Auburn Tigers College Football Media Day Quote, 07/21/2022

On what is so special about the bond that he has with people in the LaGrange/Auburn area:

When my mother got married, we moved to LaGrange [Ga.], and I was able to build relationships with teammates and friends and a couple of those guys who came to Auburn with me. It was great to have experience with them in high school and in college.

On how he made his decision to stay at Auburn:

When I came to Auburn as a freshman in 2020, I just felt like this school is different. After my sophomore season, I felt the same way. I want to change and do the things I need to do for Auburn. It’s a different program, and you have to be a different man to be in this program. A lot of people don’t like us, and a lot of people speak bad about us, but at the end of the day we have to come to play, and we have to be ready to play. That’s why I’m came to Auburn, and that’s why I’m still at Auburn. I feel like we’re doing to do what we have to do this year and handle our business.

On Head Coach Bryan Harsin:

We are playing hard for coach, but we’re playing hard for each other, for the team. The situation that went on brought us closer. It brought us closer as a team and as a family. We go out and play for each other and lay it all on the line and do everything we have to do to get a win.

On running backs that he models his game after:

I look at a lot of guys. I look at Alvin Kamara, Nick Chubb. I look at a lot of guys like Dalvin Cook. I look at him a lot. I like his running style, catching out the back field, the way they use him. I like how they do that. I really don’t speak with guys, but I look at them and watch their film a lot.