This episode’s special guest is Kicker and punter Nick Mongelli, who played college football at SUNY Cortland and now is NFL prospect. He could draft or sign to a NFL team.
About Nick Mongelli
High School:
-4-sport star at Marlboro
-1st Team All-State in all 4
-won state titles in each
College (SUNY Cortland):
-2018 Empire 8 Special Teams Player of the Year
-scored a team high 71 points that season
-served as kicker and punter
-2019 Special Teams Player of the Week vs Hartwick
- • 46-yard career high tying FG
- • 30-yard FG to seal the victory
- • Averaged 58.0 yards on 6 kickoffs
-2019 2nd Team All-Empire 8 - • 15 of his teammates made All-Empire 8
-Lost 30-10 to Hobart in the New York Bowl
-Head coach, Dan McNeil, retired after 23 seasons (155-85)
SUNY Cortland:
-Red Dragons
-Located in Cortland, New York
-Division 3
-Empire 8 Conference (Joined in 2015)
-Went 8-3(Overall) and 5-1(Conference) in 2019
-Has won 2 Conference Championship in the Empire 8
-Made it to the NCAA Division 3 Tournament (Football) 6 times
-National Champions in Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse
-National Champions in Men’s & Women’s Cross Country
-National Champions in Field Hockey
He played football, soccer, baseball, and basketball in high school. He was All-State in each sport.
Transcript
Santiago Leon
Last April 22 2021 more day to the NFL Draft. If you haven’t yet, please subscribe to our channels YouTube, Periscope and iTunes. And if you’re an iTunes please leave a rating and review it will help us out tremendously. And visit us on the sports cast dotnet the sports cast.net for the latest today’s sponsor is is the Bible app. If you haven’t yet, please get the instant Bible app on the iOS App Store. Today’s co host for this episode is Justin Riley. Justin, welcome to the show.
Justin Riley
Hey, glad to be here for day two in a row. Day two, when we’re dealing with the enemy Failed draft.
Santiago Leon
What a mock draft we had last night, right?
Justin Riley
man it was, it was intense. We had a lot of differing opinions for sure. It was fun lasted two hours. We definitely got in a lot of analysis and a lot of opinions. Not all agreed, but hey, that’s the whole fun
Santiago Leon
of it. And it’s funny because I think after the 15th pick, it was definitely got random. It could have like one player could have gotten to the to like the 23rd pick. The same player got on to the 16th pick.
Justin Riley
Yeah, you’re absolutely right. Yeah, when you get the situation part of the first round. A lot of things are random. I mean, a lot of things are reaches and you know, you can always go by textbook and what seems logical what’s real what’s right. And sometimes you have to go for the guys who might be considered reaches and some of them turn out to be stars, some of them don’t, but that’s just the farm fun part of it, you know, we get to analyze we get to guess and just kind of have a little fun ourselves and it was it was it was kind of entertaining to see what some of the selections were today.
Santiago Leon
Yes and that NFL and the NFL draft is this Thursday, April 23. Today’s special guest is kicker. Nick mon jelly who played college football at honey Cortland, and now is a NFL prospect. Nick, welcome to the sports cast.
Nick Mongelli
Thanks for having me on. I really appreciate you guys.
Santiago Leon
So they can tell us a little bit. A little bit about yourself and your career.
Unknown Speaker
Well, a little bit about me. I come from a smaller town and Marlboro New York. I was a I was a four sport athlete in high school. I played soccer, basketball, baseball and football. I’m good going into college. I was getting recruited for baseball and football. I ended up going to SUNY Cortland, upstate New York to play baseball and football. I stopped playing baseball as my sophomore year because I had a shoulder injury. I was a left handed pitcher, I ended up having a shoulder injury. And I thought it was time for me to really focus on one sport and focus on schools because it was a little difficult being a dual sport athlete. And I think for me, that was probably one of the best decisions I made, just so I can kind of focus in and put all my effort into one sport and my school work at the same time. I was a three time all conference guy in Empire a conference in college I was a all conference partner myself here. I was the special teams Player of the Year, my junior year, and then this past season, I was a all conference kicker as well. So that’s just a little bit get to know me. So yeah,
Santiago Leon
so Nick, this week is the NFL Draft. What are your projections for this week? What is the outcome you want to be by Saturday
Nick Mongelli
you know, I just want an opportunity to to play whether it’s getting picked up in the late round signed after the draft. I just want opportunity to play and prove to people that come from a small school I still have the ability to play at the professional level which I think I do I think I’ve prepared myself very well over the over the past years in preparation for this and I’m pretty confident in my ability and I’m like I said, I’m just looking for the opportunity from any team just to help them succeed as a team as a whole.
