Cooper DeJean: Super Bowl Champion, Small Town Iowa to Philadelphia Eagles star cornerback first NFL player to score on his birthday in a Super Bowl with pick six of Patrick Mahomes, talks Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley and Exciting Whites

"I hope coming from where I come from, I inspire other kids back home from my community, we are a small town but if you put that work in, you can go as far as you want." Cooper DeJean Super Bowl Champion From a small town in Iowa to NFL Super Star in his first year with the Philadelphia Eagles, Cooper DeJean has shaken up the sports world with his high level of play by breaking the mold for cornerbacks in the league. Fresh off the Super Bowl Parade, Ryan, Channing and Fred sit with the rookie defensive back as he reflects on his unbelievable season, turning stereotypes into success, proving doubters wrong and how his dream became his football reality. A man of many NFL nicknames- the Caucasian Corner, Cooper DeJawn, One half of the Exciting Whites, but after his interception for a touchdown against the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl, Cooper DeJean is now a household name. Growing up in Odebolt, Iowa, DeJean didn’t always see football as his future and thought basketball was his path until his on-field football skills became hard to ignore. Through hard work and sacrifice, Cooper shares how his upbringing molded him into the man he is today, how his parents' unwavering support led him to chase his NFL dream that has now made him a Super Bowl champion at just 22 year old. Spinning the white cornerback stereotype into a movement, Cooper embraced his opportunity and at every turn continued to shut down opposing offenses and consistently led the defense with aggressive playmaking. Going in-depth with the Eagles game plan to talking the guys through the team's mindset leading up to the big game, Cooper opens up on how Philadelphia prepared for victory while giving an inside perspective to the their decisive win over the defending champions, Kansas City Chiefs. He shares how the night before the game a certain energy filtrated the locker room from powerful speeches made by the veterans to the look of certainty in each of his teammates' eyes. The bright lights and global stage of Super Bowl Sunday didn't cripple momentum but rather spurred more motivation as Cooper couldn't have scripted his birthday any better than picking off Patrick Mahomes and returning it for a touchdown to put the Eagles in control. Admittedly, Cooper shares how he didn't fully grasp the magnitude of the moment in real time and to him, he was just out there playing football like he's always done. He shares the unique leadership and focus of Quarterback Jalen Hurts and how Saquon Barkley helped guide him through his rookie year, pushing him to be the best version of himself every week. The Philadelphia roster remains intact heading into the offseason which has the guys fired up to get back to ball and see what the future holds to defend their title. Cooper's humility keeps him grounded as he continues to be an example for his community back home that through hard work and dedication, anything is possible. He shares some of the messages he received after his championship title including from fellow Iowa Hawkeye Caitlin Clark, who despite rooting for Kansas City was beyond happy to congratulate her college friend. Thank you to our friends at Crown Royal for delivering this episode and a reminder to our Pivot Family- Live Generously and life will treat you Royally. Visit @crownroyal on Instagram for special recipes and to learn more on the purple bag project. PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• 0:01Speaker 00

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• 0:30Ryan Clark?

  What up, dawg?

• 0:31Fred Taylor?

  There he go. What's up, baby? Congratulations.

• 0:34Ryan Clark?

  Congratulations, champ.

• 0:35Fred Taylor?

  Man, pleasure. Star, what's up, brother? You good? Good, good. Yes, sir. Ay, Chan, those are real shoes, bruh.

• 0:43Ryan Clark?

  I don't know how that young man can wear them old man shoes.

• 0:45Fred Taylor?

  Man, P9000, bruh. That's what it is.

• 0:47Ryan Clark?

  You run like that, you wear whatever.

• 0:49Fred Taylor?

  He's so king.

• 1:11Ryan Clark?

  Cooper DeJean, man, welcome to the show, man.

• 1:14Speaker 03

  Appreciate it.

• 1:14Ryan Clark?

  Really excited about this. Probably ever since I made that draft tape that I was right about, by the way, I just want to tell everybody that I was right. This is Fred Taylor, this is Chan Crowder, I'm Ryan Clark, Cooper DeJean, Super Bowl champion Cooper DeJean, the first man to score a touchdown on his birthday in the Super Bowl. Pivot fam, thank you for pivoting with us. This episode is brought to you by Crown Royal. I mean, I think the first question is, man, how are you healing up from your parade injuries?

• 1:40Speaker 03

  I'm doing well now. Saturday was a little tough. Just recovering from celebrating and the little cut I got on my eye from... But it was all worth it.

• 1:52Ryan Clark?

  Was it more recovering from the beer can that cut your face or the beer cans that you drank?

• 1:59Speaker 03

  Probably the beer that I was drinking. Yeah. More so than the can in my face.

• 2:05Ryan Clark?

  Has it hit you yet fully? Because this is not normal. You walk in, start on with top defense in the league, win the Super Bowl. Just off-bat, less than a year.

• 2:13Speaker 03

  Yeah, I mean, I don't think it has, to be honest. Like, I mean, to me, it's just kind of like what I've been doing my whole life, like playing football, going out there and trying to do what I do. I feel like a lot of people are making it. Bigger than than what I think it is. You know, because to me, it's just like, it's just football, like what I've been doing my whole life. So I just go out there and do my thing. I don't really think about like, it's my first year, top defensive league, all that stuff. It's just, to me, it's just, just ball, going out there and playing.

• 2:42Fred Taylor?

  I would say you're a rookie and just don't know any better, based on the statement, but winning a Super Bowl takes you to an entirely different upward tier, right? We've hung around this guy enough to know that you don't really feel it until you're done. And when I say that is because of the fraternity, right? When you're around these guys and you see how, you know, winning the Super Bowl separates you from just being teammates of other players over the years, it's just a different feel. Like, I see how the Pittsburgh Steelers get together, and I'm a bit envious of that, right? Because I didn't win one. And for a lot of the guys, that part is the part that, you know, you will recognize you feel the most.

• 3:26Fred Taylor?

  Just that brotherhood, you look back, ah, man, it took this, we went through the grind. You're able to replay everything as if you're watching a television show from training camp, the sweat and tears, all of the crap that was going on in the locker room, all of the shit that you didn't want to do. And now, all of a sudden, that was the sacrifice and the investment you put in, you know, on your body, on whatever, and you hit the pinnacle of the sport. I mean, I would love to be, have been in that position and to know what it feels like. I think you're gonna feel it later.

• 3:59Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 4:00Fred Taylor?

  Do you have a parade set for when you get back home in Iowa?

• 4:04Speaker 03

  I don't. Not that I know of, at least. Not that I know of. No, but there's, there's a lot of people that are, that were pretty excited. They had a whole, they had a whole little Super Bowl party down at my, my community center in my small town. I got a lot of text messages, a lot of, a lot of messages over social media, so.

• 4:21Fred Taylor?

  Right.

• 4:21Speaker 03

  But no, no parade.

• 4:23Fred Taylor?

  You deserve one.

• 4:24Speaker 03

  That I know of.

