Micah Parsons, Justin Fields, Kyle Pitts Journey from Offseason Prep to the NFL Draft | Hey Rookie

[Music] with your test remember read carefully okay 12 minutes go as fast as you can i'll put the timer on no talking no phones go ahead [Music] ever since they were young these four men have been preparing for the biggest test of their lives the nfl [Music] okay pencils down guys all the preparation and hard work has paid off it won't be long until they hear their names called i've been dreaming to be in the nfl for a long time it's definitely exciting and i think i was made for this moment i think i'm the best position player in my draft because i just think i love me against anybody you know every time it's a big time moment in my football career i just see it with a clear eye view you know i always felt like i was just you know chosen to play football born and do this top 15 is like okay respectable anything past that i'd be like all right i really gotta prove something this first year chip's gonna build my shoulder if i go past the top 15. over the course of three days this spring like the men before them the lives of these men will be transformed the nfl draft is now officially opened the new york giants select saint john partners tyron matthews [Applause] [Music] they are all represented by the same agents david mullighetta andre odom and trey smith of athletes first look at you you're shaking look look at you look at him look at him and they're all preparing for life in the nfl together on the west coast we're in california we got a beautiful view on the rooftop i hope you guys can see there's like a little turf field workout there's a pool and a hot tub that i love to use all the time my first time out here just here training trying to get in the best shape i can trying to fine-tune the small details and make ourselves the best to be on our pro day i think having all of us here together you know just just competing how many records you got from the weight room name something you beat me in right now to running on the field it's just going to make us better you know competition levels high around all of us so that's one thing i like about it here university of florida tight end kyle pitts and penn state linebacker micah parsons have been pushing each other since high school i got their 717. harrisburg pa harrisburg pa philadelphia who's going to win who's going on the city the city gonna win every time i knew him since high school we've been in camps together kyle pitts is my nemesis he says philly versus harrisburg so you so you know i met like kyle pitts beat me in the state championship my junior year of high school went against each other so me and kyle got a rivalry going on because we need to use the hot commodity and shut that down you're the five star yeah yeah if i fold micah was the best back in the state at the time [Applause] when we played he had 23 yards he probably ain't tell you all that [Applause] what happened we played him he ran for 23 yards huh what stuff wow he was smacking i hope he's on the same division as me because i'm hoping to get this one-on-one back we're a public school guy against a private school we lost j.c their private school they were crew they had like nine division one players on their team south carolina cornerback jc horn knows what it takes to reach the top his father is former pro bowl receiver joe horn my dad played in the nfl 12 to 13 years they don't believe it a lot of people like the cell phone celebration he went and got the phone and pretended like he was making a phone call i get so tired of hearing about it i play dv so it's going to be kind of hard for me to get into his own but if i do i might have something in store you know i started to realize and i could use the knowledge he gave me i didn't really quite understand when i was younger but the older i got tomorrow understood and now today i'm just thankful that i had a daddy playing the league this made my process a lot more smoother a lot more comfortable offenses were uncomfortable around horn as one of the best corner prospects in the draft horn only allowed a completion rate of 33 percent lowest in the sec again making a play planning the toughest conference in football in the sec it's the closest thing you're going to get to the nfl and i feel like i dominated i think it's easy to see i'm the best db in the drive you got any secret tell us you want to tell the world see your talent sing dance play ping-pong bad game please it's no secret ohio state quarterback justin fields is one of the top prospects in a draft where as many as six quarterbacks could go in the first round great throw with great accuracy i think he's the best quarterback in the draft you can do it on the run can make every throw the most accurate quarterback in the job this year has made me a better leader and it's made me a more confident leader a more verbal leader justin fields superstar ohio state quarterback has created a petition requesting the big ten conference immediately reinstate the 2020 football season i've learned a lot about myself one of the main things just me learning discipline and kind of you know not being able to do what everybody else does i really didn't didn't go out much didn't didn't go places and um i mean the only thing that kept me company was my dog my boy that's my guy right here uno he's been with me for about a year and a half now so he's my best friend he sleeps a lot that's what he's best at sleeping eating and pooping but hey he likes to play too so got really bad gas he does have really bad guys [Music] it takes hard work to be the top dog fields is looking for any edge he can get including becoming a vegan we are making a plant-based bowl with a bunch of vegetables and then organic garbanzo beans so basically like he came up with the idea of doing it we did a detox for 28 days fruit and vegetables and we drank this tea if bad breath had a taste in a jar that's what this tea tastes like and it moves all the toxins out of your body gets everything out of your gut after that 28 day period i ended up feeling like really good so i just said i was going to stick with it for the season like i think my sophomore year at the end of that season i was like 2 30 and then i got down like 220 218 so i just felt faster so that's why i kind of stuck with it he was just as strong or stronger on the weights right yeah i hung in there for about six months but those chicken wings were just calling me yeah i'm probably going to stick to it for the rest of my football career and then most likely afterwards too so um just the way it makes me feel i just like it a lot he's doing what he loves and what he's always loved to do was play with the ball you know so it's getting play with the ball [Music] [Applause] in 2019 micah parsons was a force for the penn state defense white swarmed by mr everywhere micah parsons but he opted out of the 2020 season be violent be violent he's been here since august getting his body ready for the nfl so we got three today we got three we do linear speed on thursday so we're working some starts looking at their power a couple of things see how your shoulder is behind your hand you're too far back in your stance okay so your shoulder needs to be over your hand i got a lot more training than the rest of the