Justin Riley
Also, Nick, I you know, you mentioned you know, you’re a four sport star in high school. And you it was pretty amazing as I was looking through everything you won state titles in every sport, how often does that happen? And you all state in I think they basically every sport is well that’s that’s pretty impressive.
Nick Mongelli
Yeah, it was definitely, definitely a lot of fun. Hi. My senior year, my senior class, we were a very group and we played all the sports together really? My senior year. I didn’t play soccer. I just focused on football during the fall. But yeah, I was a three three time Allstate kicker sophomore to senior year. I played varsity basketball junior senior, I was an all state basketball player. We actually came up should we sell short and skate sign up in Glens Falls that year. And then we had, we ended up winning our boys, our baseball team and our softball team. We both won the state championship that spring. I was the I was the St. Clair the year and I was also a all American picture. I was actually the only American that year to come from New York State. Wow. So that was a really fun high school career. I had I got to play a bunch of different sports and it was a lot of fun because I got to do my best friends since we were little. So it was really cool to experience that with those guys as well.
Santiago Leon
How was the loadout? How was the recruiting process? I mean, were you recruited for multiple sports for college or how was that whole process?
Nick Mongelli
Yeah, I was getting recruited on for baseball and football. And I ended up I had a few division one visits for football and baseball but I felt that Cortland was the best fit for me based on what my major what I wanted my major to be. It’s a great school for sport management major, as well as athletics is a d3 school but it brings that division one atmosphere as well, because they really emphasize their sports at SUNY Cortland, so I decided to go there and be a dual sport guy there.
Justin Riley
Yeah, no doubt. I mean, I was just about to bring out the fact you know, that is definitely a sport school because Cindy Colin’s won national titles and multiple sports, you know, lacrosse women’s men and women’s lacrosse men and women’s cross country, field hockey and not a bad football school either. So it’s like you transition from a great High School Sports Center to A great college that was definitely Sports Center and but I guess what really sold SUNY Cortland you know where it said you know, hey, this is home you know what was that point
Nick Mongelli
I’m really sold it for me was was kind of the it was more of the energy that the coaches brought and how they kind of described their culture in the football program. They don’t like me guys there they like guys that put the team first. And I love that. And I think my four years there we we really stuck to that everyone was on the same heartbeat at all times. And that’s thanks to all of our coaches as well because they do a great job at making sure that we’re going to class getting the practice and lifts on time making sure our homeworks done and really staying on top of us. So we’re all kind of moving to the same heartbeat like I said, and overall that helped us be successful. We were very successful theme of the conference all four years I was there. We have fallen short a few times in the comments. signle but that’s really what sold for me was that was like the culture they brought, and how much of a family the football team was more than just playing football together off the field. We were just as much family as you were on the field. So I thought that was the part that really sold SUNY Cortland. For me.
Justin Riley
That’s, that’s huge. I think that you bring up a very, very good point, you know, conference championships titles, you know, all these accolades are great and everything but you know, when you have that family, atmosphere, that’s really the the biggest thing I guess to me, because, you know, I play football and I and having that family, that Band of Brothers, then having those coaches that were basically fathers to us, they weren’t coaches, they were they were family as well. That’s just that’s a huge and I feel like that really makes an organization. Great. And speaking of your coaches, you got a chance to play for a great one, you know, Dan McNeil, who just retired after 23 seasons. How is that and what’s one of the things that you learn from him? She feel that you’re going to take with you to the league.
