We continue our coverage of the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis and Hold on. It's been five minutes since we talked to an Ohio State guy. Yeah, more of them Caden McDonald Ohio State Ohio State defensive lineman joins us now Caden. How are you? I'm doing great blessed blessed to be here man I mean, I'm glad to have you here first off so everybody knows Caden wants to be one of he wants to be behind the mic when his football Career is over. Yes, sir. So this is an audition for him. I told him he better show up, right? So we'll see what you got here. Let's do it. All right. First one is let's go to the videotape. Can I call you Scooby? You can. I can? Yeah, you can call me Scooby. Scooby-Doo here. This guy's, like, into the community. Look at my man here, Scooby, at the Ronald McDonald House. That's really cool. So tell us, like, how did that come about? Just really being, like, a kid like myself. You know, I wanted to help out the community and just, you know, going in, popping in every other day, going in with the kids, just really being around the kids, just making them happy because, you know, they're going to do things. Like I'm taking on double teams, but it's not harder than, you know, what they're going through. So just really being there. And every time I get a chance to go back, you know, I'll always do. Yeah, cool. Can we put that back up? Because I need to make a point here. Yeah. We're talking to a guy who is 6'3", 326. How in the world do they make a Scooby-Doo costume that big? It's a little tight around the shoulders. Big. And we can't see the top of Scooby's face because his head's so big, so I didn't get pulled down there. That's custom made right there? Yeah. Let's say like a delivery, a special delivery for Halloween. So Scooby, I love the Scooby snacks. That's where I grew up on. That's where I got the idea. Okay, okay. All right, so what age were you when you realized you were a big, big effort and you just realized, damn, I'm big and I'm bigger than the rest of the kids? I'll say elementary school, like in fifth grade, like when I was playing tug of war, just being a bigger kid. And I like forever just, you know, at first I didn't want to be a big kid, but where I am today, now I understand why I was a big kid. And shout out to my mom for feeding me all those good meals. Oh, man. Tell me, tell me, what's mom's best meal? Like if you go home and mom's making you a meal, what do you want? What do you say, mom, make this for me? You know, you've got to go with the collard greens, cornbread, and a little tomato stuff. You know, I like to jerk chicken and rice. Okay. Anything, for real. Whatever she could, spaghetti. It can be regular. Anything. Okay. All right. Yeah, I had a feeling appetite wasn't one of your problems in life. No, no. Kate was the first-team All-American and the Big Ten defensive lineman of the year. When did you realize, not just size, but, like, you could be really good as a football player? Or when did that happen for you? I'll probably say when I was in high school, like when I was a freshman, and I'll get it moved up to varsity and a really high-level program at North Gwinnett. And just really the development process, like each year I got better and better. Then my senior year, I started playing running back, and I was really effective. And I was like, I might can be something. So when I got to Ohio State, you know, that's why I went to Ohio State to challenge myself and see if I'm capable and I figure out quickly, I fit right in with the program. What were you before you were a running back? I was everything. I played kicker, nose guard, tackle. I was pulling. I was doing whatever I need for my team. So somebody eventually realized, you know what, we put the ball in this guy's hands and nobody's ever going to tackle him, right? Yeah, Coach Faulkner, he made the idea. It was at FCA camp. He gave me the chance to run the ball. and just really Coach Luke, Coach Stewart, those guys. I'm very quick and agile, and I play multi-sports. I play basketball and baseball and football, so I kind of know my ways around, the angles to take, so it was really easy for me. So anybody that drafts you is going to get a defensive lineman and maybe a guy that they can line up in the backfield? That's what I express to the teams. I'm just not a defensive tackle. I can do whatever you need me to do. And they all try to make a joke about it. You're like, no, I'm real here. Yeah, I'm real. Some teams just talk about how I was a running back in high school, so I just use that to my advantage. When I played with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Warren Sapp, they