guys better any time i beat him in competitions it's like you got an unfair advantage you've been here like three years you know everybody got jokes they need some help for a year you need help no injury you feel good you need help tackling nobody you should be coming here you need help mike is a definitely an extrovert bro you didn't even play a season right now i was training didn't get hit not when he has something to say you're definitely going to hear from him will y'all please let him know i'm not doing no type of movements a very competitive guy i think he just makes everyone around him better y'all see how y'all going after me we do have a bet right now we do have a vet right now who's going to run the fastest 40. i think teams know i'm kind of fast but they don't really know how fast i am so that's a big part of what i want to show teams justin you're in last place right now at ohio state i ran a 438 so i'm gonna try to either hit that or hopefully i could blow that even with no scouting combine this year due to the pandemic 40 yards is still 40 yards parsons and justin fields will have to wait until their pro days to show who was faster what did justin get that's the pr for you 2461 your best before that was 23.26 so i'm still faster than you you're not fashionable i'm not worried about you march 30th you'll see 30th i know i got him that's why i bet when mine dropped and you see parsons runs 4-3 i'm looking forward to that day we'll see who wins i've been here for about two months it's been great meeting new guys competing every day like just learning new things about football tight end kyle pitts has learned a lot from the best in the business travis kelsey george kittle darren waller those are guys a similar body type and i kind of take bits and pieces of their game to add it to my game pitt's college highlights look eerily similar to his nfl cops and he's even a converted quarterback like travis kelsey [ __ ] oh what a grab and pits got it touchdown i actually was a quarterback and i didn't like it that's the time where kelsey and all those guys try to come out and start to make the position relevant oh hey there it's natural tight end day seeing those guys like i can catch i can run i can block those everything i want to be so i made the transition i want to run like a high four four low four five range he is the highest ranked tight end prospect maybe ever [Music] being a kid from philadelphia we don't get to see this a lot so being able to come out here experience this is once in a lifetime i'm just embracing everything we met in atlanta and literally been at each other's hip ever since you can tell it a different way i'll see you like the the perfect stranger that i met and though they say okay kim what yeah that's real though you're such an old soul cause that's perfect stranger the perfect stranger i didn't know you i seen you and i was like who is that we've been dating for almost 10 months now i didn't want you to look down i really took time i found a website i found custom blanket maker like a photograph blooper she thought i was a receiver she's like that's my favorite receiver and i utterly felt disrespected because you should know that your boyfriend's the best titan in the nation that was early yeah relationship yeah i didn't you write though i was wrong now you know what i do what i'm capable of and look where we are [Music] j.c horn continues to prep for his pro day and he's taking advantage of every resource available what you think probably was like the biggest adjustment you had to make as soon as you got in the lead right speed of course speed could everything like fast because it's execution like a quarterback ball always gonna be there even when you don't even expect it how long y'all gonna warm up man it's always warming up and stretching man you wanna go through warm up i got you man uh i'll warm up i ain't never seen no lying warm up man when it comes to corners jaylen ramsey is the king of the jungle over the last five years with jacksonville and la he's established himself as one of the premier defenders in the nfl better than me in this league the style i play with so i gotta play with a lot of people compared to jaylen ramsey and jc horn is balling out smart fast physical being mentored by an all-pro at his position should help horn prepare for the nfl we working sir you know fans looking like catching that rod [Music] get up over the one hand okay hold on i gotta rise that one you know i like a challenge now [Music] what you thinking like when you go into the line depressed first thing when i line up immediately my eyes got to get right by all about eyes once you got eyes then everything else footwork boom you're going down boom boom there's ramsey right there outstanding coverage i try to play little mind games with them too throw them all get them off they pivot and make them play into my game plan you're not strong enough 15. oh shut up what'd you think your biggest adjustment was like i'm going to jump the colors to the nfl the quarterback all of them really can make the toes you can have perfect coverage the quarterback going to find a way to get it in there by brady so your perfect coverage got to be even better you saw when i was doing some of the drills like that's why i'm like a perfectionist when it comes to that technique technique technique looking for hopkins over the top jalen ramsey breaks it up going into the league rookie year it's really a mindset thing when you take that next step from college to the nfl i feel like some people worry about that like man i now i'm going to be playing receivers who i looked up to the receivers who i play on madden like yeah you are and it's it's it's cool or whatever it's dope you're there for a reason but you're there for a reason like you're playing at the highest level in college you've been going against top receivers forever for sure they gotta see and it's intercepted jay-z he's been all over seth williams throughout the day if you go out there with all that confidence in the world you don't have to respect me ain't got no choice so you gotta take it to another level and once i take it there boom i'ma keep taking it up a notch until they can't mess with me for sure that's really all it is you solid though it's bowling night for the prospects and everyone is trying to find an edge against the group's best bowler micah parsons you hold it like this i can't tell you all my secrets bro i don't know how to play how you hold it bro you got to hold it to your comfort zone you brought your own ball don't you worry about what i burned today don't you worry about it i think you're going to win don't you worry about what i brought i keep telling you this harrisburg blood different than philly i wish i'm a good bowler hopefully i give you guys a 200 today when it comes time to pick teams micah picks last in every round why do i have to pick lads see that's just early adversity joe that show tom you ain't gonna hear me talk no more go get it he said go get it it's gonna be a long night [Music] right now my team is dying adversity i couldn't get a top pick to save my life oh my god this lane is horrible i'm coaching my team through a lot of mechanical issues you're going like this you're going like this i need you to stay tight i think we're going