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Press Pass | Josh Cameron Media Zoom Call | 2026 NFL Draft · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Nic josh Man, Welcome to Jacksonville.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, what was the moment?
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  Speaker 3: Kind of like, what was when you saw the what
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  Speaker 3: goes through your head and you see the phone ring?
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  Speaker 3: To be honest, my heart kind of dropped for a second.
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  Speaker 3: I looked at my mom like, Uh, Mom, the phone's ringing.
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  Speaker 3: She's like answer it boy. So yeah, No, it was
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  Speaker 3: definitely definitely excited, definitely happy. I'm just definitely blessed to
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  Speaker 3: be in this position, like I said a little bit before,
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  Speaker 3: just my whole journey from where I started to where
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to go.
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  Speaker 2: It was definitely surreal feeling.
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  Speaker 3: It's definitely a dream come true and something I've dreamt
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  Speaker 3: about ever since I first started playing football. And I'm
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  Speaker 3: excited to, like I said, get to meet my new teammates,
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  Speaker 3: get to be in a whole new city, and just
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  Speaker 3: to experience experience all the new duds.
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  Speaker 2: That you were a pretty dynamic punt returner in college.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, what goes through your head when you see a
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  Speaker 1: point in the air and you're getting ready to catch it?
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  Speaker 2: What's what? What's what are you thinking? Yeah?
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  Speaker 3: So I played running back kind of early on before
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  Speaker 3: I switched to receiver, and so whenever the balls in
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  Speaker 3: the air, my thing is shoot, get at least the
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  Speaker 3: first down, then after that.
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  Speaker 2: Go score touch now.
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  Speaker 3: So that's always my mindset and it's always let the
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  Speaker 3: first guy tackle you. So I think just having that
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  Speaker 3: dynamic ability to be a receiver, punt returner and kind
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  Speaker 3: of helping all those units something that I can definitely
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  Speaker 3: bring to the table.
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  Speaker 2: Congratulations, Josh, Yes, sir, Thank you, Hey.
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  Speaker 4: Josh, congratulations. In terms of your conversation just now with
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  Speaker 4: the Jaguars, but in general through the pre draft process,
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  Speaker 4: what's kind of the sales pitch for you as a player.
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  Speaker 4: What is it that you bring to the NFL.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, for me, you're gonna get a physical, tough receiver,
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  Speaker 3: someone who likes to do the dirty work, someone who
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  Speaker 3: just likes to do it all, and someone.
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  Speaker 2: Who is really, I guess you can say a unicorn.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not your stereotypical receiver body type wise, but I
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  Speaker 3: think that works in my favorite to where you can
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  Speaker 3: put and plug me into so many different positions and
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  Speaker 3: I'm just that guy who can really just do it
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  Speaker 3: all type deal. I bring my special teams ability as well,
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  Speaker 3: and so I'm just someone who can, like I said,
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  Speaker 3: just do it all totally.
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  Speaker 4: Not a lot of unicorns walking around. But if there
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  Speaker 4: is player who you've modeled your game after, who would
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  Speaker 4: that player be?
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  Speaker 3: A player I would have to say, Poogy Nakua. Kind
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  Speaker 3: of watched him just throughout the process. You know, we're
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  Speaker 3: both in the Big twelve, so just kind of seeing
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  Speaker 3: his journeys from where he kind of starts where he's
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  Speaker 3: at now, and both kind of similar size, and so
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  Speaker 3: he's someone who I've been watching, someone who I've been
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  Speaker 3: tuned into.
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  Speaker 4: Awesome, congrats, Josh, Thank you, Alessandra.
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  Speaker 2: Nice for congratulations.
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  Speaker 4: I'm wondering how ex editor are you to join a
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  Speaker 4: group that has Travis Hunter and Brian Thomas Junior and
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  Speaker 4: all the receivers that we have here at the Jaguars.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: No, it's going to be super exciting to get with
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  Speaker 3: those guys. You know, I played against Travis Hunter back
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  Speaker 3: in the Big twelve days and so getting to be
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  Speaker 3: teammates is really cool. He's a dynamic players, one who
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  Speaker 3: whenever he gets the ball in his hands, is really special.
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  Speaker 3: And the same with Brian Thomas. That dude, he's a
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  Speaker 3: freak athlete, someone who can make plays. And I'm just
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  Speaker 3: looking to come in and do the same thing at
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  Speaker 3: to the depth of the room.