would put them at fullback in the goal line situations, and we'd throw them passes, right? Yeah. I'd say I'm a good catcher, but if it's like a two yards, I'll try to run the ball. You'd just rather run the ball. Yeah, you don't want to trust that catching stuff. Okay, Mr. Slim Mac, as they call you. So wait, so what are we weighing right now? What are we going to weigh in later today or tomorrow? Tomorrow. What are you going to weigh in roughly? Like probably 328. Okay, 328. They gave you the nickname Slim Mac because you lost weight, right? I wouldn't say I lost weight. No, I just changed my diet. Oh, okay. And I got slimmer. And Coach Mick, we're working really hard in the weight room and just really just taking advantage of the opportunity of, like, my junior year starting because all four starters left. So I had to step up. It's not like if I wanted to or not. So not only did you become a better player, you became sexier in the process. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I do get a couple. Thank you. I do get a lot of compliments about that. You're funny. You're funny. I like you. We've talked to some of your other teammates about Matt Patricia and the impact he's had on them. How has Patricia's involvement with the defense helped you? You know, it's a pro-level guy. The attention to detail is very high. You know, he makes it simple for you when it's hard, and when it's hard, he makes it more simple. Just really focusing in on the little details and everybody got a job to do and just following his lead because he trusts me and he knows what I'm capable of and just really having respect for him and all my coaches, really. Coach Johnson, he played an influential role in my life, too. When you got with Patricia, did he ask you to two-gap more? No, he really asked me. He was just really saying when I first met him, he was just talking about all the D tackles he motored. And, you know, that gave me, like, some confirmation, oh, yeah, he got my back. Did you have to think differently schematically from, like, you know, junior year to last year? I would say, yeah, for sure. Just having a whole different system. I was in two systems and, like, having to learn things very quickly because he came in in the back end of the spring and just really learning the system. It was really easy, especially, like, once I got to, like, fall camp and it became easy. He, like, we run our diamond front when I'm head up on the nose. I'm on the center, the guard, and that's it. He made it simple for me. Did he tell you any of the guys that he's coached that you reminded him of or guys you could be like? Vince Woolfolk. Yeah. Special guy in our show right here. Yeah, for sure. Yeah, Vince Woolfolk. Yeah, for all those that they know on the show. But Vince Woolfolk, he made my man junk black and purple at one point from a hit he gave me in the game, right? Helmet right to my pelvic there. That's not good at all. So don't do that to any QBs out there. No, do it. I'll help him up. He didn't even help me up. He was just a freaking jerk right there all the way. Okay, so who was your favorite team growing up? I'd say Atlanta Falcons. That's where I grew up at. I used to be at all the games when Matty Ice was involved. It was really hot in Atlanta, hot Atlanta. Right. I used to do the face paint, like the red face paint and the black. So you would all in. Yeah, I went all in for the Falcons then. Now I'm just neutral, really. It's figuring out what team that's going to draft me. Well, Matty Ice is calling the shots now. He's in charge of the football team. Maybe we need to pump that picture. We'll pump it on here. Because we know you want to go play for anybody, but you obviously had a little love affair there with the Falcons. So that would be the dream come true spot. Yeah, and A.J. Terrell, I know his family good and well. A.V.M., we're best friends since we're little. We grew up with each other. So really, that would be awesome. Wait, so you grew up in Georgia or Texarkana? So I was born in Texarkana but I moved to Georgia when I was three months old Okay I had it mixed up I wasn sure Okay I got you So through that you knew A Terrell and the family there Yeah, so me and me, my big brother Jaden, A.J. and A.V.M., we used to go to daycare together at their house. So we really just molded together. We played football in the backyard. That's crazy. So yeah, that's where the competitiveness started. Right. Three NFL kids at daycare. Wow. Right? Isn't that crazy? Hey, how's your daycare like? Well, I don't know. I just raised three NFL players here. No big deal. You had offers from 35 different schools. How did you end up picking Ohio