to develop into a great team that's not championship football now it's over now it's over that hurts hurts my soul jc how you feel your team did today man we beat y'all so we did good enough okay i respect it [Music] you gotta turn it up a little bit [ __ ] press 20 plus so i'm trying to get up here [Music] up for three good micah [Music] [Applause] [Music] hey best keep distance all of my haters no assistance [Music] up easy easy after a tough workout you gotta fuel up so the group gets together to laugh and eat micah still can't get the bullying boss out of his head do you think you're better than me and billy i won't bet my signing i'm saying you lost yesterday though you just because you win one game everybody has one game where they go off i consistently average one seven yeah bowler you're not good bro you could bolt 185 the next thing you're bowling 131 though you have you have a professional bowling ball bro bro do you know how good you got to be to actually use a real bowling ball like you can't just expect to be good with a ball bro i've never seen you throw a regular ball kyle get on his head kyle i can't vote do you guys happen to have anything vegan that is not on the menu vegan yes i might be able to do a veggie plate all right i'll try that and then can i also be like asparagus pointy no meat no eggs no cheese what'd you eat straight salad chicken grass well i'm gonna tell you something justin what's up he missing out on life i ain't gonna say that cause you know what i mean he he doing and he's proud but the way this food just burst in your mouth yo yo i said oh hold up my mind completely cut off what you said burst in your mouth you like gushers i love gun shoes y'all killed me y'all killed me i'm paying off my mom's loans that's gonna be first thing you do pay off mom alone i'm gonna good feeling huh yeah what's your dream car dream car ain't gonna be able to get that but it was a dream car if i could choose any carpet like years never many years lamborghini what trump give me something to work for there you go there you go if i get my second contract i'm moving next to david i know what i do to these lamb chops that food be looking dumb good and i can't eat none of it you don't even know where that's coming from hey bro i don't want to think about it because you drink it don't make your arm turn for the first time since 1987 the nfl general managers coaches and scouts did not travel to indianapolis in february for the annual scouting combine this year all workouts will be held at campus pro days a critical opportunity for nfl teams to see draft prospects work out in person i want to hit a high bench press in a 22 to 24 range i want to run like a high four four low four five how many times you get 225 in college we're going to say 4-3 but as long as i'm low 4-4 the stage is set for you micah you know halfway through full foes my goals i know the drill is going to come natural and i've been doing it my whole life i just want to show how sharp i am and i think teams know i'm kind of fast but they don't really know how fast i am pro days will matter more than ever and with their training days in california coming to an end every workout is a chance to get better see i saw you right there that's teddy i thought you got zero red zone dropping i do you only got one in though you got one foot in it's not college no more you gotta get two right so let me perfect it i need one more all right bet make sure you get two in last one brother i'm gonna throw it the same way that's it teddy what do y'all know he's supposed to be a florida but he was scared carolina cornerback jc horn will be the first of these four to have his pro day that's a nice day that's a nice day with me hey those are the top two right there that was more accurate 26. i can see that i think it's easy to see i'm the best db in the drive so i really don't feel like i have anything to prove at the end of the day i just sit back and let my tape speak horn had less tape than he could have after just seven games he opted out of the remainder of the 2020 season it was definitely a tough decision a lot of my family members came came down with kovitt my auntie you know came down with kobe that was the main reason i opted out to get time to spend with her before she eventually passed she always been in my corner always came to watch me play so just knowing she won't be here to see me at the top of the top the highest level you know it hurts but mentally i just try to stay sharp trying to get in the best shape i can be able to put out my best performance on pro day make her proud jc horn full workout 41 and a half [Music] eleven one with his father nfl great joe horn in attendance jc excels [Music] [Applause] jc is clocked at a 4-3-9 it's hard work you deserve it you just be faster than you play nah they found something to me right now and about to break their ribs when i said that ain't it that's funny i'm still about 4.9 big dog 15 years old brother actually i didn't hit the goal number i wanted you know i wanted four three five four three six i got out a little slow but um you know it was a 4-3 so it's a solid day you know i'm proud of it can i ask you a question what's up with the tight shores that's all i want to know about my jeep oh my god we got double x on it in the 90s my g is wearing the bike of shores i'm proud oh boy you know what you're now let me bring back the film i mean what did you do he said it was right there they uh he said he came to you out of junior college and worked you out but old scouts okay what'd he say though what did he say you know yeah that's right i think our vertical might have been the same lee but i had a i'm just saying i'm telling i'm being 100. he had a you could yo my verdict was probably a 41.5 i got about a 41 and a half but still right now i'm probably 30. micah parsons is back at penn state for the first time in nearly eight months after opting out of his junior season due to kobe concerns it just came down to protecting my family and my future i would say so it really hurt me because i feel like there's so much i had left to do at penn state parsons was the only freshman in school history to leave the nittany lions and tackles chased down by parsons is he playing fast tonight or what my favorite moments is obviously the white out you know i just feel like there's nothing like it i still got like the memories like engraved in my brain as a sophomore parsons buried the big ten under an avalanche of tackles he was named the conference's best linebacker and earned all-american honors this is our all-american hallway and i would just like every day he said i'm gonna make this waffle make this wall and i'll just put it into my mind that like i wanted to do this so when 2019 all america came out coach franklin called me on uh facetime was like congrats like i know how much this means to you and i almost wanted to cry a little bit because like it was like everything i ever worked for and like it just really like touched my heart when i finally did it so despite the accolades some pundits are wondering how the layoff might impact his pro day performance parsons believes he'll still crush the 40. we're going to say 4-3 but as long as i'm low 4-4 at least devon and white devon bush two guys like i really look up to as long as i'm