Vince Wilfork

I'm going to put everything in this basket to be this.

And once I got out of high school and I really started taking the series and playing, it was a no-doubter for me.

I never played JV.

I never played freshman.

I was varsity, started varsity all four of my years.

My first year in high school, I was a defensive end, 275 pounds, defensive end.

And then the next year, they moved me to defensive tackle.

And I'm like, I'm talking with my coach.

I'm like, wow, my father played defensive end, was number 75.

I played defensive end, wearing 75.

That's what I want to do.

Like, why are you moving me to tackle, you know?

And I really didn't understand it at the time.

But, you know, sophomore year, I was 300 pounds.

Yeah, so it's like, you know, to me, I'm like, I don't care about that.

But he was like, no, this is your position.

And at first, I was rebellious.

I didn't want to do it.

But once I started understanding and learning the game and just following, and I grew up a Hurricanes fan, so I've always watched Warren Sapp and Cortez Kennedy, Russell Mallett, understand who Jerome Brown was and the tradition of defensive tackles.

And that's what my coach explained to me.