Nick Mongelli
Yet playing for Coach Mac was it was, it was a great opportunity for me I got to learn from a guy who, who talks to prefer he talks to he knows professional coaches. He coached at the highest highest level of college football as well. He was at Villanova for a while. And the one thing that really stuck with me from him, I mean, he used to tell a lot of stories. And when I was young, and I was in college, they really didn’t make sense to me. And as I got older, I started to make sense of them. And the one that really stuck with me, and I like to say is probably the best part about me as an athlete and a person is pressure build diamonds. No, he likes to throw you into the fire. You know, he doesn’t want you to be afraid he never wants you to be afraid of the pressure spot. He He wants you to be excited for it. Because when your team needs you in a pressure spot, obviously you want to come through and put your team in the best possible position to be successful. So I took that, very personally what he used to say Because especially being a kicker, there’s a lot of pressure spots whether you got it oh no doubt on five game that field goal hit a game winning field goal. And my team put a lot of common confidence in me. So I made sure that I was always ready day in day out practice game, meeting room, anything like that, just so I can help the team be as successful as possible.
Santiago Leon
Nick, what position you’re really aiming for if you do good, you go to the NFL to be a kicker or or to be a punter.
Nick Mongelli
I’d like to say I’m a place kicker first. I feel like that’s where I really excelled in the kicking game. So I feel like that I would I would be able to serve as a starting kicker for an organization and also be able to be there in case of an emergency for a punter as well. So I would definitely say place taking is where I excelled the most, for sure. And then Tony comes after that.
Santiago Leon
What? Well, what would you consider your biggest accomplishment? 10 year sports career so far
Nick Mongelli
my biggest accomplishment in my sport, my biggest achievement, my sports career, honestly, was probably winning Player of the Year my junior year of France, especially as Player of the Year. And honestly, I really, really wouldn’t have been able to do it without my team, without my teammates being successful as well, because I was I lead the team in points I was second in the conference in points that year, and without them scoring touchdowns or put me in position to score points for our team to help us be successful, I wouldn’t been able to get the accolades. And to be honest with you, the accolades really don’t mean I don’t really look for them in the beginning of the season, I just kind of go about my business, just so I can help the team and if the athletes come in, they come but and they ended up I ended up having a decent amount of them. But like I said, I wouldn’t be able to have all the accolades I did without my teammates being successful and helped me and put me in the best position possible. And you definitely have
Justin Riley
some great teammates, especially on the field. mean 15 of your boys made all Empire eight. That’s that’s pretty incredible. And not to put you on the spot as I know your boys are probably listening. But if you could take one of your teammates wiki to the NFL, hey, would it be and why?
Nick Mongelli
If I take one of my keywords, they’re all great. But if I were to take one of my teammates, it probably would have been our running back jack Cody, on he he’s one of my I live with him up at school. I will live with him. I’m done now. But he, he really pushes he was our team, one of our team captains, he pushes every guy in that football team, he holds everyone to the same accountability. And I also I also wait same the same as well. He’s big into the fitness into the fitness world. And he pushed me in the weight room just as hard as he pushed me on the field. You know, and he gave it his all game in and game out whether we were up by a lot losing, maybe didn’t have a chance to win the game. He never gave up on what was going on in the field. And he liked to really keep everyone upbeat Throughout the whole game during the practice week, so he would definitely be picked to come with me.
Santiago Leon
Nick, how has this offseason been so far for you? Um, were you able to get an agent? What is like this whole process been leading up to this week?