State out of all those options? You know, I realized there's a standard at Ohio State. There's just being a pro every day, doing things, being accountable. You know, it took a lot of discipline. You can't cut corners at Ohio State. That's one thing I had to learn quickly. And that was the best school for me on and off the field academically. And just really just taking it all in, winning a national championship, and I did. You know, there's a big rivalry game at the end of the year that everybody gets ready for and just winning that game. Yeah. And now I accomplished a lot. Who's the rival? Do you say their name? Michigan. Oh, I thought some of you guys wouldn't even say that name. I thought it was just the school up north or something like that. He's graduated. He's maturing in life. You beat him. You got to beat him on the way out the door. That was awesome. That was a sweet feeling. I bet it was. All right. So off of that, because I've asked all your other Ohio State buddies, who was the freakiest guy there in your years? Arville Reese. Okay. Right off the bat. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. He's an animal. That's strong for you to say that because, I mean, you got Jeremiah, who does a lot of people say that too. Like Sonny went with Jeremiah. He spoke about Arvell, but he said Jeremiah was the one, right? Yeah, if it was an Arvell, I would say Caleb just because, you know, defense, that was the best defense. We put up historic numbers, so I got to stay on the defensive side. Okay, I like that. That's good. All right, so then what about the teams you played? I always like to hear just who was the guy in any position, blocker, running back, quarterback, where you were just like, damn, he was a real deal. I would say, like, each week being at Ohio State, you know, iron sharpens iron. You ever heard that? Yeah. Just really. I face against elite talent each week, so that preparation has always been the same. But if I would be specific, I give a lot of respect to the guard from Penn State. And if it was a quarterback, Fernando Mendoza. Okay. Yeah, just like that first play he got knocked out and just seeing him come back, you know, and just compete because I like competitors. Right. Yep. All right. That's a good answer there. I thought you were about to cop out. And I was going to go, Den, you can't be an announcer copping out with, you know, iron sharpens iron. We were all good. We can't do that. I'm not. All right, good, good. You get an invitation to attend the draft in Pittsburgh. You're going to be there? Yeah, I'll be there for sure. Troy Vincent is going to give me that call. And I got some good news that I will be invited to the draft. Oh, you will be? Yes, sir. All right. Well, you know what that means. That means they know you're going to be one of the guys that comes out and picks a commissioner up. off the ground. All right. So since you've been paid already, right? I mean, what are you driving? What are you driving now? Because the world's changed. You college guys now are driving nicer cars than I am. I drive a BMW X6 2025. Okay. All right. All black. Tinted out. Batman, Batmobile. I like that. All right. So what's going to be the first thing you buy when you get some NFL money? I'll probably say I'll probably buy a house and I'll keep my car, but I'll likely invest more. That's very important because football don't last long. It's really just that first contract taking care of myself. Then once I get that second contract taking care of my immediate family. Right, right. That's the way to do it, man. I want to hear more about the BMW. All black, black wheels, black everything, black hologram. You can change the color. And it's like the base is really good. My mom, she's taking care of it. Back in Columbus, she comes tomorrow. So, mom, shout out mom. Yeah, way to go, mom. Wait, now is she allowed to drive it or she just watches it? That's the only person that's allowed to drive it. Oh, wow. That's mom. Mom gets to do whatever. It's some structure around here. You're funny. All right, so give me a hobby, right? Because you're funny here. What's something you do in your off time? Like, are you a video gamer? Are you a fisher? What do you do? No, I'm a pro gamer. You're a pro gamer? No, I take gaming as serious as football. Oh, my gosh. Listen to this crap. And just really, I like to hang out with my family. I'm very family-oriented. And just being with my – I'm an uncle now, so I got two nephews. Okay. And just looking after them and just really just being a good example and being with my big brother and my sister and my family. What's your game? What are you playing? Like, what are you