Journey to the NFL

[00:00:00] What's the most exciting and most watched sport in the United States?

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[00:00:19] Welcome to the Air Raid Attack Podcast.

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[00:00:44] a lot in common.

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[00:00:56] This is your host, Air Raid Mike.

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[00:01:14] I'll walk you next week for a second but we are back for episode number two of the

[00:01:20] Wednesday Night Double Header Matt Blackwell of the Crimson Captain joined in and then Finishing

[00:01:27] the Night Cap is a good dude I'm looking forward to hearing about his journey from

[00:01:33] Marys to UT Chattanooga.

[00:01:35] And now as he heads into the NFL process of the pro-days and the NFL draft here

[00:01:42] in a few weeks, the All-American Safety from the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga,

[00:01:48] Mr. Clay Fields, Clay, first of all, thank you for taking time out of your extremely busy

[00:01:54] schedule and hopping on the podcast talking some ball and hearing your story about your

[00:02:02] journey so far as you head into the National Football League.

[00:02:05] Well, thank you.

[00:02:06] Thank you.

[00:02:07] I appreciate you having me here on the show.

[00:02:09] Hey, it's my honor and I always tell people and I got a buddy of mine, D'Artagnan

[00:02:15] Tinsley from the University of Cincinnati is, hey, if I'm going to be a football

[00:02:18] if I can help in any way possible get the name out there, you know, I'm all for it because

[00:02:24] at the end of the day, you know, we're all we're all humans and we all try to help each

[00:02:29] other grow and succeed.

[00:02:30] And anything I can do to get your name out there, dude, in all good ways, I definitely

[00:02:35] will.

[00:02:36] And, you know, start things things off is, you know, tell the listeners a little

[00:02:41] about yourself and who you are and as we get this show rolling.

[00:02:47] I'm a little thing about myself.

[00:02:50] Names Clay Fields from Somerset, New Jersey before coming down to chat originally came

[00:02:56] from Marist College, which is up in Poughkeepsie, New York.

[00:03:01] Little things about a little fun fact about me.

[00:03:05] If it actually wasn't for football, I went to the culinary school.

[00:03:09] Interesting. Culinary Institute, which is actually right down the street from

[00:03:13] Marist, so it kind of it kind of, you know, kind of just worked out.

[00:03:18] I still at the end of the day I was right next to it.

[00:03:20] So yeah.

[00:03:22] With that being said, what are your favorite foods that you like to cook?

[00:03:28] See, I actually I actually like to make a variety of food.

[00:03:32] First, taking part in is a big thing for me.

[00:03:37] A thing up north we have, I don't know if you ever heard of this

[00:03:41] called Rasta Pasta, basically like a Cajun Alfredo type of thing.

[00:03:47] Then you know after that is kind of like the basics burgers

[00:03:52] all and just stuff like that, honestly,

[00:03:54] just different mixtures and combinations of foods.

[00:03:58] That's what's up now because that's interesting.

[00:04:03] That's a very fun fact.

[00:04:04] And

[00:04:06] and that's one thing I like is, you know, there's more to life

[00:04:11] and to human being than just than just football.

[00:04:14] And I like that. That's pretty cool.

[00:04:15] Now me on the other hand, if I can grill, that's cool.

[00:04:18] Now everything else, you know, I know I wouldn't say it's bad,

[00:04:22] but definitely it's not not Gordon Ramsay type or anything like that.

[00:04:26] So I mean, yeah, that's actually another thing my father

[00:04:31] like kind of like told me how to do he because he told me

[00:04:35] the importance of being able to hop on that grill and really,

[00:04:39] you know, cook it up every once in a while.

[00:04:41] And especially in the summers, that's like a lot of times

[00:04:44] that's all we use.

[00:04:45] We don't even come in the kitchen a lot.

[00:04:48] Same here, especially during summertime, especially here in Oklahoma

[00:04:51] where it's too hot to run the oven.

[00:04:52] So you might as well go outside and and grill and save some of the

[00:04:57] save some of the food and store it for the week

[00:04:59] and get the meal prep going.

[00:05:01] But hey, let's get to your journey.

[00:05:04] And you mentioned Marist.

[00:05:06] Talk about your time, excuse me, in Marist,

[00:05:11] receiving your communication degree at Marist

[00:05:13] and and starting from there as we head to UT Chattanooga.

[00:05:19] Oh, well, so I came to Marist.

[00:05:22] I was at Marist the first five years.

[00:05:24] I actually graduated with a marketing degree

[00:05:27] and it's actually a funny story with the communications degree.

[00:05:31] In fact, so towards the end of my career there,

[00:05:35] I was, you know, finishing my marketing degree

[00:05:39] and trying to figure out if I do want to transfer

[00:05:42] and what am I going to study?

[00:05:45] Am I going to, you know, my last year, am I just going to hang out?

[00:05:48] How to just do something?

[00:05:50] But talking to my athletic advisor, actually,

[00:05:54] I had I had a surprisingly a minor

[00:05:59] and that I was basically done with

[00:06:02] in sports communications.

[00:06:04] So that was one of the things that I kind of just stumbled upon

[00:06:09] and really just ended up doing that

[00:06:13] trying to finish that up at Chattanooga.

[00:06:16] But more of my football journey

[00:06:19] wasn't really highly recruited coming out of high school,

[00:06:22] very underrated type of guy came to Marist.

[00:06:27] Didn't get to play my first year really.

[00:06:30] Then my sophomore year was a huge turnaround

[00:06:34] played all 11 games actually started one.

[00:06:38] Then then COVID happened.

[00:06:41] Then, you know how that affected the college world

[00:06:46] hugely then first year back became all American.

[00:06:52] Then my last year at Marist ended up

[00:06:56] actually being the highest grade of safety in the country

[00:06:59] on all levels, SCS, FPS, D2, D3.

[00:07:04] So big huge, huge achievement for me

[00:07:09] because I felt like it just put me on a different level

[00:07:13] in terms of how I compare myself

[00:07:17] to like all those NFL ready guys.

[00:07:19] So came down to Chattanooga.

[00:07:22] Little adjusted, I had to get adjusted a little bit,

[00:07:25] but also found my rhythm.

[00:07:28] Then yeah, now we're here.

[00:07:32] Very nice.

[00:07:32] And of course, to the watchers and listeners out there,

[00:07:35] time in, leave your comments,

[00:07:37] questions for Clay throughout the show

[00:07:39] and and we'll get those answered throughout.