Nick Mongelli
Yeah, I was able to I got invited to a ballgame. I went and played in the HBCU spirit of America bowl down in Salem, Virginia. That was a great time because I got to meet so many different players from all over the country of all levels, v1 to d3, even Juco players, and it was really cool just to kind of see how their culture for their team was and and we can kind of have conversation and kind of tell stories about how our culture was at our, at our schools. I ended up signing with I ended up signing with an agent. I do have an agent on his name is Arthur Weiss. And he’s a great guy. He’s been I’ve been he’s been putting in a lot of work and me have been in contact. So that’s how it’s been going for me. I’ve done Since this virus has been going on, I’ve had to be I’ve been training in my basement, I have some weight in my basement. So I’m able to keep training on display desires going on and closing all the gyms while I’m home in school. So it’s been going pretty good. And I’ve actually had a lot of fun with it on doing interviews, I think they’ve all been so much fun, it’s so cool to meet new people along this journey. And I’m really blessed that I had the opportunity to go through the pre draft process and have a chance to be able to further my career to the professional level.
Justin Riley
here speaking of the, the whole, you know, COVID-19 situation, you know, is this limited a lot of players that you know, normally we get exposure with NFL scouts through the the pro days which as we know were canceled a lot of them you know, like Jalen hertz, Justin Jefferson to a taco viola, etc. taken to social media to have you know, on official pro days or just to have videos out there to showcase their abilities. Are you doing anything like that right now? What has been your process as far as getting more exposure for yourself?
Nick Mongelli
Um, like I said, I’ve been doing a bunch of interviews with some different people. And I posted as many kitten videos funny videos possible on all those media platforms right now. I have actually did my own virtual pro day. My own official one on my I have someone working on my video right now. That should be posted tomorrow. Actually, it should be done by tomorrow, midday. So I’m going to get that out tomorrow, just up on all my social media platforms is going to be up on YouTube as well. So I have been I have been keeping up with that. Also,
Justin Riley
awesome. Give me a shout out tomorrow when you post it man. So I’ll make sure that we get get retweeted or re or shared on our platforms. We’d love to do that. We’re sure.
Santiago Leon
Nick, thank you. Um, obviously you know with the draft, everyone talks about quarterbacks wide receivers, and also some defensive ends, you know, but for a kicker, what, you know, what is the the expectations like usually kickers don’t get paid usually for like the draft or do they usually wait to like the free agency? I mean, what is like the whole whole environment with a kicker
Nick Mongelli
So, I mean particulars. Yeah, they don’t they don’t they very rarely get drafted. And if they do, it’s in it’s on the last day, usually in the later rounds, or it’s the after draft signings. So that’s kind of how it goes. For for me, um, I’ve been asked by other people during interviews if, if I think maybe I’m at a disadvantage coming from a small school and I really don’t think so because at the end of the day, a four yard field was a 40 yard field goal, you know, and either you’re either gonna make it or you’re gonna miss it. So I feel like the kicker position is really 110 you can kind of do away with Oh, he went to a deep school or he went to a D one school in that aspect because there the 40 yard field Do you want level is the same as the d3 level you know it’s the same size up right same college hashes using the same football, you know. So I see like kicking, being a kicker is where you kind of really have a fair shot against the rest of the kickers across the country.
Justin Riley
I think it definitely gives you more of an advantage coming from a from a d3 school or a smaller school, like you said, because I just think that guys like you who are from the schools who aren’t, you know, on TV as much, I think you have more of a drive more of a focus more of a hunger than, say some of these bigger name athletes now think that the chances of you guys making an impact in the league are far greater. That’s just my take away. What are you saying?
Nick Mongelli
Um, I definitely think that coming from a small school, it kind of gives you that extra drive to prove yourself You belong at the next level coming from a smaller school. Especially because we’re not on TV ever. I mean, except for this season, we got to play our big rivalry game at MetLife Stadium we played against ESCO we played our big quarter ca game there. And it was so much fun. We had quote, I think we had around 50,000 fans and it was so cool, but that was really only that was really televised. So I think coming from a small school definitely instills that extra effort, that extra passion for what you’re doing. And kind of you really have to embrace the grind a little bit more than everybody else because you have something to prove coming from a smaller school because you don’t get as much exposure throughout the season.
Santiago Leon
Nick, if you could compare yourself to a pro athlete who would that be? And why?
Nick Mongelli
Honestly, I’ll compare myself to Pat McAfee.
Justin Riley
There you go.
