Indianapolis now and joining us, former Alabama, offense of
lineman. And another guy who was bigger than Chris Sims,
which is always a delight. To me. It is Evan E11. Welcome to
the program. How are you pal?
I'm doing good. I agreed to be here.
He their offensive. Lineman man. Their natural intuition is
protect the quarterback, so he's not going to beat me up or
doing anything. If anything when we see you, we're going to
beat you up. All right, just so you know,
heroin after you
watch out, man.
But Chris, I'm trying to think of where those offensive
lineman, where the day that you got your spleen knocked out.
I so maybe that was. I didn't have, I didn't may be wondering
what? I know you. That's a good.
You're right. That's it. Or maybe if I had more Evan
Neil's, I still have a spleen. You know, that's what I do.
Yeah, right. Exactly.
Go ahead. Mike. You haven't six foot seven? Six, one. Seven.
What age were you when you really started to grow and
realize, I'm going to be a pretty big person.
Man, right out of the womb, whenever I was born. I was 11
pounds, twenty two and a half inches and my family likes to
joke with me and say, you know, I drove home from the hospital
sitting up in my car seat is. So
I've always been big got man. Uh,
he's great. I was
in eighth grade. I was smashed 66
shoe,
370. So I've always just been a big man for sure. Worst 370.
Yes in eighth grade. Yeah, so you didn't play eighth grade
football. I did you did
Our Youth Football League?
Your youthful. I mean, what parent would let you touch
their kid at 8th. Grade at that size. I'd have been like I'm
pulling my kid out of the league today. He's not playing
against this guy. My kids, 140 pounds,
and they portrayed. What's funny about that, man? In the
directly that I played in.
They took off the weight, limit for the Godlike. I run
the ball. Got my coach. Let me run the ball, you know, and
basically, I was dragging those God to the touchdown and
Parents,
try to keep him out of the league. So yeah, I would think
so.
You've played both left. Tackling right tackle and we
hear guys, explain, from time to time how different it is.
Because most people think all tackles tackle, but what are
the differences? Depending on
what side of the line, you're on
a different technique, you know, basically, you have to
just the same thing just on the other side. That's the way
I look at it.
The players of the same, the footworks, the same, you just
really
the body mechanics of it all, you know,
opposed the kicking with your left foot. You're kicking with
your right foot opposed to I'm taking your first step with
your inside foot. You may take your first up with your outside
foot. So
it's really pretty much the same thing in my opinion. You
know, you may be, you may go against the best pass which is
on the left side because most guys lined up there.
Let's pass pressure on that side. But other than that,
for me, you know, if I'll process it tackles, pretty much
tackle. Yeah, you don't you, you favor one though. I mean,
you know, because like, I mean a basketball. I'm a lefty.
I want to drive to the left, and then there's, and I know you're
gonna be able to pull off either one. But is there one
where you feel more comfortable,
kicking with the right or the left either way?
Yeah, I felt. Comfortable at both before we do. I definitely
like a left tackle. Definitely you like, left tackle better.
Yeah, and I feel like the fact that I moved around in Alabama
so much. I never really had a chance to really just settle in
on a spot for
sure. So obvious, how to do that on the next level. Yeah.
What about now like size-wise like is as far as what do you
play at last year? You told me before you came on here. You're
right around 337 right. Now. You said
we're was, is it a conscious effort right now, to be
a little thinner, and quicker for the combine. Is this going to
do for going forward? What do you want to play at
all? Like this. Wait for sure. Yeah. Go through 35 range. 2340
range. Once. That's a conscious effort, man. I'm just a, I'm
just a big guy. Yeah, you know, I've been training hard. I've
been eating right, you know, in the weight kind of just
came off this past season. I played around 340 2335. Okay.
Okay, you do 45. Mm. Yeah. All right, like, Bama
all the damn offensive lineman. I mean, you know, all the guys
in the NFL and we just do you don't talk about the culture
there and just what's expected from Nick Saban offensive line.
I mean, everybody knows when
Alabama Comes To Town. On its five NFL offensive lineman
just talk about what it's being light and being a part of
a program, like that
frontman are in the trends. That Alabama is all about
toughness, man, and durability, for sure. I definitely can say
that on
all of those guys, whole bunch of guys, out of bed, my God,
they're doing great in the league. I'm proud of all those
guys, and I'm decided to be the next one. Will you ever worried
like Dan? There's so many damn good guys here. I might not get
on the damn field here a quick enough or you know,
was there ever a worry?
I never really worried about that too much man out. Yeah.
I kind of just want to go in and
do my best to just find a spot anywhere on the offensive line
anywhere. Yeah.
Every time we have an Alabama guy on the show, every time we
ask about Nick Saban, we're always looking for good saving
stories. Give us your best one. Evan.
Of course, they've been pretty much the same guy all the time.
All he's got a good one, but he's scared to tell it. Yeah,
that's the look. I just got my kit. So yeah, I gotta go guys.
Do I tell this
work for him anymore?
