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00:00 Running back, Jaheim White.
00:01 Questions for Jaheim?
00:03 So, Jaheim, you've been getting better and better,
00:06 but did you have a feeling that the progress is there,
00:09 and did you have a feeling coming in today
00:11 you were ready for even a bigger breakout?
00:14 Oh, yeah, just because of my preparation at practice,
00:18 being consistent and going 100%, you know, every day at practice.
00:23 And, yeah.
00:26 What was it specifically today for you that worked so well?
00:29 Just specifically today, what worked so well for you?
00:35 To be honest, I feel like everything,
00:36 but, like, I mean, I didn't get in the box,
00:39 so that's the only thing that really,
00:40 you know what I'm saying, messed it up.
00:42 How did it feel to get 16 carries to really get in a rhythm
00:45 and show these fans what you're capable of?
00:47 Oh, it felt great. It felt real great.
00:50 High school, you know, I had, like,
00:52 22 carries in a game and all that,
00:54 but getting the 16 carries in college football,
00:57 you know what I'm saying, is great.
00:58 I feel good.
00:59 Is it part of your mentality,
01:01 because it'll pick up some of the runs
01:02 you were really trying to break it
01:03 to get maybe into the end zone and make them a feat?
01:06 Is that your mentality to try to drag it as long as possible,
01:09 and how were you able to do that maybe in this game?
01:12 I mean, that's just the action, like, my reaction, you know.
01:17 Seeing it, trying to go score every time I get the ball,
01:20 yeah.
01:21 It seems like with your skill sets,
01:22 you and CJ are a really good duo.
01:25 How far do you think that backfield can go this season?
01:28 Oh, we can go real far.
01:29 Like, our whole room is just talented,
01:31 so, yeah, real far.
01:34 You see on that outside zone and toss and those things,
01:38 what do you look for there?
01:41 Well, I look at the free safety.
01:42 I see, like, if the free safety go,
01:45 you know what I'm saying, on the other side of the field,
01:47 then it's a home run.
01:48 Like, I know my receiver's going to hold the blocks for me.
01:51 All I got to do is just, you know what I'm saying,
01:53 progress and just go.
01:55 It looked like that line
01:59 did a really good job setting the edge pretty much all game.
02:02 Yeah, yeah.
02:05 How easy does that make those outside runs
02:07 when you're really not getting touched until you hit?
02:10 It made it feel real easy.
02:12 Like, that whole line, they're really good.
02:14 You know what I'm saying?
02:15 They put a lot of work in what they do, and, yeah, like...
02:20 Is there any significance in the number 22?
02:22 There's a pretty good WVU running back
02:24 all the time getting rushed from what Sam said.
02:28 I don't know. I don't know.
02:32 I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.
02:35 I don't know.
02:37 Did you and CJ or any of the other backs
02:39 have any conversation on the sideline about,
02:41 "Hey, I saw this hole," or, "I saw this,
02:43 and I can get going just in particular with this game
02:45 since you had real great games, obviously"?
02:47 Yeah, we always talk about, like,
02:48 once we come to the sideline and we sit down,
02:50 we always talk about, like, what we see out there,
02:53 and we just, you know what I'm saying,
02:54 just go back and forth with it.
02:55 Maybe that was discussed.
02:56 Oh, no, no, no.
02:59 Is there any way you can describe, like,
03:01 if somebody who hasn't seen you before,
03:02 the running styles, maybe similarities
03:04 or differences between you and CJ?
03:06 Because it seems like you're a little bit of lightning,
03:08 where you just get that burst where CJ wants to be the thunder
03:11 or the guy who just blows through holes.
03:13 Yeah. Yeah, I'm the more explosive, the scat back.
03:17 That's what they call me,
03:19 and the whole team call me the scat back.
03:21 CJ's just, like, more of the downhill runner.
03:24 You know what I'm saying? Yeah.
03:26 You excited about next week?
03:28 I mean, that's, you know, cool atmosphere,
03:30 environment to play in.
03:31 Yeah. Yeah, I'm very excited.
03:34 Yeah, I can't wait.