Nick Mongelli
I follow I follow all his social media pages and I love all this content. The reason I would like to compare I’d like to compare myself to him is because he was very serious about what he did and going about his business. And he, he really loved the game. And he puts a lot of hard work in, but at the same time, he likes to have fun with it. And that’s what I like to do. Because I feel like if you’re not having fun with what you’re doing, then really why you’re doing it in the first place, you know, compare myself to him, because one, his work ethic is incredible. And he likes to enjoy playing the game and have fun and he shows emotion a little bit, not to not to the certain extent where coaches wouldn’t want it. But just enough to where it gets your teammates hyped up like for special teams play like he brought the fun two specialties I’d say, honestly, and I was always excited to watch him when he was trying to see when he hit a great point he pinned the team inside the 10. And what celebration is going to do next whether you’re going to hit the golf swing or the bow and arrow or something like that, and the rest of his teammates used to feed off of that as they would go on the field to play defense. So I like to compare myself to him for sure.
Justin Riley
Man, you chose a great guy. The pattern And your game after. I love him because like he said, you know, he’s got that fire, he’s got that intensity. He’s got passion, but he can also have a lot of fun and it’s very contagious is very infectious and you definitely need that. Especially, you know, in high pressure situations, you know, and I think that that definitely makes a big difference and how it outcomes you know, we we know who you kind of pattern yourself after, do you have a favorite NFL team or is there a team you really feel like you would fit in the best with
Nick Mongelli
um, my favorite team is jets, New York Jets. I grew up a Jets fan. I think that was just me at a young age. My my uncle actually is jet fan. So I think at a young age he was just kind of just put it in my head like your jet fan your jet fan, so I was jet fan. So I see I like New York Jets and it was really cool to get to play in their stadium to being that they are my favorite team that was even cooler that we got to play there this past season. So yeah, I’m a Jets fan and I haven’t really thought about a team that would fit in the best with. because realistically, I’m just looking for opportunity with anything. And any team that wants to take the take the chance to sign. Let me come onto their team and help them be successful in any way possible because I’m open to anything. Like I said, I mean, I think being a multi sport athlete my whole life really helps me be more versatile or team in especially team game, to be honest with you.
Santiago Leon
So, Nick, if you had to choose between these two kickers Adam finitary or Tucker from the Ravens, who would you choose?
Nick Mongelli
I’m a huge Justin soccer fan. I’ve always been a Justin Tucker fan, so I’m gonna go with him. Yeah, I love Justin soccer. I think he’s great on and off the field. Do while ago on YouTube, he goes down down into city and trains at the local fields and he will tweet out that he’s going to train so kids can go meet them hang out with him. While He’s training. And I think that’s so cool to get the surrounding city involved with what’s going on to the one, it brings more attention to the team. But it also shows that you care about the community that surrounds you as well. So I’m actually picking
Justin Riley
an awesome choice. And I’m not just saying that because I’m a ravens guy. All those things use. Note note, no bias here, not at all, but use names very big things, man. And that’s one of the reasons I love him too, just because of who he is outside of the field and his desire to give back and just to involve folks, you know, common the same token and you know, let’s talk about leadership. You know, how important is leadership to you and how did you serve as a leader with courtland?
Nick Mongelli
I think leadership is big. Like I said, Zach capote he was he was our running back and Captain but our other captains as well. They really did a great job at making sure the team was focused at all times. On they didn’t they didn’t really get on us in a negative way. Everything was always positive. And I think that’s very big. Because when a player makes a mistake in a game, you don’t want them to harp on the mistake they made because there’s always going to be another rep coming. And you have to be ready for it. So I feel like we be having good leadership on a team is very important in that aspect to keep your players upbeat throughout the course of a football game. And for me, I mean, being a kicker, it’s hard to kind of establish yourself as a leader, I did what I could, when I could, if I saw a teammate, that maybe was a little bit down and down themselves in a game, I was gonna talk to him like, Listen, talk to me, tell me what’s going on, we’ll get through this because you got to get out there and you got to perform for us. And at the end of the day, it’s, it’s about the team as a whole. It’s not about one individual. So um, I would like to say that I was kind of like the captain of the special teams unit. I would break it down in the huddle before we jog out for kickoff, or pawn or field goal. So it was a I definitely did what I could in that aspect.
