USC Tight End Joey Olsen Addresses Biggest Improvements

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00:00Where you were at last year you know coming in last year you know I switched

00:03positions from high school so I think last year was really good learning

00:07experience for me you know really learn how to play tight end and you know I

00:11think from last year this year it's been you know last year really helped me out

00:15a lot to come and work this year. How much of an impact has Chad Savage had on you in the short period of time?

00:22Yeah it's been great you know it's always hard to lose a coach especially one that

00:25recruited you but Savage has stepped in he's done a great job with blocking

00:29and receiving you know he's really helped me out a lot in all those aspects and

00:33you know I'm ready to learn learn more from him. What have you seen so far from this group as a whole

00:38kind of what each one of you kind of brings that's unique to the table and how

00:41you're all a little bit different? From the tight end room? Yeah I think it's you know it's great I've

00:47learned a lot from you know Tablin Lake being the veteran guys and they've

00:50really helped me out but you know it's good to have different different bodies

00:53different skill sets and you know I think that's really beneficial for the room in

00:57general. How hard was that process coming from high school where you started to college and you've got to learn the ropes and how to sit?

01:06Yeah I mean you know it's obviously it's obviously going to be tough but you know

01:08I really needed that last year you know just you know being kind of like in the

01:13background really working on scout team you know just learning the ropes learning

01:15how to do things the right way and that's where kind of Lake and Tabo showed me

01:19really how to do things the right way and how to be a professional and go about my day.

01:22I think you know playbook for sure you know learning just

01:30just the ropes of it you know the speed of the game the physicality you know

01:34coming from high school to college it's a really big difference so you know just

01:38learning learning the speed and how all that you know translates from high

01:41school to college it was really helpful there for sure.

01:43You know it was pretty surreal I I didn't really you know get a chance to

01:51process it coach just told me to go out there and kind of ran out you know it was

01:54it was cool to you know be out there but didn't really have any time to process.

01:58I mean everybody in the room is really great you know everybody brings a different

02:07skill set you know Lake's the real veteran of the room so I just really take a

02:13a lot of the stuff he does and learn from him and just how to be a

02:16professional how he runs routes how he blocks his physicality so I've just

02:19taken a lot from him and you know each of these guys push me every day to you

02:23know we all push each other to be better players.

02:25How are you trying to separate yourself you know just just do an extra work you

02:31know watch an extra film you know anything I can do outside of practice or

02:35you know scheduled time to you know make myself a better player.

02:38What do you enjoy more blocking or getting out a little bit?

02:41You know I love I love both but you know I'm a receiver at heart so I do love I do

02:46love to catch the ball but you know I'm I love I love doing both as long as I'm out

02:49on the field you know it's great.

02:51What have you seen from Jaden Maiava since the end of last season?

02:54You know it's been great you know I love Maiava he's a great dude great quarterback you

02:58know he's really he's really taking a leadership role quarterback and I think

03:03everybody looks to him and you know he's been doing really well in spring ball.

03:07Not as many receivers right now do you feel like the tight ends are getting a

03:11little bit more action with basketball?

03:13Yeah I'd say I'd say a little bit but I think we're just doing a lot a lot more

03:16overall right now with a few guys down but once we get those guys back you know

03:20we'll keep we'll keep it rolling.

03:22What's the overall vibe been at spring practice not not just the tight end room but

03:25as a whole as a team what's the vibe been like?

03:26I think it's I think it's been really good energy's been really high vibes been

03:30really high you know it's very competitive you know everybody everybody

03:35pushes each other each day and I think it's you know it's been really good

03:39honestly.

03:40Are you still happy that Hanson is still here though?

03:44Yeah you know it's great he's a great guy I love Miss Annie you know their

03:48little one rock right over there you know they're family they're family to me so

03:52yeah I'm happy he's still here it's good to just see him every once in a while and

03:56work with him on block and stuff for sure.

04:00It's good to see you guys right now.

04:14这 Keys up to work with Ham..

04:16And you'll see tell him if it's going to see you mean em not just create a

04:18good time for ett Food and stuff for example.

04:22Well we're right back here on the side of Dude all the upС he'll be

04:24talking!

04:26Here he wrote my name in saisine.

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