• 4:25Ryan Clark?

  One of those text messages was, was Katelyn, another Iowa Hawkeye legend. How was the message, even though she's a Kansas City fan?

• 4:33Speaker 03

  I mean, I think us going to Iowa together, I think she was just, she was just saying that she was proud of me, congratulating me, you know, that.

• 4:42Speaker 03

  Not only that I scored a touchdown, but you know, winning, you know, the biggest game in football. You know, my first year, so I appreciate her for that, sending that message, even, even though she's, she's a Chiefs fan and she claimed that she was, she was cheering for them, you know, throughout the game. But no, it was, it was cool to, to get that message from her.

• 5:00Ryan Clark?

  Sitting across from you, bro, like I am getting old. I try to fight it, but I am, like I have two kids older than you, you know, because I was just, you know, recognizing that, you know, you turned 22 on the day of the Super Bowl. And I think that's just the, the level of maturity that you're showing and the way that you were able to play, able to adjust as a rookie. And then a little level of naivety, which is awesome, that you don't realize how big of an accomplishment and how big of a role you played in that accomplishment is. And I think you will eventually get to that point. A lot of these videos, Coop, have come out about some of the speeches given by the veterans

• 5:44Ryan Clark?

  before the game. I've been in that meeting before. For you, what was it like for Jalen and Saquon and Chauncey and all those guys to get an opportunity to speak to the entire team and talk about what the Super Bowl moment went, meant to them before the game?

• 6:04Speaker 03

  It gave me chills, damn near made me emotional, just, just watching those guys up, up there, talking about their experience last time and the way it made them feel. You hear Jalen talk and Saquon every once in a while, but in BG, but those other guys, like you don't, you don't hear them like talk like that or get emotional, get up in front of the team and, and say things like that. So I think it, it just inspired me, like even though it was the night before the game, like I was ready to go, ready to play right at that moment, just, just seeing how, how last game, you know, made those guys feel and not wanting them to, to feel that again. And I think everybody knew, like, like we knew what we had, we knew who we were, who we are as a team. And we didn't think, you know, it was, it was going to be close, you know, at all. As long as we played our game and did, did what we've been doing all

• 6:49Speaker 03

  year, we knew we should win this game by, by a large margin. And that's, that's what we did. And I think that really inspired a lot of the guys in, in that meeting room, just seeing those guys get up there and talk and seeing the guys get emotional about how much this game means to them and how hard it is, you know, to get to that point, you know, because me, I mean. My first year, I don't know anything else besides going all the way to the Super Bowl and winning it. So it was cool to see those guys kind of come out of their shell from what you usually see around the locker room and see them get emotional and talk about their journey.

• 7:24Ryan Clark?

  Listening to you say that, Saquon said, "I don't care how many times they've been there. They've never seen a team like us." And he said, "They can't fuck with us." When he said it, then that wasn't just a speech or rah rah. Y'all truly believe that the two-time defending champion couldn't play with y'all going into that game?

• 7:45Speaker 03

  Absolutely. I think that's what was on everybody's mind. We talked about all year, like, every game's about us, you know, and what we do on the football field, because we know the talent that we have offensively and what we've done defensively, you know, since the bye week. We just talk about every game's about us, and if we go out there and play our game the way we know how and with the guys that we got, like, it shouldn't be close with anybody.

• 8:08Channing Crowder?

  Cool. And what the inspiration's one side of the ball, then there's the X and O side. Y'all are getting ready for two weeks. Did you know Vic Fangio wasn't going to blitz nann time? It had to be a time and breakdown. Y'all like, "So we not defending anybody ever?" That was, honestly, it's crazy. That was the first game I've ever watched, where no one blitzed for an entire four quarters.

• 8:30Speaker 03

  Yeah. We had put a new blitz in, we ran some blitzes throughout the week, but I didn't know that we weren't going to blitz all game. I figured there'd be one or two at least, just based on situation in the game. But if you watch it, I mean, we didn't really have to. Like, those guys up front, I mean, they were doing their work. They were, those guys, Jordan Davis, Nolan Smith, Sweat, PG even was in there running around. Those guys, Jalen Carter, I mean, those guys are monsters, monsters. I mean, it makes it easy on us in the back end, you know, when you got guys like that up front, not, we don't have to rush, we can play zone, play our match coverage and let those guys go to work.

• 9:08Fred Taylor?

  How do you pronounce your hometown?

• 9:10Speaker 03

  Odie Boat.

• 9:11Fred Taylor?

  Odie Boat.

• 9:12Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 9:13Fred Taylor?

  Going back to Odie Boat, when did you realize that the NFL was a potential dream that could actually come true?

• 9:19Speaker 03

  As a young kid, I was always, you know, competitive, wanted to win. I feel like I was always on that another level compared to the kids in my era, because I'm from a small town, just under 1,000 people, so not many Division One athletes come from there. Really, I mean, even going into high school. I didn't know if I'd be able to play college sports. I thought I was gonna be a basketball player going into high school. And, you know, football just kinda took off for me. And then, you know, I got, I got an offer from Iowa was my only FBS offer that I had, you know, coming out of high school and that was my dream school and that's where I wanted to play. Going there, I didn't, I didn't even know if I could play there, to be honest. Coming from a small town, a small school, not, I mean, I haven't really played any like big time competition.

• 10:03Speaker 03

  So going there, I mean, my first year, played on special teams and got some reps on defense a little bit. And then, that year after that, was kinda when it, when it took off for me. Uh, when I kinda had that realization that, you know, playing in, in the NFL might be, might be possible. Went through my sophomore year, had a good year there. And then my junior year, I end up getting hurt at the end of the season. So that made it tough on me whether to decide to, to come out or not. I decided to and it's, it's worked out.

• 10:31Fred Taylor?

  Based on two stereotypes would make you a walking contradiction. One, I saw your high school highlights. I didn't see a three pointer. Most other times, they say, white man can't jump, white man can't play cornerback. But, I saw your highlights. And you were dunking all over the place. You, you didn't, you weren't shooting the three ball, but you were dunking on everybody. And you, you're a hell of a cornerback. The athleticism, like the hard work, like what did you do in your youth years to develop your skillset?

• 11:02Speaker 03

  When I was a young kid, all I did was, was run around and, and play sports and go to the playground, do things like that, just, just staying active. My life's always been all sports, you know, and my parents, you know, they knew that's what I loved and, you know, they taught me that I needed to work hard, you know, if I want, if I had dreams that I wanted to accomplish, you know, I had to work hard at, at those things. So, there was a lot of sacrifices, growing up, that I had made to, to be able to, to push myself to get to this, this point. Uh, it wasn't easy and, you know, I hope, you know, coming where I come from, you know, that I inspire, you know, those, those kids back home.

• 11:38Fred Taylor?

  For sure.

• 11:38Speaker 03

  From my community though, that, you know, we're from a small town, but like, you put the work in each and every day, in the gym, on the football field, whatever it is. You know, you put that work in, like, you can, you can go as far as you want.