gaming with? No, I try to keep it simple. I'm waiting for GTA to come out. Right. And they're just rock star. I got to hurry up. Yeah. Like, come on. My son's upset. I feel like they pushed it like May of next year now or something ridiculous like that. Really? I retired. I'm a pro gamer. I played 2K. The last time I played 2K was 2K21. I don't play Madden, but once I get to the league, I'll play Madden because I was in that college football mindset. I always play with Ohio State. I never change it. I love to play with myself. So you're that rare guy that plays as a defensive tackle in a game? Yeah, I try to always play it myself. And score with Jeremiah Smith, what Julian's saying, just throwing it deep. Just really, just playing with my teammates, I feel like that builds chemistry. I hear that. I used to do the same thing at Texas, no doubt about it. What was your biggest takeaway for why we won the national championship two years ago and why it didn't happen this year? What was the biggest difference in those two teams? I'll probably say the pressure-wise last year, Like, all those, they brought the whole roster back. You know, all those guys were older. And so I think they, like, they had to win it, the championship. I'll say this year. Yeah. We're a pretty good team. We wanted to win. Yeah. But it got the ball got to go your way. Right. I think some plays got to go your way. And that's why I say the difference. Well, it's funny you say that because Sonny kind of had a similar answer where he thought the team was a little older and more mature than won the national championship. Yeah, I say we have, or I say I feel like our team was talented, Our defense was one of one. Our offense was really good. It was just the ball has to go your way. Sometimes it don't work out. That's what adversity is, is football. All right, Caden, I think they want to take you to a few other places, although we guarantee you won't have as much fun as you had here. You got a chance, though. You got a chance. I mean, I know you go to football, but this announcing stuff, you got a chance, man. Caden McDonald, we'll be back with more from the Scouting Combine. Rolling along at the Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, talking to some of the big fellas on the defensive line. Peter Woods from Clemson joins us now. Peter, welcome. Yeah, I appreciate y'all having me. We appreciate you joining us. It's nice to have someone around who's bigger than him because I need a little help every once in a while. He picks on me. He'll be giving you a hard time. Yes. Oh, man, I got you there. I got you there. He had a chance. He just hit me, and you didn't hit him back. He likes me too much. I'm not going down that road. That's going to hurt you. He's with the weapons. I noticed when I shook your hand. Yeah, you got some big hands. You got some big, strong hands. Well, it's funny. I like to come here and, you know, the look test, right? I've been around football my whole life, right? And it's just always funny. And I'm sure you do the same thing. We just had Caden McDonald on from Ohio State. He's a different body than you, right? He's a little more run-stuffer that way. You're kind of rocked up with some quads over here. Yeah, quads over here. Yeah. But within all that when did you kind of know in your life that you were kind of bigger and stronger than the rest of the humans on earth Well I think that kind of how it started You know I was a big five when I started playing football I think I always been big I was big when I was born. Like five-year-old and pads? Yeah, I started playing soccer football when I was five. Are you kidding me? I'm sorry I interrupted you there, but I don't think I've ever heard anybody play five. No, you're good. They used to work me out in the gym with the little hazmat garbage can suit on trying to get me so I didn't have that yellow dial on the back of my helmet. Y'all ever had that, like, in the little league? Oh, and like to say, like, you can't. You're too big. You're too big. The weight's too big. Right, right. They didn't want that for me. So I was always, like, just big enough to where I had to do that, like, the night before the big weigh-in and stuff like that. Oh, my gosh. That was always my life growing up. So I've always been, like, kind of bigger. Yeah. I had friends like that. I didn't get to play football in eighth grade because I was too big. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, that is crazy. When did you know, though, that it wasn't just you're bigger than the other kids, You got the ability to be special. I think it was early on. I would say as early as third or fourth grade when I really started understanding the game and not just had a passion and love for it, I tried to make every play, every tackle. I think there's games where obviously this isn't something I can verify, but I was making close to 20 tackles a game just off the defensive line. It wasn't even a technique thing. It was just like a hunger to get to the ball. Like, I really have a great technique, you know, a third, fourth grader, fifth grader, even probably sixth grader. I would stand up and I'd find that ball every play. I can only imagine what the kids across from you were thinking. Did they get to the point in the game where as the snap, they're just ready to just get on the ground and let him go? It was a thing where, like, my mom, she wouldn't even be worried about me. Like, she'd be worried about somebody else's baby, somebody else's kid. Like, oh, my God, the baby is like your son is out here. Like, I might get hurt too, you know what I'm saying, knock on wood. So I just think that just kind of speaks to how I played from a very young age. I was very violent. That's amazing. Well, it doesn't usually that way with big guys like you. Because we kind of joke with stuff like you just said about your mom. So many times in my experience with the big guys, their mom was always like, be careful, you're bigger than everybody, don't hurt everybody. Yeah, well, I used to knock the pantry doors off the house before I even could play on the football field. So she kind of knew that I was running through something. We can't even, like, if he had the night off for the week off, he can't even go get a beer with us. No, I was just going to say that. What? You're 20? Yeah, yes, sir. Holy crap. Birthday in March on the 5th. March is coming. All right. Yes, sir. On that day, will you drink a beer or have a drink, you think? I don't drink beer. No. Yeah. But maybe a real drink, then. Yeah, something like that. Okay, cool. Cool. I like that. You know, off of that, damn, I lost my train of thought, but I was in. Oh, this is what I want to ask you. You go to Clemson. You've got all these awesome D tackles that have played there. Yeah. You ever talk to any of them, get any advice from any of them? Yeah, all the time. You know, Clemson is like a big family culture. You know, there's a lot of reach back. I've actually had the privilege to train with a couple of them. You know, obviously there's some guys there right now. I think, you know, Miles Murphy, K.J. Henry, some of those guys, and even older, Dexter Lawrence, Christian Wilkins. Yeah, you see Sexy Dexy? Yeah, I've trained with them before. Yeah. And so just being around them, you know, every offseason since I've been at Clemson. Right. You know, they come back and they reach back in and just being able to take some from their game and their routine and how they attack their offseason. Yeah. This is amazing to me. And we've seen stats like this from time to time. But Thompson High School, Alabama. We. Four straight championships. 50-5 record in four seasons. Oh, my gosh. Yeah, we are. How did you lose five games? How did anybody beat you? We beat ourselves. I won't even say nobody beat us. We had a squad. And so Thompson, before kind of the class that was two or three years older than me and kind of before we got our new head coach, you know, Mark Freeman came in and flipped the program on his head, you know, and developed a standard all the way through youth football, all the way through middle school football, and we just kept it rolling. And then, you know, just like any good college team, you know, everybody wanted to come to Clemson because of Clemson's success, you know, and what they've done. And so, you know, we've had guys come in over time just because of what we've built there. And so now I'm pretty sure they've won like eight of the last nine. But before that, you know, we were consistently like three and seven. You know what I'm saying? Missing the playoffs. And then one year it was, boom, city finals. And it was championship loss. Then we went four straight. And we went five. And we lost one. And then I think we went, I think it's like two straight or something like that. They created a dynasty down there. Dynasty for sure. For sure. When did you get into weight, Quadzilla? When did you get into lifting weights? Because let me just say. Not super early. Not super early? No, not super early. Because you were knocking pantries off a door, so you didn't need to. I was always, I think I just got fed good when I was a kid. So I was always like country strong. I got like a kind of country background. Oh, look at him. Oh, yeah, look at that. Look at him. So that's 700 pounds right