with them i'll be like okay rich giddy up giddy up justin that's like my nemesis right now we gotta bet on who's gonna run a faster 40 i don't know why he believes that he's going to run faster than me if you saw the film i tracked him hawked him down multiple times [Applause] just absolutely if i can show teams how good i could move for my size at dn and linebacker i think that's going to separate me in the draft to show all my versatility out there in the field [Music] with his pro day taking on even greater significance the pressure is on parsons to prove that he's still an elite talent worthy of a high draft pick oh my god parsons shows the athleticism that made him the big ten's best linebacker and his test results are right where they need to be there's just one make or break obstacle left [Music] the 40. thank y'all for tuning in he out there stretching good for that 40 ladies and gentlemen like it has been running four fours consistently but i'm hoping he could pop that four three today oh man that 403 is going to be crazy yo these show you call everything coming off that 40 yeah it's all about that start [Music] michael parsons mike gazelle it's about to go down hmm [Music] know so we got that 4-3 he said he was going to get it you know iv at 4-3 that's all i wanted my 10 i felt it i was like oh that's the one i felt this thing out that puts that pressure on justin now justin is in trouble i told him that's all i wanted with that four three baby he's gonna have like 93 speed on that i haven't tasted this in eight months it feels like i'm back home for real how you feel how you feel you did how the pro that go i feel like i made some money you know i feel like i opened a lot of cruise eyes i did what i was supposed to do i'm really happy that like the draft's gonna be a person now like i always imagined myself like walking across the stage so that's the real question what you gonna wear i'm gonna have my my turtleneck look you know what i'm saying or a nice cross vest sachi with a little you feel me michael b jordan trey songz america he does not look like trey songz we need to nip that in the butt stop it you gotta tilt the eyebrows up just like this you lift him up and then you you scratch your eyes a little bit you get a little bite of the lip that did that look like trey song so he's saying this confidently that's the problem that's the problem he's delusional oh no [Music] the nfl draft is weeks away and features one of the best quarterback classes in years ohio state's justin fields is in the mix and he's not afraid to say where he stands i'm the best quarterback in this draft if i get the quarterback drafted over me they just have to live with that decision and i just hope i get to play that team when you're the biggest buckeye on campus and it's your pro day the eyes of the nfl world are on you [Music] jacksonville's urban meyer has the number one pick his presumptive choice just watched his season end at the hands of justin fields and toughed out an injury to throw six touchdown passes [Music] it was a game our team was looking forward to all year i got banged up that game but i mean nothing was going to take me out of that game i'm just proud of the way our coaches handled it probably the way our players handled it of course we conquered the moment if there's any chance of field being qv1 he must have a good pro day like jc horn and micah parsons fields wants to break 4-4 in the 40. [Music] but a stumble costs him fractions of a second i need to know my time though it's unofficially a 4-4-4 i gotta go again the fastest quarterback time in nine years no fast enough a second run comes with a second stumble there won't be a third run meaning he lost his bet with micah parsons for what it's worth i stumbled so i mean hey it is what it is i lost a bet but hey lucky for fields 444 is still blazing fast and the coaches and gm's didn't really come to watch him run they came to see his arm [Applause] [Music] um [Applause] yes justin fields so off [Applause] [Music] when you go watch somebody hit a golf ball a million miles it's fun when you go watch a shooter shoot it's fun when you watch a quarterback make this throw going to his left it's fun enjoy it fields had a great day on the field that's crazy that's a good point though is my best throw today you're really good appreciate you but for a quarterback the process isn't just about running and throwing but also talking i always wanted to get in the 430s on that 40 but i think all in all was a solid day i thought i could show that throw off just to show that i can make every throw on the field after delivering one of the best passes of the pro day season justin will be on just a second sounds good i'm just looking at my highlights from the camera right there he delivered one of its best quotes too kyle shanahan the 49ers coach told us yesterday that he's hoping you'll throw again if you had such a good day today why don't you want to just stand on that it's really just you know throwing the ball back and forth and showing my skills off so it really just doesn't happen one time you know it it's an everyday thing it's not necessarily that i had such a good day i don't want to mess up my next time i feel like i can you know do the same thing i did today or even be better next time i come out here so it's no added pressure on me thank you good evening ladies and gentlemen welcome to the mackie award presentation [Music] kyle has stamped his legacy at the university of florida [Music] not only as college football's best tied in but also as one of the best to ever don the orange and blue claiming school records for the most career touchdowns by a tight end most career receiving yards by a tight end becoming only the eighth player in gator football history to earn unanimous first-team all-american honors i said the truth because that's what i am the truth like many alumni kyle pitt's return to his college campus is a chance to reflect on memorable accomplishments [Applause] but also serves as a reminder that life moves on i seen somebody else's name with my number i thought i was going to let me be the last to wear young titan he's pretty good so he's going to keep the reputation up what an amazing representative of the university of florida what an amazing representative he's gonna be to a national football league team after he gets drafted at florida kyle pitts collected some of the best numbers in the nation six zero five five today he's here to perform for a group obsessed with collecting data on this year's draft class i think it was like six or something around there giving me bone curse right here big hands were a large reason why former gator javon curse was known as the freak pit's goal for his pro day show off his own freakish talents [Music] that number might just help pits become the highest tight end ever drafted but the pressure of clocking a fast 40 can complicate something so simple how about this just run putting too much focuses on this just run the pits 444 unofficial 40 since 2003 calvin johnson the only wide receiver or tight end and to run a faster that's pretty good with the weight of the 40 off his [Music] shoulders kyle's focus turns to what he does better than possibly anyone in this year's draft class [Music] with his profile you see uncoverable yeah see