• 11:51Fred Taylor?

  You, uh, are you fighting for equality?

• 11:55Channing Crowder?

  You see, no, RC shirt, man. It's just funny to me like, but the friend's question is weird. It's like, oh, the white boy. Oh, damn, the white boy. Like, it's your name is known and it's like, oh, that fire ass white young dude that play for the Eagles. Like, just that you, have you had that your whole life? Cause in Odie Bolt.

• 12:19Speaker 03

  They all look like him in Odie Bolt.

• 12:20Channing Crowder?

  I would guess your Odie Bolt's finest.

• 12:22Speaker 03

  They all look like him, though.

• 12:24Channing Crowder?

  And then you go to Iowa. And you know, Iowa has some black dudes on the team. Obviously, I work good ball club. But it's just, it just, at every level of football has everybody been like, damn, the white boy. I just had a conversation, I was at a barber shop. Who was the last white corner? Man, Jason Sehorn. Man, Jason Sehorn was a goddamn safety. We sit and argue about you now. My kids know your name when I said we're doing.

• 12:48Speaker 03

  By the way, by the way, Jason Sehorn, who was my teammate, Riley Moss, who went to Iowa, was the first white corner to get an interception since Jason Sehorn.

• 12:59Channing Crowder?

  Jason Sehorn is 73 years old. You get tired of that. It's always, like, you're just not a great corner. And it usually goes the other way. That's why I laugh. You're just not a great corner, you're a great white corner. You're just not a great athlete. Man, that white dude can dunk. It's like, what's his name, Matt McClung just doing it. Like, it's amazing that this white boy can jump over a car. He's an athlete. Just let him jump over the car. Do you get tired of that?

• 13:25Speaker 03

  I think I, I don't know if I get tired. I kind of got used to it by now. It's kind of what's, what's come with it, I guess. Me being white and playing corner. It's kind of what's, what's came with, with all of it, you know? Riley did it before me, you know? He, he got drafted in the third round and the year before me, so, and, and I played with him out of Iowa, so. I mean, I, I never really. You know doubted myself because because I was a white guy playing corner. You know, I kind of and it never really crossed my mind when I when I started playing because I came in as a safety and then I got moved to move to corner and it I never really crossed my mind, you know, that that I was a white guy playing corner. It was just me going out there and and playing ball, you know, so.

• 14:07Ryan Clark?

  Growing up in Odie Boat and what was it O A B C I G?

• 14:12Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 14:12Ryan Clark?

  What the hell does that stand for?

• 14:14Speaker 03

  It's four towns put into one. So Odie Boat, Arthur, Battle Creek, Ida Grove, four towns put into one high school.

• 14:20Ryan Clark?

  So with four towns put into one, Cooper, y'all were still 1A?

• 14:23Speaker 03

  Yeah, so we went back and forth. My junior year, we were 2A. My senior year, we were 1A.

• 14:28Ryan Clark?

  Well, you were a three sport star, right? Basketball, track, football. And you do all of these things and you end up going from Odie Boat to Iowa where it is more diverse. And then you in Philly, you know, and you not only in Philly, but you're a defensive back in Philly. And Philly has the super fan of super fans.

• 14:53Speaker 03

  Cool.

• 14:53Ryan Clark?

  Gilly the kid, right? He's the king now. So when I see you after the game, bro, and your parents meet Gilly. And he's hugging your parents screaming, he's a legend. He's a what is the moment like, man, where you're like on the field celebrating the Super Bowl? With Gilly and Gilly is telling your parents that rookie corner Cooper DeJean, one of the best nickels in football is a legend.

• 15:22Speaker 03

  That's crazy. Gilly's crazy, first of all. No, he's he's a good dude. Um, no, but just to hear him say that he's. I think he's been here his whole life, Philly. So hear him say that is pretty cool. He's been watching Eagle football for a long time. Hear him say that is, I mean, it's crazy to to think about. I don't think it really crossed my mind when he said it to to be honest. Um, to my to my parents, but I mean, he even gave me gave me the nickname, the Caucasian cornerback. So that's that's cool, too. I'll take that one.

• 15:55Ryan Clark?

  He's fighting for your life.

• 15:59Speaker 03

  Gilley's crazy. He's been awesome, you know, really supportive. Been a great guy to get to know.

• 16:04Ryan Clark?

  When your parents walked off, did they go, "Cooper, who's that?"

• 16:08Speaker 03

  Nah, they do him.

• 16:10Ryan Clark?

  Why'd they have that boy?

• 16:10Channing Crowder?

  Cause they from Ody boat.

• 16:13Ryan Clark?

  Yo, they from Ody boat. I'm just gonna tell a quick story, right? So, I hate that you're sitting there, cause normally when I sit with Super Bowl champions on this show, I like to be on the same side of the room as they are. Cause there are certain things that you and I know, that we share, that they don't. You know, they don't know what it's like to have two weeks to play for the biggest game in the world, and even less to win it, you know? Only you and I share that.

• 16:36Speaker 03

  I already talked about this.

• 16:37Ryan Clark?

  What we don't share is, I ain't get no pick. Let me tell you about my interception story in the Super Bowl, Coop. So, you know, you get two weeks, right? So, every time playing the Packers, this is the second Super Bowl I'm in, every time Greg Jennings is at three, he runs the seam, right? Cause they expected to be on the back, especially if we too high. So, I said, "Man, if we go too high and they three by one with Greg Jennings, there I'mma lock the corner, I'mma still hang in the half, and I'mma go pick off this seam." So, here it is, dog, 25 yard line. I said, "Oh, it's it." So, I lock Ike Taylor, I hang, bro. I even open up this way first, so Aaron Rodgers, so Aaron eyes me, and then he gets right to Greg Jennings. This is it. They already planned it. I had signed a little joint that said Disney World, you know what I mean?

• 17:22Ryan Clark?

  Cause you gotta sign it in case you get the MVP. I was like, "This is it." I'm finna go 90 yards in the Super Bowl after a pick. We win, it's me, I'm at Disney World, take the kids, everything, it's fire, right? So, man, I get over there, Coop. He throw it right over my hands, touchdown, catch it in front of Troy, right? So, now I'm sick, cause now I know forever they gonna show that play, right? I wasn't even supposed to be there though, Coop, this is me doing extra. So, man, next drive, they get a timeout. Man, Aaron Rodgers walking off the field, Coop, and go, "Too far." So, I turned around, he go, "Ts." Right? And people say that's why I don't like him, but that's not true. I like Aaron Rodgers, fine. But I do want to ask you, bro. One, y'all played the play perfectly.

• 18:06Ryan Clark?

  It's a sprint out. Chauncey gets the corner. Orin is wrapping to the quarterback. You fall back in, you get the pick, bro. You run, you score. At that point, what's going through your mind?

