On the defensive group
“We definitely are a very tight group. I think that’s one of our best attributes. How close we are and how well we work together as a unit. In terms of how much fun we’ve had, we’ve been having a blast out there. Seeing everyone make plays, it makes me happy. It makes us happy. We’ve been having a great time.”

On playing nickelback against Houston Christian
“At the end of the day, I’m a football player. I think one of the good things about our team is that we emphasize being able to play in any position and star in any role. When I was told, ‘we want you to do this, this week’, that was what I was going to do. It was an exciting new challenge for me. IT was good for me to get into a new spot and have fun and figure it out. I enjoyed it.”

On having to defend only four passes on the season
“I’m expecting the ball to come my way every play. Sometimes it just doesn’t. The mindset has to always be that the ball is going to come here. If you start to get complacent or start to slack off, that’s when you’re going to give plays up. I think I’ve been just making sure that regardless of what’s happening throughout the course of the game, I’m just focusing on the ball is coming to me. I just have that mentality.”