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In the context provided, the term "small things" seems to refer to the details and finer points of certain aspects, such as offensive schemes, stances, and the balancing of sports and academics. It also seems to imply a focus on the nuances and finer details rather than the bigger, more obvious aspects.

Dillan Fontus | Maryland Football

Uh , some things that I definitely feel like I picked up on while in college was just the small things like , uh , offensive scheme or the way an offensive lineman stands in his stance . Uh , like this puts a little bit more back than usual . You'll pick up on that and know , ok , this might be a pass play and you can get a better get off than usual and there's certain things that , uh , you pick up on over time having fully padded , full , full , full speed practices almost every day .

Dillan Fontus | Maryland Football

Uh I actually recently saw a post or uh yeah , it was a post saying that 95 94% of your time is used in preparation and 6% is actually playing the game . So it's just you don't get a lot of who needs to go out there and play . So one thing I wish I knew was just to take every opportunity , go 100% each snap , every time that ball moves while you're out there on the field .

Dillan Fontus | Maryland Football

Um A coach told me once before that anything that's hard is good . 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 .

Dillan Fontus | Maryland Football

And then I received my first offer the day before , uh , our first game of the season and I was from Temple University and , um , it was , yeah , it was definitely fast . Everything went fast . I was , uh getting calls from coaches almost every day having to come downstairs from class , answer , talk to them conversate .

Dillan Fontus | Maryland Football

Um Some things I did while training to be here now to give myself an advantage was definitely doing the things that were difficult . Um A coach told me once before that anything that's hard is good . 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 .