• 18:19Speaker 03

  I was trying to catch my breath. Catch my breath. I had all this, all this excitement and adrenaline. You know, it's already the, the Super Bowl, so you're already, you know, you got all that, you know, energy built up. I was trying to catch my breath. I don't know if it, it really, I really realized, you know, how big of a moment it was, you know, in that, at that time, you know, hearing, hearing Saquon, I don't know if you guys seen that, that mic'd up, that, what Saquon said to me.

• 18:42Ryan Clark?

  What'd he say?

• 18:43Speaker 03

  It was something about being a big player. I forget what, what exactly it was, but he said something to me and that was pretty cool. I got, you know, that's when I kind of realized, you know, that was, was a pretty big moment in that game. Really, if you look at that play, it's, it all, like, everything played out perfectly. It was a sprint out. Zach Bond ran to the flat, which is, I mean, we're playing quarters coverage, like, so they were in a bunch, ran like a box. So Zach, it was a sprint out and they had four guys flooding, flooding that side of the field. So Zach Bond ran through, allowed me to fall back inside and Orin was wrapping around and put pressure on the quarterback. And I just had to, had to catch the ball first. I dropped a couple earlier this season, so luckily I caught it there in, in, in the Super Bowl, took it back to the house.

• 19:26Speaker 03

  But it was, it was a cool moment, you know, especially watching it back now. I'm on video. It's crazy.

• 19:31Ryan Clark?

  You caught the booty of the ball, too.

• 19:33Speaker 03

  I know, I almost dropped it. I almost snuck, snuck right out of my arm. Snuck right out of my arm.

• 19:39Fred Taylor?

  Coop, you, you mentioned Saquon. I'm a huge fan of Saquon and I wanted to ask you your welcome to the NFL moment, because you would arrive here to Philly, same year as Saquon. Team full of stars. I mean, you look around, you have a team full of stars. But I want to go back to the mic'd up. I heard he and Jalen speaking about, Jalen said he was the, the, the missing piece of the puzzle that got you guys here. What's, what's your thoughts on Saquon? Having seen him play for the Giants, now you arrived the same year, your teammates, just going through the season, how he is as a leader, as a player. I just want to hear your thoughts, having to be on the opposite side of him every day in practice.

• 20:21Speaker 03

  Yeah. First off, he's, he's one of the best leaders I've, I've been around, you know, ever in my football career. Cause he's, he's such a, everybody sees him as this amazing player, you know, on the field, but like off the field, he's, he's such a down-to-earth guy. You know, I remember when I first got there, so I was just a quiet guy, walking around, trying to get my feet wet, figure out my way around the building. And, you know, he was, he was a guy who every day would, would always check up, check up on me, you know, make sure I was good. So that was, that was awesome. Just, you know, such, such a, you see, you see him as a superstar, you know, when you first get in there and then, you know, seeing him just like as a normal dude, you know, asking how you're doing, things like that was, was cool. I'm glad I don't have to face him in a game though.

• 21:03Speaker 03

  You know, he's, he's done some stuff on the football field that probably won't be, won't ever be done again. The backwards hurdle that he made is probably the greatest football play I've ever seen. But just, just watching him and what, what he does and, you know, what he does for our offense, cause it opens up so much stuff for our offense when, when you got a running back like him, you know, catch the ball out of the backfield, run the ball the way he does with our whole line up front. And then, you know, it opens up the passing game, you know, and then you got A.J. Brown, Devante Smith, Dallas Goddard, those guys on the outside. Like, I mean, I don't know, if you're a defense, how you, how you really stop that, to be honest. But, you know, Saquon's an amazing dude, amazing football player as well. So he's been, he's been fun to watch.

• 21:43Ryan Clark?

  I never thought this would be a thing on the Pivot. We're actually gonna have two Iowa Hawkeyes back-to-back, right?

• 21:49Speaker 03

  Tristan Wirks, right?

• 21:51Ryan Clark?

  Tristan, we had Tristan on the show. And Tristan made a, a very big claim when it came to you and Saquon. What Tristan said was, hey, I know everybody loves Saquon. He has all these amazing track measurables and statistics. But he said Cooper DeJean, you had a faster, I think you had a faster, what, 100? And he said you had a longer long jump. Tristan's saying that you are a better athlete than Saquon Barkley? This is, it's just the numbers.

• 22:17Speaker 03

  Coop? I don't know. I don't know if I'm a better athlete. Maybe I'm faster. I don't, I don't know. We might need to get a race in.

• 22:24Ryan Clark?

  It's not maybe. Did you out, you out ran him?

• 22:27Speaker 03

  I mean, I, I think I, I ran like a, a 10.6 in the 100 was my fastest. I don't know what Saquon's was.

• 22:33Fred Taylor?

  10.7.

• 22:34Speaker 03

  Yeah, I ran 10.6. And did he do long jump too?

• 22:37Fred Taylor?

  That's the thing, I don't know. But to Tristan's defense, it depends on the definition of athlete. But you're a three sport athlete.

• 22:45Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 22:45Fred Taylor?

  Running backs, most of the time, only know how to play running back. And with, with those thighs on Saquon, I don't think he did many other sports other than track and football.

• 22:54Speaker 03

  I haven't seen him hoop or, I've, I've seen him play golf. He's, he's getting better at golf. He's, he's got, got a little work to do, just like me. But we, we play golf together. He's a solid golfer. I don't, I don't want to make any claims that, that I'm a better athlete or not.

• 23:09Ryan Clark?

  I mean, I mean, Coop, listen, we, I'm just talking about the, the numbers and the measurables. You know? Nothing about who's the better athlete. Fred made that a bigger thing. I just wanted, I just wanted you to know. I just wanted you to know that Tristan stood up for you, bro. And he showed love.

• 23:26Fred Taylor?

  Why do I assume that you're a great golfer?

• 23:29Speaker 03

  I'm a, it's tough when you, when you can only play however many months out of the year.

• 23:35Ryan Clark?

  Yeah.

• 23:36Speaker 03

  You got like six months, you're playing football, so you can't really play golf. But last summer, I was, I think I was like a 10 handicap at the end of the summer. I'm trying to, trying to get back there this offseason, hopefully. Hopefully I can, I'm trying to break, break 75 this offseason.

• 23:53Fred Taylor?

  Damn.

• 23:54Speaker 03

  In 18 holes. I've gotten down to.

• 23:56Fred Taylor?

  He's an athlete.

• 23:58Ryan Clark?

  I just tried to get into double digits. Give me over 98, I'm good to go. But speaking of athletes, I just, cause you brought up AJ and Devonta.

• 24:07Channing Crowder?

  Even just in your division, I want to bring up everybody. You got C.D., you got Scary Terry, you got Neighbors, you got all those dudes like coming from Iowa. You weren't playing guys like that. And to step on the field with them dudes every day at practice, because like you said, you don't see Saquon too much, but I'm sure you gotta go see A.J. in the slot sometimes, and Devonte and all them. Like, what was that transition from, because you're athletic, but it's different just being fast and quick and being able to cover the top receivers in the world.

