Keanu Hill Interview | BYU Football | Southern Illinois Week

all right welcome back in KSL BYU football getting ready to take on the Southern Illinois Saluki we're joined Now by tight end keano Hill and and keano how has it been uh being a tied in now in the program having the winter conditioning Spring ball now it's fall camp now it's ready to to get going for a game it's been great man I feel like especially this transition man just having coach gilbright coach Woods coming in helping me with uh my blocking schemes and stuff like that I feel like it's been a really good help for me bro I feel like I meant to I was meant to play this position like I've said a couple times in a couple other interviews but uh like I said yeah I feel I feel great at this position man I feel like uh I'm being used properly I feel like uh I feel like I'm coming along very great what's it like adding weight like at least for me personally I'm always trying to it's like I'm trying to shed I'm trying to shed some weight so it's like hey we need you to gain weight like what's that like I feel like for me it wasn't too bad just because of uh I feel like uh my culture a little bit I I am a little bit I am tonging so I feel like it's pretty it was pretty pretty easy for me to put on weight not going to lie you know what I'm saying little little little sticky rice little sticky rice and stuff so but yeah I feel like it was very it wasn't too hard for me if anything it was just um just making sure I keep that way instead of losing it cuz I feel like me I kind of have a a problem sweating bad so just keeping on keeping on that way keep eating and stuff so I felt like it wasn't too bad for me how was blocking uh the the blocking piece as a tight end how how's that been coming along at the beginning like at Spring ball I felt like it was a struggle at first sometimes just seeing like how everybody else was blocking and seeing how I was blocking I feel like it was a struggle but I feel like now just having that offseason and going into this fall camp with coach gilbride and Coach woods man it really helped me man I feel like uh my pad level's been way better I feel like my hands been way better I feel like my sets been way better especially uh when it comes to uh coordinating with the o line too so how much of a mismatch do you think you'll be someone who's played receiver for so long coming down to tight end and and bringing that versatility to that position I feel like it's a I feel like I'm a mismatch anyway I feel like I feel like you could line me up in on the line if I'm still running around I feel like it still be a mismatch even when I'm on Flex out if there's a corner I feel like I'll still be a mismatch just because I have that I had that I've been at the receiver spot and know how how faster they are compared to other DBS and linebackers so I feel like it's a mismatch anyway coach A-Rod told us in the media that there's a clearcut start didn't say the name but said there's clear-cut starter uh just the reaction from the team and the the support behind that guy what was the question sorry just the support that you guys have for for that quarterback at uh who that clear-cut starter is oh well was going to be 10 TS down whoever is back there throwing the ball if it's Gary if it's Jake we don't care who's back there I feel like they both can get back there and get the job done so what area offensively do you feel like this team has improved upon the most today I know we haven't played a game yet but when you look at how you guys performed last year and where you're at now where do you think the the biggest Improvement has come for sure our offensive line and just our running game andly just just like I said ading coach wood and adding coach Gil brri you know they those two minds together they're they they're they're great you feel me like they even when it comes to the Run games and scheme and stuff they they know exactly what they're talking talking about and just how quick our o line gets calls out and how quick we are to like uh adjust when there when they start doing bringing stunts in here and stuff like that I feel like right there is the biggest the biggest Improvement is there any maybe pressure for the offense to to get off to a fast start this this week because and and bringing to that up because last year just started slow with only 14-point performance against Sam Houston is there any feeling like hey we got to we got to come out of the Gates Strong here um I'm pretty sure everybody knows that just because of how we started last year I'm pretty sure like even though we won that game I feel like it was a little uh uh a little tense in the locker room after we won that game so I feel like this just coming out fast coming out strong but not trying to put too much pressure just so we can go in there and play our game and be fluent few more moments with Keanu Hill though I must say Keanu doesn't roll off the tongue like kbo does give us the the origins of kbo uh just whenever everyone we and whenever um Grand uh my bad hold on just just everyone I can't talk right now just whenever the grandkids were all born my grandma just gave us all nicknames so my my sister name was bald eagle and I don't know how mine came to be but mine was mine was kbo so is there any other nicknames in the tight end unit uh we got Titi for Tava we got uh e dog for uh for um Ethan yep and then we got uh we got um Swan we got Swan for Swanson so we got B for JB but we I can go down the list with everybody but what what would how would you assess this uh quarterback or not quarterback tight end unit at large uh going into this season and what you guys can bring to the to the offense this year just being more versatile I feel like especially like I said bringing in coach gilbride you know he he Tau us a lot especially him being with 12 years in at the NFL level just giving us ideas implementing his what he thinks we could do better especially with running routes and especially on the blocking scheme so he's always he's always being repetitive on what we do and always trying to put implements on what things he's sees that we could do better in the past game has it hit you at all on throughout this this year that this is the final fall camp this is the final like cuz for the last few years it's been well I got another year but I this is the final season of your college eligibility is that kind of dawned on you at all and like kind of maybe appreciating it a little bit more I feel like I've been very appreciative just have just being here in Utah I feel like every since I got here I was having a little trouble just getting along with everybody but now I just feel like just being more appreciative in any anything I feel like just shoot just drinking some water just you know just being appreciative about that just doing the little things right so yeah just just especially coming up on this last year man I'm I'm excited I'm very excited I think back over the course of of your career when you came in in 2019 and A lot's changed with this BYU program and one of the main States has been Kanani and a lot of these offensive coaches too what what is it about Kanani's program that gets guys like yourself and just this whole team it feels like just no matter what vers you guys face you guys want to play hard every single game like what is it about this program that creates that I feel like just playing for uh the person next to you I feel like especially in especially in this room we have a lot of people that like to love and like like to uh have brotherly love and have that special bond have like have a brotherly Bond I feel like so I feel like Kanani especially he preaches the love and learning especially but now like ever since we started this new season he's been preaching more about brother Brotherhood more about family being together than anything else so do you feel like that's carrying over into this season that this is a really tight n group yes sir especially for me I feel like uh just getting closer with the old lineman because I felt like being out there as a receiver I wasn't really close with the old lineman so now seeing what makes them go what makes them what makes them not go you know what's what they like and stuff like that just off off the field in on the film helps me just get closer with them and see what they like well Keo we're excited to see you and best of luck this season stay healthy and looking forward to your your senior campaign here at bwo thank you