Kadyn Proctor Post-Practice Interview (8-21-24) | Alabama Football

thank you I guess just starting out how's it feel to be back it feels great you know I I really feel like this is my home away from home you know the longer I'm away from home it it feels like you know this is where I'm feel comfortable at you know all my people you know I'm obviously away for my family but you know there there's sacrifices that you have to make to be happy you managed to lose some weight this offseason you room with Wen for me right yes sir I do how uh how difficult is it to lose weight rooming with uh like the guy that you know his dad to Tako Casa well it's not even so much that but like he's he's a weight gain guy and I'm a weight lost guy so it's it's kind of weird that we kind of go out to eat together and kind of have to find a spot that you know is relevant to both of our you know goals so is is he finishing some of the plate or oh n he he ain't that big he he ain't that big Ken what is your uh about 365 right now yes sir probably about the the same as last year but there's definitely a difference in a muscle mass and uh just the way I've been Tre my body when did it hit you that this was the place that you wanted to come back to um maybe like a month and a half in you know I kind of just started feeling like it wasn't the place for me but you know it's all in the past it is what it is so what was your first meeting like with kayin just talking to him about coming back out um when I got back I had apologize cuz I knew that when he first came here um his first week here first day a couple days um I really wasn't giving them a chance and you know I just kind of started that uh conversation with an apology you know cuz I really felt bad and you know it was kind of had had My Mind Set On on leaving and not really listening to what he had to say to me did get with wil and some of your other teammates impact how much did your relationship with wil some of your other teammates impact your decision to come back uh it definitely impacted uh you know I was sitting in my um apartment room by myself you know I Room by my myself up there and I just started thinking about it like those those are friendships that are going to last a long long time so and I really thought about that and and I missed him so great to come back to him have you had a chance to interact with Courtney Morgan and what would it be like to be recruited by him uh just you know I feel like getting getting recruited by him is definitely such a blessing cuz you know he cares about the kids he he's so fun like he he's going to tell it to you straight and uh you know my relationship with him has has definitely grown since I've been here and that's that's my guy those those last few weeks like in Iowa after you made a decision to lead but hadn't been down here yet what was that like for you it was it was a little stressful just not knowing um fully the decision that I was going to make um and how it work would work out but you know it it definitely worked out in the end um but but it was definitely stressful for me you came back down to a new offensive line coach what was your impression of him and what was his message to you um coach cap he he recruited me at Michigan State so I had already um I had already had a relationship I would already talked with him um so that that was that was definitely good right there that's something you know we could we could hit off on um especially when I first got here but but you know I love him he's he's a perfectionist um wants to see everybody do good pours into us so much and it's been great so far has there been a play during camp that you've noticed the mobility noticed the the the new weight has it it kind of like been like man this is easier now uh maybe maybe just just on my p sets and then like you know getting around and pulling just just feeling a little different feel feeling a little shiftier and pretty much it yeah passet mostly when you came back you weren't always with the first team to start campus how did you approach that mentally I just knew like you can't come back to a place and and and have a spot back so everybody's got to work for a spot you know what I'm saying so that's how I came into it I knew I wasn't going to get it you know at first and you know last year I didn't I didn't get it till fall Camp so it took me you know SE several months to get it so coming back here um I just knew that I had to work for it kayen can you just Express with classes being back and everything and everything going back to regular schedule can you just Express how like maybe like the offensive line but even just the offense itself how they're doing just uh game week approaching and things getting back up to full speed and everything uh they they do a really good job of laying out the plan for us setting out you know showing us the schedule and and things that we need to do and we kind of on our own or or collectively kind of figure out what we need to do that week to get ready and prepared you know schools you know obviously the most important so we come to practice just take care of what you have off the field and then get back right to work what's it been like picking up this new offense under coach the bo um it's it's not too hard you know they they make make things very simplistic for you um and yeah pretty pretty much it's been it's been an easy transition for sure um going through three different playbooks in in in this whole year so it's like you know it's it's definitely a blessing that that easy how good can this offensive line be it can be really good know the five out there I really I really do Believe in Us and that's that's that's how it's got to be if you want to be an elite offensive line you got to believe in yourselves and you know obviously everybody wants to say that they're the best offensive line line group in the uh in the country so that's that's what I'm going to say you know I'm I'm ride with my guys are guys still leaning on Parker a little bit to understand the offense or was that really just kind of an offseason thing uh kind of offseason thing you know you know we got we got bets on the line you know where if we got young guys they can lean on Notebook J rob you know people that leave by example people you know we we can come and watch film together but you know it's not just Parker it's all of us that that work together and and kind of figure it out together yeah probably heard it on both ends from Alabama fans and Iowa fans just how do you approach social media now having been through that situation um I just I just think like I I don't really care you know what people think cuz there's there's people out there that you know are going to talk but they've never been in the position that I am so not really worried about it and how's your ankle I know that was feels great feels great nothing wrong with it I'm I'm healthy right now sure how good is it to be back beside Tyler and what do it like to see him get voted Captain uh I'm I'm just super proud of him you know coming in at freshman not not starting every game you know but but playing a big role and then last year he just played a big role on me too with my mindset and just helping me out with the Playbook too but playing next to someone like that is is definitely such a blessing and you know I I love that he got captain and I really TR truly believe that's that's what it was meant to be so K I hate to go keep going back to the transfer portal but let me ask you from a teammate perspective because the portal is such an option for so many players can that be an asset to other people that are thinking about well maybe I should leave here but if you do that other things may not be as good as you think from a teammate coming to you and looking for advice oh from a teammate coming and asking me like about the transfer yeah I mean you went to a place and you came back um does that question make sense I don't fully I don't fully understand that really okay no I'm just saying like a teammate would say hey you know I'm thinking about leaving thinking about putting my name in the portal but obviously you went through that you know yeah um I would just ask him like do you really truly believe that this is the right thing for you you know you got to look you you got to give the coaches a chance you have to sit down and listen to the coaches and what they have to say and and and what the people got to say too cuz it's it's a big change for sure and I I messed up on that so you I would just tell people like really really sit down and think how how the people that you that you trust around you and and let them know how you feel what's been the most impactful Camp speaker so far the coolest for you and just kind of why I'll say JJ wat for sure um just having somebody legendary like that Hall of Famer type guy you know what I'm saying come in and talk to us somebody has dominated the league and and just kind of talking about mindset to us and how he approached the day and how we have to think um and how we how we win ultimately win and and teammate and how we work together so it it's really good we had him come in we got experience as offive tackle last year but what you seen wil can grow young player trying to compete at that that Tackle Spot too I have you know i' I've seen you know people at the right tackle spot in anybody that's played not just wiling they they they've grown for sure um and and I believe that you know whoever plays there is going to be you know the best fit for us and they they they've all grown they they've all had had experience just going through practice going against the that we have so you know it good last two questions last two for now that you're settled back into that left tackle job is mentally do you feel like you're in a good spot now I do I do for sure mentally um you know last year kind of kind of a little wishy-washy you know in some Gams but now you know I I have it set I know what I'm doing so I I really feel confident in what I'm going to do where do you feel like you've taken the biggest step forward from last year to this year I'll say pass sets you know I I was getting beat off the edge a lot you know not really striking as much as I used to um but in practice that's that's what I've been focusing on is getting that punch on and you know following the guys instead of you know giving up my Edge so that's what I've been focusing on as past say getting faster getting to my spot quicker so all right that's it thank you thank you