that he dropped the ball so i need my quarter yes sir yo great day today y'all ready to rock out man i'm proud of you what's this whole process for you like just training working out uh it's been amazing just taking everything and being able to compete with some great players out of california i got to compete with justin fields jc horn michael parsons you know a lot of those top picks we always competing against each other you know keeping each other in the hospitals and at the end i can't wait to hear what they said about me today months of pre-draft training have come to an end they don't want to be great if they're not trying to come out ready the times have been logged skill sets shown off and every last detail accounted for [Applause] so 41 and a half with the draft quickly approaching the prospects head home before the big day for kyle pitts home is philadelphia his return to the city of brotherly love starts with a visit to his old high an school person so proud of you so good to see you i think you got bigger big is an understatement the player who might end up the highest tight end ever drafted has grown leaps and bounds since his playing days at archbishop wood high school i actually was a quarterback like my sophomore year and i didn't obviously didn't like it i made the transition and that's where i feel like my game started to go up kyle helped lead the vikings to two pennsylvania state championships the uniforms on the football field were fine in the classroom i don't miss these uniforms they got a lot of lockups yeah this probably don't break we're not using them yet though but kyle's future is the topic of the day where where are you did you get picked i don't follow the drafts yeah like [Music] the highlight is a chance to surprise a teacher who made a big impact on kyle's high school experience shower uh i got a little surprise for you [Music] how are you good how you doing so good to see you yay it came back to my old stomping grounds the good classroom your favorite teacher just came home for a week or two okay i'll be going back to atlanta i got to get some things then i'll go to cleveland i can't fit us both in there you're too tall okay that's good yeah awesome thank you oh i'm so excited for you kyle god bless take care all right this isn't just a social trip after months of training with his draft classmates in la kyle heads to his trainer's home base to work out with nfl vets including titan's defensive tackle tier tart former first round picturee floyd and eagles cornerback darius sled hey i had that this this man see he cut different man kyle as part of the lineage at a gym where success is marked in headwear it started 2010. once you signed to a school i'm signing the day you come here and sign it put your head on there it doesn't matter if it's d123 juco prep if you leave in high school and you're going to the next level to play you got a hat tag it up on the wall went from six hats to like 110 kyle's plan is to have more than just his cap on the wall so i'm gonna be actually right below my hat you know i'm gonna be right there so who are you gonna move i'm not moving i'm going on top the workout is just a warm-up for a day-ending competition being able to relax and come home and hang out with the fam that's important to me the while mom and dad are in a groove the medal belongs to me kyle and greg struggle early off the t watch the jawline that don't mean nothing he's upset now tell him why you mad god see y'all missing my mojo yeah you suck uh oh hey whoa there we go yeah there we go so i hit the blue don't know what i'm saying to be losing on the scoreboard blue orange and green almost broke the stick because i'm so strong loose and so was that ball [ __ ] goes there again someone's getting warmed up yup just like that we're back in the game oh my flintstones again and again and again it's over it's over buddy yeah it's over you're tired buddy you're tired [Music] green green for money that's yellow can we end this little friendly competition now man [Music] oh we probably just get a little emoji player game going take my time i gotta be up i'm just out here spending family time you know being away in cali for like three and a half months i miss him a lot so i was ready to get back get back to georgia new hampshire how many balls you got one two three four five yeah it's always been like how was it i mean you got three three a lot of trash talking usually you get real competitive and guys start going hard at whatever we're doing but it's kind of how it was growing up when your dad is a four-time pro bowler family time comes with the side of competition jc horn inherited more than just his dad's competitive drive and has been shutting down opponents since his days at alpharetta high school as a senior he reeled in five interceptions totaled 44 tackles and averaged more than 12 yards on punt returns [Applause] [Music] hold the ball correctly i just learned i'm an athlete jc may be a beginner when it comes to bowling but he's eager to learn you hold it like this i can't tell you all my secrets bro i don't know how to play how you hold it bro you gotta hold it to your comfort zone and pass that knowledge onto his friends and family i supposed to go over the line you know when i was boiling they were telling me throw it halfway now keep that speed on it you have to hold it then properly hold that thing right here i i don't have to hold it incredibly like as a baby it's you have to hold it properly go ahead bro you don't need a 12. let me show you guys come on come on go ahead there we go that's perfect strike yeah i don't see myself losing y'all you're not a professional bowler yeah everybody bro this strike hold on that's a strike [Music] all right too much vanessa's y'all gonna forget this one this over he gonna win here oh my god [Music] now you know in this game you got to call it shots right like you got to say 11 no you don't you only got to call the last one okay that was in scratch we do like an hour of butler service so it's kind of like where we bet and we say i lose an hour an hour he could say run to the gas station give me this i got to go get it right then and there no matter what 15 to 13 one time all the way down [Music] that's a bucky there you go that was luck don't try this at home [Music] he trying to make so many excuses that's over with bro calm down i'm just ready to get on the team you ready to play you ready you ready to compete yeah all this stuff around and all the hoopla around here it's okay to enjoy your hard work man yeah it's okay to enjoy that son i know i know you you want to get to it and get with it and all this other stuff is just extra yeah that's a part of it though like a blur and then you back to slap people in their mouth i mean this is what it is i mean that's what athletes do they enjoy it with their family they yell they cry and after the next morning it's back to getting that's all the time you're in shape you're ready to ride whenever they tell you it's time to go you go period getting closer to the big day starting to lose a little sleep just thinking about it just waiting to see what team i'm a part of you know what scheme i'm gonna be in just a whole bunch of different things with city i'm just excited [Music] great to be home so we're at my high school weight