there. Yeah, on my back. Get it up. Oh, man, you could have done two probably. Yeah, no, they wasn't putting more of that on my back. I could have. All right, so 700 pounds on the squat. Yep. What are we talking on the bench? It says 490 here. Yeah, 500 plus. I think I put 515 on the bar. You put 515? All right, yell at those guys down there. They cheated you out of 25 pounds, all right? Come on, man. Okay. Hold on. Let me start. All right, you did 34 reps of 225? Yeah, I've done that, yeah. You've done that. Are you working out? I'm going to do it at my pro day. You're going to do it at your pro day so you can just crush it. Yeah, I'm crushing it. I'm going to have my teammates there, and I'm going to give the best performance. Are you going to run the 40 at the pro day? I possibly have my pro day as well. Yeah, but I haven't studied you, studied you. I've watched you a little bit, top guys in the draft. I was taken aback by how explosive you were. I didn't expect that. I appreciate that. We work a lot of explosiveness and translating a lot of movements to football in our strength program. With D-Love, Dennis Love, he got me right. Since I've been here, he's been here with me since I've been here. He gets us right. Coach Batson kind of implemented it, and he just took it and took it to another level. I'm very appreciative of him. It's very easy to maintain in that old-school way of weightlifting. It just creates stiffness. Yeah, you've got to do more. We work a lot of explosion, a lot of flexibility, a lot of mobility, and stuff like that. Before we let you run, anybody you want to say hi to? Here's your shot. Yeah, all the family. Woods family, everybody. Mama, I love you. Daddy, I love you. Denver, Carter, Dylan, I love you. She thinks she's the boss. What up, Woods family? Woods family. Peace. There he is on his way to the NFL. The man. Peter Woods, thanks for some of your time, buddy. We'll be back more from the combine. Appreciate y'all. Good luck, all right? Yes, sir. We continue at the scouting combine with some of the big fellas from the defensive line. Caleb Banks from Florida joins us now. This is the biggest fucker yet. Biggest fucker yet right here. 6'6", 335. Yes, sir. Yeah, damn. All right, here's the thing I'm most impressed by you, other than you being a Giant. But this year, and you've had to deal with some injuries. Yes, sir. You get hurt. You break your foot week three. You come back at the end of the year to play the last few games. So kind of, I mean, a lot of people in your position would be like, no, I'm good. I'm going to the NFL. I don't need to do that. Yeah, yes, sir. Tell us why. Yeah, look at that. They got me walking. See? A crutch right there. A lot of kisses right there. Man, look at that. Those damn crutches. I don't know if they're going to hold up that body. Shout out to my man Paul right there. But tell us about why you came back. Yeah, I just want to finish with my guys. You know what I mean? It was, they mean a lot to me. You know what I mean? They mean the world to me. You know, I talked to some of them, they kind of were telling me, you know what I mean, like, just focus on the combine. You know what I mean? You got to go to the NFL. You know what I saying Your goal is a little bit bigger than this And I just like nah bro it not about that You know what I mean Like I want to finish I started with y I may have been there you know what I mean every game but I want to finish bro You know what I saying So I came back, and I love the game of football. So I had to go back, for sure. That's going to go resonate with the coaches while you're here. They're going to love that. That's the kind of crap they eat up. Absolutely, yeah. Oh, he loves football. He's a football lover guy. Yeah. They love that. You had two years at Louisville before three at Florida. couldn't have been easy just based on what you said about, you know, finishing things out. What prompted you to make the change when you made that change? Yeah, I just wanted something different. You wanted to experience something different, you know what I mean? I took a bet on myself, you know, hitting the portal. Didn't really have much film, you know, and I got a call from Sean Spencer and it changed my life. And now I'm here with you guys doing this crazy interview. You know, it's just a blessing. Yeah, no, I mean, what's the experience been like? You did Senior Bowl. You balled out there. You definitely got on radar big time for everybody. Appreciate that. Right? But tell us that, you know, what it's like meeting all these NFL people you've seen on TV over the last few years. Yeah, it's been crazy. I've been enjoying the process