Jah Joyner Prepares for 2025 NFL Draft: Insights & Hopes

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00:00Exactly three weeks from today. The 2025 NFL Draft begins in

00:04joining us live right here on this Thursday morning on the

00:08early line on Sports Grid. It's the edge rusher out of

00:11Minnesota. John Joyner joins us here on TEL to tell you about

00:15his NFL draft process and what he is most looking forward to

00:19taking that next step to the next level in the national

00:22football league. John, we appreciate the time. Thank you

00:25so much for being here on this Thursday morning. Thank you for

00:29having me. We are very glad to have you here indeed. So, John,

00:34just a couple of weeks ago now about over a month, you were at

00:37the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. You ran a 4640

00:42for everybody out there. Fourth fastest time of a D end or an

00:46edge rusher in Indianapolis. So, John, what was the

00:49preparation like getting ready for the NFL Combine? What is

00:52this pre-draft process been like for you? It's been

00:57everything I dreamt for. It's been a process getting to

01:02Florida. That's where I trained at. Training with Jordan and

01:06him showing me the nuances of just training and just being on

01:13my own honestly. So, it's been a been a blessing in disguise

01:18and all the people surrounding me in my pre-draft going back

01:23to my high school coach as well. Him being there at the

01:27combine was truly a blessing and just shows you the support

01:31I have from those guys. So, it's been it's been a crazy

01:34process but right now, it's just a waiting game and see

01:37what happens, see where I'm going. So, yeah. A lot of

01:40anticipation for you and I just wanted to set the mood here

01:42because we're a lot alike, me and you and the reason I say

01:45this, I was a division three athlete, you were division one,

01:47sort of the same type of things here. You're 64262 in college

01:51for me. I was 510, 511, about a buck eighty but the reason I

01:55bring this up, Danbury, Connecticut, West Conn is in

01:59Danbury, Connecticut. I was there and played twice in my

02:01career. Any love for West Conn? Did you get recruited by West

02:03Conn? Did you ever want to go D3 to West Conn? West Conn did

02:08not recruit me. A lot of my a lot of my teammates actually

02:14went there. So, a lot of respect for them and their

02:17program and what they've done there and so, yeah. There you

02:22go, Ben. You like that question? You see that? Yeah.

02:24Kinship right there. See that? I've been there. Appeal behind

02:28the curtain if you will. Donnie tells John Joyner again, an

02:31NFL draft prospect that he has a very similar story to John.

02:35Yes. And that was the result. I've been there. Thank you very

02:38much DRS. Listen, John Joyner had much brighter prospects. He

02:41was going to play for PJ Fleck in the Big Ten in the Minnesota

02:45Golden Gophers. John, what was that experience like playing in

02:48the Big Ten, playing in the Twin Cities, and rowing the

02:51boat for Coach Fleck? Oh, it's been an honor playing for him.

02:57I always wanted to play in the Big Ten. I always wanted to

03:00play against all the top tackles in the in the

03:03conferences. Just going back to go to SEC, go to Big Ten. I

03:08think those are the top conferences. So, I wanted to go

03:10to one of those conferences and just play against the top

03:13talent. I had a chance to obviously go against one of the

03:17top tackles in this draft coming up with Ariante and

03:22he's got we got each other better throughout my entire

03:25career and throughout our entire career there in

03:27Minnesota. So, seeing the growth from from me and from

03:31where I was to where I am now, it's been it's been a blessing

03:36and you look at all the defensive line coaches I had

03:40those years and on why I picked Minnesota was a

03:43development not only on the field but off the field as

03:47well. So, I learned a lot from those coaches, learned a lot

03:50from schematic wise and approach and approach to the

03:54game from those coaches. So, a lot of people don't like a lot

03:58of coaches in their career but I have four there as well as

04:04being in Minnesota. So, there's a lot a lot of learning, a lot

04:07of notes that was taken and just blessed. Frame is right

04:13there, John, right? Six four 262 pass rusher coming out for

04:16640 which is incredible. Did you pattern your style after a

04:20certain player maybe in the NFL or in college growing up or

04:23even now?

04:26Yeah, look at guys like Brandon Graham. Just hit the energy that

04:29he brings. Look at Arden Key. Just body type wise. I look at

04:34his game. Look at TJ's watch. Just look at the moves that he

04:38does and that model that after my game and I look at certain

04:42things like that. Look at body type. Look at moves. Things

04:45that I do well to emulate that from those guys that I look up

04:50to. So, just name a few of those of those of the guys. So,

04:55John, 3 weeks until the 2025 NFL draft begins. What's the

04:59draft party plan for John Joyner? The plan is to stay in

05:05Connecticut. Get as much people that was in the process with

05:08me. That's mostly in Connecticut. So, be here.

05:13Hopefully, my grandparents can be there. That'll be pretty

05:15cool to see them there but but yeah, I'll be in Connecticut

05:19celebrating. John, growing up there, obviously being in

05:23Connecticut, did you have a favorite team in the NFL that

05:25you rooted for and is there a destination that you say, man,

05:28it would be a dream to go to this place? Uh I was an Eagles

05:33fan growing up. Uh kind of crazy household. Um but I

05:39wouldn't say a dream um team going to uh I think schematic

05:44wise um I think that's what I'm looking for um to the most

05:48honestly but um but yeah, no no dreams um teams. So, Donnie,

05:53that's what you can actually show John. That's beautiful.

05:55I know we had a trophy behind you as a couple of Eagles fans

06:00discussing. There it is, John. You can see behind him. He's

06:02got a second one on the way in Super Bowl 58 as well. So,

06:08John, in about 3 weeks, when you hear your name called, when

06:11you have that call from your agent or a front office around

06:14the NFL, what do you think that moment is going to be like for

06:17you? What do you think that reaction will be as you feel

06:20emotions of going to the NFL? Um I don't know. I feel like it

06:26just hasn't hit me at that moment. I I feel like just

06:28really really ready to just get to work. Um get back to

06:31football. I think it's more so just this all this training

06:33has been um trained to be a track star I feel like. So, um

06:37I'm just excited to get back to um playing football and uh

06:40putting the pads on and um just getting ready to go. And

06:44listen, a track star you are and you were in Indianapolis

06:48with that 4640 yard draft. Uh Dash, excuse me. John Joyner

06:51joining us here getting ready for the 2025 NFL draft on the

06:55early line. John, we appreciate the time, man. Best of luck in

06:58the next few weeks. We look forward to seeing what you do

07:00in the NFL. Thank you.

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