room right now and i mean basically you know growing up in high school coach dickman had us living since we were like uh fresher in high school look at that pearl oh yeah that's cute that's below parallel that's that's my hamstrings on my couch right that's why we do it he's doing a 400 squat this is his junior year [Music] this is a 285 cleaning jerk right here that was his junior we told him after he did 285 overhead like that that we weren't going to line to do anymore it was a little scary i said we can't have our starting quarterback doing any more weight we don't want him to get hurt so but yeah he had some pretty impressive lifts right before spring is going into his senior year it was a junior here [Applause] [Music] him poaching just me look he's shaking that's what i'm back he got his 300. usually whenever i'm home i come up here and uh live by myself so of course it's always good seeing coach dickman you know his wife so um definitely close within but it's it's it's awesome being back for sure at least do a light squat really full body workout oh [Music] i'm not even gonna lie to you leg training yes sir start playing three four ah where this thing burns he's slowing justin fields has been using his legs at harrison high school for a long time in two years as the starting quarterback he ran for 2096 yards and 28 touchdowns he threw for 4 187 yards and 41 passing touchdowns to be honest as a kid i really wasn't even trying to make it to the nfl i didn't know if i was good enough to be in the nfl my only goal was to to be on a college football team over time goals change and with less than a week until the draft the hard work hasn't stopped for justin come on now show me something you know they already said what they say you don't work hard you're slow what else they say he can't read coverages character traits are hard yeah hold up man i love you you know you hear all the critics you went from top quarters in the country to now they got you what the fifth best quarterback coming out if you talking to your new upcoming gm and team tell them what they getting in justin fields this right here that's all i do wait room field work film room like i feel like this is all i do and you know this show being here a lot of other people doing like stuff like that i feel like like my life is just working and then going back home and not not doing anything so it's pretty much what i do is work you know fully committed but they're gonna get a guy that's you know wants to win a leader on and off the field uh you know play maker a good person so who caller guy that's what your dad was right seriously service service to in the service military yeah just that hard work pedigree right got to get it every time got two [Music] right now we're in the friendship center this is where i spent like most of my time growing up as a kid me and all my friends running full court all day you know i'm like a stephen curry mixed with a harden and i got like lebron and you know vince carter ducking abilities i always say if i was about six eight i'd be in the nba okay like a zion williamson i think this with a better shooter like kevin durant or curry there's something wrong with that ball got one [Music] let me get him out early get out of my cage baby voter don't miss don't miss me i dare you i dare you [Music] almost don't pay bills micah parsons has always been a fierce competitor but when he's with his son malcolm he's a big softie [Music] ever since he was like two wanna have two he just always loved to come to the pool the number one thing my mom was like we gotta get a house with the pool the kids would love it they love to go swimming you want pool [Music] honestly being a dad is great and you know to see him do sports one day is gonna be awesome we ain't have it easy growing up so now i kind of like want to work really hard to give him like the life i've never had [Music] hopefully like down this path falcon has so much more opportunities than i did micah wanting the best for his son isn't surprising his own father terence decided to have micah switch from central dauphin to harrisburg high school during his junior year all that energy a move that helped micah get to where he is today bleachers this is where daddy used to play that's where i found myself when i came here this is kind of like where i finally got to like exploit like all my talents you know i was playing dn had to play some stand-up linebacker play some running backs some wildcat quarterback so it was actually like crazy harrisburg's new multi-dimensional weapon became one of the nation's best high school football players [Music] if you hit a person over and over again soon you don't they don't want to hit you anymore and i think that's our goal here we hit and hit soon several big time college programs like penn state came calling i didn't realize how big of a thing that was until everybody else was telling me it's like you got to offer penn state like you're growing place i was like i really don't know what that means but okay and that's when i realized like oh i could go further with this say cougar cougar cougar in his senior year micah rushed for over a thousand yards and 27 touchdowns as harrisburg posted its first undefeated regular season in 47 years everybody started coming to the games like the whole city was like behind us and it just like felt like it was like a movie almost it was like cool girls cougars we just kind of like rolled the momentum harrisburg ruled all the way to the state championship game where micah faced off against kyle pitts the young tight end scored the first touchdown of the game for archbishop wood dominant all season on the ground the vikings defense held micah in check it came out shorter state championship it wasn't for that loaded team with kyle pitts micah's time at harrisburg high may have been brief but he made a lasting impression both on the field and in the classroom this is mom dukes you know what i mean while i was here took care of me you know i mean make sure i can get my snacks out that room right there i was looking for you this is miss velez top three favorite teacher here oh mr schneider this is like one of two of my favorite classes ever room 170 with mr mac geometry i wanted to send out our appreciation and let you know that she was my favorite teacher and my time here at john harris that's awesome i really appreciate you doing that man that means a lot he's a joy he's a joy that's a common thing yeah he was a joy i wanted him to to be more than a football player i always pushed him to look at the academics and he lived up to that for me and throughout high school and in college you know so thank you miss phillips yes i am proud of you so proud of you i'm proud of you i appreciate that i love you love you too this is from moms right here school mom oh that would make me cry what's wrong he's getting frustrated it's too hot you want to blow on it blow on him you bout to change your life you always talked about that was here like are you excited or you nervous what's going on i'm not gonna lie i barely be sleeping it's really like nerve wracking really i know i have no idea what team like you what team believe in you yeah you know your potential but at the end of the day like i'm going to keep telling you wherever god puts you at