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  Speaker 2: Be that difference maker as well.
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  Speaker 5: Mark, Yeah, congrats, Chess. What's the significance of thirty four?
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  Speaker 5: Seems like there's a story there and are you gonna
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  Speaker 5: have to give that up at the NFL level?
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  Speaker 3: So I'm hoping I can keep on wearing that in
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  Speaker 3: the NFL, but we'll see whenever the time comes for
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  Speaker 3: that decision. But really, going back to number thirty four,
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  Speaker 3: really from eight to ninth grade, that's when I switched
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  Speaker 3: to receiver, and so I was still wearing thirty four
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  Speaker 3: as a running back, and then I had the decision
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  Speaker 3: to change my number again. I was like, shoot, I
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  Speaker 3: like to be a little different. I like to be
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  Speaker 3: you know what I'm saying, be my own person. So
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  Speaker 3: I'm gonna rock that number thirty four at receiver. So
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  Speaker 3: I kept all throughout high school and then kind of
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  Speaker 3: same thing. Whenever I got to Baylor, had the decision
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  Speaker 3: to I could have changed it, but I was like, shoot,
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  Speaker 3: this is me. I'm still gonna be unique. I'm still
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  Speaker 3: gonna be me, and it's gonna remind me of the
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  Speaker 3: journey from walk on to where I am now, so it's.
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  Speaker 2: Kind of that dual piece.
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  Speaker 3: It's just kind of significant and it means everything to
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  Speaker 3: me for sure.
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  Speaker 5: So when was the last time you wore a number
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  Speaker 5: that was not thirty four?
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  Speaker 2: Uh?
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  Speaker 3: I think seventh grade, I believe or something like that,
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  Speaker 3: eighth or seventh grade, one of the.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and what was the number?
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  Speaker 2: I was number five?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's number five.
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  Speaker 2: Number I wore number five before?
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  Speaker 5: And then a five to twenty eight squad? Is that
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  Speaker 5: that that's gotta be that's gotta be fake news.
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  Speaker 3: No, it's not fake news, no, sir, that is very real.
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  Speaker 3: Coach Victim had this putting.
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  Speaker 1: That way on that bar.
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  Speaker 2: We'll say, yes, sir.
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  Speaker 5: So when did you hit five twenty eight? Uh?
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  Speaker 1: That was this pass?
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  Speaker 2: Or yeah, this pass off season? Then like two off
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  Speaker 2: seasons just hit five to twenty eight?
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  Speaker 5: Is that part of the unicorn that you're talking about,
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  Speaker 5: because it's not.
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  Speaker 2: Very normal for a rest, Yes, sir, yes.
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  Speaker 5: Sir, All right, well that's gonna I think that'll probably
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  Speaker 5: resonate in an NFL locker room a little bit. That'll
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  Speaker 5: get you some cred right off the.
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  Speaker 3: Bat, right, Oh yeah, for sure, Yes, sir, okay, thank you,
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  Speaker 3: thank you well end here with Rachel.
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  Speaker 6: Hey, Josh, congratulations. I could see some people kind of
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  Speaker 6: in the background taking some video of you. Just what
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  Speaker 6: is it being like to share this moment with them? Oh?
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  Speaker 2: Man, it means everything.
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  Speaker 3: Everyone who's in this room has played such a significant
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  Speaker 3: role in my life, has made an impact on my
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  Speaker 3: life one way or another, and so to share this
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  Speaker 3: moment with all them, I mean, that's that's why I'm
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  Speaker 3: here today. They've just impacted me in so many different ways,
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  Speaker 3: from the off the field to how I carry myself
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  Speaker 3: to who I am today. I used to be a
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  Speaker 3: little shy little kid who just say hey, and my
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  Speaker 3: mom like go talk to some people, and so just
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  Speaker 3: getting out of my shell and just growing up to
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  Speaker 3: be who I am today, it's a it's a really
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  Speaker 3: cool feeling. I'm I'm blessed to have all these wonderful
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  Speaker 3: people in my life.
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  Speaker 6: Who's around you should get the world to come in
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  Speaker 6: and say, hey.
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  Speaker 2: Okay here, I'm gonna going sorry real quick, you're.
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  Speaker 6: Sound Yeah, Okay, that's awesome, Josh, thanks for that, and congratulations.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, thank you Josh. Yeah, And that's everybody that's the
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  Speaker 1: whole fan some more appreciate you Josh appreciate HL