• 24:36Speaker 03

  I think when I first got here, I was a little starstruck, you know, lining up against those guys. And I was a little too nervous. I wasn't being myself. So I was, I mean, those guys were working me out there on the field. So, once I got, you know, comfortable and like you realize, like, you know, these guys are, these guys are just like me. Like, these guys are athletic dudes who play football just like I do. They're gonna make mistakes. And so then, I think my confidence just grew, you know, over time. And, you know, I just was lining up like, alright, let's do it. Let's line it up. It's me and A.J. Brown. Let's just go at it. Whoever was in the slot. But those guys, those guys made me better, you know, throughout the course of training camp and, you know, throughout

• 25:21Speaker 03

  the season, when, the first part of the season when I was on the scout team, going up against those guys. I think it gave me, really gave me the confidence, like, I can really do this. Like, I can play, you know, and start for this, for this team. And, you know, it helped me, you know. I think, you know, when I did start after Week 5, got out there and, you know, just allowed me to play confident.

• 25:41Channing Crowder?

  There's a clip, super intelligent football analyst, works in the NFL, that said during the bye week that I felt like the answer to all the slot problems in Philadelphia was already in the building. I could have been right, could have been wrong. Turns out I was extremely right. Obviously paying attention to the news, your first preseason game wasn't like that, though.

• 26:03Ryan Clark?

  Talk to me a little bit about, because you have the injury at Iowa. You hurt a hammy training and then like was it the last preseason game?

• 26:12Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 26:12Ryan Clark?

  You played the last preseason game.

• 26:14Speaker 03

  It was ugly.

• 26:15Ryan Clark?

  My draft predictions wasn't looking good, man. Talk a little bit about that game.

• 26:18Speaker 03

  Yeah, it was ugly. It was ugly. I mean, it was my first time back in a game since I broke my leg. And then I had the hammy. I mean, it was probably one of the worst games I've ever put on tape. And my DB coach would say the same thing. He'd tell me all the time, like, Coach CP, he'd tell me that that's probably one of the worst nickel performances he's ever seen in a game. Just joking around. That's what he'd tell me, you know, ever since that, since I started starting and, you know, growing as a player. But yeah, it was, it's crazy to watch that game and just to see how much I've grown, you know, over the past 20 some weeks, you know, throughout the season. And, you know, going back, if I watched that game, I probably want to just shut it off right at the first play

• 27:03Speaker 03

  and then not even watch it because it was, it was ugly. But I, I mean, I just had to, had to continue to grow, you know, and that's what I did. You know, I think sitting out those, those first four weeks probably helped me, you know, a lot. You know, just going up against those guys in practice, getting more comfortable in the defense and just growing my confidence so I was ready for, for week six.

• 27:24Ryan Clark?

  Fast forward that to the start against Cleveland. How ready were you for that start? How confident were you that you could end up playing as well as you did that day? And then continuing to get better to obviously the interception in the Super Bowl?

• 27:39Speaker 03

  I think I was really confident. I think going through the first four weeks in, in practice, like just getting more comfortable in the defense, I think helped me a lot to be ready for that moment. I was confident going into that game, just waiting on my, on my chance to, to get in there and try and make an impact on our defense. Kind of just kept growing over time, every single week. Since, since that game, you know, I feel like I've gotten better and better each, each week.

• 28:05Ryan Clark?

  Hey whiskey fans, Crown Royal is here with a gentle reminder that in life, it's not about what you got, but what you give.

• 28:11Fred Taylor?

  Because when you pour a glass of Crown Royal, generosity is sure to follow.

• 28:14Channing Crowder?

  Man, that's right. Bringing you and yours together with the celebration of royalty.

• 28:18Ryan Clark?

  Freddie T, pops always told me, "You're drinking neat." I mean, with Crown Royal, you can discover that smooth really is a flavor. And man, it even comes in an iconic purple bag.

• 28:28Channing Crowder?

  They call me OG. Everybody yells "unk" in the airports. You know what? I like mine straight out the bottle. That purple bag, man, neat, right there in the glass, man. This Crown is special. Y'all boys gotta learn how to drink like a king.

• 28:38Fred Taylor?

  I like mine too, RC. A little Crown and ginger, this is the real winner. I like to sip it too.

• 28:43Ryan Clark?

  How about you, Champ?

• 28:44Channing Crowder?

  Man, it's deluxe, and deluxe is in the details. It's been distilled and crafted since 1939. Fred, you got one of the first bottles out of that barrel, didn't you?

• 28:55Ryan Clark?

  I mean Freddie T, you know, there's always a special cheers. When I played for the Steelers, Deshaun Townsend, our coach in Detroit, he would always say, "We cling 'em. When one brother makes a play, we all make a play."

• 29:05Fred Taylor?

  And at the end of the day, please drink responsibly.

• 29:08Ryan Clark?

  You know, you have like these teammates that have kind of become... Especially once you win it, like they become like these mythical creatures. Your quarterback, who I communicate with, and he older than me, bro. Like, maybe not in age and physical ability, but in spirit, he's the oldest human in the world that plays football professionally. And it's so funny, they did like the Disney World thing, and they were asking him questions, and he wasn't even fun. You know what I'm saying? You know, like normally like people play along with that joke and answer it. They asked him at media day, "Hey, who you think won the beef?" And he was something like, "Oh, man, you know, I'm an old soul. I listen to like Teddy Pendergrass."

• 29:57Ryan Clark?

  When you are on the other side of the ball. But talk a little bit about Jalen's focus, Jalen's leadership and how his sort of demeanor, characteristics and personality as the quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagles helped you guys get to the pinnacle of the sport.

• 30:22Speaker 03

  Being the quarterback, you know, everybody's watching you. So just the way he carries himself, you know, throughout this whole season, I don't know. You could probably count on one hand how many times I saw him smile in the locker room. He's just been extremely focused throughout the whole season, you know, ever since I got here. And just seeing that, especially as a young guy, like just watching him and see the way he works after practice, the extra work that he puts in in the weight room, seeing that as a young guy. I think you see that, what it takes, you know, to be great. And I think that's, you know, helped our team, you know, throughout this whole season to stay focused. Because everybody knew the goal. Everybody had been there. Well, most of the guys have been there, been to

• 31:05Speaker 03

  the Super Bowl and had that feeling of that loss. You could just see, you know, the focus and determination in him, you know, throughout this whole season. And I think it carried over and rubbed off on a lot of guys in our locker room just to stay focused, no matter how big of a win we had during the season or if we, even if we had a loss, just to stay focused because we all knew what the end goal was.

• 31:28Fred Taylor?

  Talking about being great and carryover. The Eagles hired Nick Sirianni in 2001 after Coach Doug Peterson. He traded away Carson Wentz. People thought it was crazy that you traded away the guy who took you to your third Super Bowl and eventually won. Traded him away for Jalen Hurts. Obviously, we know the story behind that. He challenges the Eagles fans. He's fiery. You know, that relationship with the players. What makes Coach Sirianni as good as he is? Actually, what makes him great? Because he's gone to two Super Bowls in four years. Right? What makes him great?

