Jamal Merrell

Like he knew how the draft was.

Like for me, I didn't know what I didn't know.

He knew what could be the positives, what could be the negative.

What are your options?

You shouldn't make your options positive.

Um, agent wise, whatever agent says, um, how to go about it, the feelings that come with it.

Um, you can be, have some highs, you have some discouragement that come from it.

Keep going.

It don't stop just because agents call teams didn't call teams.

If teams don't want you or do want you keep going.

It's not really a walk-on.

It's a free agent.

Two to three years.

But within that two to three years, you're not just a hundred percent focused on NFL from day one out of college, whether you're in a draft or not.

NFL is a backup plan.

I think that train, that mindset is transitioning now to younger athletes and, and,

I would say elite athletes, they know NFL is a secondary.

Yes, it can make you first money, but at the same time, it's a secondary option because you're just a number.

It's a business.

And at the same time, owners have pretty much all rights of likeliness, everything.