Mykel Williams Interview - August 26, 2024

the your thoughts on Clemson week one after yeah I am man especially in opposite Jersey uh it's been a long play like you said Clemson's a great team watch the little tape on I'm excited to player a great quarterback very offensive [Music] scham yeah Michael over here to your right do you feel like this trans transition to to Jack and this position change has been a little bit overblown for you you feel like you're still have kind of the same responsibilities coach smart laid it out as if nothing's really changed for you just with some additional rolls yeah kind of exactly that like ain't really too much change I'm just going to do a little bit a little bit of stuff different it's really kind of the same thing though guess the natural follow up to that is is what is different how has your role changed um over the last 8 n months no I wouldn't really say it changeed I say I just say a little bit I do a little bit more on first and second down I [Music] say yeah uh John Jackson obviously a uh relatively new to the return of football played in middle school you know coming back to it now in college what have you seen from the big 6' 10 offensive tack exactly that man huge yeah got extremely long arms he has he has athleticism in his body so he he definitely has the talent to to be something with hard work and dedication obviously you weren't here yet to have played in that 21 game against Clemson but what what is your uh kind of feeling on that program as a rival being just 73 mies up the road and how much of uh how much juice does that provide for you know this this game in particular Clemson is a great opponent it definitely provides like a level of excitement given their history especially over the last 10 years they won multiple national championships and uh with devil swingy being a great coach I just know they're going to be a well coached group and they going to be physical uh they got Matt Lop is the offensive line coach I know he loves that County and there phys and I I respect him be physical okay what does a successful season look like for you and do you have any personal hopes uh winning the national championship that's my goal that's that's really that's really I want to win another one back so that's that's really what I'm focusing on this year is there one guy flying under the radar that we we might not see in practice you if we ask you at the end of the year you can say Michel called it week W that he was going to have a breakout season it's it's too guys name like that we got man we talented I a li We Got Talent all over the field and it's especially we got a good group of young guys that's going that's going to be able to help us what did you see from Christian Miller during this fall camp and getting ready for the SE this probably the best Camp I seen uh Christian have he uh he worked hard every day came in with the right mindset just to get better and grow and uh I'm I'm excited for him for this year yeah similarly Joseph JN John coming in similar build to you is how have you seen him develop and how George was tried to go about growing him up so quickly yeah Jo is going to be a special player uh I feel like with time and and and and he Tak to work hard how he has man he going to be a real special player he got great talent great size great great strength and he going to help us uh you were able to spend some time with Carson in I guess Dallas at the secv da you probably see him all around the locker room how would you describe just his disposition and his personality with teammates yeah car is a great guy he a real team guy he's a real leader in our locker room and he's a great guy to hang with the CH talk with he talk any trash on the field at all uh i a n I'm do n he [Music] not just uh practicing against the offense um which of the running backs would you say is the hardest to bring down at or behind the line of scrimmage man we're so T in that running back room all of them all them are had they like thing about them like even if one of them got good Cuts one of them got good power one of them just sideline Seline sideline all love my heart down just say you guys are going back to the BS you played there a few times just how do you feel about playing uh in that building is there any advantage to having played in the L I mean it's in Atlanta so I feel like uh we always have a great turnout when we playing the bands and I just I like maete band I like like Stadium I I like playing there our fans show up show out so I feel like we had that Advantage yeah what have you seen from uh Monroe freeling during his time here and uh especially going into year two as it's tackle here for George yeah Monroe he's grown as a player for sure he's he's definitely a great player and think he can definitely help us like you talked about uh k club earlier said you know he thought he great player what is it about him you see how stand out about this game how slippery he is uh he he finds his way out of pocket a lot he the stand plays I noticed that about K he's slipp he's hard to ring down yeah last time you guys played Clemson obviously you weren't here yet but defense makes a big statement in that game what do you want to have people saying about this defense coming out of this first game against Clemson we're physical we all here out compete and I that's something we hang our hat on I hope that people can see that and what we do Saturday what do you see in Phil mafa Clon running back just their entire rushing back he talented yeah now Phil mafa he's a great back patient uh he runs hard and he's strong he like 23 I think like 61 23 he's solid back yeah okay last week I think it was that uh Caron and Malachi kind of gave you guys some guesss yeah how how how cool then what does that mean when when some of your team leaders you know do something like that for the guys man that's dope man everybody can everybody can listen to their own music and pece now but uh they blessed us with the beats and they had a nice design on it and we really enjoyed it and we liked it say no can fil rocks shoots but what are you see from Oscar just growing as a leader you think he's ready to F that boid SP yeah for sure this whole season I've been noticed Oscar like take like steps to be more of a leader more vocal and just even like with his actions just in the weight room and how he strengths and just how he moves that practice so I definitely seen our taking that steps any more questions from Mel all right Mel thank Youk