you're going to be great i'll just be happy like when this process is all over and i could just look past it now the draft is just days away knowing that drive day's coming up it's definitely exciting and i think i was made for this moment it's just going to be an exciting day [Music] [Applause] [Music] something i always dreamed of just seeing how my mom and dad work and this is going to be like an amazing feeling for me to finally be able to get back you might see a couple of cheers or two micah [Music] i don't think i'm gonna cry man definitely think you'll see some tears from my family though i don't know how i'm gonna figure out that's gonna be filled with emotions i think i might cry on tv tune in next week to see these four lives change forever [Music] what are you wearing on drive day like you're going to be at your crib like you could no i'm a buyer be like a at an airbnb but you're not going to put on a suit or though you just don't have them like a fit right like a nice little some clean jeans yeah what you're going to wear some abercrombie probably some shorts and t-shirts if you're out in the crib like old navy yeah my old navy loves t or i can have on a green shirt with some eagles or some boot cut jeans with the tim's on oh navy tea and like some uh i was thinking about going to hollister in here right where they got that sale seventh grade vibe you gonna be in florida are you gonna be here you gonna do it out here i'm going back a lot has changed since late february the nfl decided to loosen coveted restrictions for the draft allowing a select number of prospects to attend in person that means the high school hallway look is out replaced by one that's ready for the runway i love suit so once i reached out to him you know once he said he's having a draft and i was like we gotta cook something up real nice just bring a different little pizzazz too i know the nfl drive now is it's a fashion show that came over iridescent and with green so when the light hits them it sparkles so i put the suede draper on the side with the corn pocket with no belt loops the two inch uh weight band gave him more comfort when he showed me his his tattoo which means a lot to him says keep pushing i came up with this to match the tattoo that you have that's fine so we use the lining on the vest and we also use the lining on the inside of the jacket and i have one special touch i want to show you you said that your coats called you the unicorn so inside your label you will see we have the unicorn 101 it won't be none another loop coin there's not many of them in the jungle i'm feeling blessed man this is what i waited my whole life for it's kind of surreal got my nerves my jitters right now but you know we could see the stage from here i've been standing at non-stop my name is called it's gonna be an unbelievable feeling you know we got my man sachi right here that's my second personality i might get doing a day sachi at night i always say i look good in blue and you know hopefully i'm drafted by someone in blue you ready we all ready he's in his blue it's in the parsons dna blues just the dream team man we are ready to go mike has a pretty nice fit on today too i was you know messing with him with his drip or whatever so yeah he's clean but he's looking cleaner who's the better dressed i don't mind getting kyle micah told me kyle looked like a bag of money so i'm guessing kyle what's up you feeling good let me see the fit yes but now i just wanted to call you before i started brother you're like good luck all right brother all right my boy i'm gonna catch him listen i've been waiting on so enjoy some family and friends getting ready to find out where i'm gonna go i ain't nervous yet like i'm just more so thinking about what city i'm gonna be in so i'm chilling drop started what you mean by the way today hold on that's it you gotta wait till they come out and everybody be like man your life's gonna change within the next hour or so but i try to just think of it as i'm still doing what i love but more people watching me now you know i got a little money in my pocket so i'm just ready to play football let's go champ where do you want to go doesn't matter you know what i'm saying but every nfl team is it's a blessing to go to anyhow so you feel me so it's already planned it's already destined what is meant to happen always does so [Music] i have to ask because you look amazing what are you wearing tonight we got sasha right under it made it for me plus some peace i think that's it man thank you appreciate it navy blue lost fresh cut a surreal moment you know every kid dreams of going to the nfl draft micah the playmaker i know who that is that's a bad look that's my sochi alternate personality [Music] yo big herb yes are you ready for the nfl draft and now it's time to meet your top nfl prospects with the stage set for the 2021 nfl draft there is only one thing left to truly make this event feel like it is back to normal [Applause] welcome to the 2021 nfl draft i didn't come out of my basement for nothing let's go come on [Applause] the phone's just ready we're in our spot you're nervous um i just want to make sure on the trip trip don't do that but that floor is like nobody will ever forget the jacksonville jaguars are now on the clock [Applause] [Music] the jacksonville jaguars select trevor lawrence quarterback clemson so quarterback quarterback quarterback going off the board that's the first time this century that's happened we've never had him go four for fourth the falcons about to make a pick could it be justin fields i mean the kid from georgia before he came to this state to play his college ball who's calling my phone right now hello yes people keep getting my number like [Music] boy cole yeah they gonna go i think they get kp [Music] hello i'm good how are you doing can you hear me yes sir okay appreciate the opportunity i'm ready all right thank you same here going to atlanta damn so you can take it all in bro take it all now you earned this with the fourth pick in the 2021 nfl draft the atlanta falcons select kyle pitts tight end florida [Applause] kyle pitts becomes the highest picked tight end in the history of the draft this is a unique player it's the highest grade i've ever given to a tight end ron collins [Music] to actually be here and get that call and see my phone ring kind of was something i've been wishing for since i was a kid so this experience has been crazy i'm so excited i mean i love ball so now that i get to go ball at the highest level that's something extra and i got to add some x to my game so i can't wait to see you know how my talent weighs up against the others thank you so much good luck thank you this is the theater at madison square garden in new york we are exactly one pick past the halfway point of the nfl draft and we've had a couple of players from the canadian football league taken within the last eight or nine picks and most recently joe horn you see he's listed as a junior college player but he played his cfl ball in memphis and he is now a selection of the kansas city chiefs joe horn was the 135th player taken in the 1996 draft 25 years later in an airbnb in georgia horn sits and hopes that his son j.c is selected in the top 10. my hey yo there's the only one that's that bad maybe that means something