Texas CB Malik Muhammad, Miami CB Keionte Scott, LSU CB Mansoor Delane, Clemson CB Avieon Terrell, & Tennessee Jermod McCoy join the show from Indy

Our coverage of the Scout and Combine continues here from the Indiana Convention Center. Joining us now, a Longhorn. Chris gets so happy when it's horns up, Tom. Malik Muhammad, cornerback, Texas. Yeah, hear that music? There you go. I hear the music. They know what time it is. I hear the music in my sleep sometimes. They know that. What's up, man? How's the experience been for you so far? The experience has been great. It's been good. It's not as taxed in the entirety as former people that I talk to said. Okay, yeah. You've had meetings so far, I guess, basically, right? Yeah, a lot of meetings, yeah. How's that going so far? What's that like? We had some defensive players here yesterday. They were like, I've never been so nervous walking to a meeting or anything. You don't seem to be nervous about anything. Oh, yeah. I mean, it's just like football. You're just talking to people at the end of the day. Right. Like talking ball. or they just ask you about your character and different things of that nature. But it'd really be normal to me to just talk. Yeah, that's right. Just talk and ball. Well, he had a better showing against Oklahoma in 2025 than you did in 2001. Yes. He had two interceptions against Oklahoma. I threw two interceptions. You threw two interceptions. I think I threw three that game, actually. Yeah, but definitely legend right here of what he did. Talk about the Red River rivalry, right, and just that game, that atmosphere. I try to explain that to him sometimes, how special it is there, right, to kind of explain it to the viewers a little. So the game is really like, I don't know, because I don't really like, I don't really like, I get up for games, obviously, but I don't really like just make it like. Bigger than it is. Yeah. Yeah. So, but I mean, it's a traditional game. Yeah. Like probably the biggest rivalry in college football. It's up there. The atmosphere is crazy. like the 50-50 stadium. That's what jumps out to me, right? The stadium being split down the 50-yard line where you're in a home game one side of the field and then an away game on the other side of the field, right? Yeah, and especially like hearing coming out the tunnel, like you hear them while you're in a locker room, like right before we're about to all come out the tunnel. Right, and it's always the OU side. Yeah. But it's a wild atmosphere. It is. It's cool. So if I understand this correctly, Malik, you were considering playing receiver, but you got a couple of cousins that nudge you the other way. Tell us that story. So originally, like, I liked the receiver over corner. But, like, you know, you just have conversations with your uncle and just being, like, realistic on, like, there's a thousand receivers out here that play receiver and that are good at receiver, super athletic, this and that, over six feet, and those types of things. And then you, like, okay, where is the moneymaker at? A lot of people don't want to play corner. Yeah. So if you can master corner, master techniques and master IQ with the instincts along with your receiver skills that you have, why not go play corner and make money? A lot of people don't want to play. I hear you there. I think you're right. Everybody wants to be a receiver right now. Everybody's trying to jump onto that bandwagon. I mean, who the hell in your family? Who are the athletes? I mean, damn, you got DBs in the NFL just growing on trees in their family? Yeah. I mean, we even got hoopers. We got girl hoopers. We got Jabbar. This is bomb side, dad's side. Where is this coming from, all this athletic ability? It's like. Both sides? I mean, what is it? No, it's really on my dad's side. Your dad's side? Yeah. Brothers and his sisters, they all got kids who play sports. So that's where it comes from, the athletic teams. Well, he got some of the basketball, apparently. We've got some video evidence of Malik playing high school basketball. We can run. Oh, we don't. We don't yet. We will eventually. We'll work on it. We'll work on it. A little track, too. A little track, too. What was your event? Long jump, triple jump, high jump, 4x1, 4x2. And I sprinkled in a couple 4x4s. Okay. Awesome. That's a tough one right there. Yeah, that's tough. Well, he comes from DeSoto, Texas, right? And, you know, talk about his family being athletic. DeSoto, Texas, I feel like you'd probably go, this is probably the thousandth guy that's been from DeSoto that's been at the NFL Combine. Yeah. It's unbelievable, right? What was your high school? I went to South Oak Cliff. Okay. Okay, and did you have some, like, big-time players there when you were there or even before you, like anyone that, you know, people at home would know that are famous football players? That are famous football players. Yeah, right. You got, I mean, I don't think Mike Adams went to a South Oak Club. Okay, but Mike Adams, yeah, we don't know the name. You got Coward. Yeah. You got, it's really, like, former. Yeah, it's more of the older guys. More current players. Like, it's more