[00:07:42] Of course, I hate doing this because we all try to forget about 20

[00:07:46] forget about 2020 and COVID as an as a college athlete

[00:07:51] and especially in football where it's a lot of a lot of contact.

[00:07:56] Did that affect you any during those times where, of course,

[00:07:58] everything was limited?

[00:08:00] And of course, you know, from how that, you know,

[00:08:03] how was how was that hurdle for you in the way to kind of adapt

[00:08:07] to a new new society during those those months in 2020?

[00:08:13] I'm definitely different just in a sense of

[00:08:16] a lot of a lot of like college athletes for so many years.

[00:08:20] You're so used to like your body starts getting ready

[00:08:23] towards the end of that summer for, you know, going into camp,

[00:08:27] things like that.

[00:08:29] Then once the season actually hit and because unfortunately,

[00:08:32] Maris, we opted out of the seat at season

[00:08:35] and we opted out of the season.

[00:08:39] So not actually playing felt very weird

[00:08:44] just in the sense of being just, you know, not playing,

[00:08:49] not really practicing in like full pads and stuff like that.

[00:08:52] It was definitely a huge adjustment I think.

[00:08:56] Just because I've just my body's so ready to for football season.

[00:09:00] Of course.

[00:09:02] Yeah, definitely.

[00:09:03] And it was just a huge adjustment mentally and physically

[00:09:07] because my mind and my body is ready to play,

[00:09:09] but we're actually not playing.

[00:09:11] So kind of, you know, changed it up a little bit.

[00:09:14] And I felt like it actually got me in the right mindset of

[00:09:18] I got to take this serious because you never know when your last season might ever be.

[00:09:23] Yeah.

[00:09:25] Well, and that's a great mindset because, you know, a lot of things,

[00:09:29] you know, I'm my playing days are are long,

[00:09:32] definitely long gone.

[00:09:34] But I don't know if I could deal with another one.

[00:09:37] But, you know, he just and that's true fact

[00:09:40] because you just don't know when, you know, when your last time playing

[00:09:43] and how it can affect and so on and so forth.

[00:09:46] And when that time came back when you guys were able to practice

[00:09:52] and so on and so forth, was there any adjustments you had to remake

[00:09:56] or was everything kind of back to normal, just with different kind of set

[00:09:59] of protocols during the first few months or so?

[00:10:03] I feel like it's still definitely different

[00:10:05] because it's been you really don't, especially in the defense side,

[00:10:08] you don't really think about it so much because, yes, you practice it on your own.

[00:10:13] But at the same time, actually tackling someone after, I say, a year

[00:10:19] and some change like it is definitely a lot different

[00:10:23] because a lot of people definitely live more hesitant, right?

[00:10:26] Because it's been so long than what you used to.

[00:10:29] And really just getting back in that groove.

[00:10:32] I mean, it took a little bit, honestly, it took the team a lot,

[00:10:36] a little bit of a little bit of time to get back in that groove

[00:10:41] of like hitting people and things like that.

[00:10:43] But it wasn't it wasn't nothing too crazy.

[00:10:47] Now, we'll say I can see that you're one of those hyped up safeties.

[00:10:52] And were you ready to were you ready to hit somebody's helmet pads,

[00:10:56] make some pad noise out?

[00:10:58] That's for sure.

[00:11:00] Definitely.

[00:11:01] Definitely.

[00:11:02] And it's actually surprising when you actually do get a good hit

[00:11:06] on off as a guy that hasn't been tackled in some way.

[00:11:10] So like it it's like it still it still brings that joy back

[00:11:14] because once you get that first one under your belt, you're pretty much fine.

[00:11:18] Well, absolutely.

[00:11:20] So really, yeah, that's really just what it was, like

[00:11:24] getting used to it.

[00:11:25] And once you finally get it, you feel like it's like riding a bike.

[00:11:29] You never forget.

[00:11:30] Yeah, no, that's that's I like that.

[00:11:34] And I like that.

[00:11:35] I can see that you're one of those players that come off the ball

[00:11:38] and you're ready to ready to to hit somebody.

[00:11:41] And I like that.

[00:11:42] And.

[00:11:43] Course from Marist to the U.T.

[00:11:46] Chattanooga, what was a process like when it was going through

[00:11:50] the transfer portal and transferring to eventually U.T.

[00:11:55] Chattanooga?

[00:11:56] What was it like?

[00:11:59] And did it kind of prepare you obviously for the the pro days

[00:12:03] and with the scouts and as we talk more into that here in a momentarily?

[00:12:07] But did it kind of prep you ready for that?

[00:12:10] Or what was the process like during that transfer portal?

[00:12:13] Definitely getting happy in the transfer portal.

[00:12:17] I'm sorry.

[00:12:19] It definitely was a different experience for me just for just because

[00:12:23] I was a highly recruited, right?

[00:12:25] And now me actually making a name for myself,

[00:12:30] becoming an All-American, one of the highest

[00:12:32] degrees of safety in the country.

[00:12:34] You're getting a lot more attention on you in terms of like on Twitter,

[00:12:39] you're getting a lot more followers.

[00:12:41] I'm talking to coaches constantly and especially with the speed of it.

[00:12:46] Like I definitely enjoyed it.

[00:12:48] I was talking to coaches maybe while I was texting coaches like all day.

[00:12:53] Wow.

[00:12:54] It was a little it was into a point where it was a little hard to keep up of who

[00:12:58] because you're getting like new text messages every hour.

[00:13:04] Yeah, so I sometimes I had to like go back in our text messages

[00:13:09] just to double check to see who it is on the phone constantly.

[00:13:14] I mean, even though it was a lot going on, it definitely was a great experience.

[00:13:20] Going to like one of the reasons I chose Chattanooga was for me,

[00:13:24] honestly, I wanted because the thing with Scouts was coming out of Mayors

[00:13:31] was the competition level for me.

[00:13:34] And they said, yes, you could play, but how do you compare about

[00:13:38] with those guys that are NFL ready?

[00:13:41] And that definitely stuck with me in the back of my mind

[00:13:44] when I was in the transfer pool.

[00:13:46] So me and my family kind of made a criteria list a little bit

[00:13:50] in terms of like the team,

[00:13:55] like more of not really like more of how

[00:14:02] just more of a sense of like the quality of football we're playing

[00:14:07] early because we want to get in those higher standards

[00:14:13] because higher standards of playing football

[00:14:15] in terms of guys that are getting NFL looks.

[00:14:20] And so Chattanooga was a perfect fit for me,

[00:14:24] especially their defense that they had fit my play style tremendously.