03:36 You didn't play at Penn State, right?
03:38 Did you get into that game? No.
03:40 So, I mean, this will be the biggest environment
03:43 you will play in, obviously.
03:44 Yeah, so...
03:47 So...
03:49 I mean, you know, season high for you tonight.
03:52 I mean, you look pretty calm about it.
03:54 Are you going to celebrate for 24 hours,
03:56 or what are you going to do?
03:57 No, I mean, like, I've been waiting for this moment,
03:59 you know, because, like, I'm humble,
04:01 so, you know what I'm saying?
04:03 I keep my composure with everything I do,
04:04 and when it's just my time to go play, I just,
04:07 you know what I'm saying? So...
04:09 Are you somebody that sets personal goals at all?
04:12 Like, did you enter this game saying,
04:13 "I got to get to 100 yards,"
04:14 or "I got to get a touchdown," or anything like that?
04:17 No, it just happened.
04:19 Let my work take over.
04:21 It sounds like you're still not satisfied
04:23 that you didn't score today.
04:24 Is that still sort of a bone?
04:25 Yeah, I'm upset I didn't score.
04:27 I should have scored on the one-on-one I had with the safety.
04:30 I let him tackle me. Coach Scott going to get on me about that,
04:32 and then running back meetings or whatever,
04:35 but, yeah, that was a long one right there.
04:39 I should have got that one.
04:41 The more reps you're getting,
04:43 is this game slowing down for you?
04:45 Are you seeing things that you maybe didn't see before?
04:48 Yeah, I'm seeing a lot. Like, it's slowing down.
04:50 Like, me going to film with Coach Scott,
04:54 you know, going back and forth with it,
04:57 learning the pickups, like the blitz pickups
04:59 and all that, the pro and all that,
05:00 yeah, it's going, like, real slow.
05:04 This is probably for a lot of people
05:05 just much more fun to watch the offense, right?
05:07 Scores points, goes up and down,
05:08 but as a player, the past couple of games,
05:11 is it more fun to play, and if that's the case,
05:14 what's happened to make it enjoyable?
05:16 [Sighs]
05:18 [Sighs]
05:20 Ooh.
05:22 Can you repeat that one more time?
05:23 It seems like you guys are having a lot more fun
05:25 on the offense right now.
05:26 It was harder early in the season, right?
05:28 So, what has switched where this has become
05:31 more fun for you guys?
05:32 Oh, well, we really, like, put in the work.
05:35 Like, that's all it really is at practice.
05:37 You know what I'm saying?
05:39 Coach Brown, Coach Scott, like, they with us,
05:40 and they're on us about, you know what I'm saying,
05:42 what we do at practice,
05:43 and, like, we just try to make it possible,
05:47 you know what I'm saying, like, work hard and don't,
05:50 I don't know, let up.
05:53 Talk about the way you guys are playing, though.
05:54 It's a lot of movement. It's fast sometimes, too.
05:56 Is there something about the quality
05:58 that gets you all going?
06:00 Uh, I don't know.
06:02 The energy, you know, yeah, energy.
06:07 I think CJ said earlier this week
06:09 that sometimes you guys take things from one another.
06:12 What's something that maybe you've taken from his game
06:15 and you can see he's taken from your game?
06:19 Oh, man, that's a hard one.
06:22 That's hard. I ain't gonna lie. That's hard.
06:24 I can't.
06:26 Oh, man. Uh, I'll say, like, for me, me taking, well,
06:37 I don't know. I don't know how to put it.
06:40 Yeah, like, we just, you know what I'm saying, just different.
06:42 Yeah.
06:45 Of the plays that you're running here
06:47 that you're getting the most carries on,
06:49 what one is the most natural for you?
06:51 Like, what did you run in high school a lot?
06:53 Is there one sequence or whatever
06:55 that you've had to work on to figure out how to run the best?
06:59 I like the zone, inside zone, outside zone, counters.
07:04 I really like it all because, like,
07:06 getting behind the two big pullers,
07:09 like, nobody can see me.
07:10 So, like, once I make my move, yeah.
07:17 Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you.