So I definitely try to get better at the things that I'm not necessarily the best at or I need to cut corners or make sure I get better and at the small things in this area , uh just try to do as many hard things or things that are difficult for me as possible . Uh My recruitment process , my recruitment process is actually uh , a little different than the normal recruiting process . I actually didn't have a single offer , a single interest or even had a conversation with the college coach about football until my 11th grade year of high school .
I was , uh getting calls from coaches almost every day having to come downstairs from class , answer , talk to them conversate . Uh , and within a span of a year before my senior even started , I received around like 25 offers and the process was very fast and I made sure I got through it . Uh , some things that you should definitely be focus up focusing on , on the field to get recognition is just making yourself stand out , uh , running to the ball every play , picking up loose change , making yourself stand out .
Uh some pieces of advice that I was given uh for my coaches was definitely to make sure you stand out as a player and a person on and off the field and make sure that you leave a mark and make someone want to learn more about you and ask you more questions about yourself . Um And I feel like , yeah , that played a huge role in the way I was recruited and how I got to where I am now . Um Some things I did while training to be here now to give myself an advantage was definitely doing the things that were difficult .
I played football for the University of Maryland and number 46 . Uh some pieces of advice that I was given uh for my coaches was definitely to make sure you stand out as a player and a person on and off the field and make sure that you leave a mark and make someone want to learn more about you and ask you more questions about yourself . Um And I feel like , yeah , that played a huge role in the way I was recruited and how I got to where I am now .
Being , being the person on the field who's running around with their hair on fire every play , whether they're playing against the worst team in the league or the best , uh , just being the guy who never plays down to anyone's standards and is going 100% every play and every second that they get the opportunity to play the game . Some things that I feel like are very important about picking your school . Uh is definitely starting to gain a connection and uh uh yeah , gain a connection , a strong connection with your coach being that this is the guy who's gonna coach you and develop you as a man for the next four years .