[00:14:30] Then actually getting there and practicing and stuff like that.

[00:14:33] I sort of like off the rip, you could tell

[00:14:39] that this is not it's not Marist anymore,

[00:14:42] just in terms of the speed of the guys

[00:14:46] the quality that you're seeing all around the ball.

[00:14:49] A lot of those guys that you do,

[00:14:52] you guys did see during the year, like I promise you,

[00:14:55] you're going to see on Sunday one day

[00:14:58] because those they're that good, especially at practice

[00:15:01] where pushing each other, going at it,

[00:15:04] especially those hot Tennessee days

[00:15:09] where tensions are high.

[00:15:11] You really do see the best of the best come out.

[00:15:16] During that process and even not just during that process,

[00:15:20] but throughout your whole journey of football.

[00:15:25] Who?

[00:15:28] How has your family impacted you during that?

[00:15:31] And who has been your biggest cheerleaders throughout your

[00:15:34] really throughout your whole journey?

[00:15:36] You know, not just so much through your transfer portal process,

[00:15:39] but really your journey and your biggest cheerleader.

[00:15:42] My family definitely played a huge part in it.

[00:15:46] A lot of the times you've seen it more towards

[00:15:49] like the back end part of my career at Marist,

[00:15:53] just to start that my family were at almost every game

[00:15:57] supporting me.

[00:15:59] For me, like it just made me a little more comfortable

[00:16:02] because I know I have people there.

[00:16:04] I'm not necessarily on my own.

[00:16:06] Right.

[00:16:07] And felt like that helped me just give me a little side

[00:16:10] relief.

[00:16:11] And once once I got in the portal coming down to Chinuga,

[00:16:17] it was a bigger distance from there than it was to Marist.

[00:16:21] It's going from Jersey, New Jersey to New York is nothing.

[00:16:26] Anyone up north knows that that's that's a routine trip.

[00:16:30] But coming from New Jersey to Tennessee,

[00:16:33] that's that's something that's not not that easy.

[00:16:37] As a whole, a big culture difference down there

[00:16:40] and still and still making the effort to come to all my games.

[00:16:46] Definitely definitely had a huge impact on me just

[00:16:49] just by being there and show their support

[00:16:53] in terms of my biggest cheerleader.

[00:16:56] It's kind of a tie, honestly, between my mom and my dad.

[00:17:00] My mom loves the experience of just going to different places

[00:17:07] football as a whole, seeing the success I had.

[00:17:11] And my father, just on the other hand,

[00:17:13] a more of an athlete's perspective

[00:17:16] because unfortunately he didn't have a chance to play

[00:17:19] college ball because of injury.

[00:17:21] And him seeing the steps that I made

[00:17:25] just made him like just love the whole process as a whole.

[00:17:29] Because unfortunately, like I said,

[00:17:31] he didn't have a chance to go through it.

[00:17:33] But this just made him so excited,

[00:17:37] especially now with pro days,

[00:17:40] me talking to different scouts.

[00:17:42] My name starting to get out there

[00:17:44] with a little more buzz recently.

[00:17:47] There's definitely he's just excited for everything

[00:17:49] and the whole thing you can see me playing on Sundays.

[00:17:52] Now I respect that.

[00:17:53] That's that's I love that because

[00:17:57] regardless of regardless of whatever outcome,

[00:18:01] family is always by your side.

[00:18:03] And I love hearing stories like that

[00:18:05] just because it shows through whatever it might be.

[00:18:09] Literally, that family is families got your back

[00:18:13] and I can just imagine

[00:18:16] seeing your dad and even your mom, both your parents

[00:18:20] literally smiling and the excitement now

[00:18:22] going through the process of pro days

[00:18:26] and leading up to the NFL draft

[00:18:30] and so on and so forth that the excitement is definitely in the air.

[00:18:33] And in which, you know, first off, congrats on

[00:18:39] getting the invite of the Giants pro day

[00:18:41] and kind of now why now we're into the NFL

[00:18:46] and what is the process even like

[00:18:49] just literally from your final snap at UT Chattanooga

[00:18:52] and leading through now as of April the third.

[00:18:58] What has it been processed like now with

[00:19:02] taking those next steps into the National Football League and

[00:19:05] and scouts are they, you know, they call kind of interview you?

[00:19:09] What's what's the process like?

[00:19:11] Because you're now my first to ever kind of go through this process.

[00:19:14] Kind of curious.

[00:19:16] Um, this process is a little I mean, it's a little different than what I'm used to.

[00:19:21] It's a little different from college recruiting.

[00:19:24] I mean, it still has its similarities, but right.

[00:19:26] The same time is a little more on a professional level, just in terms of,

[00:19:32] you know, still trying to find out who you are as a person.

[00:19:37] Big thing with especially my position.

[00:19:40] You've seen a lot of my film that I'm very versatile

[00:19:43] in terms of positions that I play.

[00:19:45] I play three strongs, a nickel.

[00:19:48] I can even play corner if you need to. Nice.

[00:19:51] And a lot of teams are kind of, you know,

[00:19:54] I have such a variety of film that

[00:19:57] people are trying to figure out what position that I play.

[00:20:00] And I tell them all the time that I can play whatever you need me to.

[00:20:05] And I feel like a lot of people can say that they're versatile,

[00:20:09] but when you actually look at it,

[00:20:12] I'm very comfortable in any position that I play

[00:20:15] because I feel like a lot of my strengths are especially

[00:20:19] me having the ability to build chemistry

[00:20:23] with my teammates and things like that,

[00:20:26] especially situational awareness in terms of understanding

[00:20:31] what teams like to do and stuff like that.

[00:20:34] And especially I feel like I have an orthodox play style

[00:20:38] is very deceptive in terms of like my speed

[00:20:43] in terms of I might start off walking one way,

[00:20:46] but then I'm in a full on sprint the next second.

[00:20:49] Right.

[00:20:49] So I feel like that helps me play a lot of a variety of positions.

[00:20:56] So, yeah, I think that definitely is playing a factor

[00:21:01] in terms of trying to some teams try to figure out

[00:21:03] where they can plug me in at.

[00:21:08] Growing up,

[00:21:11] was there a certain player that you admire their play

[00:21:14] when it came to your position or just really just in football

[00:21:18] and general was that one player that you maybe even if it's just not

[00:21:21] admired from your position play just overall,

[00:21:25] was there any favorite players growing up that you

[00:21:29] know looked after or kind of mimicked so to speak?

[00:21:34] Definitely.

