USC Trojans Tight End Walter Matthews Discusses What He Brings To The Run Game With His Size

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00:00What are some of the differences between him and Coach Hanson?

00:04Definitely, they both came from different backgrounds.

00:08Savage, he worked with receivers, slot receivers, and Coach Hanson,

00:12he's worked with O-line, and he has a big O-line background.

00:18Who's Walter off the football game?

00:20What are some of your hobbies?

00:22I just, I don't really go out much.

00:25I'm just a stay-at-home type of person.

00:27I don't really talk much, it's quiet, reserved, so.

00:34What kind of favorite restaurant out here?

00:39Not really, probably like Meat on Ocean on Santa Monica, probably my favorite.

00:45Definitely a steak spot, Brazilian steak house.

00:49Are you a beach guy?

00:50A little bit, just kind of.

00:54So you happened to go through last year and recover.

00:57How much more hungry does that make you entering this year?

01:00It's going to carve out a role.

01:02Can you repeat it?

01:03How much, how motivated are you coming off of last year that carve out a role this year?

01:07I'm very motivated because, you know, I'm just looking at myself in the mirror,

01:11how much I've bulked up, how far I've come.

01:14So, you know, I feel like I need to show up a few right now, as I, you know, recovered and everything.

01:24Let's do one more.

01:24So you're working on, you know, on your route running and your skills, you know, as a playmaker at a tight end.

01:29What is your comfortability with, obviously, your size in the run game and what you, you know, you can bring in that experience?

01:34Definitely blocking the, blocking the edges, six-tech, nine-techs on the run game, like outside zone, inside zone, and possibly, you know, yeah.