current players. Okay. But it's a lot. Like, I think I had, like, 21 D1 players on my squad. And all of us, the whole secondary went D1. See, that's just crazy. That's the point I was trying to make. I know it's a hotbed for football. It's unreal, that part of the country. What NFL team did you grow up rooting for? I didn't have one. Really? Whatever. I mean, I was more so like whoever got a good offense and defense. Like, whoever was a good team. Like, I never just had a specific team. So you just jumped on the bandwagon. That's what you did. Whoever's a good offense, good defensive team. Bandwagon guy, that's who you are? A bandwagon guy? I don't know. But, yeah, whoever had a good team. Right. Who about your favorite players growing up? Who was, like, guys you liked to watch or tried to model your game after? Revis, Darrell Revis, Charles Woodson, Deion, Pat P., Patrick Peterson, and Champ Bailey. All right. So you went back and watched some of them. I played with some of those guys. Yeah. Yeah. All right. All right. I like that. Got a little old school feel for you. Yeah. Definitely. How about right now? I mean, all the guys we got in Texas, all the guys that are coming out in the NFL every year, you talk to anybody as far as what to expect? Like you brought up like it wasn't as grueling, the experience. Who did you talk to to know about the experience of the combine? I talked to Jaday Barron. Okay. Matthew Golden. Right. Sprinkle like some of Makuba in there, Andrew Makuba. Yeah. You know, we sometimes talk to Xavier Worthy and Adonai Mitchell. Right. Byron Murphy. Yeah, so you had – Just guys like that. Yeah, not short on resources there. Yeah, Baron Sorrell also too. Yeah, right. Are you doing the workouts? Mm-hmm. Everything? Not benching, not the L drill. Okay. Everything goes. Okay, not benching. You got to work on the pecs a little bit. Yeah, me and you both, definitely. But that's awesome. All right, so going to do the whole thing. 40. You've got a gauge in what you think. I mean, what are you hoping for? I don't want you to have to put yourself out there, but give us a range in where you think you can go here. 435 to 440. Okay, so you're talking that, right? Yeah. I had heard you had that kind of speed, right? John Bianco, some of the people of Texas told me you could run like that. I didn't think you were going to say 435, though. I didn't know that. Yeah. Alright. We're going to see though, because they don't think I can run. They don't think you can run it? Alright, we'll show them. Right. Show them. No doubt about it. Well, Malik, before we let you go, we'd like to give guys a chance to look into the camera and say hello to anybody you want to say hello to. Anyone in the world. Anyone in the world. Anybody you want. Like his mom watching? Say hi to mom to anybody you want. Yeah, to the immediate family, of course, parents, siblings, cousins, friends. He's general. Anybody who's watching, yeah. All right, so what number are you going to wear in the NFL? What are you going to try to wear? You care? I know it's going to be a good number. Yeah? Are you going to try to go single digits or are you going to go like 20, somewhere in there? Oh, yeah. Like the single, I like 1, 5, 7. And then the 20s, I like 21, 23. All right. Numbers like that. Yeah, you might have to write some checks to get those numbers in the NFL. We'll see if that happens. We'll see. Well, hey, Malik, we wish you all the best. Enjoy the rest of the combine. And we can't wait to see where you end up in the NFL. Thank you all so much. All right. There is Malik Mahavad. Long horse, baby. Welcome. From the Scouting Combine. We're covering the Scouting Combine. Continues here from Indianapolis. Joining us now, Miami cornerback. Keontae Scott. Keontae Scott. A.K.A. Zip. What up, Zip? A.K.A. Agent Zero. Damn. Do you prefer Zip or Agent Zero? I got to go Agent Zero. That was a gift from Coach Cristobal, so I got to keep that one. The coach gave you that one. You go, all right, I'll wear that one. And he did wear number zero. So where did Zip come from? Zip is more so like from my teammates. I short for zero so like zip And then also I pride myself on being able to lock things down Oh okay So zero is like zip Nada You not getting anything Nothing All right That a good one I actually really like that man I might make that stick in your NFL career here I appreciate that. You better get drafted to a team that has zero available or it's going to cost you a little money. To be honest, I want to get in there first, man. I ain't really worried about the number. We were at 58 if we have to. Right. Right. How did you end up in Miami? I mean, Miami is such a team where it feels like there's so many South Florida guys and just people from that region. You come from San Diego, right? How did that all work out? Yeah, I definitely think the long journey for sure, having to go JUCO out of high school, having a learning curve in there, having to learn how to do my process the right way and handle the business off the field as far as the classroom goes. And then you go to Auburn and you thrive there for a little and then you hit a down year and