[00:21:35] So the way when I was being brought up into football,

[00:21:39] my dad was a very early 2000s 90s type of guy.

[00:21:43] So coming up, if I was going to play defense,

[00:21:48] we're here to play.

[00:21:50] I like Brian Dawkins, Troy Palamalu, Ed Reed, Ronnie Lott,

[00:21:57] all those guys because those guys demanded dominance

[00:22:02] on the defense side of the ball.

[00:22:04] And when you watch some of the film that you can see very

[00:22:07] a lot of similarities instead of like my physicality with Brian

[00:22:11] Dawkins and Ronnie Lott, those guys.

[00:22:14] Then in terms of coverage, you see you see the range I can have

[00:22:20] a lot of the playmaking skills that you see with Ed Reed and Troy

[00:22:23] Palamalu and started in terms of starting one place and ending up

[00:22:27] in a completely different one.

[00:22:29] So I feel like that doesn't mean guys I kind of modeled my game after.

[00:22:36] Those are some good players that definitely, you know,

[00:22:39] you can go after it because phenomenal players and through, you know.

[00:22:48] Try to figure out how to ask during this, I guess, leading up to draft day

[00:22:54] when you have your draft party, whatever that may look like for you,

[00:22:58] who's going to be at your house and what your what your celebration

[00:23:02] plans are going to be after after you get selected?

[00:23:05] Yeah, definitely all my friends and family because

[00:23:10] my family, like I said before, is a huge part.

[00:23:15] Then at the same time, my friends also played a huge part just in terms of

[00:23:20] keeping me level headed throughout all of this, because some even though,

[00:23:24] unfortunately, some of them weren't able to make it as hard as me.

[00:23:29] Right. They still play a huge role in terms of keeping me concentrated.

[00:23:32] And we like some thing I mean, my boys like to say we call it

[00:23:38] state of course, no matter how hard it gets.

[00:23:41] Sometimes you just got to stay down and just keep going with it.

[00:23:45] And eventually going to is going to show up.

[00:23:51] Yeah, because I mean, again, you know, you can go through so much that

[00:23:56] you can go through so much hurdles and, you know, kind of bumps in road

[00:24:02] and so on and so forth to the point that, you know, staying the course is

[00:24:06] is the once you stay there, course and kind of keep going through emotions

[00:24:11] that the reward is bigger in the end.

[00:24:14] And I can see that driven in the end and which leads to,

[00:24:21] you know, the food part.

[00:24:22] I got to ask you this clay on the food part and draft it.

[00:24:25] Are you going to be cooking some good food?

[00:24:27] Are you going to?

[00:24:29] All right. So with that, I'm definitely going to let my mom take over

[00:24:34] because that's definitely her thing.

[00:24:36] Yes, sir.

[00:24:38] She's been she's been cooking for she's been making like that's another

[00:24:42] one of the inspirations in terms of like why I like to cook it because

[00:24:45] of her. She is actually well, she took it too far now, but she she goes

[00:24:51] on, take talk and dry all these new things.

[00:24:54] And and sometimes I come downstairs like,

[00:24:57] what are you even making?

[00:24:58] And it comes out to be really good.

[00:25:00] So she's definitely let her do her thing.

[00:25:04] Not going to interrupt her.

[00:25:07] But in terms of what I'm a have there, I feel like

[00:25:11] definitely this is not going to be a common thing.

[00:25:15] We'll be honest.

[00:25:17] Because I'm also some people that don't know, I'm also Puerto Rican

[00:25:21] as well and she's fully Puerto Rican.

[00:25:25] So she's going to have some Spanish dishes there.

[00:25:30] Definitely chicken parm that's a non-negotiable.

[00:25:33] That's definitely going to be her famous mac and cheese,

[00:25:40] rice, chicken.

[00:25:44] We probably have, like I said, it's going to be a variety that she

[00:25:47] is one of those things that she knows what to make.

[00:25:49] And it's probably maybe at least 20 different dishes.

[00:25:53] Wow.

[00:25:54] And she's definitely one of those people that like you're not,

[00:25:58] she's not going to just make a little bit of one thing

[00:26:00] just because she's making a variety.

[00:26:02] Right.

[00:26:02] And she's going to make sure that it's going to be hard for you

[00:26:06] to make it home in terms of falling asleep.

[00:26:08] So.

[00:26:13] So what you're saying, Clay, is party at your house?

[00:26:16] I. Hey, we're going to see.

[00:26:19] We're going to see everyone that's listening

[00:26:22] and watching, please.

[00:26:23] Yeah, it's that's just a joke.

[00:26:25] I please don't show up on his doorstep.

[00:26:28] You're not you're not invited.

[00:26:29] That's going to get a little weird.

[00:26:31] I promise.

[00:26:32] I mean, if you guys show up, no worry about it.

[00:26:35] You guys can come on in.

[00:26:36] You guys just as much as family as everyone else.

[00:26:38] So I want to grab you a plate.

[00:26:42] Just just slowly walk out.

[00:26:45] No, I like that.

[00:26:49] I buddy of mine, he hosts the podcast

[00:26:51] called Defining Moments podcast and

[00:26:55] his name is Mr. Wong Lam.

[00:26:57] Shout out to him and

[00:27:00] throughout your early life so far

[00:27:02] and into this football journey

[00:27:04] and and moving forward with your career.

[00:27:07] What was your one defining moment that

[00:27:10] made that break that you were looking for?

[00:27:15] So actually it was kind of recent.

[00:27:18] My last year at Marist, I felt like

[00:27:21] definitely gave me that extra like

[00:27:24] wow moment of that could definitely do this.

[00:27:27] We were playing down in Stetson University

[00:27:31] down in Delanne, Florida.

[00:27:33] It was a tie game

[00:27:35] coming towards the end of the fourth quarter.

[00:27:39] Everyone knows Florida hot humid

[00:27:42] doesn't make any sense.

[00:27:45] Really just

[00:27:48] it's been a long day.

[00:27:50] Hot.

[00:27:52] No one feels like tackling in that heat.

[00:27:54] You think you have flashbacks of camp

[00:27:57] all over again, people's cramping, a whole bunch of stuff.

[00:28:02] So actually towards

[00:28:05] I want to say it's the last two minutes of the game,

[00:28:07] two and a half minutes of game.

[00:28:08] We finally got us.

[00:28:09] We got to stop.

[00:28:12] That turned into a 90 yard

[00:28:14] punt return touchdown that I've been trying to get all day

[00:28:17] because it's one of those things that has been there.

[00:28:20] But you haven't you just haven't got that little extra step that

[00:28:25] if you would have had you would have gotten it.

