Miami’s Jaden Harris Talks College Football Playoffs, The Effects Of NIL, and More
In this episode of ‘Beyond The Buzzer,’ join PlaymakerNyrie as she unveils the unseen bits of Miami Safety, Jaden Harris. From an inside look at UMs insane facility, to his College Football Playoff picks, crazy stories with rival FSU, get ready to see it ALL! Tune in to hear about how this Hurricane is prepping for what many think will be his breakout season… We can’t wait to see Jaden get back on that field next season. Stay locked in to see who we spend the day with next.
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Transcript
00:00 What's up guys? I'm Playmaker Nyree and this is Beyond the Buzzer.
00:04 I'm here to show you what these athletes' lives look like when the clock hits zero.
00:07 Three, two, one.
00:09 I thought you were standing me up. I was like, "Come on."
00:22 No, never that.
00:23 Hi. Thanks for letting me spend the day with you.
00:26 For sure. Welcome to the show.
00:27 I'm excited to see what a D1 athlete's life looks like behind the scenes.
00:32 This is beautiful. This is Florida. This is Miami.
00:36 And although I'm an FSU girl, I hate that I'm saying that I actually like it, but it's pretty.
00:41 How do you like Miami so far?
00:43 I love Miami. Being from Atlanta, when I went to college, I didn't know I wanted to go to a big city.
00:49 Coming to Miami is just like being in Atlanta, really.
00:52 A lot of people say it's distracting to be an athlete down here. Do you agree with that?
00:56 Nah.
00:57 You're still locked in?
00:58 Yeah, you can choose if you want to be distracted or not. I've been locked in.
01:03 What's your favorite thing to do in Miami?
01:07 Outside of football.
01:08 Outside of football?
01:10 Try different food spots.
01:12 What's your favorite food spot?
01:13 Shadow Wagyu.
01:14 What is it?
01:15 Shadow Wagyu.
01:16 Never heard of it. It's good, though?
01:17 It's ever.
01:18 It's close to here?
01:19 I go three times a week.
01:20 You eat Wagyu steak three times a week? Is it Wagyu, literally?
01:23 Yes, I go three times a week.
01:24 Oh, so you're spending those big bucks every week, three times, Wagyu steak? It's crazy.
01:30 It's kind of crazy. It's not that bad.
01:32 Being from Atlanta, coming to Miami, what was the biggest adjustment you had to make?
01:38 It was so easy. I'd probably say it's extra hot.
01:42 Extra hot.
01:43 The practices are hot.
01:45 Oh, yeah. Especially during the summer when we're out there in camp and stuff.
01:50 Camp is bad.
01:51 Yeah, brutal.
01:52 You put all the gear on.
01:54 It's like 100 degrees out, humid, you can barely breathe.
01:57 I get hot a lot.
01:59 When we got here in the summer, we got here in June, and we had workouts as soon as we got here.
02:05 I was like, "Oh, no."
02:07 All right, Jaden, what's the first thing you do?
02:10 You wake up, you hang out, you go to practice.
02:13 What's on the schedule now? What are we doing?
02:15 I'm about to go to the facility, probably catch some balls, catch some jugs.
02:20 Today is like an off day, really, because we leave tomorrow.
02:23 Usually before I travel, I just try to get a couple of jugs in just to get my hands right.
02:28 Got your ball game coming up, just a little extra reps on the side.
02:31 Yeah, extra reps on the side.
02:33 Let's do it.
02:34 Coming to a school that has five national titles under their belt,
02:38 what was it like training under an organization like this?
02:42 Our classes were more so focused on making a name for ourselves.
02:46 We knew we really didn't have nothing to do with that, so we just tried to recreate that greatness.
02:52 We tried to do it for ourselves.
02:53 What are your expectations for this football program in the next couple of years?
02:57 I think my mindset literally has just been trying to take things one day at a time
03:02 and just find ways to get better every single day, find better ways to lead the team.
03:08 How do you feel about NIL?
03:09 I love NIL.
03:10 You said, "I love it."
03:13 I do think it's kind of negative in some ways.
03:20 I think a lot of kids are chasing money, chasing schools due to money.
03:25 That's one thing I don't like about it.
03:27 I think it's deserving.
03:28 FSU won a Power Five conference, won 13-0, undefeated, didn't make the college playoffs.
03:34 Got snubbed.
03:36 What do you think about that?
03:37 I thought that was crazy, unexpected.
03:42 Just being a ball player, stepping away from the whole rivalry thing, I felt like they should have been there, being undefeated.
03:50 That's just how it is.
03:51 That's how the community is.
03:52 That's just how it is?
03:53 Yeah.
03:54 What is the craziest experience you've had against a rival?
03:58 It was this year. I was on the kickoff team.
04:00 Me and the dude, we just kept going at it, just kept hitting each other.
04:03 You know, rivalry game.
04:04 The dude, the dude, the dude snatched my mouthpiece.
04:09 He started running and playing, joking around.
04:12 I was like, "Bro."
04:13 That was probably the craziest thing because I was ready to fight.
04:18 Playing in that game, it just meant a lot to me.
04:20 Growing up, watching those games, and being a Georgia kid, but still, you just want to play in that game.
04:27 Who's your favorite football player to come out of UM?
04:29 At Reed, Cam Kitchens.
04:32 Sean Taylor.
04:35 Michigan, Alabama, Washington, Texas.
04:38 What are you predicting?
04:39 I'm going to go with the underdogs.
04:41 I think a lot of people are kind of Washington.
04:45 You got to lean to the side.
04:48 You got to lean to the side.
04:50 Okay, but I'm falling.
04:53 But keep like--you ain't doing it right.
04:58 You ain't doing it right.
04:59 You ain't making enough sound effects.
05:01 You got to really feel that thing.