Santiago Leon
Nick if NFL scout was listening to this podcast, what would you like to tell
Nick Mongelli
that I just I just have the great work ethic. I feel like I’ve been as a little kid, it was instilled in me by my dad, he pushed me and my little brother on to be the best that we can be. And when we ever thought that we were the best we can be, there was always another level that could have been reached. And I’m always reaching for that next level. And like I said, I love the pressure spots. I’m not afraid of them. Like in college, if there’s a pressure kick coming up, and my teammates do it, they come over to me You ready? And I’ll be like, Yeah, of course. I’m ready. I’m waiting for this. I love it. I love this pressure. And I love being put out there and all the pressure spots, whether we’re down three, tie game games, time expiring, she’ll go I love all of it. I don’t I very I really don’t get nervous at all. I actually feed off of the opposing teams and the opposing team yelling at me, I love it. So I feel like that is what I would bring to the organization is My work ethic is really just continuing to grow. I know I’m never content with where I’m at. I always want to get better and continue to get better and I really just want to keep reaching till I’m one until I’m one of the best. So that’s that’s what I would definitely say that I bring to the table.
Justin Riley
Man I can get into got a better answer beyond where Yeah, I really hope that you can bring those talents to the Ravens just saying, you know, my boy, Kilgour ain’t gonna be there forever, and we need someone to continue that. So, you know, if you get a call just saying, you know, be open and you know, I know your jets guy, but
Santiago Leon
but, but Nick, I mean, can you indicate any team out there that shows interest? I mean, can you disclose that or you can’t really talk about it.
Nick Mongelli
I really can’t talk about it. Just because just for the sake of being in contact with teens. I really will Like, dude, that’s all right with you guy. No, it’s okay. No, that’s
Santiago Leon
fine. Totally. Yeah, it’s NDA. I know. All that. how that feels. So
Justin Riley
yeah, we totally get it, man. So, I was just excited to see you as part of the process. And, you know, how you feel about all this? You know, this is this, you’re this close to having your dreams come true. You know, just what kind of state of mind Do you have right now?
Nick Mongelli
Right now, I’m really not trying to get really ahead of myself. I’m trying to stay level headed. I’m not trying to be or not trying to get overwhelmed with everything. You know, I’m just trying to stay calm, cool and collected. That’s how I always like to be. Because then again, if I do get a little bit ahead of myself, and it doesn’t happen, I don’t want to be let down. You know, so it’s so in this case, just saying level headed in neutral is best for me because if it doesn’t happen, I get back The drawing board and I get back to work, because I’m not going to stop. It’s my dream to be a professional athlete, to be a professional football player in any league. And I’m not going to stop until it happens. I’m gonna keep working.
Santiago Leon
So, Nick mun jelly from morbo, New Jersey, which I actually had a college roommate from that area. So it’s a very it’s an area like which I know actually as well so it’s interesting how these all connect. Ready first random questions, Nick. I’m ready. What is your What is your How do you have your pancakes?
Nick Mongelli
Chocolate chips.
Justin Riley
Oh, hey, go to
Santiago Leon
your favorite sneaker.
Nick Mongelli
Definitely, for definitely Nike brand going brand wise Nike and if I choose a shoe with Nike, it’s probably the Air Max 270s right now. I love them.
Santiago Leon
How do you have your stand? Medium. What is your favorite pet? Dog for sure. What’s the worst pet to have?
Nick Mongelli
I’m not a big guy. I’m not a big cat fan to be honest with you. So I’m gonna go with that.
Santiago Leon
What animal represents your personality?
Nick Mongelli
I go with a lion for sure. Just goes they’re always hungry always looking for more.
Santiago Leon
So your What is your your go to Starbucks coffee?
Nick Mongelli
Just a regular coffee with milk and sugar. I’m not a big fan of all those crazy flavors
Justin Riley
they the waist coffee supposed to be?