[00:28:28] Then about I'm going to say 30 to 45 seconds later, 75 yard pick six.

[00:28:37] Oh, nice to put us up 14 in the final minute of the game.

[00:28:40] So I think that definitely like a wow moment

[00:28:44] right and definitely from my teammates as well, just because like

[00:28:51] um for them, like they look at me to make plays, especially things like that.

[00:28:57] But I feel like I surprised myself just in a way of

[00:29:01] wow, I really took over this game in a matter of a minute and a half

[00:29:06] and really changed the outcome outcome when some people might not

[00:29:12] might even only had one of those two touchdowns.

[00:29:16] And how rare it is that actually get a punt return touchdown in a pick six in the same game.

[00:29:22] Definitely, definitely show me that I think I'm ready for the next one.

[00:29:28] Well, and you know, obviously I wasn't didn't make it that far.

[00:29:33] I'm perfectly fine with that.

[00:29:34] And you know, it's God's will.

[00:29:37] But you know,

[00:29:38] you know, obviously I want to consider myself a scout by any means,

[00:29:43] but I love the game of football and that's always going to be one of, you know,

[00:29:47] it's the sport that I love regardless and how good or bad the Oklahoma City Thunder

[00:29:52] are doing downtown or whatnot.

[00:29:55] But it's always going to be football.

[00:29:56] But you know, I can see just even the conversation we're having that,

[00:30:02] you know, the passions there, but the fact that like, you know,

[00:30:05] okay, dude, you know, I'm going to go out there and grind with the best of the best.

[00:30:10] And I want to show out and do what I need to do to make plays,

[00:30:15] but at the same time be a team player.

[00:30:17] And and but at the same, you know, and I get the vibe that, hey,

[00:30:21] I'm still clay fields, you know, and I'm always going to be clay and you're,

[00:30:28] you don't got the big head, so to speak.

[00:30:33] It's your humble and you're going to go out there and grind with the rest of the

[00:30:40] man on the field.

[00:30:41] And I respect that for you.

[00:30:43] Definitely 100% agree with you.

[00:30:45] For me it's more of a, I didn't make a year there yet.

[00:30:50] So we had to keep grinding no matter what the success looks like.

[00:30:55] We're going to get there one day.

[00:30:56] Whether that means I start on just making the practice while that's still a achievement to me

[00:31:02] because at the end of the day, it's still a process that you are going through.

[00:31:07] And even if to make it to playing on Sundays that you got to earn your keep on the practice

[00:31:14] while then eventually making it onto the 53 man roster, I'm willing to do that.

[00:31:19] My family is a huge, huge, are huge on hard work.

[00:31:30] And they don't expect anything less but working hard.

[00:31:35] So like no matter hard work I actually put in compared to other people, I feel like

[00:31:43] that yes, I have the confidence to know I can play, but at the same time,

[00:31:48] we have to stay humble because if you get too arrogant or cocky that you're going to lose yourself

[00:31:56] and by staying humble and not forgetting, because I think a lot of people forget about the little

[00:32:04] other people in their life that yes it might not be a huge impact, but they do help,

[00:32:08] help you get there no matter what that looks like.

[00:32:11] So I feel like that's a huge thing, huge thing for me that I emphasize that I take all the

[00:32:18] relationships that I do develop over this time.

[00:32:21] I do pay attention and care about it.

[00:32:25] And a lot of my friends definitely know that I'm one of those people that if you need help,

[00:32:31] I'm always going to be there no matter if I make it to the NFL or not.

[00:32:36] But yeah, that's just a huge thing for me.

[00:32:38] Well, absolutely. And I always live by it.

[00:32:45] And I always tell the kiddos, my kiddos that especially my oldest if anything is the fact

[00:32:53] that because he's his teenager now, but is the fact that you always don't forget where

[00:32:59] you started from. Don't forget where you came from is what they always say.

[00:33:02] But don't always forget where you started from because

[00:33:05] a lot of times, and I know a few people personally, I'm not going to call them out on it.

[00:33:09] But we've all been there, done that to an extent, I'm sure.

[00:33:12] But a lot of times we misinterpret whether it's a job title, whether it's a sports position

[00:33:17] or a coaching position or whatever the case might be.

[00:33:20] We always forget we got that title.

[00:33:23] Now we always forget where we started from because, you know, and I always say look back

[00:33:28] and say just remember where you started from and where you came from because,

[00:33:33] you know, at the starting point, the more your true people that were there by your side then

[00:33:39] are the ones still by. And I got nothing but praise for you on that because

[00:33:45] you're a humble dude and your family's a big thing.

[00:33:48] And I think when you got those two in coherent, the sky is the limit.

[00:33:54] And that goes for anything, whether it's sports or not sports.

[00:33:57] It's sky's the limit on that one.

[00:33:59] Yeah, definitely. I definitely agree with you. Like you said, you can't forget where you started

[00:34:04] from. I've been actually working out with the same trainer since my sophomore year of high school.

[00:34:14] And he's definitely been a big impact on me.

[00:34:19] Definitely. No, I would probably say he's the biggest impact on me in terms of

[00:34:22] the way I play on the field just because he's taught me a lot of the stuff that I know now

[00:34:31] in terms of like my technique, understanding the game as a whole. His name is Joe Porter.

[00:34:38] Yeah, he's just a huge impact on me, especially during COVID when a lot of guys were just

[00:34:44] sitting around not doing much. We were outside working two, three times a day.

[00:34:49] And that's another person that just had a huge impact on me.

[00:34:54] He never gave up on me because starting out, I was actually very undersized corner

[00:35:03] about let's say five, six, maybe 140 pounds playing.

[00:35:08] Then as I'm getting older and we were way to one,

[00:35:13] he seemed like, like you said, he literally saw me from where I started to where I am now.

[00:35:22] That's also one of my biggest supporters just because that he's seen where we started and

[00:35:29] he knows my story just in terms of not being highly recruited, but just staying down

[00:35:36] and just keep working. Because at the end of the day, no one can take hard work for me.

[00:35:41] And just keep working one day. We don't need every scout in the world to like us,

[00:35:48] we just need one guy. So that's why, like I said earlier, we take every

[00:35:54] relationship that we build with scouts, coaches, we take it serious in terms of trying to

[00:35:59] build a family aspect and building that trust. With me and the scouts and the coaches,

[00:36:06] trying to build that trust factor just so that they understand how serious and that I'm willing

[00:36:14] to do anything for them and the organization to try to bring their team a Super Bowl.