different things going on. And then you're just searching for comfortability. And I think you go back to having Coach Cristobal on the staff, which he recruited me out of JUCO when he was at Oregon. When you were at Oregon, okay. That's where I thought it might have come from. Yeah, and then Coach Harris, he recruited me when he was at Washington, and then Coach Zach Etheridge was with me at Auburn. I committed him at Auburn. So, you know, just the familiarity there was something that I was definitely, you know, super comfortable with and decided to make that decision. Yeah, awesome. Well, great comment from a former Snow College coach about you, Keontae. He's obviously a phenomenal player, but he's such an outgoing and inclusive type of individual. His teachers loved him, the food service ladies loved him, and the janitors loved him. So that's a great testament to your character because it's the things you do when people aren't paying attention, how you treat the people who aren't in a position to help you directly. They're in a position to support you, and that's an excellent observation and speaks very highly of your character. Yeah, I definitely feel like it's important to talk to people. You never know what someone's going through at that time and that moment. Just to say hello may change their day. So I pride myself on speaking to everybody. Most of the ladies in the front, I call them best friend or something, just to make sure to check in with them. I feel like they do a good job of always checking on us. So just to apply that favor back is something I pride myself on. Yeah, it's natural to you. I can see it. It definitely is. Now, if you watch the college football playoff, everybody, Agent Zero was freaking everywhere. He was hitting the shit out of everybody. Do you know you're 6'1", 195, though? Because you feel like you play like you think you're bigger than that. Yeah, you've got to play big at all times, especially playing in the nickel position. And, you know, there's different things you got to do, you know, as far as fitting in the box and different things like that. So, you know, you got to play big. You got to play strong. So, you know, definitely the confidence gives me, builds me up to like 6'3". So, you know, I just try to play confident. Nickel all the way, though, right, in the NFL. You're getting that. I mean, I know you can play outside. I get that. But, I mean, it just seemed to me watching you on TV. And like I told you, I hadn't studied you yet, really. But you seem like you're the perfect NFL nickel for what teams are looking for right now. Yeah, I feel like, you know, just a guy that's, you know, being versatile. So I feel like, you know, at times the nickel has to be a linebacker, a defensive end, corner, safety, all that different times. He's got a tackle and do that stuff. So I feel like those are all the things, you know, I pride myself on. So, you know, I'm definitely looking forward to, you know, I'll label myself as a defensive back. Don't want to never, like, label myself as one thing. You know, I'm willing to play any position on the field for whatever team picks me. Right. What's your goal for the 40? My goal is to run fast, man. You know, at the end of the day, you know, I want to put myself in the top calibers for the 40. As far as who ran it, you know, all the draftable guys. So I'm definitely looking forward to it. You doing it all? Yeah, I'm doing it all. All right, the U. The U's coming. They're fighting this week. All right. I like that. Who, growing up, who was your favorite team? Who was your favorite player? As far as what, like college or NFL? NFL. Or you can give me both if you want. I think I definitely got to go with the Seahawks, like the legend of Boom and what they were doing on defense was something that was very attractive to me as a kid, you know, seeing how they flow around, like Cam Chancellor. Right. Guys like that. Ballers. Yeah. Yeah, you were young prime right there. They were the best defense going. Man, crazy. So, yeah, Seahawks, all those guys in the DBs there, you were down with them. Yeah. Yeah, definitely. You were a good receiver in high school, playing both ways. What caused you to go toward the defensive side of the ball? Yeah, well, actually, I was going to end up playing both sides at my junior college, or at least I was going to try to, but then, you know, departed. But, you know, just wanted to, you know, see the longevity of a career. And I feel like as far as, like, defensive backs, you know, there's a lot of great receivers, you know what I'm saying. But as far as defensive backs, there's a lot of great defensive backs. But I've just seen more longevity on the defensive side as far as my career, and I'm glad I made that choice now. How about NFL life? What do you look in that? What do you hear from the evaluators? They usually tell you things they like, things that, hey, can you get better at this? What is that in your department there? Yeah, so I feel like a lot of teams love the versatility I put on tape. They love the willingness to tackle, the willingness to fit in the box, the willingness to cover. And as far as things you