every step of the way. You know, I've been taking one meeting at a time. I did a meeting with the Falcons last night, and I had a formal with the Falcons last night, and I just ran. It's like I shook Matt Ryan's hand. I'm just like, wow. Like, we stared at each other, and I'm just staring like, oh, man, like, this is real. You know what I mean? It's just been a blessing. Hey, so Matt Ryan's put in the work. You know, he just got that job as president of football operations, And you never know whether a guy who isn't, like, scout, GM is going to be there. This is real. He's rolling up the sleeves, and he's going to work. Yeah, that's cool. Yeah, that was legit. Yeah, so that was your first starstruck moment. Yeah, definitely. I mean, I had a few of them, but that was the one I'm like, whoa. Okay, like, I didn't know he was that tall. He's pretty tall, too. Well, you're going to see a lot of quarterbacks here in the NFL. Yeah, and they're all bigger than I thought. No wonder they're breaking tackles when I watch them on Sunday. Off of that, who's the guy you want to hit the most, right? Who's that quarterback you want to sack? Yeah, that's a great question right there. I met J.J. McCarthy once back when he was going to Michigan. We met in the locker room. He was like, we was both on a visit. So I'm definitely going to have to come back there for sure. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Remind him who you were. Yeah, yeah, yeah. See him the other day too. Well, don't hit him too hard. He's got a little injury history. No, I'm not here. I'm just joking. A little, little, tough. You know, on that point when we see you guys moving around here and guys from different teams, what's it like when you walk into the room and you see these other guys? How much of it's like guys sizing each other up, looking at each other? how much of it's kind of like, hey, you know, who's the baddest guy in here? Does any of that kind of go on unspoken between the guys? Yeah, I mean, I wouldn't say it's kind of like, you know, it's competition, but, you know, it's all love for each other. You know, I've talked to Lee Hunter. I've talked to Chris Miller, Peter Woods, you know, Caden McDonald. Like, when I first seen Caden, we kind of looked at each other, and he was like, Caleb Banks. And I'm like, Caden McDonald. And I see you for the first time. We're a big run-stuffin D11. Just enjoying the process with them guys. You know, it's been a blessing. So it's been pretty cool. And then Peter Woods is freaking swole. Yeah, yeah. I did not realize he was quite that. You know, he lost some weight. I remember when I met him when he was 330. I seen a picture, too, that somebody had made on Twitter. It was like a picture when he was about 330. Now he's like 305. Damn. I'm like, yeah, I said damn. Yeah. I wasn't losing weight. He got swole. And it's good that they have all you guys together who played the same position. It's not like the offensive linemen. See, they need to mix it up a little bit. So you're hanging out with the offensive linemen. Then it can get spicy. Yeah, no, it definitely will get spicy. Yeah, for sure. Go-to meal, right? At 335 pounds, what is the thing you go, damn, if I got one meal, what are we eating? Okay. Yeah. Let me see here. Uh-huh. I'm going to have to go. I'm a big pizza guy. I like cheese bread, but I'm going to go a double cheeseburger with mayonnaise and pickles. That's like automatic. Some fries? Yeah, probably some fries. I'm going to get some truffle fries, though. Truffle fries. That's why I'm a little hefty a little bit. And what are you washing it down with? I mean, Coke, a chocolate shake? What are we doing here? Hmm. I'm probably going to have to go with a McDonald's Sprite. A McDonald's Sprite. And Sprite's dangerous. They're good. You don't have to worry about, like, you know, there's some guys like you that have to eat more just to stay big. I don't get that impression. I feel like you're probably the opposite. Yeah. I mean, I kind of eat. I eat kind of eat everything. You know what I mean? Yeah. Good. During the season, when I was eating, coming to me, and we were in Wingstop. Of course, Chapman didn't like that. But, you know, I was coming to me, and we were in Wingstop. But I didn't really gain any weight, though. So I didn't gain weight at all. So it was pretty good. You're good to go. You going to work out? Absolutely. Yeah, I'm going to do a 40 in the skill. Damn. Okay, good for you, man. Yes, sir. That's awesome. 