Cam
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Exactly.
I tried to stick it out a whole semester, and I didn't even get to the hard classes yet.
I tried to stick it out a whole semester, and I didn't even get to the hard classes yet.
You have to do certain things right if you want to have sustained success or if you want to get to that point if you're behind. So for me, I was behind. I was... like one of the smallest kids on the team, really slow, really below average. My sophomore year, I was fifth string on JV. You know, most NFL players you talk to.
You have to do certain things right if you want to have sustained success or if you want to get to that point if you're behind. So for me, I was behind. I was... like one of the smallest kids on the team, really slow, really below average. My sophomore year, I was fifth string on JV. You know, most NFL players you talk to.
Exactly. So there's games where we're blowing a team out 60 to nothing, and I still maybe might get in the last minute of the game when they're taking a knee. But there are games, like, I didn't touch the field at all.
Exactly. So there's games where we're blowing a team out 60 to nothing, and I still maybe might get in the last minute of the game when they're taking a knee. But there are games, like, I didn't touch the field at all.
That's bad. That's terrible. And you talk to most other NFL players, all of them freshman starters on varsity. And just seeing how behind I was, it's like, okay, how can I get better? And I found a coach, my trainer, Anthony Brown. He still trains me to this day. And he said, I don't care how slow you are. I don't care how small you are. I can build you. I can get you to college.
That's bad. That's terrible. And you talk to most other NFL players, all of them freshman starters on varsity. And just seeing how behind I was, it's like, okay, how can I get better? And I found a coach, my trainer, Anthony Brown. He still trains me to this day. And he said, I don't care how slow you are. I don't care how small you are. I can build you. I can get you to college.
You guys won't be paying for college. And he went up to my dad and said, I need to see him at 5 AM tomorrow. And the 5 AM was just a lift, just to see. We just lifted. He's not even like a lifting coach. But he just wanted to see where I was mentally, if I'm willing to put the work in. And so from that end of that sophomore season,
You guys won't be paying for college. And he went up to my dad and said, I need to see him at 5 AM tomorrow. And the 5 AM was just a lift, just to see. We just lifted. He's not even like a lifting coach. But he just wanted to see where I was mentally, if I'm willing to put the work in. And so from that end of that sophomore season,
To the start of my junior season, I went from fifth string on JV to varsity starter. And that was just because I showed up every day at 5 a.m. for that entire summer. Didn't post anything. Everybody was tripping, like, how did Cam get good? He's balling out of nowhere.
To the start of my junior season, I went from fifth string on JV to varsity starter. And that was just because I showed up every day at 5 a.m. for that entire summer. Didn't post anything. Everybody was tripping, like, how did Cam get good? He's balling out of nowhere.
If I do something well, they're cheering for it. Like, whoa, no way he just beat the varsity receiver. And then I'm like, it becomes consistent, and then Now I go from there to being able to really just learn the game and know the game.
If I do something well, they're cheering for it. Like, whoa, no way he just beat the varsity receiver. And then I'm like, it becomes consistent, and then Now I go from there to being able to really just learn the game and know the game.
And that same process of being a technician, just training little small details, the rhythm, the footwork, the eyes, that just brought me to the NFL, and I train the same exact things now.
And that same process of being a technician, just training little small details, the rhythm, the footwork, the eyes, that just brought me to the NFL, and I train the same exact things now.
Everything's detailed. Everything's thought out.
Everything's detailed. Everything's thought out.
Yes. Surprise being a surprise, and I'll do the right thing, whether it's on or off the field, and it'll pay off.