you can't let that hang over your head or
02:44 you can't dwell on it too long.
02:45 And then, cuz if you do that, you're not worried about this upcoming season.
02:49 >> Sonny said you guys have a bigger chip on your shoulders maybe than last year.
02:52 >> Yeah, for sure.
02:54 Definitely, I feel like we've gotten a lot of disrespect going into this season and
03:00 stuff, which that's fine.
03:03 It's just media talking, whatever.
03:05 So you kind of take that with a grain of salt, but yeah, we definitely feel that.
03:10 >> How do you feel like you guys are doing on offense?
03:13 >> I feel like it's been very well the past couple days.
03:17 It was a little shaky at the start of camp, but that happens.
03:21 You got a whole bunch of new faces, new coordinator, everything like that.
03:23 So yeah, I mean, today was probably our best practice as an offense,
03:28 which feels really good going into game one.
03:31 >> When you take a look at this offense overall,
03:33 the new scheme under Kendall Bryles, what are the strengths of this offense?
03:37 >> I mean, I don't really see a weakness, if I'm being honest with you.
03:42 We got guys on the outsides that can roll.
03:44 We have a lot of depth right there.
03:46 I mean, our inside receiver room is insane.
03:50 Our running backs are gonna be just as good as they were last year.
03:53 We got a great quarterback.
03:54 We have a really good tight end room.
03:55 So I mean, it's really just on us to execute whatever Coach Bryles wants us to do,
04:01 and that's really it.
04:02 >> Jer, when you were going out at Temple, is this what you envisioned?
04:07 What did you have in your mind coming out?
04:10 >> No, I mean, it's way different than what I obviously envisioned.
04:14 As a high schooler going in, you're thinking you're gonna be three and done,
04:18 three years in college, and you're gonna go to NFL.
04:21 And it's gonna be some fairytale story.
04:23 But what nobody told me was there's gonna be a lot of bumps in the road.
04:28 You're gonna have to transfer, you're gonna be hurt, you're gonna do this,
04:31 you're gonna do that, you're gonna go through a whole bunch of stuff.
04:33 So it's just a blessing to still be able to do this every day.
04:37 But no, I mean, definitely not what I pictured.
04:39 >> Was there a point when you were going through all that, and
04:42 before you transferred, was there ever a point where you thought,
04:46 maybe I'm not gonna continue?
04:50 >> No, never.
04:51 I mean, they're gonna have to tell me that I'm done with football.
04:55 Whoever has to tell me is gonna have to tell me, but
04:57 no, that never went through my head once.
04:59 >> Jer, how has your role as a leader on this team evolved or
05:05 changed since last season,
05:06 especially now that there's a lot of new younger guys on offense?
05:10 >> I think for me personally, last year I didn't have a great camp.
05:13 We were kinda still trying to see kinda what my role was on this offense last
05:18 year, but this year it's known, and I'm a known leader.
05:21 So that's just me practicing harder than what I did last year,
05:24 doing more in the film room, or whatever it takes to get those younger guys
05:29 kinda up to the standard that everybody else holds their self to.
05:34 I think that that's been the biggest difference for me.
05:37 >> We talk to lose so much weight in the one practice.
05:40 How do you combat that on Saturday when we know what it's gonna be?
05:45 I mean, what are you doing during the course of the game to
05:49 stay where you're at full speed?
05:50 >> Yeah, I get an IV before games.
05:54 We eat a lot on the sidelines.
05:57 We have a great nutrition staff that kinda stays in our hip pocket anytime
06:02 we, our offense isn't on the field.
06:04 So that I have salty Gatorades that I can drink.
06:08 I mean, there's a big, big number of different options that I'll have for
06:13 a game day, but they normally do a pretty good job of just making sure that I stay
06:17 on top of that.
06:18 >> Jared, when we talked to you in the spring, it was tough for
06:20 you to hide your excitement for Coach Browse being here and
06:23 how he utilizes the time in.
06:25 What has he kinda told you what he expects you to,
06:28 how you should be involved in the offense this year for them?
06:30 And how excited are you still?
06:32 >> Yeah, I'm still super excited about it.
06:34 But he's just, from what I've learned from him and heard from him,
06:39 it's just he just needs me to be a leader.
06:41 And everything else will come like it needs to.
06:46 And it'll come around to give me a pave in the back end.
06:49 So I'm excited for, like I said, what this offense can do.
06:53 And I think the possibilities for us this year are endless.
06:56 >> Jared, I'm gonna go back to that journey we were talking about.
06:59 Does that give you a better appreciation or
07:01 more appreciation for where you're at right now and what you're experiencing?
07:05 >> Yeah, without a doubt.
07:07 From the minute I got here last year, I've had a blast.
07:10 I mean, couldn't thank the staff enough for what they've done to me.
07:13 I mean, I'll be the first one to tell anybody that move from Texas to here.
07:20 It saved my career, in my opinion.
07:22 So it's just a big blessing for me.
07:25 >> Other than Griffin Kale, who's the best kicker on this team?
07:28 >> Me, definitely.
07:29 >> [LAUGH] >> Anything else for Jared?
07:32 Okay, thank you.
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