Rutgers cornerback Max Melton speaks during the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine.
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00:00 It's going to leave and just not play right away.
00:01 It was just shocking to me.
00:02 It was very humbling to me.
00:03 So he just told me like, keep your head down, block out the outside noise,
00:06 good or bad, just block out that outside noise.
00:09 Perfect your craft, it's gonna work out for you at the end of the day.
00:11 >> Actually, one of the things that stands out on your film, and
00:13 especially the senior bowl this year, was your patience in coverage.
00:16 Do you feel like that comes from your background as a receiver,
00:18 like from working with Bo?
00:19 Like where does that come from?
00:21 >> A mixture of things.
00:21 I play receiver, just like you said, background receiver.
00:24 So route recognition, that's a thing that I feel like I'm good at.
00:27 And working with Bo for sure, I was with Bo for two years at Rutgers.
00:31 And I was a young DB, that was actually my first year truly playing corner.
00:34 I only played corner one year in high school.
00:36 But definitely perfecting my craft versus Bo for two years.
00:39 We'd be going at it in practice one on ones,
00:41 everybody knew not to hop up when Bo went, cuz I was gonna hop up.
00:43 So I just wanted the best of the best, and
00:45 I feel like my brother was the best wide receiver.
00:46 And also watching film and stuff like that,
00:48 just as normal things you should do as a football player.
00:50 You put that all together.