the advice that I would give to my freshman self would be just take one day at a time you know as a freshman I was a walk-on not a lot of people expected me to One play and two play at the level I've been doing and the potential for you to be anything you want to be is so large and don't let anyone tell you that you can't do what you want to do my favorite memory in the past year was Hing up the Space Needle um as a little last offseason practice um just with the teammates and stuff and sharing our senior um senior speeches and talks coach dor has meant a lot to me uh he's really brought you know just a positive vibe Back to udah Football uh brought a Brotherhood you know uh I think we beat a lot of teams not only because we're uh better football players but because we love each other coach D'Or and the staff as a whole I can't even express how much they mean to me coach D'Or and the staff man I really love them for bringing back the the winning culture and also keeping the culture that was already here like as far as like the locker room and um um the camaraderie they've uh turned it around and I truly appreciate them for that shout out to my mom and dad I want to thank coach en for always pushing me you know I appreciate you coach Morel Schmid Nos and obviously uh coach dor I want to thank you just for uh teaching me a lot about peace you know that conversation in January was you know life-changing thank you to everyone just want to let everyone know that whoever been a part of my life that I love and appreciate y'all whether it's my coaches my family friends staff whoever it may I just love and appreciate everything I've done for not only me but just the University of Washington as a whole and uh just taking us to another level I also want to thank Jay Rainey the one person I want to thank the most would be my mom and my dad for just believing in me and I don't know if I would have told my son realistically that he could have done this I'd say coach Shephard is is one person I want to thank to before I bounce out I want to thank Deb I can't forget about Deb definitely shout out to my family I'd like to thank the coaches lastly like my teammates like this probably like the funniest uh guys that I've personally been around like I'll go home and do like some of The Insider jokes we do and like no one gets it and definitely appreciate that I want to thank all you guys