[00:36:21] Yes, sir. And I'm sure you get asked this a lot and I respect the answer because I know

[00:36:27] at this point, I'm sure it's any team that gives you that call.

[00:36:30] Is there a team that you grew up watching that was your favorite team? One. And then two,

[00:36:35] is there one to hang on to that? That's messed up. Now, what was your favorite team growing up?

[00:36:40] But I don't put them on the spot like that. What was your favorite team growing up?

[00:36:46] Oh, I'm a Dallas Cowboys fan. I'm a Dallas Cowboys.

[00:36:51] Jerry Jones better be calling you then.

[00:36:54] Hey, Jerry, if you want to come get me, I just know I got my bags ready.

[00:37:02] But seriously, though, I'm willing to go to any team that's willing to pick me up.

[00:37:08] And even though I am a Cowboys fan that you're getting everything out of me and nothing holding

[00:37:14] back. No, I ain't gonna do that today. That's pretty, that'd be, I don't think I have anybody

[00:37:20] that's listening from the NFL. I don't know. Maybe I do. Who knows? That'd be kind of

[00:37:24] co-harded. No, I ain't going to do that. But no, because I mean, I would imagine just from

[00:37:28] your aspect, even though I ain't gonna say the team, but I'm sure there's a certain few teams in

[00:37:33] that NFC East that even though growing up, you know, will be tough, but at the end that you're

[00:37:38] fulfilling your dreams, I'm sure it's worth it in the end. But have you ever been to Colorado by

[00:37:44] chance? No, I haven't. I haven't had any chance to come out there. No, Colorado. No, I know

[00:37:53] wherever you end up. I'm a Denver Bronco fan. So, you know, you get there. I'll buy your jersey.

[00:38:00] I promise you that one. But no, do jokes aside. No, I know that you're wherever you go. You're

[00:38:05] going to be success because of the fact that you're going to bring the A game and your best,

[00:38:12] the best literally no pun intended on the field. And so, you know, you're just molding

[00:38:20] yourself to be somebody great. And I can see that and you get that drive going.

[00:38:26] Definitely 100%. I'm ready. I'm ready to take on any challenges. I think definitely being from Jersey

[00:38:35] that we have this thing where we're not scared of anybody. You know, a lot of people heard the

[00:38:40] March Madness run from St. Peter's bunch in New York and New Jersey guys were not scared of

[00:38:46] no one. We wanted to take on anybody, regardless of the name, statue and then they were going to work

[00:38:54] just like you guys. So ready to prove ourselves every day. I will say this is there, you know,

[00:39:03] this is just kind of curiosity. The preferred warmer weather or colder weather when you play

[00:39:09] when you play football? Now, I remember playing one time in the cold. It was really cold cold.

[00:39:17] Hitting that ground was not fun. Was it worth it? Yeah, not fun by any means.

[00:39:23] Okay, so now me actually playing in Tennessee in New York. Man, so definitely, definitely do

[00:39:36] prefer a warmer. I can't lie to you there. I'm not disagreeing on that one bit.

[00:39:42] Because definitely being out in Tennessee, I think it might have snowed one time within a year.

[00:39:50] Year and some change up it down there. And like it being a warm all the time,

[00:39:57] definitely, definitely different. But at the same time, not too big of a fan of the heat either.

[00:40:04] That's because I'm I have this thing where you can always warm up but it's hard to cool

[00:40:08] down sometimes. So to me, I definitely would prefer say I do I would say I prefer I like the warmer

[00:40:17] weather just just definitely coming down to November, December. That makes a big difference.

[00:40:24] Going from the snow to playing in 60 degrees is a big difference. But

[00:40:30] definitely, I think I would probably say I like I like the warmer weather a little better.

[00:40:35] Just for its long time. It's like that. No, I'm 100% with you because for all you listeners and

[00:40:44] the ones that former players, I'm sure you guys know, getting hit in the cold.

[00:40:48] I don't care what if it's 32 or 22 or 12 or 42. It's a different feel compared to

[00:40:56] 60s, 70s and 80s in the world. Well, definitely above that. But but I know some people prefer

[00:41:01] certain kind of weather compared to others. But but music wise, what's your kind of music you like?

[00:41:11] You like the warm up to do a warm up practice to? I like to listen to variety music. It's actually

[00:41:18] funny you said that because my friends kind of make fun of me a little bit because if you go on

[00:41:24] my phone and just his shuffle, you're going to get so many different variety of music that

[00:41:30] actually doesn't make any sense that you might go from, let's say hip hop to R&B.

[00:41:37] You might even find a country song in there who knows was in my phone.

[00:41:42] To Hispanic music. Like I said, a whole bunch of music that I've collected over the years just

[00:41:52] from, you know, just having to open my own trying different things out. And like so many,

[00:41:59] like I think that also helped me in terms of like we be able to talk with different people

[00:42:05] just because that I'm able to fit in with a variety of groups and even just having that open

[00:42:11] personality that people like that I am able to do that. So pregame. Yeah, you doing some TikTok

[00:42:24] dances during pregame? No, I'm not doing it. They try to my some of my boys on my team try to get

[00:42:33] on because I'm from Jersey and sometimes we like to dance and they try to get me to do it but

[00:42:39] no, I'm not not too big of a dancer. I might go to some, I probably won't start to warm up with hip

[00:42:47] hop. Then closer as we sit in the locker room way and I probably I like to slow it down sometimes

[00:42:55] listen to a little bit of R&B. Then once we're getting ready to go back out, turning back up to

[00:43:02] hip hop just to you know, give me back in that mood and get me back into a ready to play type of

[00:43:08] situation. I like that kind of get back amped up. Marist and UT Chattanooga, I'll give you both

[00:43:17] universities. What was your best road trip? Atmosphere environment when you were at Marist and

[00:43:24] then buy it back to Chattanooga. Okay, so I'm gonna split that into two. My best road trip that I like

[00:43:34] so Marist's schedule isn't typically like your normal FCS schedule. We're actually very country-wide.