But he's still gonna see this
and I think I'll go back from protein
for sure. But um,
I'm saving the great. God angry grunt, you know, track record
speaks for itself.
Alright, next year, when
you get the real answer out of them.
That's great. That wasn't quite the question. William stop in
the middle of the sentence and stopped. Acting like he did
a few years ago when he was talking about Kyle of mercury
power. Make
your the currently the betting favorite to be the first
overall, pick Evan. How big of a deal would that be for you?
If you're the first name called,
it would be extremely special. I feel like every guy has
dreams of being the number one pick at some point, you know,
if that would be me and that to be an offensive lineman, you
know, that would be extremely special for sure. I'd be really
proud of that.
All right, put you on the spot here. Okay. Don't give me.
Don't give me that. Nick Saban crap. Answer. You just gave me
all right. And I want to know
one
who was the guy at Alabama that you just threw your years that
you just met them. And then he was unbelievable. He's
the freakiest guy wherever it, whoever it is on the team
and then I want to know the guy
just that you played against
in college, where he went.
Whoa, he was phenomenal as well again. Give me two guys.
I got you. So, yeah,
I got it actually went up again, so it can be offering
some guy in practice or anybody and yeah, you can go as far as
Bama, guys. You can go anybody you want and Bama guys, and
then I just want another guy in another.
Team, you have a lot of guys that bound my nugget. That's
why I want to hear. I can't really
shoot. I can give you more than one name. I seen a lot of God,
do a lot of freaky stuff. Yeah Nagi the we can just heard of
the guy
effortlessly.
Jhelum waddled Henry Rose all those guys. I know but for sure
man,
the best path was ever been against his will. And he said,
you know, he's been he's a special talent and, you know,
you definitely got each other better every day. I practice
for sure. Yeah. Well, yeah, well as a damn good player. Oh,
yeah. Yeah. I mean those get intense you getting like you
never get any fights or is like saving you.
You guys pretty good. As far as, like, never Crossing that line.
Yeah, cause we don't like fights and practice like that.
You know, we do a lot. Find them between the whistle for
sure, right? Yeah. Yeah, I figured.
Who's the guy that you can't wait to take on at the next level?
Any and everybody, you know, it's great, talent everywhere.
And then I fell, you know what? I'm just excited to be a part
of it and test my steel up against the best competition in
the world.
Is there one guy you have in mind regardless of position
quarterback? Receiver? Anyone that you're just gonna like
freak out? When you see that guy on the field in uniform,
either on your team or on the other team.
Um,
I'm not sure I'm not really got to get Starstruck like that.
But you know, like I said, I'm just excited to play with all
of those guys been in the same. - some of the Great's. I mean
maybe I guess I could say like I got like Tom Brady but he
retired. Yeah, but other than that, maybe no. I didn't know
I didn't. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. Right by that. All right, we got a video of you.
All right. The box jump video.
Okay. I haven't seen this yet.
What? What do you a ballerina? What the hell you doing here
doing? Damn scissor kicks on a box 6 - girl to me.
Um, so we kind of started off with like a progression. My
sophomore year,
I jumped up. 36 inch box, and I
kind of went from there.
That's a 48 inch box of like me to increase. But damn. Yeah,
dr. Area and Coach blue, our great strength coaches and you
know,
definitely give credit to them for me, being able to do
something like that. That's that I've never seen that. No.
I mean, I really have what's, what's the I mean, I know
you're trying to jump and person. What's the point? The
point of splitting the legs
and doing that aspect of it?
I'm not sure you got a doc about that. But, uh,
what else did it? Because they said, yeah,
it's doc the crazy guy on the sidelines that yells everybody
or who Who's a good? The crazy
get back coach on the Alabama? You have wondering why that
would have been Cockney thing about car. Think that's who
you're not there anymore. He's not there anymore. All right,
my bad on that one.
All right, so NFL wives though. I mean, you know, you're going
into a different animal here. As far as what you gotta do.
What's the area? You look at like I got to improve this.
Hey, I was good in college, but I know I'm going against
a different Beast. Now. What's that area? You look at, I can
say My overall just knowledge of the game. Yeah. Also,
this guy could have better body control. Troll And The Run game
at, Toms know, my base can get, you know, close together and
like era. Yeah, narrow. And I tend to fall off blocks at
times which to
lean on him a little bit. Yeah. So definitely having a better
body controlling know just get my feet on the ground and
really get hooked up with guys. Right, right. Yeah. Yeah. That
seems to be one of the bigger adjustments for big guys, like
yourself, because I guess you probably been able to get away
with just leaning on guys, for the most part.
Now, you're like damn, wait, I got to actually move my legs
here. Some of these guys are almost as big as me, right?
Yeah. It was. Ooh. Yeah. All right. We're looking forward to
watching you, man.
Thank you Maxim. But all right. Yeah.
Hey.
Congratulations on all your success and here's to being
the first overall pick in the draft. Good luck. Moving
forward.