can prove, I feel like I play aggressive at times. So, you know, when you play aggressive at times, you fly around. And I feel like I get to the spot of making the tackle, but sometimes you can see me out of control at times. And I feel like that's definitely something. Yeah, but when you play fast and you play physical, you know, that comes. But that's definitely something I'm looking to mold in my game of still keeping that same aggression of getting to that spot and getting to that tackle, but then controlling it at times to be able to complete the tackle. Yeah, right, right. Hey, we like to give everybody a chance to look into the camera and say hello to anyone they would like to say hello to. I just want to say hello, Mom. Hello, family back home. Shout out San Diego. I'm looking forward to repping the city for sure. What's up, Mom? What's up, San Diego? Yes, sir. The man right here, Keontae Scott. All right, before you go, because I can tell you you know football and you pay attention, all right, don't give me any bullshit answer here. Who's the best player you played against in college football? The best player I played against in college football. Right. Who's the guy that just when I said that, you were kind of like, damn, that guy was a baller. Throughout my whole time. Yeah, whatever you want. I'm going to go Bryce Young, to be honest with you. I feel like when we went up there to Tuscaloosa back in 23, just a guy that just knew every defense we were in, I felt like. Doing different things, I feel like, were maybe not even supposed to be doing. He would motion out the back just to see if we're in a manner of zone. Little different things, but I feel like he was a great player to play against. Just a guy that I feel like had all the answers to what we were trying to do. All right, well, you're good to see him again. He may be your teammate, or he may be on the other side of the ball. We'll find out soon when Keontae Scott enters the NFL. All right, thanks for some of your time. Congratulations on your success. All the best in the draft. We'll be back with more from the Scouting Combine. Zip. Go Cames. Zip. Joining us now at the Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. Busy day for the defensive backs, and it is LSU cornerback Mansoor Delane projected to be. Baller, baller, baller. Don't tell anyone. Don't tell anyone. He's projected to be a top ten pick. We don't want him to know. We don't want his head to get too big. Yeah. Welcome. How are you? Pleasure to be here. Appreciate y'all having me. Of course, man. How does it feel to hear your name as a projected top ten pick in the NFL draft? I still, like you said, don't even believe it. I don't let my head get too big. The process isn't over yet. So until I hear my name called, I still don't believe in myself. Hey, you could still be a top five pick. It could keep going up. Exactly. I'm not even settling that ten. I'm trying to go as high as possible. Well, one of the coolest things I like about this guy, because you've got to have it to be a DB, You know, Jim Thorpe wore the finalists, right? Yes, sir. But my man's a little chippy. He's a little salty, too. A little salty? Yeah, yeah, I like it. I saw this quote. We got some researchers that, you know. So before the year, you weren't even on the watch list for the Thorpe? Yeah, yeah, I took that personal. Yeah, you should. I wasn't even on the watch list. So I was like, okay, cool. That's how y'all view me. So I took that personal. Finish as a finalist. You know, I'm cool with Caleb, so, you know, I tell Caleb every day, man. That's okay. You know, that one hurts right there, but I think I should have gotten that one. Yeah, right. He had a lot of hype with that Ohio State team. Yeah, for sure. He deserved it. No, he is deserving. Safety, corner, and he edged you out. For sure. All right. You end up at DB University. You came from Virginia Tech, which also has had some pretty damn good DBs through the years, too. Sure. But how did it happen? What led to the transfer? Sure. You know, kind of made that decision around my last year to either go to the draft or enter the portal. You know, I was getting third, fourth round draft projections, you know, and I've always kind of viewed myself as a first round player. You know, so I thought there was more meat on the bone. You know, entering the portal kind of wasn't really about, you know, the most money for me. It was about playing at a school that was the closest thing to the NFL. Right. If I didn't go to the NFL. Yeah. And I was looking at schools like Alabama, Ohio State, LSU. And ultimately, you know, LSU was the best opportunity for me and made a great decision. Real quick right off of that, just what was the difference in the player that you played against? Because we talk about this, SEC, Big Ten football right now, right? The difference between the player you might have been seeing in the SEC no disrespect to it to the SEC right For sure I say the big boys The big boys The big boys You know I think the skill players everybody has skill players for sure Yeah right right But the big boys and then I say the expectations You know, just