Huskies cornerback shares his thoughts on making a game-winning play against Texas to earn National Championship berth.
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00:00 >> I don't think I'm quiet or shy or anything, but people say I am.
00:06 But I feel like, I don't know, I just keep to myself sometimes.
00:10 But yeah, hi, dad, if you're listening.
00:13 >> What was he like after the game?
00:16 I mean, he mentioned that when he saw the ball coming your way,
00:19 he knew that you were gonna come through cuz he didn't have a doubt.
00:23 But what did you think?
00:25 His reaction, what was your reaction after that game?
00:27 >> My whole family was proud and I was just happy I was, you know what I mean?
00:31 I was able to show for them, for my family on and off.
00:34 Because my family, my mom, my dad, my brothers,
00:37 my little sisters put a lot into me to get here.
00:40 Yeah, cuz everybody had to sacrifice.
00:42 So I feel like just me making that play helped to show them,
00:44 like, you know what I mean?
00:45 All the sacrifices didn't go to, they didn't waste their sacrifice and
00:49 their time and their effort.
00:50 And people had to get less because, you know what I mean?
00:53 I might have, my dad might have been taking me here and
00:55 he wasn't able to take my little sister here.
00:56 My mom had to do this.
00:57 And so I feel like me showing up, showing, you know what I mean?
01:01 It's kind of like a gratitude, that play was kind of for
01:03 them to show all your hard work that you helped put into me didn't go to waste.
01:07 >> You also have some, at least a relative that played in the NBA or
01:10 has a basketball background, right?
01:12 Just how much did you channel that leaping ability in that final play?
01:16 >> Yeah, I just, me, I personally don't think I jump, I don't know.
01:23 A lot of people, I do jump high, but to me, I don't feel like I'm really jumping.
01:26 You're straining to jump, jump, jump.
01:28 So I feel like I just leaped and floated up.
01:32 In the video, it seems higher, but in my head, it's just like a regular jump.
01:36 You know what I mean?
01:37 >> Well, let's just take us back to the drive in general,
01:39 because it didn't look like the defense was even gonna have to go out on the field
01:43 in the last minute of the game.
01:44 But because of the injury, you guys had to.
01:46 Was there a feeling at all of, man, this game is not over yet?
01:51 >> I feel like it's not, our defense does a good job of knowing,
01:54 because of the previous weeks, it's never over until it's over, you know what I mean?
01:57 Until the refs call a game.
01:59 So I feel like it was unfortunate for one of our brothers to go down, but
02:03 we knew we had to lock in for him.
02:05 And it's like a SWAT team mentality.
02:08 When we're up, we're up, you know what I mean?
02:09 No excuses, no explanations.
02:11 So when we get out there, you know what I mean?
02:13 We put the game on our backs.
02:15 And we had to do it for the offense that played a great, great, great game.