[00:43:42] We have a country-wide schedule. So my first time actually going to San Diego and playing,

[00:43:48] seeing like the zoo and stuff like that definitely was an experience. But in terms of atmosphere I

[00:43:55] played in, definitely this past year playing at Alabama. Oh, I can imagine. That's a every guy,

[00:44:02] every kid's dream. And it's actually a funny thing because that was my first game ever playing

[00:44:08] nickel. And my coach is kind of sprung it on me was like real quick like, oh Clay, you're

[00:44:14] at nickel this week. Right. And I was kind of confused because I hadn't taken many reps at

[00:44:21] nickel before, but then they just threw me in the fire and actually had a to me personally had

[00:44:27] a great game. And just in terms of like just competing with those guys and just showing those

[00:44:34] guys that I can play at the next level, especially with those guys that are first,

[00:44:40] second round draft picks, being able to play with them just showed I feel like show scouts that

[00:44:47] that I can't play with those guys. And yeah, I'm ready. So those guys that atmosphere is actually

[00:44:53] pretty insane. Because it's kind of it's hard to explain their their stadium is kind of like a

[00:45:02] let's say I want to say I guess a more like a bottle shape type of thing where it just goes

[00:45:09] straight up like a sphere type thing. And no matter what you like everything echoes.

[00:45:18] Interesting. So once like someone makes a play the way that the sound might go from dead silent

[00:45:27] to like so loud is like definitely experience and like music playing in there everyone's excited.

[00:45:36] Um, some it's like it was a dream of mine to always play Alabama. And that's what finally got to

[00:45:43] play them and just the experience was just great for me and playing in that atmosphere

[00:45:50] definitely definitely something that you see on Sundays. So I knew her garage is a good buddy

[00:45:58] of mine they host their big Alabama fans and they host their pod and I'm sure that you know

[00:46:06] hopefully they're watching at least listening in the future but was it over not to try and

[00:46:11] give them a big head about it? Was it overwhelming or was it more intimidating or is it just more

[00:46:15] of a thrill, a vibe and adrenaline playing in that in that massive stadium? Honestly,

[00:46:22] it was just a mixture of anything because like your adrenaline is pumping because it's the game

[00:46:29] but then at the because we're going to be honest it's still Alabama. Right, exactly. So a little bit

[00:46:36] I want to say I was intimidated but for me like I said I'm not scared of anybody playing. So

[00:46:43] like it was just a mixture of mixed emotions but then me being the old vet that I am and

[00:46:50] on the college level like able to get my emotions together and just ready to play. So

[00:46:58] definitely probably one of the best experiences in terms of like a stadium and like this overall game

[00:47:04] for me in my college career.

[00:47:09] Looking forward, how has your life changed now with anything different from a normal

[00:47:19] lifestyle now as you get prepped up with the scouts and all the pro days and workouts and so on and

[00:47:27] so forth or has it kind of been the same but just kind of a few adjustments throughout this

[00:47:31] process now with the National Football League? It's a little bit of a mixture of both because

[00:47:36] personally to be honest, yeah now me being a spotlight is a little different is

[00:47:43] typically I'm a shy person. I'm not, I don't really look for too much attention

[00:47:49] but now you kind of want the attention especially coming to the draft just because

[00:47:56] especially being a small school guy that you need as much eyes on you as possible. So

[00:48:02] doing interviews and things like that like is definitely out of my comfort zone

[00:48:07] but with that being said like getting used to it but otherwise in terms of like training and stuff

[00:48:16] like that, this is the same stuff I've been doing for years. Like for example we do

[00:48:22] two three a days along with going to work. Nothing has changed for me honestly. I feel

[00:48:29] like me being prepared for doing that for so long making that transition to becoming a

[00:48:34] professional I definitely think that I would say is on the easier side but I've been doing it for so

[00:48:41] long that it's nothing new to me. That's what's up. I was kind of curious just because obviously

[00:48:49] I'm sure more workouts and more phone calls etc but wasn't for sure exactly how adjusted I ain't

[00:48:55] going to ask too many questions into it. I'm sure some of it needs to be on the DL but

[00:49:01] but the fact that I'm sure it's a whole commodity like you said a lot of interviews a

[00:49:10] lot of people all eyes now and now the close that we get what three weeks I believe out from

[00:49:16] the draft. So as we wind down the show what is

[00:49:23] let's just say I don't know I'm just gonna play devil's advocate. I don't I know it's 100%

[00:49:31] probably not true but let's just play devil's advocate and play that some of the coaches

[00:49:37] the amount of head coaches DCs scouts so on and so forth was watching the

[00:49:45] show right now. What would your answer be when I say who is Clay Fields?

[00:49:50] Um really that's a great question honestly who I am as a person in a football player is

[00:49:59] exact same thing. On and off the field you're getting a hard work to person person that's

[00:50:05] caring willing to help others and you see that trend transition into my game because I feel like

[00:50:12] as I got older working with trying to be being so versatile playing to other a lot of like other

[00:50:23] DB strength in terms of like building chemistry stuff like that like has helped me a lot it helped

[00:50:29] me be able to play with different types like for example playing with different types of corners

[00:50:35] with the types of safeties like seeing all those different pictures and playing as one instead of

[00:50:42] playing as individuals like it just makes an overall defense better and I feel like this as a whole

[00:50:55] year getting the person that you're getting is the same on and off the field like I said before

[00:51:01] and I'm a hard working care I care a lot about my craft I might not be a perfectionist yet

[00:51:09] but I'm striving to get there and doing the best I can you're getting a very coachable person

[00:51:19] even if you talk to teammates and things like that

[00:51:22] um you're definitely getting a leader um honestly I'm not one of those guys that

[00:51:30] that's gonna make all the speeches scream scream in front yell everyone because that's just

[00:51:36] not who I am as a person and I like to pull you to the side and almost coach you up in a sense

[00:51:45] that a lot of people don't take getting yelled at as good as others but I just feel like

[00:51:54] trying to solve the situation before like even if it's during the game um trying to figure out

[00:52:02] what what adjustments we can make us doing that on our own makes a defensive coordinator's life a

[00:52:07] lot easier and that's what type of leader you're getting and just in trying to develop my young

[00:52:13] guys at chat or back in mirrors like you're getting a you just you're getting a guy that's a leader

[00:52:22] that doesn't always care about you know taking the credit for it but I'd rather see

[00:52:29] a lot of people succeed then then you know then just being selfish so that's what type of

[00:52:35] person you're getting coming into your organization I like that that's that speaks volumes especially

[00:52:44] on and off the field as a leader and and you know someone that's willing to help develop the young

[00:52:50] ones in this aspect rookies and so on and so forth and even going back you know like you said

[00:52:56] to Marist and and to chat nougat to you know help the young guys the young bucks out and

[00:53:02] develop and mentor them in a way and I respect that and find a few questions and nothing nothing you

[00:53:10] know too major and and too difficult but um obviously the national football league is a worldwide

[00:53:19] nominal at this point and they're getting a lot of uh overseas games is a one location that they