there's only [Music] we continue the one bengals have made their pick wide receiver chase yes jalen waddle wide receiver magon hey the show the detroit lions select penne sewell tackle oregon and so all offense off the board so far number eight is that hey trey you got the remote turn it up so we'll see what happens here you you really think it could be fields because he is there for the panthers taken i think the panthers go justin though there is only one quarterback they would consider taking that is justin fields from ohio state i don't think kevin i ain't called yet i think they would call him by him you said what might go eight to panthers the carolina panthers have made their pick i told you last night you you grew up in this league uh you know what this is about man you know the responsibility and you know what we're trying to do already make sure you you thank everybody in that room uh a lot of people right now my mom and dad right here beside me make sure you you thank everybody in that room that's helped you get there man mr temper our owner he's excited to talk to you here he is all right hey j.c how you doing hey we're happy to have you yes i'm glad to be a part of the organization i'll tell you i just watched you on tv you look like you're you're so good man you look like you're zoned out yeah man y'all have me nervous for a little bit we're tickled to have you here let me give you the gm here okay all right cool hey jc hey what's up hey congratulations man we're so excited to have you you're down we're ready to get there you're the exact player we need the attitude the play style so exciting the carolina panthers have made their pick and roger goodell is making his way to the podium to announce it right now let me get down let him get down with the eighth pick in the 2021 nfl draft the carolina panthers select jaycee if dad was joe horn he was a fifth round pick in 96 he made four pro bowls now his son goes number eight to carolina you're the first defense off the board right [Music] there is the reaction of the horn family the first defensive player taken in the nfl draft after we set a record with seven straight offensive players to start i told you before they gonna get the best defensive player in the drive a weapon you know i was happy when they called that's where i wanted to land going to charlotte getting ready for the season getting ready to play football it was meant to happen it's good stuff man [Music] three quarterbacks were chosen with the top three picks justin fields the two-time big ten offensive player of the year waits to hear his name called it's not the broncos because they would have called by now we shall see the denver broncos select pat certain junior defensive back alabama right now lewis can we imagine that the phones are busy in places like foxborough chicago well i think it's getting real interesting right now justin fields matt jones it's probably time for someone to go get one of those guys who's got the most upside of any of these quarterbacks after trevor lawrence to me it's justin fields for me justin fields is going to be a steal coming off the board at some point within the next few picks on draft night things happen fast and furiously the chicago bears need a quarterback and trade up from pick 20 to 11. they're coming to get fields they need a quarterback hello justin hi how you doing man what's up coach how are you doing i'm doing good how about you are you ready chicago let's do it let's do it let's go man we are so so excited sir all [Music] man i'm just so happy for you and your family worked hard to get to this point and now it's time to all right coach sounds good good work who would have thought chicago with the 11th pick i chicago bear select justin fields quarterback he never lost a game in the big ten he threw 63 touchdowns and ran for 15 more in his two years at ohio state justin fields has superstar potential he's headed to chicago where they desperately need him i'm ready to work that's it make it work i don't need to talk much i don't there's been too much talking lately so you show your work that's it and that knobs just work happy though i'm happy for sure it really hasn't hit me yet so let's go jay let's go jay yeah it's huge love it oh man i never been this nervous in a long time i'll tell you who won dallas nervous that was nervous but phones is ready if it's dallas i'm crying dallas we got it if it's dallas from crime because words really have power to ron if it dies i'mma cry bro micah parsons has long dreamed of playing for the dallas cowboys i need dollars come and get me he does come get me you came to guard me he always wanted to start this they could use someone like me bro where do you really want to go like what's what's the ideal spot uh you know obviously my dream location was dallas sometimes when you wish upon a star [Music] the star calls you back hello hey michael yes sir this is jerry jones and i'm calling to tell you we're turning your card in you're on cowboy you don't think it's too big for you to be a cowboy do you no we've sure enjoyed watching how you have progressed your career and you had great support in this room so we're proud to get you [Music] coach quinn smiling here dear he's your defensive coordinator and i'm gonna hand you over to our head coach yes sir micah congratulations from one pa guy to another i'm looking forward to getting you down here this is a you're a great fit for us i'm looking to come let's get to work right now yeah we'll do hey enjoy this time enjoy this moment with your family congratulations i will thank you so much the nfl draft the dallas cowboys a new chapter of his life begins as a rookie in the nfl micah will handle the challenge the same way he did the commissioner is he gonna give one of them good hugs he's getting a hug for sure by embracing it you ready my parents was a cowboys fan and all last year i said i was going to dallas it's crazy [Music] this is just the beginning of the journey i've been working for it all my life it's just my job to become the best quarterback i can be you know to have a dad play i just want to come behind him and make my own name in the league [Music] ready to work a lot of hard work put in there trying to block out the noise but i'm glad i get to work now and people can see the work you put out on the field keep down i have a lot of answers for those dollars hey all those guys we all win the top 15 pixels draft you know i'm happy for jc kyle and justin we all put in the work to get here and everything is paid

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Length: 86min 24sec (5184 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 14 2021

Reddit Comments

[u/butterfaerts]

I can’t help myself from reading “Kyle Pitts” as “Kylie Fitts” lol

[u/rogueleader12]

Inject all of this into my veins

[u/MidwayRoar54]

This shit got me hypeeeee!!

[u/lompocmatt]

God damn. I did not think I would sit down to watch an hour and a half video of JF and 3 other rookies but that shit was good. Got me hype for the season.

Also not gonna lie, I’m low key rooting for the other 3 guys to have good seasons as well

[u/FH_Bunny]

His work ethic is great. I cannot wait for this season to start. I knew his 4.4 wasn’t his best but damn, I can’t wait to see his new speed after college.