05:04 I say we got some catches in.
05:06 Let's do it.
05:07 I'm ready to see what you can do.
05:10 You got to touch down.
05:12 You got to touch down.
05:13 What's your celebration?
05:14 Pick six?
05:15 Yeah.
05:16 I done dreamed about this a couple times.
05:18 What's your celebration?
05:19 Home run away.
05:20 If we away, though, I'm going to look at the crowd.
05:23 Oh, so you're like taunting them.
05:24 I'm going to like--I'm going to like swag.
05:27 I'm just there.
05:28 I'm just swag.
05:29 Okay, and home?
05:30 Home.
05:31 Oh, no, I'm going to do the Ronaldo.
05:33 Oh, the suit.
05:35 Yeah, do it.
05:36 I'm going to do that.
05:37 Okay, that's a good one.
05:38 Coming next, you got to pick six.
05:40 I'm going to do the Ronaldo.
05:42 Mine would be the gritty.
05:44 Let me see your gritty.
05:46 No, you first.
05:47 My gritty's bad.
05:49 So, okay, let's just reenact it.
05:51 Pick six.
05:52 Okay.
05:53 In the end zone.
05:55 Ow.
05:56 Spike the ball.
05:57 Okay.
05:58 Oh, my God.
05:59 [laughter]
06:01 Yeah.
06:02 I just hope you don't get to pick six.
06:05 Why do you do the arms?
06:06 How do you do your arms?
06:07 Aren't your arms supposed to go like that?
06:09 Like, make them natural.
06:10 You just need to, like, loosen up.
06:12 Tap, tap, tap.
06:15 Your arms still.
06:17 Just do it like this.
06:18 That's getting better.
06:20 That's getting better.
06:21 You got to, like, you know what I'm saying?
06:23 I just don't have, like, that swag.
06:25 Yeah, you--yeah.
06:26 You don't.
06:28 You need some help with that gritty.
06:30 Yes.
06:34 Yes.
06:36 Yes.
06:38 I am her.
06:42 University of Miami missed out when they didn't recruit me in high school,
06:45 even though I was a five-star wide receiver out of Boca Raton, Florida,
06:49 and now they missed out on all this talent.
06:53 Ready?
06:55 Oh, no.
06:57 That's perfect.
06:58 I believe in you.
07:00 [laughter]
07:02 What's next on the agenda?
07:04 Next, it's time for my favorite part of the show.
07:08 We're going to Shadow Wagyu.
07:10 If the food is not good, you have to leave, and the video is over.
07:13 This better be the best food I've ever ate.
07:15 This is the best place on earth.
07:18 I got you.
07:19 I'm going to be a gentleman.
07:21 He's only doing this for the camera.
07:22 Only for the camera.
07:24 By itself, 8.3.
07:26 And now we're going to dip it in the sauce and see how it is.
07:28 Do you think it's a 10?
07:29 11.
07:31 [chatter]
07:35 Sauce makes everything better.
07:38 9.6, 9.6.
07:40 9.7.
07:43 9.7.
07:44 Day or night?
07:45 Night.
07:46 Chocolate or vanilla?
07:47 No vanilla.
07:48 Hamburgers or hot dogs?
07:49 Hamburgers.
07:50 LeBron or MJ?
07:51 MJ.
07:52 Cats or dogs?
07:53 Dogs.
07:54 Spider-Man or Iron Man?
07:55 Spider-Man.
07:56 This is thick.
07:58 [chatter]
08:07 She can't even see it.
08:10 Can we get a close up?
08:12 Look at that, man.
08:14 That's real Wagyu meat right there, man.
08:18 Actually, it is one of the best burgers I've ever had.
08:20 He wasn't lying.
08:22 But UM is different because they have these college kids paying $25 for a burger.
08:26 They don't do that at FSU.
08:28 Who's the best player in the NBA right now?
08:30 Who are you saying?
08:31 Right now?
08:32 Yeah.
08:33 I'm going to go with the Joker.
08:34 If you could play with any athlete, past or present, who would it be?
08:37 I want to play with Eric Reed.
08:39 That's a good one.
08:40 I want to play with him.
08:41 Start, bench, cut.
08:43 Tyreek Hill, Justin Jefferson, AJ Brown.
08:48 Cut AJ Brown.
08:49 Go.
08:50 Off the bat?
08:51 Bye.
08:52 Start with Tyreek.
08:53 Start, bench, cut.
08:54 Patrick Mahomes.
08:55 Josh Allen.
08:56 All right.
08:57 Joe Burrow.
08:58 I'm going to cut Josh Allen.
08:59 I like Mahomes to get me a ring, and I like Burrow to go get me a ring.
09:03 Well, I really appreciate you letting me hang out with you today.
09:06 What's up?
09:07 I know you got a busy week ahead with the bowl game coming up.
09:11 Is that yours?
09:12 That is mine.
09:13 Brief and everything?
09:14 I'm impressed, Shaden.
09:15 That is mine.
09:16 Decorated and everything.
09:18 Before you leave, I do appreciate you for the opportunity.
09:21 Of course.
09:22 So this gift is for you.
09:24 Wait, it's actually for me?
09:25 It's actually for you.
09:26 You got me a gift?
09:27 Knowing the Christmas spirit.
09:29 Oh my God.
09:35 Did you actually get this for me?
09:37 I can't fit it.
09:39 Wait, Shaden.
09:42 I'm obsessed.
09:44 Oh, thank you.
09:46 Good luck tomorrow.
09:47 Have a safe flight.
09:48 Appreciate it.
09:49 All right.
09:51 Bye.
09:52 Bye.
09:53 This is so sweet.
09:54 I can't even comprehend.
09:56 It's a wrap on Beyond the Buzzer.
10:02 We're out.