Ainias Smith meets with reporters during Philadelphia Eagles rookie camp

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00:00 >> I did a little bit of studying for sure and I also took my time to go ahead and

00:05 go back and watch film on the XFL and how they used to do things and whatnot.

00:12 Man, really honestly, it's just all about the setup.

00:15 I feel like when it comes to returns like that, it's not gonna be a full speed.

00:20 They're gonna be running full speed, but

00:23 they're not gonna have as much field to cover as they used to.

00:27 So I'll say it's really just all about the setup, about how you set up your block,

00:33 set up your return and whatnot, and just taking it to the crib.

00:37 >> You had a lot of production involved with the ball in your hands.

00:40 You had a background in running back, correct?

00:43 And how did that go from that position to wide receiver and go to your career?

00:48 >> For sure, so originally I got to A&M playing receiver.

00:52 So that was my whole thing going into, I guess you could say,

00:57 the running back room was a little bit different, just learning the different

01:00 protections, learning different run plays, who's gonna be blocking who and whatnot.

01:07 But honestly, me having the ball in my hand, I've been doing that since I was

01:12 a little kid, and then once I got to the collegiate level,

01:16 playing running back was a little different, different steps and all of that.

01:19 But once I had learned basically to read my blocks,

01:23 learning how to understand basically things were gonna happen.

01:28 And when things don't happen the way that you want them to,

01:32 then I have a counter against it.

01:34 But then at the same time, once I had went back to the receiver room,

01:37 it became natural, like little bubble routes, open field space,

01:41 things like that, just having the ball in my hand, it was just natural.