of the SEC, that's the big thing. You're constantly on the biggest networks. Right. All the eyes are on you, so it's just up to you to go handle your business. Yeah, yeah, good answer though. You're right about that all the way. Speaking of business, your brother served as your business manager and personal assistant of sorts because of the NIL stuff. And it's a great point. There's so much to worry about. So many different things to make sure you have taken care of. You're paying taxes on the money that comes in, for example. So I assume it can be overwhelming for a guy who I know it would have been for me at your age. I went from having no money to having money. What do I do with his money? For sure. It's great to have a family member like that who can look out for you. My job was to focus on football. You know, I didn't worry about how much money I made, to be honest. You know, I don't know how it sounds, but I didn't check my bank account at all. You know, I wasn't like, you know, how much, you know, am I making this month or whatnot. I was focused on playing ball and, you know, getting that next check, you know, getting that big NFL check. So, you know, I've been fortunate to have people take care of that aspect of my life, and, you know, I appreciate that. You, you know, work top ten pick. You working out? Sure. I had a procedure done at the end of the year, so I'll probably end up running and stuff like that at Pro Day. Yeah, it doesn't matter. Don't worry. Your tape is going to say enough, so don't feel bashful about it. I know you're chippy and want to play ball. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm competitive, so it really hurts me. I really want to run, but it's just not the smartest thing to do right now, just timetable-wise. Don't put a number out there that's going to hurt you, right? Nothing's going to hurt me. It's not going to hurt me. Okay. Will you be ready to go for a Pro Day? He's a DB. So he'll be good to go for the Pro Day. Yeah, yeah. You're going to see a number for sure. Well, he might get to a point, too, where some of these guys we've seen, where it's going to be like guys like me are going to watch film, the league's going to start watching him more, and they're going to go, we don't really give a shit what he runs. He's fast. He runs with every receiver there is. And I would not be shocked if that happens with this guy right here. Tell me about your dog, Nola. Nola. Yeah, yeah, I love Nola. You know, that was my first dog when I got to New Orleans. So, you know, I named her Nola. You know, again, maybe I was just a little lonely, you know, moving from, you know, Virginia Tech, you know, to LSU. So I think, again, with her, just, you know, being able to kind of, you know, take care of another life, you know, was a big, you know, step for me. Realizing that, you know, I was selfless in myself. Not just everything didn't revolve around myself, but, you know, having to come home to take care, you know, of something, I think that was a big. What kind of dog is Nola? Yeah, what kind of dog? It was an American Bulldog. Okay. Yeah, a bully. So, you know, she's a little crazy, but, you know, I love her to death. Is she still young? She's a puppy. She's like 11 months. Yeah, so they've full of life. Yeah, I'm coming home with small practice to, yeah, God knows what in the house. But isn't it great, though? Isn't it great? Eating your couch. Eating my stuff. Best thing about having a dog, good day, bad day, doesn't matter. They love you. Yeah. And sometimes you need that little kick. Nah, for sure. If they love him, they'll love anybody. So, you know, that's for sure. Hey, this is the guy who has chickens to love. I do. I got dogs, too. I don't blame you. I don't blame you. High school, what sports do you play? I wrestled. Played football. Okay. Wrestling helped a lot. You don't hear that from corner much. Wow. Wrestler, like, I'm not a lie. I played in the NFL for eight years. My dad played for 15 years. I don't know if I ever had a corner to wrestle. For real? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. I think wrestling, that developed a lot of character, you know, again, too. And then tackling-wise, too, you know, it's a feisty little sport. So I think that definitely translated to football, too. Okay. You got your eye on the number you want to wear in the NFL. Not really. I love seven. Seven would always be my favorite numbers, and four obviously two would be cool. But in the NFL, you kind of have to earn your keep. So I'm not opposed to doing that either. All right, seven. You talk to any of these LSU DBs that are already in the NFL to give you a little experience or what to expect here? For sure. Just reaching out to those guys. Again, that's another reason why I came to LSU, to have those resources, just, you know, to ask those guys, you know, how do they do what they do at such a high level? And I really appreciate those guys for giving me feedback and, you know, adding to my game. Who do you talk to a little bit? So we got, what, Patrick Peterson. Yeah, Patty P, and he wore seven, right? Yeah, he wore seven. You know, you got some of the guys, Tyra