USC Trojans Tight End Joey Olsen Discusses How He Is Trying To Separate Himself From The Others

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00:00Pushing you in the tight end competition right now, what's a bigger room?

00:03What have been your impressions of some of these other guys?

00:05I mean, everybody in the room is really great.

00:07You know, everybody brings a different skill set.

00:10You know, Lake's the real veteran of the room,

00:12so I just really take a lot of the stuff he does and learn from him

00:16and just how to be a professional, how he runs routes, how he blocks, his physicality.

00:19So I've just taken a lot from him, and, you know, each of these guys push me every day.

00:24You know, we all push each other to be better players.

00:27How are you trying to separate yourself?

00:28You know, just doing extra work, you know, watching extra film,

00:34you know, anything I can do outside of practice or, you know,

00:37scheduled time to, you know, make myself a better player.

00:40What do you enjoy more, blocking or getting out a little bit and getting that ball?

00:43You know, I love both, but, you know, I'm a receiver at heart,

00:46so I do love to catch the ball.

00:48But, you know, I love doing both as long as I'm out on the field.

00:51You know, it's great.

00:52What have you seen from Jaden Maiava since the end of last season?

00:55You know, it's been great.

00:56You know, I love Maiava.

00:57He's a great dude, great quarterback.

00:58You know, he's really taken a leadership role at quarterback,

01:03and I think everybody looks to him, and, you know,

01:06he's been doing really well in spring ball.

01:08He's been doing really well.