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

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  Speaker 1: Hello, everyone.
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  Speaker 2: We have a manual here for you.
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  Speaker 3: As always, if you have a question, please progress.
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  Speaker 2: We will go ahead and start with Jamal, followed by Mia.
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  Speaker 3: Congratulations Emanuel. Just what was this draft process? What like?
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  Speaker 3: And I mean, how does it feel to officially be
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  Speaker 3: a Jaguar?
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  Speaker 2: It feels great. I'm forever grateful. I feel like the
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  Speaker 2: man at hour this process. You know, it was up
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  Speaker 2: and down. I just kept my head, keep my head down,
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  Speaker 2: kept working, stay true to the process and everything that's
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  Speaker 2: gotten me to this point and now I'm here.
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  Speaker 3: Did you have any idea the Jaguars were interested?
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  Speaker 2: Uh? I believe they had. They had interest in me.
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  Speaker 3: Appreciate Emmanuel. Congratulations man, welcome to Jacksonville.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: Hi, Banuel, congratulations. Can you kind of give us an idea.
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  Speaker 3: I think a lot of people, I don't want to say,
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  Speaker 3: they use the transfer portal as like a dirty word.
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  Speaker 3: But you're from an example of someone who you go
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  Speaker 3: from the group of five level up to the power
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  Speaker 3: for all the way to the college football playoff. Can
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  Speaker 3: you just describe your journey from high school to where
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  Speaker 3: you eventually finished your college career at Oregon.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. So coming out of high school. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I wasn't very heavily talented. I wasn't looked at, but
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  Speaker 2: I didn't let that discourage me. You know, I knew
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  Speaker 2: that it was work to be done, work needed to
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  Speaker 2: be put in, and I was willing and ready to
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  Speaker 2: do whatever I needed to do to get the exposure
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  Speaker 2: that I needed so I could do my part on
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  Speaker 2: the field. You know, I came in from Tom Thomas Jefferson,
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  Speaker 2: went to Wyoming, you know, I got another opportunity, went
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  Speaker 2: to USC and then got another opportunity and went to Oregon,
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  Speaker 2: go to Demetrius.
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  Speaker 1: Just in terms of in terms of what what you
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  Speaker 1: bring to the table, you know, for Jaguar fans who
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  Speaker 1: may not know, what would you say to.
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  Speaker 2: Them, I would say a tireless work ethic, you know,
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  Speaker 2: a relentless mentality, just like an absolute dog mentality, will
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  Speaker 2: willing and ready to do whatever it takes to help
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  Speaker 2: the team, to help the team win and succeed, and
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  Speaker 2: just honestly dominate because that's the type of player I
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  Speaker 2: feel like I am. As a dominator, I impose my
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  Speaker 2: will on others, whether they like it or not. And
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  Speaker 2: that's what I'm going to be there to do and.
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  Speaker 1: It seems like you played some of the most snaps
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  Speaker 1: in college football over the last several years, just in
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  Speaker 1: terms of durability. How were you able to stay so
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  Speaker 1: healthy and just be able to keep going throughout the years.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's the consistency and routine and understanding that it
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  Speaker 2: takes more work than honestly just going to your trainers
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  Speaker 2: and them giving you a sheet to do to take
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  Speaker 2: care of your body. It comes down to how the
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  Speaker 2: initiative and how willing you are to really learn about
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  Speaker 2: those things, learn about your body, what is what works
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  Speaker 2: for you, what doesn't work for you, and then create
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  Speaker 2: your process, create your routine in order to sustain a
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  Speaker 2: healthy body and be durable have longevity.
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  Speaker 1: Awesome, congratulations again, thank you
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  Speaker 2: All right, Thanks Emmanuel, thank you