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Press Pass | Wesley Williams Media Zoom Call | 2026 NFL Draft · Press Pass

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: What's going on? Wesley?
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  Speaker 2: Congratulations, man, did you have any idea that Jaguars were
• 0:05
  Speaker 2: interested in you?
• 0:06
  Speaker 1: Recording in progress?
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  Speaker 3: All right, hey, jam are you doing?
• 0:10
  Speaker 1: Yeah?
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  Speaker 3: No, I did have a little bit of an inkling.
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  Speaker 3: I met with them for a former interview with the
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  Speaker 3: Combine and just like some more like some slight conversations. Obviously,
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  Speaker 3: every team's draft process is different. But it's funny. I
• 0:21
  Speaker 3: joked about like ended up with the Jaguars and it happened,
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  Speaker 3: So it was awesome.
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  Speaker 1: What's this process been like for you?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, what's going through your head when you see
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  Speaker 3: that number pop up on your phone? I mean it's
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  Speaker 3: just the craziest experience ever. I mean, this whole there's
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  Speaker 3: nothing quite like the NFL draft. So you know, just
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  Speaker 3: trying to be humble and wait my turn, and you know,
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  Speaker 3: whatever the call happens, it happens, and just it's really
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  Speaker 3: not about you know, when you get drafts is about where.
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  Speaker 3: So I feel like I got drafted to a great organization.
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  Speaker 3: I'm really excited to work.
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  Speaker 1: Congratulations man, welcome to Jacksonville.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you.
• 0:51
  Speaker 1: Westley. Congratulations. Can you describe for us your game because
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  Speaker 1: I know in the athletics the Beast Tame Ruler says,
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  Speaker 1: you model your game after Cam Jordan. I'm curious in
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  Speaker 1: terms of stylistically where you fit into the a modern
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  Speaker 1: NFL defense.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think there's always a spot in the defense
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  Speaker 3: for someone who's going to be high after high motor
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  Speaker 3: and physical, and that's really what I try to hang
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  Speaker 3: my hat on. I think, you know, you can't make
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  Speaker 3: any plays if you're not around the ball. So that's
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  Speaker 3: really the first thing I start with is just making
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  Speaker 3: sure that I'm around the ball to make plays. Obviously
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  Speaker 3: have to develop, you know, a deeper bag as I
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  Speaker 3: enter this, you know, professional level, but.
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  Speaker 1: You know great And then of course you played in
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  Speaker 1: the tax Layer Gator Bowl back in twenty twenty four.
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  Speaker 1: What do you remember about that experience and what do
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  Speaker 1: you remember about downtown Jacksonville.
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  Speaker 3: I loved Jacksonville. I love that weather because it was January, so,
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  Speaker 3: you know, getting away from a little bit of that cold.
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  Speaker 3: It was nice. The bowl game was great and we
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  Speaker 3: didn't win, so you know that that hurts, but it
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  Speaker 3: was a really good time in the city of Jacksonville.
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  Speaker 3: Showed us a great time.
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  Speaker 1: Awesome congratulations, Yeah, thank you, d Ruh gratulations. Wesley.
• 1:58
  Speaker 2: Uh, just why are you so good at blocking kicks?
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  Speaker 3: Honestly, I would say simply because I care. A lot
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  Speaker 3: of people take that as a playoff, and it's kind
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  Speaker 3: of just not how it's taught to play the game.
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  Speaker 3: You'd be surprised, you know, how many extra plays you
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  Speaker 3: can find just by always being on.
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  Speaker 2: So it's not more it's more of an effort than
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  Speaker 2: a technique.
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  Speaker 3: Then, I would say, so effort technique and just you know,
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  Speaker 3: paying attention in the meetings.
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  Speaker 1: But you blocked two in one game I guess against Clemson. Uh, yes,
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  Speaker 1: so it was that's sort of like you're coming out party.
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  Speaker 1: That was a season opener, right.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, there it was, Yeah, it was. It was a
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  Speaker 3: crazy experience. If the stadium was packed, it was awesome.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks Bron, Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: All right, looks like that's oh one more.
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  Speaker 2: Rachel Phillips Sorry, yes, congratulations. Just wondering you talk about
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  Speaker 2: that effort, Where does that come from for you? Where
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  Speaker 2: does that kind of deep rooted fear.
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  Speaker 3: I would just say I kind of had to to
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  Speaker 3: play football in the first place. My parents didn't me,
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  Speaker 3: So I've always seen it as a gift and an
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  Speaker 3: opportunity more so than you know. Just something that I
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  Speaker 3: just came out. The woman had a football helmet slapt
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  Speaker 3: on me. So I think that, you know, especially just
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  Speaker 3: the fleeting nature of the game, leads me to just
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  Speaker 3: want to go all out because you never know when
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  Speaker 3: your last snap is going to be.
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  Speaker 2: Did you have a conversation with your parents today saying, Hey,
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  Speaker 2: I know I had to beg you for this, but
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  Speaker 2: are you kind of glad I did.
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  Speaker 3: I had that conversation long ago when I got to
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  Speaker 3: college paid for I made him, made him feel it,
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  Speaker 3: but not
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  Speaker 2: Congratulations, thank you and thank you