• 32:05Speaker 03

  I think. Just his passion that he has. Everybody sees his passion that he has for the game and for our team. And what he stresses, the details within the game. We sit in every single team meeting after every practice and go over the littlest details, whether it's ball handling, tucking the ball away, getting the wrist lock when you're carrying the ball, me catching punts, whatever it is, alignments, motion, different things like that, just going over those things. I think that's really what makes our team great is our detail in everything that we do. And that's what he preaches and talks about every single meeting. There hasn't been a meeting that's gone by that he hasn't talked about those things.

• 32:50Speaker 03

  He had that on top of his passion for winning and for our team and for his willingness to get better. I think is what makes him such a great coach. He makes our locker room fun. He preaches being able to connect. Because it's tough when you're in the NFL and everybody's got kids and families and everybody's going home, going their separate ways. And you're not really hanging out outside the building like you are in college where you have your roommates who are on the football team. So really making it like a college environment, I think, within our locker room and our building has gone a long way for our team as well.

• 33:31Fred Taylor?

  Is there a nugget or anything that he shared with you personally that helped you transition to the game or give you more confidence so you can go out there and be the player and person you are?

• 33:42Speaker 03

  I think really just what he talks about when, no, it's about us. Every game's about us as a team. I've never heard that from a coach. Just focusing on what we can do each and every week to get better and what we do throughout the game with the talent that we have. And we do what we do on the field and we play the way we know how.

• 34:06Speaker 03

  Like Saquon said, nobody can mess with us on the field.

• 34:09Channing Crowder?

  You're a good-looking dude. I done seen you like to come out with your shirt up. You got the abs and all that stuff. Very articulate, you know, smart young man. And now you're a Super Bowl. Like you said, Gilly said it, like a legend. Like everybody gonna remember that pick six. How has the social life changed from, in the last 12 months? Because I know them girls throwing ass.

• 34:31Ryan Clark?

  Chan, wait Chan, Chan. You gotta ask it the right way. You gotta say, Cooper, how does Steph feel now that you're a young sex symbol?

• 34:41Channing Crowder?

  Hey Cooper, how does Steph feel now that you're a young sex symbol?

• 34:45Ryan Clark?

  There you go.

• 34:48Speaker 03

  Yeah, she, uh, she's been a trooper. She's been handling a lot, going through a lot. But she's been there every step of the way. Been supporting me. I met her back in college. So she's, uh, she's been there for me, which I appreciate and I need. You know, throughout this crazy time, my phone's been blowing up, especially after the Super Bowl. You know, it's almost hard to even go on my phone anymore just because, you know, all the, everything that's going on, getting tagged in a bunch of stuff and things like that. But, you know, she's been a trooper. She's been there for me. So I appreciate her for that.

• 35:28Channing Crowder?

  Because I always say, I really enjoy the fortune of football. I didn't much like the fame.

• 35:34Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 35:34Channing Crowder?

  Like everybody talking to you, everywhere you go and all that stuff. Like you're famous. I don't want to say overnight, but it's been a big transition. Like I said, when I tell, when I told people why I'm flying to Philly. Oh, really? Like people sit up in their chair when they hear your name now. So it has to be, like you said, a tough transition. So your lady, your parents, I'm sure, what, Jason and Katie?

• 35:55Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 35:55Channing Crowder?

  They've been through, you know, they're going through it with you. But, uh, yeah, man, that fame, that fame is a bitch sometimes.

• 36:00Speaker 03

  Yeah. It's been tough, a little bit, just like. Going out and going places and sometimes you just wanna, you know, enjoy your, your time, you know, out and go do things that you wanna do, you know, with, with your people. But I understand that it's, it's what comes with it. So, but there are those times where you just wanna, you know, sit back and, and relax and, you know, with your people and, you know, do it, do things that normal humans do. It's what comes with it. So.

• 36:29Ryan Clark?

  We'll come cheer with you in Odebo.

• 36:31Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 36:32Ryan Clark?

  Not going, not going to Odebo. Hey, there's a reason we shot today. Cause when I was talking to Kyle, I was like, when is he going to Iowa? Cause I was like, we gotta catch him before he get there. I was like, I'm not catching them four flights to get there.

• 36:46Channing Crowder?

  A river or pond or something in Odebo? I don't know what you do there.

• 36:50Speaker 03

  There's a little, there's a little creek. That's about it. That's about the whole town.

• 36:54Ryan Clark?

  Like Channing kinda hit on it in, in a, in a joking way. Obviously, when I watch you and Reed wear the shirt to the game, I just tweeted, cause I'm, I'm truly a huge fan of your game. I was like, man, I need to get one of those shirts. Dude drove it up to me at NFL Films. On the Tuesday, I was like, hell yeah, I'll wear it. I mean, I didn't. No, we have this moment. We talked a little bit about you saying, I don't necessarily look at myself as a white corner. I'm just a corner, which you are, right? And I think when it comes to you getting paid, when it comes to you earning your position, all of those things are strictly based on your performance. Now, there's also an affinity that black

• 37:36Ryan Clark?

  people have for white people who do things that white people normally can't do. Right? For instance, if you go to the party, or the cookout, or just a regular dance where black people are, and you can really dance, we're gonna love you.

• 37:51Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 37:52Ryan Clark?

  Period. That's how it works. If you can hoop. We're gonna love you. Right, and so you do have like this thing that is different about you that makes you in some ways special without you even trying. When you guys decided that y'all were gonna wear this shirt, because your agent asked me a very interesting question. He goes, do you think it's too much? He's like, what is your thought on it? I say, my thought on it is like, we, our culture, love him for it. Because he can do something that not a lot of people that are like him do now. The game has changed.

• 38:34Ryan Clark?

  When you get on the mic and they go, Reed and Cooper, the exciting whites. And I can't remember which one of y'all was, like, hold up, wait a minute. You know what I mean? What has it been like, though, to sort of be, one, identified, but also sort of become a folk legend based on the fact that you're a white dude from Odie Boat that can flat out play a position that folks like you don't normally get drafted to play anymore?

• 39:04Speaker 03

  It's been crazy. I've been, I've been getting a lot of love, a lot of love, and I appreciate that. Like, me and Reed with those shirts, we had to ask a bunch of people to make sure it was, it was all good, because we didn't know how I would, I would come across. But we got the OK and kind of blew up. I said this already, but I just go out there and play ball. Like, I don't really think about, you know, it's me being a white guy playing corner. I feel like everybody on, on social media and people around the world make it a, a bigger deal than, than I think it is. So, I mean, to me, it's just, it's just me going out there playing ball and Kyle, he, he's not a, he wasn't a fan of, of the whole exciting whites thing.

• 39:46Ryan Clark?

  That's your agent?

• 39:47Speaker 03

  He's not, yeah. He's not a, he wasn't really a, a fan of it, but it's a, it's kind of caught on a little bit. I just try, I just try to go out there and play ball, really. I mean, I don't know.