40. All right. Yeah. I'm going to enjoy watching that. I'm doing it. I'm going to be watching closely. Yeah, no, I mean, like I did at the Senior Bowl, you know, a lot of people thought I wasn't going to play in the game. But I like to finish. You know, I came here for a reason. I came here to show everybody that, you know what I mean, I'm back. I'm full, healthy, and I'm ready to go, and I'm ready to compete. Yeah, yeah. You were up in the Detroit area. Were you a Lions fan? A little bit. A little bit. You know what I mean? It was hard for a while. It was on TV. I can't say it all. So who were you rooting for, though? Who was your team growing up? I was more so – I kind of grew up playing basketball a little bit, so I was more so like a basketball fan a little bit. Yeah, yeah. Until my freshman year of high school. But, I mean, I kind of – I liked the Lions a little bit. You know what I mean? Megatron, he was a dangerous – Yeah. He was a dangerous receiver. Yeah, Matthew Stafford. Yeah, Matthew Stafford. Yeah, Matthew Stafford. Yeah, it was kind of a little bit of something, something. So when you realized, okay, I can box out and dunk every now and then, but when did you realize, okay, that's only going to get me so far, I can be the man of football? When did that happen? So I started playing my freshman year. The physicality from basketball and football is a totally different ball game. Yeah, so kind of just started. My sophomore year, I realized, I'm like, oh, I love running through people's face. You know what I mean? I'm like, forget it. Let's just do it. You know what I mean? So just running through people's face all the time. My sophomore year, I kind of was like, let's do it. Yeah. Let's do it. And that's when it all changed. Absolutely. And then when, how quickly did you start getting, like, notoriety or letters from colleges and calls? I got my first offer my sophomore year, I believe, from Central Michigan. He was just like, you want to come play football for us? I'm like, yeah. Like, I'll come do it. He's like, you got an offer. I'm like, okay, let's do it. And kind of started getting a little bit serious. And I asked one of my mentors, I'm like, did he really give me the offer? He's like, yeah. So my junior year started blowing up, started blowing up, came to 31. And then senior year, just skyrocketed. Yeah. Did you get recruited by everybody or because you got a late start in football? Is that why, and I don't mean to disrespect Louisville. My family is from Louisville. My dad's side of the family. But is that why you weren't at one of the, you know, Georgia or Texas or whatever? Yeah, no, I mean, I felt like I just, I don't know. I didn't have a lot of exposure. That makes sense. My high school really wasn't like a really big high school, you know, and a lot of people came to. But I had a great recruiting staff. They were helping me, you know, get all the offers that I could. So shout out to Coach Williams, Arizona Williams. Before we let you run, say hello to anyone you want to say hello to. Empty the tank. Yeah. Hey, Mom. We're here. See me on TV. This is amazing. Shout out to you. Shout out to my brothers, Jaylen and Trevon. I appreciate y'all for pushing me every single day. We ain't made it yet, but we're almost there. He's here, Mom. I mean, he got money as part of it. It ain't that NFL money. It's a whole different ballgame. Who's your idol growing up football-wise? Who's the D tackle since you got serious about it that you kind of looked at? I used to watch Chase Young all the time back in high school. He was a dog back when he was at Ohio State. I was playing in at the time, so I wanted to be just like him. He's physical. He can move. But now it's kind of Chris Jones, though. I love Chris Jones. I have a feeling you're going to say that. It's athleticism, yeah. You have similar measurables. Yeah, similar. Just a little bit. Definitely. But don't let your pants fall down during the 40. I knew you were going to go there. Yeah. There were certain measurables that you wanted to keep to yourself. I was looking at the draws that they gave us, you know, to run, and I'm like, hopefully, you know, it's going to pop up. Yeah, well, Chris had a problem when I went there. Yeah, absolutely. I was trying to move on and everything, making sure everything was good, you know, everything fit right. I hear you. They used to just give us shorts in my day, and then all of a sudden, everyone was like, I want to cut one one-thousandth of a second off, and everyone went into the tight ones. Right. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Well, on that note, Caleb Banks on his way to the National Football League by way of Florida. Caleb, congratulations and all the best. We'll be back with more from the Combine. Yes, sir. Appreciate you guys. Thank you. Thank you, man. You're the man.
