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Tory Horton: "We Have A Great Draft Class" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: You know there today for real. It was great. You know,
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  Speaker 1: just went out there, got a lot of mental reps.
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  Speaker 1: It's just nice to you know, be back in Seattle
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  Speaker 1: to one of my visits up here. Enjoyed it, loved it.
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  Speaker 1: The coaching staff and the program. Uh you know, they're
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  Speaker 1: all on top of the stuff. I'm just trying to
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  Speaker 1: be the student the game right now, so just getting
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  Speaker 1: real died into the playbook and you know, just taking
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  Speaker 1: as me mental reps as I need.
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  Speaker 2: How well they kind of ranch people up, I guess
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  Speaker 2: and getting into getting out the field and everything.
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  Speaker 1: Uh yeah, I kind of just lead it up to
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  Speaker 1: the coaches from my standpoint. You know, there's no rush
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  Speaker 1: right now, but I'm still working towards it. I'm feeling
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  Speaker 1: good where I'm at right now on a you know,
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  Speaker 1: great progress and you know, as I say, I'm just
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  Speaker 1: taking as me mental reps as I need and you know,
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  Speaker 1: still uh going gain speed mentally, so you know, I'm
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  Speaker 1: still progressing and getting ready to.
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  Speaker 2: Most people are saying you're one of the best picks
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  Speaker 2: in the draft going in the fifth round. Does that
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  Speaker 2: feel good or do you feel like, man, why wasn't
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  Speaker 2: it taken higher?
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  Speaker 1: Yes? It's a little bit of motivation knowing where I
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  Speaker 1: know got picked. But you know, guy have his plans
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  Speaker 1: and uh you know he he know that one of
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  Speaker 1: my teams that was talking on my list with Seattle,
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  Speaker 1: so you know, all worked out of you know, my
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  Speaker 1: favor you know, just congress to all the guys that
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  Speaker 1: went before me. But you know me, mentally, I just
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  Speaker 1: feel like, you know, I could compete with majority of
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  Speaker 1: those guys that you know when before and I feel
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  Speaker 1: like that I am, you know, one of the best
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  Speaker 1: in that draft. So h at the end of the day,
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  Speaker 1: it's just motivation and you know, I just gotta keep working.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously you've been doing sprints for a while, but what
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  Speaker 2: are those next steps for you as far as getting
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  Speaker 2: back to the field that were getting your comfort lesson
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  Speaker 2: to be able to get back in the field in particular.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, as I said, it's you know kind
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  Speaker 1: of up to the coaches and the training staff, you know,
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  Speaker 1: they being smart. Uh, just kind of just ramping up
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  Speaker 1: that you know, that load of you know, in and
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  Speaker 1: out of cuts and things like that. I just feel like,
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  Speaker 1: uh it's a mental standpoint, you know, just feeling comfortable again.
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  Speaker 1: And as I said, I'm on the I'm on a
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  Speaker 1: great curve right now of progressing, and I feel good
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  Speaker 1: on where I'm at. So you know, just keep building
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  Speaker 1: and that now that you're taking cuts in a round here,
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  Speaker 1: that motivation, Oh yeah, that's give me a whole lot
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  Speaker 1: of motivation. You know, just being able to get out
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  Speaker 1: and you know, just just run a couple of cuts
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  Speaker 1: here and there. I feel like, you know, that's always
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  Speaker 1: a great step to the you know, achieving the next goal.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, the best, the best of the best
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  Speaker 1: way to you know, go out there is being available.
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  Speaker 1: So you know, just taking care of myself, making sure
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  Speaker 1: I stay on top of my you know, my health,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, just being you know in that mental
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  Speaker 1: state of you know, landing this time, you know, do
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  Speaker 1: what it's gotta do, but still stay on top of
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  Speaker 1: my work, so you know, I gonna be ready for season.
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  Speaker 2: Your similar size, weight, speed, jumping ability to another Tory
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  Speaker 2: Tory Holts. Has anyone ever compared to you? To him
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  Speaker 2: or is the receiver that you've been compared to before?