• 39:58Ryan Clark?

  What about that, that relationship with Reed, though?

• 40:01Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 40:03Ryan Clark?

  You know, you guys do seem close. You are extremely quiet, you know, and you do need people that can help bring you out. You know, you mentioned Saquon. Like, I just know, like, my closest friends were in the room. Ike Taylor, Troy Palamalu, Brian McFadden. Like, we all became family kinda before the rest of the team became family. Having, you know, Reed around and being able to develop that closeness, how did that help you early on in transitioning from Iowa to Philly?

• 40:34Speaker 03

  Helped me a lot. He, uh, you know, he kinda brought me in and just made sure I was, I was good. Because like you said, I was a quiet guy coming in. And, you know, he was always checking up on me, making sure I was good, like, even, even outside the building. Like, we, we lived pretty close to each other. So we were hanging out outside the building, playing golf or whatever it was. So it was, it was good to have, you know, a guy like him just bring me in and allow me to get comfortable. And, you know, me and Q were pretty close too. So having him there, being two rookies, you know, helped, helped a lot, you know, and just coming in and learning together and, and learning how to be NFL players coming in. So those two guys really, really helped me, helped me along, you know,

• 41:18Speaker 03

  and just growing and with everybody in the locker room.

• 41:22Fred Taylor?

  Hey, yo, where my whiskey fans at? Crown Royal is here with a general reminder that it's not about what you got, it's what you give.

• 41:27Channing Crowder?

  I am telling y'all, man, when you pour a good glass of Crown Royal, generosity is sure to follow.

• 41:32Ryan Clark?

  And you know what it is? Crown Royal is bringing you and your loved ones together in a celebration of what royalty tastes like.

• 41:38Channing Crowder?

  Back when I would do toasting, we would hang out. I make it quick, simple and short. Good food, throw in good meat, come on, let's eat. Yeah, man, now that I got old, I, uh, you gotta talk about your kids and your family. Praise God for health. It changed, but Crown Royal is there right there with me.

• 41:56Fred Taylor?

  So, raise a glass of the good stuff.

• 41:58Channing Crowder?

  Hey, y'all, raise a glass to the generous spirit of Crown Royal Whiskey.

• 42:02Ryan Clark?

  And remember, please drink responsibly.

• 42:04Fred Taylor?

  In the air tonight, Phil Collins, Lose Yourself Eminem.

• 42:10Fred Taylor?

  And what more can I say? Jay-Z was always the songs I chose to get me locked in. If I can pass you the aux cable, or ask you to put your playlist on the radio for the locker room, what would be the top three songs that you play to get you locked in to get ready?

• 42:29Speaker 03

  Top three songs? On my pregame playlist, there's a song called "Good Day." I forget who it's by.

• 42:37Channing Crowder?

  Forrest?

• 42:38Speaker 03

  Yes. I listen to that.

• 42:40Channing Crowder?

  My favorite song.

• 42:41Speaker 03

  I listen to "Piano Man" by Billy Joel. I listen to like relaxing music, because uh... So it kind of keeps me calmed out.

• 42:52Channing Crowder?

  Forrest and Billy Joel.

• 42:55Fred Taylor?

  Any side, any side they in there?

• 42:58Speaker 03

  I listen to "Long Journey" and then "Long Journey" by Rod Wave. Those are probably my top three songs on my pregame playlist.

• 43:07Channing Crowder?

  Don't grab the aux cord, Jay. Because Jalen Carter gonna choke the hell out of you.

• 43:13Ryan Clark?

  By the way, Chan, his name is Forrest Frank. His name is Forrest Frank.

• 43:16Channing Crowder?

  Forrest Frank and Billy Joel Cyrus? What is... Who is these people?

• 43:21Ryan Clark?

  It's Billy Ray Cyrus.

• 43:23Channing Crowder?

  That's the little crazy girl daddy.

• 43:25Fred Taylor?

  He just want to listen to young Jeezy and somebody from Atlanta. He's not like Coach.

• 43:31Channing Crowder?

  Ain't no more playing G A. I love me some Troy.

• 43:34Ryan Clark?

  If you have the aux, I would at least be singing with you, bro.

• 43:36Speaker 03

  That's my pregame playlist, so I got... I mean, I got... I could go anywhere. I could go country, I could go hip hop, whatever you need. I got it.

• 43:44Ryan Clark?

  Why you trying to pigeonhole my dog into a box, man? We talking about just that moment.

• 43:50Channing Crowder?

  You yell Forrest. He brings up Billy Joel Cyrus. I don't know these people.

• 43:58Ryan Clark?

  So I want to ask you a question, though, about fashion. So I think, this is my opinion, I think Devonte is the best dressed person on your team. Devonte Smith, game day. Right? I think he's clean. What I loved about what you did for the Super Bowl was, you wore your high school letterman. And on your cleats, it had your area code. Then this arrow pointed to the Philadelphia area code.

• 44:25Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 44:25Ryan Clark?

  I thought it was really cool because it's like the small-town kid who still behaves in that way, but plays this big game, is now on the biggest stage, representing where he's from. Why was it important to you to make sure your hometown was represented on what was the most important life of your athletic career?

• 44:48Speaker 03

  Yeah, I take a lot of pride in where I come from. So, being a small-town kid, I mean, I take a lot of pride in that. And being able to play on the biggest stage, why not represent, you know, where I'm from? Everybody can kind of figure out, you know, where Odie Wold Iowa is and what, you know, ABCIG High School is. So, it was just awesome for me to be able to represent them and wear that jacket. I knew everybody back home would be watching, so get everybody excited back home and just to wear that on my cleats. And just because it means a lot coming from a small town and, you know, to be able to not only go Division One, but then make it to the NFL after three years in college.

• 45:30Speaker 03

  It's a lot of emotion coming from, you know, there. Being able to do this and, you know, the support that I get from back home, it's just amazing to see, to be able to inspire those people back home. It's awesome for me. I'm just glad I get to, hopefully I'm doing it the right way, and I hope those kids back home are looking up to me, and I hope I can, you know, put on a good show for them every time I step on that field.

• 45:58Ryan Clark?

  I didn't expect that. That was, yeah, because you've been real chill, man. That was real. I watched the highlight, number one, right? Late game heroics.

• 46:11Ryan Clark?

  Runs to the left, cuts it back, all the way back across the field, scores a touchdown. We've seen big punt returns, we've seen all these huge plays that led to you getting drafted. And then, it was sort of like, throughout the season, like, we could see it, you'd say it, but you know how it is, man. It's such a difference between a fourth and one tackle on Jamar Chase in Week 6, which was huge, or a fourth and one breakup and a pick-six in the Super Bowl. So, I don't really feel like you've been able to digest it. So this is what we're gonna do here. This is gonna be a pivot original. We're gonna let you

• 46:52Ryan Clark?

  watch it. And I just want you to take me through, like, what you're seeing. I think even in the clip, Saquon tells you, you know, he's like, "You gonna have one better than that." So I want you to be able to check it out for yourself and really take it in. So you don't look at your phone.