Matthew. Damn, another seven. Another seven. Yeah. Who else? Stingley and his pops was big. You see them around a little bit? You see them around for sure. You know, they were big into the VR. So I haven't heard of that before. You know, I got to LSU, so I was doing a lot of virtual reality reps before I even played a game. Wow. So that was cool, too. It's funny. A lot of programs use it, and they don't talk about it much because it's good. It is good. It's that and some of the other technology. Yeah, teams are like, we don't want the other team to find out right now. For sure. For sure. Yeah, yeah. It's definitely a little boost, a little edge right there. All right. You don't seem like you're a bullshitter so far, okay? You're on your game here. But I do want to know, who's the first quarterback you want to pick off in the NFL? Come on, don't be shy. Let me see. I'd say Lamar Jackson. Yeah. That's my favorite quarterback. Of course. So, you know, you pick off your favorite quarterback. Exactly. That's the best thing. Exactly. You know what I'm saying? All right. I got to go home. All right. And what's going to be the receiver in that go-to moment with that first time? You're going to be like, damn, I'm about to cover this dude right here one-on-one. So, I'll just say, like, with Jamar Chase. Yeah. Jamar Chase, you know, I think, you know, he's respected in the league. You know, and I like to, you know, try to take the head off the crown first. So, you know, I feel like, you know, that's somebody I'm looking forward to going against. LSU on LSU crime. Look at that. Before we let you go, look into the camera. Say hello to anybody you would like to say hello to. True. Family. You know, obviously, I appreciate y'all for everything. You know, I just, I'm not here by myself. I didn't get here by myself. So, I just appreciate everything, you know, y'all have done for me. All right. That was awesome. First thing you're going to buy with that NFL money? Another dog. Another dog. Some dog food, some treats. I know it's expensive, so I probably get some of those. Some things that chew on other than your furniture. I get my shoes and my chairs, so I get some expensive treats. All right, hey, Mansour, congratulations on your success. All the best. Top ten, top five. Keep it going, buddy. And we look forward to seeing where you land in the NFL. Appreciate y'all. All right, we'll be back with more from the Combine. We continue at the Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. It's defensive back day, and joining us now, cornerback, Avion Terrell, by way of Clemson here in Indy, and he's ready to head to the NFL. How are you, man? I'm good. I'm blessed. Glad to be here. Man, you are blessed with great DNA, family tree. For everybody out there, his brother is A.J. Terrell, who's one of the best corners in the NFL and was a first-round pick out of Clemson as well, Atlanta Falcons. Was it just Clemson all the way? Was there no doubt we were going there just because brother went there? At first, I was the brother of like, yeah, I don't want to go to Clemson. But Clemson's just home. When I visit, I had to go there. It was home. Just made too much sense. It was too easy. It was too comfortable. Yes, sir. What was it you saw? What was it you heard that made that, this is it, I got to be here? Just the relationship they built with me when I was there with AJ. And then just the coaching staff being there for that many years, that stood out to me. They're not a coaching staff who switch up every year. just Coach Reed, the corner coach, been there since my brother's been there. Everybody was still on staff, so that's what stood out to me. Yeah. I got to, like, say, we got a cool research team here over here, and the first thing that jumped out to me when I just looked at some of the stuff that, you know, your bio and all that, your damn high school. Holy crap. Tell us the name of your high school. Tell us some of the ballers that you played with that came from there because you got an NFL all-star team at your high school. Yeah, that's a lot of names. You got Nate Wiggins, A.J. Terrell, Cam Newton, Pac-Man Jones, Malik Willis. It's a whole lot. Yeah, you're right. Zion Young, right? Yeah, Zion Young. I'm tripping. Zion Young. You got players we didn't even hear. Clayton Lee. There's just a lot of players. Did you guys lose a game in high school? Yes. Damn. I'm disappointed in you, man. It was crazy. All that talent came to my high school. We don't got no state championship. Is that right? Yeah, no state championship. Who the hell are you guys playing that's beating you? Damn. I know Georgia football is like that. Yeah, it's crazy. It definitely is. Man, how about this one? Five forced fumbles, a record for a Clemson defensive back in a season. What's your secret to getting a ball out of somebody else's hands? Yeah, it's just a want to. That's all it is. It's not nothing I dream about. It not nothing I just say I going to go in the game and do it It just a want to And just securing a tackle first I feel like that what stood out to me just secure the tackle first and then stripping for the ball So that comes with a