And so that's kind of helped me evolve as a leader and evolve as a person . Balancing academics and football is , it was definitely a struggle at first . We were here over summer , so we had a little bit of , uh , I took one class over summer , it was a philosophy class , and so that gave me a good introduction .
Uh , and then as recruiting , I'm a shorter delineman , so only 6'2 , and most of our D linemen are 6'4 plus . So just trying to show my skills and make up for the lack of measurables . Yeah , my recruitment process was pretty late , um , so I didn't get my first offer to any school until my , uh , end of junior year , so junior spring , and then kind of a spring ball .
So just to build that team aspect , so everything we do , you're doing with other people . Uh , so to build people up , uh , as well though , like , be strict , have a standard , follow the standard , um , and then just compete in every single thing we do . Of the field of nutrition , um , Definitely focus on uh getting my calories every day , getting my macros , eating as much protein as I can .
Uh , so to build people up , uh , as well though , like , be strict , have a standard , follow the standard , um , and then just compete in every single thing we do . Of the field of nutrition , um , Definitely focus on uh getting my calories every day , getting my macros , eating as much protein as I can . Uh , I'm a bigger guy , so I eat 300 g of protein a day .
Um , yeah . Uh , some of the most important things I focus on my training are , um , to , we train , we do everything as a team . So just to build that team aspect , so everything we do , you're doing with other people .