• 47:19Speaker 03

  I did catch it back to the ball.

• 47:24Speaker 03

  I don't even know if there was anything going through my mind in this play, just trying to get in the end zone.

• 47:45Speaker 03

  I didn't have any celebration. It was kind of a weak celebration after. I was just running around. I didn't know what to do. I wish I had a better celebration than what I did, because that would have been... Me and Q had one planned, and we had talked about it, but...

• 48:02Ryan Clark?

  What was it?

• 48:03Speaker 03

  We were gonna do the Shawn Michaels Sweet Chin Music Celebration at the end, because we've been doing... He's like a big WWE guy for some reason, and, I mean, I used to watch it when I was a kid, so, I mean, we had done the pedigree, the Triple H pedigree. I botched that. That one was on me. We were gonna try and get back with the Sweet Chin Music, but I was just running around like a...

• 48:26Ryan Clark?

  Have you ever seen Nick Sirianni's reaction to that?

• 48:28Speaker 03

  Yeah, yeah. That was pretty cool to see, too.

• 48:31Ryan Clark?

  Yeah.

• 48:32Speaker 03

  Seeing how excited he was, his facial expressions after the play. It was awesome.

• 48:40Fred Taylor?

  Hey Coop, I'm curious. Your greatest moment since, I guess, hearing your name called on draft day to, you know, throughout the season, maybe a moment in a locker room, a moment in the playoff, maybe the pick six, maybe the confetti, maybe the parade. I don't know. What's your greatest moment in the past year?

• 49:03Speaker 03

  One of my favorite moments was after the Super Bowl. My parents were down on the field with me and we were up on the stage taking pictures and stuff. My dad had said to me, because on draft night, I was disappointed not going first round. That's where I thought I was gonna go. I'm falling to, dropping to the second round, but ended up in Philadelphia. And he said to me after the Super Bowl, when the confetti's coming down, I just think about how disappointed you were on draft night. And now here you are in the Super Bowl, you know, and you got a pick six and you're a Super Bowl champion. So that was a, that was a pretty cool moment for me, just hearing that from him.

• 49:43Speaker 03

  You know, and also someone took a video of him when I got my pick six, his reaction. Because my dad is always like a, like a humble, like preaching me to be humble and never really, like he'd tell me, he'd tell me, "Good job, good game," all that stuff. But I'd never seen him get that excited about a play that I made before. So seeing that video was, was pretty cool, too.

• 50:07Fred Taylor?

  There's a fable called, "Maybe so, maybe not, we'll see." When things happen in the moment, you don't really understand it. Then eventually, at some point down the road, it hits you and that was one of those moments.

• 50:21Speaker 03

  Absolutely. So I guess to, to end it then, there would be my question. Would you trade?

• 50:30Ryan Clark?

  Being drafted in the first round.

• 50:32Speaker 03

  Nah, nah, I wouldn't, nah, nah, nah.

• 50:35Ryan Clark?

  There you go.

• 50:36Speaker 03

  Not to give up a Super Bowl, nah, nah.

• 50:38Ryan Clark?

  I love what you said about representing a small town and being from a small town and hoping to inspire. I think we all have dreams and aspirations, you know. Freddie T was a top 10 pick, you know. Chan was All-American, twice over, drafted. I was an undrafted dude, you know, and so like my dreams looked so much different than I think other people's dreams. You know, I was kinda like, man, I just wanna make the team. I wanna be a special teams starter. I wanna start, you know, and I had all these goals and dreams that changed. In your wildest dreams, could you ever have imagined the kid in Ody Boat that walked into, what is it?

• 51:19Ryan Clark?

  O A B C I G as a freshman Hooper would have, at the age of 22, accomplished what you just finished accomplishing this year?

• 51:30Speaker 03

  Nah, I mean, if you would've told me that back, back in high school, I would've thought you were crazy. I mean, all I wanted to do was, was to play in college, play a sport in college. I didn't know what it was. I wanted to just be able to continue to play sports at the next level. Never really, I mean, I had a dream of playing professionally, but I didn't know if it was, it was possible. Coming from a small town and I didn't know if I'd be able to go Division One, you know, play, play at that level. I would've thought you were crazy if you, you told me that. I'd be, I'd be sitting here with, with you guys on, on this podcast right now. And I was a Super Bowl champ at, at 22 years old.

• 52:11Speaker 03

  It's just crazy to think about, you know, God, God works in mysterious ways and, you know, he, he has, he has a plan for me. And on.

• 52:21Speaker 03

  I'm gonna continue to follow that and follow him. So, you know, hopefully, we can get back to work here soon and try and chase another one.

• 52:31Ryan Clark?

  Man, I love that. Did you have a neighbor named Travis Barnes? He was the head of recruiting. He said that you had a neighbor that told him you had to watch this Cooper DeJean kid when he was a freshman. And when you signed, what was it, 2021?

• 52:48Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 52:49Ryan Clark?

  He actually, the guy from, I can't remember his first name.

• 52:53Speaker 03

  I think it was Travis.

• 52:54Ryan Clark?

  Yeah, he apologized. He apologized to your neighbor because he said he was right. You know what I mean? You did end up being all of the things that he thought you could be.

• 53:04Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 53:04Ryan Clark?

  And so, man, like, congratulations.

• 53:06Speaker 03

  Thank you.

• 53:07Ryan Clark?

  It's an amazing accomplishment to win a Super Bowl. But I think you already know, the work just started. Enjoy it, have some fun, play some golf, enjoy. Audi boat while you can, but more be expected of you the next year.

• 53:22Speaker 03

  Absolutely.

• 53:23Ryan Clark?

  Man, we just appreciate you taking the time to sit with us, you know, during such a busy time in life.

• 53:27Speaker 03

  Appreciate you guys.

• 53:27Ryan Clark?

  Appreciate you.

• 53:28Fred Taylor?

  Love.

• 53:28Channing Crowder?

  And I bet you can buy a big ass house in Odenburg, can't you?

• 53:32Ryan Clark?

  Good to meet you, brother.

• 53:34Speaker 03

  Big fan.

• 53:35Ryan Clark?

  Cool, when did you start dunking?

• 53:38Speaker 03

  Six. When I was a freshman in high school.

• 53:40Ryan Clark?

  You was a freshman?

• 53:40Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 53:41Ryan Clark?

  Yeah. So, after, so once you learned how to dunk, you was like, "F shooting it, huh?"

• 53:45Speaker 03

  I can still shoot a little.

• 53:46Ryan Clark?

  No, no, they've been having a lot of highlights. I ain't seen you shoot 80.

• 53:50Fred Taylor?

  That's what I was talking about today, right?

• 53:52Ryan Clark?

  Yeah, I ain't seen you shoot 80.

• 54:20Speaker 05

  Every game day, you show up for your team. Now, it's your time.

• 54:30Speaker 06

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