KJ Jefferson Postgame (vs. New Hampshire)

evaluate your first game in UCF oh was a great turnout I mean I was excited uh the main thing was for me to try to get settled in quick as possible and uh make sure that I'm having good body language cuz I mean everybody looks to me uh so when the team was down and we needed that that that momentum uh just make sure that I'm just telling guys I'm silent it's going to come just stay patient just stay going come it's going to happen KJ Gest talked a little bit about he said he had a couple bad calls they gave you in that first quarter what what was about that first quarter something they were doing think that was kind of a slow start for you that was just a slow start I mean the main thing coming out uh as his first game you know he got to knock the Russ off so the main thing is just coming out and try to get them the Rhythm early uh try to get try to get going good uh try to move the ball down the field efficiently and make sure that the quarterback is in a good Rhythm great Rhythm and everybody just speeds out their energy so just leading up to it I mean um it wasn't nothing that they was doing it was just mainly on us it was all about us the whole game so we just need to uh just be better and just focus on the little details and what we doing KJ we mentioned slow start a few times here but obviously towards what was it there less than two minutes left in the half and then you come out with that big bomb to Kobe what was it in that moment that helped you kind of find that confidence kind of find that spark to deliver that ball uh I mean just make an adjustment with the tablets on the sideline this year I mean it's amazing that we can just be able to come out to the sideline look at the T see what the defense was in and just being able to just be aggressive just knowing that that was going to be in base defense and we knew that we was going to be able to take a shot and that's the me that was the main thing the main point of is coming out on early down and taking a shot at him uh and just uh just gave Kobe a chance he came up with a great catch you talked about slow start how comfortable were you in this off I'm extremely comfortable I mean like the main thing like I said I mean it's the first game so a lot of emotions going on a lot of um a lot of uh just a lot of factors just played into it I mean so the main thing is just me being able to just get settled in quick as possible just understand what coach Gus is going to call and things that me and him can communicate better with things that get me going ear and give me in the Rhythm early to make sure that I'm settled in we can play the game we need to play KJ you guys came out in the second half to get 253 yards in the third quarter alone what was the biggest difference you saw from this offense between the first half and the second adjustments I mean we came in made adjustments halftime we went in made adjustments um seeing what they were doing got picked up on what they was trying to do and uh different things they were trying to disguise in that nature so just being able to just make adjustment I mean the great ones adjust I mean we we did that coming out second half was able to start fast and fac a little aders where we overcame that real quick and just being able to just adjust like I said great on adjust Gus has mentioned a couple times after the scrimmages that you didn't go live and so what is maybe the biggest change over from you know the last month of seeing scrimmage situations going head tohe with your own teammates to really getting out there and having to you know find a rhythm in the game oh just being hit I mean haven't been hit in in a while so just being able to get tackled for that first and actually get a feel for the game and try to get settled in that way uh so that was the main point that I was trying to tell myself like it's going to come just stay patient like don't try to rush it just let the game come to me CU I mean at times it was times where I was trying to overdo it and try to do too much instead of letting the game come to me and just play my ball how I normally play so I mean that's the main thing just Bor into next week can hear on out just making sure that I'm in game cling me and not trying to overdo anything and try to rush the process KJ Gus talked about how that interception early in the second quarter really shifted the momentum of the game how do you feel that the def really helped you get get going in uh later in the game like you said the momentum I mean we needed we needed a big play we was just a play away and we just needed somebody to step up and the defense did just that and for those guys to be able to just create turnovers and give us that spark that we needed and for us to get back to playing at at that point everybody just settled in and we started playing UF football at that point I mean so we just needed that that spark and that would I mean defense gave us that squ I mean that's what you want from your defense moving forward um obviously you're still confident you're going to thrive in this offense um is it going to be a growing process uh for sure I mean we we I mean as offense and as a quarterback I mean you always want to grow in uh areas that you're weak in you want to grow and get back to the drawing board and uh keep uh keep building keep uh main thing is make sure everybody's still on board nobody's drifting off or bringing negative Vibes in the locker room or out there on the field you know saying when we out there so main thing just make sure that we stand positive just KN that we on the right track mean main things going out there just playing ibrand the ball put this one behind the flushing and move on to the next and get back to what we know get back through first game in the bounce house first game as the night what you think your performance and what do you like to see moving forward uh I'm just telling coach good was first win in the bounce uh great turnout uh it's everything I expected uh love the uh turnout from the fans they was El lecture they was uh great uh they supported us through adverse situations and when we was scoring the ball efficient moving the ball ICI so mean from my point of my point of view things I need to get better like I said just letting the game come to me not uh just trying to rush it and get into a Groove just let it just let it all happen let it all play out and then just flush it and put it behind me that's tough how tough is that when you're trying to make a first impression you're trying to prove to everybody on your team and the stand yeah uh it's it's real it's real I mean just being able to just it it it focus on your mental I mean just the mental aspect of it uh just I mean you got to be mentally tough especially at the quarterback position being a transfer I mean it's a lot of things lot it's a lot of pressure that that's on your shoulders but long as you just put it in God's hands and you go out there and you uh play your brand of ball and make sure that you you you prepared the right way uh and everything to take care of itself last one for Stephen here you talked about desa's interception the very next play you SC the touchdown let out a big Roar what were you feeling in that moment that's a lot of emotions that I just needed to let out at that moment uh just like I said first touchdown in the bouns you know and then just that momentum that spark that we needed uh that at that point then I feel like hey I'm I'm back to being C I'm back to being doing what I love to do doing and it's not me just being out there so serious and treating it as a business and me back look kid playing ball having fun I mean so that was the main thing just being a just get back to that having fun perfect good stuff KJ you appreciate everybody