Hogs' Jaedon Wilson, Jayden Johnson After Win

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Arkansas Razorbacks wide receiver Jaedon Wilson on early touchdown and defensive back Jayden Johnson after 56-13 win over Western Carolina in the season opener.
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00:00 The coaches that we brought in, they helped a lot.
00:02 Just sat me down and talked to me about
00:05 just how I gotta be consistent.
00:08 And so that was something that I worked on
00:09 during the off season.
00:10 And I got a lot stronger, faster.
00:12 And just our group, our DB group,
00:15 it's happiness, peaceful, and we like to have fun.
00:19 So that's what helped a lot.
00:22 - For me, I mean, it's just been more of a
00:25 put my head down and grind to become one of those guys
00:28 or always been wanting to be one of those guys.
00:30 And when I had the chance,
00:32 I just put my head down and grinded
00:34 and was when I got there.
00:36 Yeah, I'm gonna give big shout out to my man,
00:43 Isaac Tesler, man.
00:44 Without him, that play wouldn't have happened.
00:46 He made a good block out there on the edge
00:48 and I just got around and I seen green grass
00:50 and hit it full speed.
00:52 (indistinct)
00:54 - Yeah, I see myself as a starter.
01:14 I just had to go out and prove it every day.
01:17 Stay consistent.
01:17 And today it was just preview of what has been in practice.
01:22 So I just got to keep going.
01:25 - I would say we could actually focus on that daily,
01:44 blocking, blocking, blocking,
01:45 just to when it ball gets out some parameter,
01:48 we are always ready to make our block
01:51 and finish our block.
01:52 So, I mean, we stress it a lot.
01:53 It's just like every day knowing we have
01:55 Rocky Sanders as well.
01:56 So, we want to get the blocks for him, but yeah.
02:13 - Everybody just playing together
02:14 and being where they're supposed to be.
02:17 We got this thing called Buntu.
02:18 So it's just basically we all got to come together
02:22 to be as one, to be great.
02:24 And just, we just attacking the ball.
02:29 Our coaches preach,
02:30 just going to get the ball turnovers.
02:32 And that was our main focus for today.
02:34 (silence)
02:37 - I would just say I'm a tough player.
02:52 So I'm just type person that's going to get through
02:55 what I need to get through to do what I want to do
02:57 on the field.
02:58 So, I mean, I could have stopped in the game.
03:00 I could have told him my shoulder was hurting,
03:02 but I feel like that's not me.
03:03 And I just played through it.
03:05 I loved, you feel me, watching our defense go,
03:19 make plays today.
03:20 Love seeing Jayden, you feel me,
03:21 catching the pick, making forced plays.
03:24 And I mean, I could just say that they did a lot for us
03:27 to get the ball back and we just want to keep it going.
03:30 (silence)
03:32 - Could you ask that again?
03:46 (silence)
03:48 - Oh, you know, it was great.
04:03 We talked about it.
04:04 Don't take them light.
04:05 Take them as if there was somebody in the SEC.
04:07 So I feel like we did a great job at that.
04:11 It's some things that we got to work on.
04:13 We're going to get that fixed.
04:14 That way when we come out, play a tougher team,
04:16 it's going to be the same thing.
04:18 - We came out today with a mindset of, you feel me,
04:29 win the day.
04:30 And that's what we did.
04:32 And to say it again, you said it about KJ?
04:35 - Yeah, I'm very excited for this season
04:42 just to be playing with KJ.
04:44 Just watching him from the past two years.
04:46 And so I'm just very excited for him
04:49 and can't wait to do it again.
04:50 Not at all.
05:02 - Not at all.
05:03 It's every day in practice.