Santiago Leon
And finally, what would you tell your 15 year old self.
Nick Mongelli
Keep working hard. Because you don’t know where you’re gonna end up one day you could end up with the opportunity to be a professional athlete. So just keep grinding day in and day out and you keep chasing your dreams.
Santiago Leon
Anything else? Justin?
Justin Riley
Yeah, um, you know, course you’re gonna make it, bro. You’ll be the NFL I believe. My question is once your playing career is done, you know, you said you majored in sports management. Does that mean that you’re going to look to possibly go into the coaching as well? Because based on the conversation and listening, so while you answered and I just feel like I’m sensing this that there’s possibly a coach there. Well, what do you think?
Nick Mongelli
So definitely, I’m definitely as my playing career. I would love to be coached right now. Actually, I actually in the past have coached travel baseball teams. I train kickers in my area now that are up and coming through the surrounding high schools, they come and train with me or, or I bring them to my keeping trainer power kicking out in Connecticut. So I definitely would be I would definitely be happy to be a coach one day also my major I’m big into, like sports media, and also Sport, Sport analysts. I would love to be a sport analyst. I’m big into To following the draft and we’re we’re players that were in all sports, baseball, basketball and football. So definitely those would be the routes that I would pursue. And
Santiago Leon
way down into the future. If you’re still available. Come to the sports guys love to have you.
Nick Mongelli
Thank you. I really appreciate it. I really do,
Santiago Leon
Nick Any closing words.
Nick Mongelli
Now, I would just like to thank everyone who’s helped me along the way through my journey of being an athlete, friends, family, coaches, everyone who’s interviewed me and given the opportunity to kind of expand my network on this wouldn’t have been possible without all of them. Without my family and friends pushing me and believing in me, throughout my journey, as an athlete, whatever sport I was playing and always pushing me to be the best. And all the all the people that have been doing interviews, it may just give me opportunity to kind of let scouts in teams an organization’s kind of get to know me more on a personal level. So I really do appreciate everyone who has helped me through this process. And I’m truly blessed that I’m here, and I couldn’t have done it without. And Nick, what is the best way to reach you? The best way to reach me is probably my cell phone, or social media. I always answer my messages on social media. I never ignore messages if people do contact me. So whatever way is best for someone who is trying to reach me that I’m always my phone’s always on so I’m always answering. Justin, any closing words?
Justin Riley
Man, I just really appreciate you taking the time out of this busy schedule you have I know that you’ve got people following you. You’re in like 1000 different directions. You got to you know set phone calls going like crazy. You got you got. There’s so much going on. I just pray. I just I really appreciate you just taking the time to be with us and just really allowing us to get to know you and to know your heart. Really excited. Your future I really feel like that your destination is the NFL. You know if it’s the Ravens awesome. Who wants to go there? If it’s with your jets, you know even better, you know, I can cheer for the Jets my boy Quintin Williams and CJ Mosley are there you know my Alabama guys so I don’t mind to you know cheering for the green white so, but man seriously really excited about your future and really excited to see what path you take next and just know no matter what you always gonna have fans from us and we’re gonna we’re gonna support you.
Santiago Leon
Thank you I really do appreciate you guys for having me on as well. It’s been a lot of fun. I had a lot of fun with you guys today. You can reach us at the sports cast dotnet does sports cast dotnet for the latest and follow us on Twitter at the sports cast one we’ll be live tweeting the NFL NFL Draft all weekend and we’ll see what happens but Nick really it’s been a huge blessing. You know, coming on to the sports cast and get to know you know, players that we don’t know much about. And you know what’s going on out there. I mean, it’s not all the Alabama players, it’s not the Clemson players, not the organ players, but people like you that can make a difference, you know, players get drafted late way and it’s like a very late rounds, like the like for example, like like Brady, for example, went late and then became a superstar and Nick has that leadership of very similar to Brady. Anyways guys, I appreciate you guys coming on to the sports cast.
Justin Riley
Glad to be here.
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