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  Speaker 1: Uh? Yeah, it's I've heard that a few times, and
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  Speaker 1: you know that that's one, you know, that's one hell
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  Speaker 1: of a player. You know, he is a great player,
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  Speaker 1: and uh, you know I I kind of actually went
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  Speaker 1: back and watch something, you know, his his highlights, just
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  Speaker 1: because those quad bit people who said I was no
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  Speaker 1: similar to toy Hot and you know I was like
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  Speaker 1: with a coincidence, you know, me and him kind of
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  Speaker 1: got the same first name. But uh, it's just something
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  Speaker 1: that I kind of look at and I just try
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  Speaker 1: to see you know, even events here and just some
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  Speaker 1: of those guys that play you know before me. You
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  Speaker 1: know what I could take from their game, you know,
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  Speaker 1: kind of installing in minds and just you know, keep
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  Speaker 1: getting better.
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  Speaker 2: You excited for the chance to maybe.
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  Speaker 1: The return parts. Oh yeah, you know you know started
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  Speaker 1: doing her turn, I would say my junior year of college.
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  Speaker 1: Uh it was a little new, but you know with
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  Speaker 1: my baseball history, you know I kind of you know,
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  Speaker 1: got the track of the ball down. So uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm excited to get back there, you know, return some
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  Speaker 1: punts and you know, whatever I could do to help
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  Speaker 1: the team win and you know, help the team with
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  Speaker 1: you that goal. You know, that's what I want to do.
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  Speaker 1: I want to be that team player that you know
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  Speaker 1: everybody you know is trying to be so yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: was in the field. You know, I still got a
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  Speaker 1: little bit of pitching in me too. So you know,
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  Speaker 1: some of them guys kind of line up, we could
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  Speaker 1: we could go on that diamond, but yeah, centerfield.
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  Speaker 2: Eventually the punt returning aspect, But how do you see
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  Speaker 2: that outfield experience playing going after the football, tracking the
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  Speaker 2: football and all things your part to do with receiver.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so you know, just like baseball, you know, you're
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  Speaker 1: kind of reading that ball off for the bad. You know,
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  Speaker 1: from that punt return standpoint, you're trying to just read
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  Speaker 1: that ball off the foot. Uh, you know, from a
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  Speaker 1: receiver standpoint, you know, it's just that ball in the air.
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  Speaker 1: You kind of kind of know, you know, I just
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  Speaker 1: you know, I've been playing baseball so long. In football,
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  Speaker 1: you kind of just got to feel for with the
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  Speaker 1: balls landing and uh, you know, so you kind of
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  Speaker 1: just got that side adjustment, you know, even if it's
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  Speaker 1: a big adjustment to you know, track that football down
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  Speaker 1: and you know, give yourself to the best opportunity to
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  Speaker 1: make the catch. So and I feel like it kind
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  Speaker 1: of translates a little easier for me just because I've
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  Speaker 1: been doing it in my whole life.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of people are celebrating this draft class. What
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  Speaker 2: do you think of some of the guys that are
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  Speaker 2: coming in with you as a rookie.
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  Speaker 1: Oh man, it's great. You know, I feel like we
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  Speaker 1: got a great draft class. You know, everybody came here,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we ready to compete with, ready to work.
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  Speaker 1: And I feel like we do got one of the
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  Speaker 1: best draft classes. And you know this year's draft. And uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, as soon as I got in, I talked
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  Speaker 1: with Gray Zabeled. Me and him worked out together, and
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  Speaker 1: you know, he kind of had a feeling about going
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  Speaker 1: to Seattle and I told him the same thing, and
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  Speaker 1: it's it's uh, you know, it was just like with
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  Speaker 1: a coincidence, you know, just random people training together to
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  Speaker 1: you know, now you know we locked in teammates, and
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's just feel great. Yeah, all the guys here,
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  Speaker 1: the saded, you could tell they love the area. They
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  Speaker 1: love to know the program, the coaches and facilities. So
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  Speaker 1: you know, we're ready just to you know, keep getting
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  Speaker 1: keep getting at it, getting active, getting ready to go
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  Speaker 1: win some games.
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  Speaker 2: First love or what was your athletic background?
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  Speaker 1: Uh, yeah, I'd probably say baseball was one of my
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  Speaker 1: first sports. I started. I had a bit of a
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  Speaker 1: football family, so football was kind of something that took
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  Speaker 1: over and I always enjoyed, you know, to this day.
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  Speaker 1: My you know, my email start with baseball. I can't
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  Speaker 1: tell you all the whole thing, but you know, and
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  Speaker 1: started with baseball. So when I say the email, people
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  Speaker 1: was like what. So it's like you that's something that
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  Speaker 1: my sister made for me and I just never changed it,
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  Speaker 1: so it's always stuck with me. All right, Thank you,
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  Speaker 1: thank thank you.
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