[00:53:25] are either currently playing in uh whether it's London or mestico or germany I think

[00:53:31] Brazil now is in the mix now or if they are whatever um out of out of states out of country uh experience

[00:53:40] what's one uh country either the NFL is currently playing in or futureized that you would love to

[00:53:49] play in I think I think it's actually a time now because I didn't know about the brazil one

[00:53:56] I want to say it's 25 I believe is when the NFL in brazil because I know there it is let's see real quick

[00:54:09] okay uh real quick brazil to host the first ever NFL regular season okay so in south america

[00:54:19] okay so is this year um 2024 and I'm trying to see if by chance if they happen to have teams yet or not

[00:54:28] uh real quick I don't see somebody said eagles I don't know about that one um

[00:54:40] NFL announces eagles okay eagles a designated team for brazil games so the NFL is going to

[00:54:46] brazil this year no date but uh that's pretty cool um brazil is on the list as well any uh

[00:54:56] any experiences maybe brazil caught your mind now yeah definitely definitely um there's probably

[00:55:04] between brazil or germany honestly because I kind of got this weird thing of playing in places

[00:55:10] that um not too many people actually played in and I kind of take pride in that um actually at barris

[00:55:19] we played in minnesota one time and I was people thought it was so weird because I was so excited

[00:55:24] but if my mind is like how many people do you know actually say like I played in minnesota

[00:55:31] and I felt like it's just I don't know it's just I like odd things like that sometimes like

[00:55:37] playing in germany playing in brazil like hey even if they and I feel like we're going to japan

[00:55:44] we can play there like oh that'd be what's up yeah so I'm hey I'm gonna I'm gonna go anywhere so

[00:55:50] wherever you guys want to go uh glad we come with you hey I'm waiting for the NFL to go to

[00:55:56] australia I think that'd be kind of cool that definitely that'd definitely be cool that would

[00:56:01] be I think that'd be kind of cool um final question I'll end it on this one is um the hermit

[00:56:08] raj does this questions of death I think it's three of them but I'll keep it short um

[00:56:16] once it's all said excuse me once it's all said and done in your career in the national

[00:56:23] football league what do you see yourself doing following your playing days oh honestly

[00:56:31] um I feel like this is where the versatility comes in I feel like I got a couple things planned out

[00:56:38] definitely want to go back to coaching nice um probably it wouldn't try to get on the

[00:56:44] division whatever i say division but the college level in terms of developing guys and put

[00:56:50] trying to you know try to have a competition with myself to see how many guys I could try

[00:56:54] to put in the meat myself um between that um definitely some type of thing in business just

[00:57:03] in terms of like owning rental properties and things like that maybe owning a restaurant one day

[00:57:15] maybe doing like marketing for college teams because you know nowadays all those

[00:57:22] high videos and things like that um I feel like that plays a part in like recruiting

[00:57:29] things like that so stuff like that or um yeah I feel like that's main ones at this moment I

[00:57:39] could think of off the top of my head while really thinking too much but yeah that's probably

[00:57:45] one of the main things I probably want to do once I get out of the tunes I'm done with the

[00:57:51] NFL absolutely and last one with your college days being over regarding play playing

[00:58:02] the direction that the college football realm is changing the landscape has just

[00:58:05] absolutely changed in the last really two years but probably within the last four

[00:58:12] do you like just from a fan standpoint I was put it that way from a fan standpoint and from

[00:58:16] former college player but still college athlete do you like what the game is headed or

[00:58:23] is there still some a little concern from a college football player standpoint or

[00:58:28] is it called as a game kind of in good hands and moving in the right direction

[00:58:32] um I feel like I think honestly some makes sure both once the big thing with the

[00:58:39] transfer portal game I feel like it's uh it's a little bit of both just in terms of

[00:58:47] on the bad sides a lot of people are quick to pull the trigger I'm trying to leave a place

[00:58:52] just because it's not what they thought it was at first instead of sometimes sitting there

[00:58:57] developing at um a school but I feel like on the other hand some people do need that

[00:59:06] um new place just for them because sometimes yes coming making that type of huge decision

[00:59:13] as a high school guy sometimes you might make the wrong decision and that's very understandable

[00:59:19] so I just feel like uh it's like a mixture of both with the transfer portal um

[00:59:25] terms of the game itself I feel like is definitely in the right hands um I think just the only

[00:59:32] thing that's changing is that the is getting more I guess directed more of the players now

[00:59:41] that we are kind of I guess you would say you're preparing them to become more professionals in

[00:59:47] terms of like NIL and things like that so I feel like the interns of that direction is definitely

[00:59:53] going up so yeah I like to answer I definitely agree on on the transfer portal and I think it's

[01:00:02] we all can agree to disagree on some topics and it's a thing that I don't think is ever going to

[01:00:07] change because we're continuously seeing college football is going to change expansions and playoff

[01:00:13] expansions and so on and so forth but uh Clay dude it was an honor just getting to know you as a

[01:00:18] person and and to hear your story at the same time uh hear your journey from Marist to UT

[01:00:25] Chattanooga now headed into the NFL dude I truly enjoyed it and uh definitely the inspiration to

[01:00:31] me of course and I appreciate you having me here on the show it was an honor absolutely and uh

[01:00:39] where can they listeners find you out on your socials as we uh wrap up um if you want to follow

[01:00:45] me on instagram my username is clayclay.tp on instagram or you can follow me on twitter

[01:00:56] at clay fields with the um only the mode three at the end um yeah if you want to follow me down

[01:01:03] twitter too guys give him a follow he's got a bright future ahead I assure that clay best of luck

[01:01:11] through to you for the remainder of the process and of pro days and training with the NFL and

[01:01:16] leading up to the NFL draft man yeah I appreciate you again having me on the show if if you

[01:01:22] ever want me to come back on the show most definitely and I I'd gladly come back with my experiences and

[01:01:32] anything man if you want me to come back even just to talk um Oklahoma football hey we're gonna

[01:01:38] talk that yes sir all right now we can talk we'll never man I just all you had to do is just

[01:01:45] take me man I would gladly come back on here hey absolutely and uh like I said you know my Broncos

[01:01:51] guy I know you know hey regardless dude I'm gonna get your jersey regardless I promise you that

[01:01:58] course of course and just just thanks me let me know I'll gladly send it to you hey we'll do

[01:02:04] you guys clay fields the wonderful all-american safety from UT Chattanooga NFL prospect hopefully

[01:02:12] soon to Robronco and nonetheless a good dude clay best of luck to you we'll be talking to you soon

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