lot of want to You've got to want to take the ball. Are you punching it, you're stripping it, how are you getting it out? I can do both. Sometimes if they don't see me, I'm punching it. If they see me, I'm stripping it. So, yeah. Man, DBs, I mean, you've got to tackle right now. It is more of a thing than ever. All right, so how much do you talk to bro in this process? Did you lean on him a little here before you got here? Yeah, it's an everyday thing. Me and bro talk every day. Right, every day. And you're going to do everything in the workout here? I'm set to 40. You're not going to do the 40? You're going to wait a little bit? Yeah, I'm going to do that pro day. Okay, all right. But you're going to vertical, do all the drills, do all that stuff. Yes, sir. All right, cool. All right, off of that, I want to know who was the toughest guy for you to cover in college football in your career there? In my career? Yeah. Matthew Golden. Matthew Golden. Yeah, he was smooth. Yeah. Matthew Golden was smooth, but yeah, that was a tough guy. Yeah, you played them in the playoff game down in Texas. You know I went to Texas, right? Okay, okay. Yeah, we got you. Yeah, I got them. Horns down. Horns down. I always got to be ready. I always got to be ready. I got to be ready. So, hey, before we let you go, we give everybody a chance to look into the camera, say hello to anybody you'd like to say hello to. Yeah, I just want to say hello to my family and my loved ones. You know, I appreciate y'all for, you know, just believing in me and staying on me during this process. And I got y'all. It's time for it. This is stuff that we talked about. All right. Two things I want to ask about, right? One, just real quick. First off, you know Pac-Man? Yes. Because Pac-Man's my boy. Yeah, I know Pac-Man. He's my guy. Yeah, I know Pac-Man. When's late? We go way back, right? So I just wanted to see if you got that experience of meeting Pac-Man because that's always a fun experience. Yes, sir. No doubt about it. Second thing is, who in the hell in your family is this freak athlete that you guys can just run like this and do this? Who is it? Oh, it's Pops. Pops? My dad. Yeah. My dad's crazy. Yeah? Yeah. Pops played college football already? He didn't play college football. No. But he showed me and my brother his high school. I'm like, okay. Damn. This is where it came from. So you got it from him, and now you two guys are living out his dream here. Yeah, and Pops was running back. Damn. All right. Yep. I just had a no. I had to ask that one for sure. Well, congratulations on your success. We wish you all the best as you head to the NFL. Avion Terrell, and we'll be back with plenty more from the Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. Yes, sir. We're here in Indianapolis at the Scouting Combine talking to the defensive backs. And our next guest projected to be a top 15 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. He is Tennessee cornerback Jermaud McCoy. Jermaud, welcome. I appreciate it. Glad to be here. Man, what's up, man? What's it been like so far, the experience being at the Combine? It's been hectic, but, I mean, it's kind of what I expected. Yeah. Just taking in the experience. Right. Enjoying it. Right. It's funny because some guys say hectic. Some guys are like, oh, it's not as bad as I thought. I was more like you. A little bit like, man, I've got to go here and I want to rest. I've got a big workout. I don't want to do all this crap. So you've got to deal with that a little bit right now? Kind of. I mean, but I did expect it a little bit. Yeah, right. Don't worry. They're not going to draft you in the draft class if you say it. Don't worry. You have an interesting story because you're projected to be that top 15 pick, but you had the ACL tear. Yeah. Talk about that process of just dealing with the injury, getting yourself back to the point where you're 100%, you're good to go, you're ready to attack the game again. Yeah, so, I mean, I had my up and down days, but honestly just had to stay consistent, stick with the process. Had to put a lot of faith in God, a lot of praying, just knowing everything will work out in the end. And, I mean, I feel good now, ready to go. Yeah, I mean, that's a tough thing, sitting there, knowing that your dream is there, and now you might not be able to work and help yourself, right? How long did it take, Jermaud, until you were out on a practice field and you knew you were back? From injury until the day you're like, okay, I'm good to go now. Yeah, I was out practicing like those last three weeks of practice. But, I mean, I felt good doing one-on-ones and all that. How about this week? You going to do anything here? I'm going to do everything at Pro Day. You're going to do everything at Pro Day? You're going to just wait and buy a little more time for your knees so you can run the time you want. Get some more training. Yeah. Like he said, and you might have said this because I was looking something up, but when did you feel like you hit full speed again at least or getting close to what you want to be? I hit full speed probably like at my six-month mark. But, I mean, it was technique and stuff I had to get back. Yeah. All my football stuff. And so, I mean, just trying to get that stuff back. Yeah, that's different. That definitely is different. How did you end up at Tennessee? So, I mean, I was at Oregon State. My coaches, I ended up leaving, so I hit the portal. And then a few schools hit me up, Tennessee, one of them. So I took the visit, really enjoyed it. The coaches, I feel like they just really had faith in everything that I could do out for them on the field. So, I mean, I really liked it about them. Playing that big-ass stadium. I committed there. I committed there, actually. And then I went to the real UT, University of Texas. Sorry. Wait, you're not even 21 yet. Yeah, I'm 20. 