And then if you need like help with your classes at like your tutor or anything , then you go to our academic center and get help with that . Take advantage of every opportunity . I think that in high school , like , I didn't know much about recruiting , like when I started doing it .
So playing basketball after the football season was just really good for me every day . Getting better , staying in shape and , yeah , my mentality every day just to show up and do the same thing over and over again and just sticking through the process . And a little over a year ago I had back surgery .
I think my character really set me aside from a lot of recruits and other people just like being a genuine , nice person the way I was raised , just like being myself , the coaches I think really stood out to them . Don't listen like the outside people just like you and your parents just , you'll know when the right decision is when , when the time comes , just like , trust the process , trust God because it'll all work out when I came here . My first like , game day visit was three year or I don't even know how many years ago it was against Northwestern .
I think that in high school , like , I didn't know much about recruiting , like when I started doing it . So , like I'd say maximizing every , every , every opportunity may have presented myself more , but I'm not really upset that it didn't because I'm here now , but just maximize every opportunity .
Like , it's not really what I've developed , it's what I've been coached just because , like , again coming from a small school , like , not like we , it wasn't bad football but like , I wasn't getting the proper technique or like wasn't playing , like , I don't wanna say , not good football , but like I came here , I didn't know how to take like a pass that so like I had to learn how to do all that . Like taking all the coaching again , like what Joey said , watching all the film just developing all those skills really has . It really made me a better player .