20 years old. Your favorite movie is Friday? Yeah. You're too young to even know Friday. No, I know about Friday. I watched it a few times. All right, OG over here. He knows a little something about Friday. Damn, I was glad to see that because I'm usually the guy now at this age where I make comments about movies like that and people look at me and go, you're old. I don't know what you're talking about. That's where we are. White House, Texas. White House High School. Same high school as Patrick Mahomes. Do you know him at all? Yeah. Got a chance to meet him a few times? Yeah. He texted me not too long ago just checking in and everything. Hey, he can ask you for advice on recovery from an ACL tear. Oh, yeah, he is going through that right now. Yeah, that's amazing. Has he got stuff like up in the high school? They got pictures of him everywhere? I think the jerseys are branded by him. Oh, so they gave Adidas Mahomes jersey. Yeah, his little logo to PM. Right, right. Are they going to sign you up to get you on the payment squad there? Who knows, man. Let me pull this thread a little bit because he's got a pipeline to Mahomes. How's he doing? I think he's doing good. I don't know, though. I ain't checked in. Yeah, he's doing good. Yeah. Well, we know he's going to be determined to get back as soon as he possibly can. He's got that relentless drive. Favorite best player you played against in college football? Who is it? Probably Jeremiah Smith. Okay, Jeremiah. Yeah, just dealing with him, that size, that speed. You got him in the playoff game, right? You're talking about up in Ohio State in that cold weather. Yeah. Okay, who do you model your game after in the NFL? Who do you want to be like? I'll say Stingley and Ramsey. Okay. Yeah. You kind of watch them through the years? Yeah. Yes. Stingley is maybe the best corner in football right now. I think so. What number are you going to try to wear in the NFL? I ain't really thought on that. What? Because I know, like, when you get to the league, you kind of, the numbers, you don't really just know what you're going to get. You got to get a little lucky. Yeah, yeah. But you need to think about it. Nah, I like his attitude. The number doesn't matter. It's what's inside the number. It's the guy that wears the number. If I could get my number, though, I'd want it. Three. if I can get through that one for sure. Yeah, you might get that. Maybe. You might, but those single digits, they're gone now. I know now that you've got to pay money, pay the players. Oh, but don't worry. Even when I was playing, they paid the players. That's going to happen. Yeah, no doubt about it. Well, you've got some McDonald's money you could pay for your number with. You had an NIL deal with McDonald's. I hope they paid you in money and not McNuggets. Nah. How did that come to be? They had just hit me up asking if I wanted to do, like, a little deal with them. My agent, I talked to him about it, set everything up. What did you do? Like you just take some pictures next to some French fries? No, I had to eat some nuggets. Talk about like the little delivery thing they have, the McDelivery. Okay, right. I mean, you're not like Chad Ochocinco where you eat McDonald's like three times a day, right? No, you're a healthy eater? Yeah, I try to eat pretty good. All right, good. That's good to hear. But he still eats McDonald's because he has any other deal. He's not a cheeseburger. He doesn't have an NIL deal anymore. He can say whatever. They're the Bricky Bones now. They get paid him. It's in that pocket right there. Well, it's a sponsorship deal when you get to the NFL. You don't want to say no to potential sponsors, right? Yeah. Yeah. Well, he's got to become a lockdown superstar corner to get back into that one again. All right. Here's your chance to say hello to anyone you'd like to say hello to, Jermod. Mom, Dad, if y'all watching. Hope y'all doing good. Mom, Dad, you better be watching with Peacock or NBC. I mean, it just doesn't get any bigger for Jermod, so I hope they're watching. Well, it does get bigger when he gets drafted, especially if he goes top 15. We wish you all the best. Congratulations on your success. Well done overcoming the ACL tear. It's a lot of adversity to experience at a young age, but it will serve you well down the road, and we can't wait to see what you do in the NFL. Appreciate it. Thank you. All right, Jamad McCoy, more scouting combine interviews next.