Young spoke about how “surreal” Sunday will be playing against his friend CJ Stroud and former Alabama teammate Will Anderson.
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How' you spend your buy uh was able to Just go spend time with family um so Cool opportunity to to reset and Recharge and then definitely excited Happy to get back to work did you kind Of get away from the game all together a Little bit yeah but you know you always Kind of try to but you know you always Have you know you always you know just Get bored and you know have a little you Know little stuff you're you're Wondering curious and then just watching Stuff um just for fun uh but yeah you Know try to do as much as you know you Kind of can let yourself and then you Know naturally you know you just get Curious about things talk about the Energy practice today that feel Different to you uh you know I think for Us just we we've had kind of a point of Emphasis of of our energy being urgent Making sure that we're intentional with All all that we do um so I think that You know for us making sure that Especially you know this being the first Practice after after a break you know Make sure that we we we reestablish that And we continue to turn in the right Direction of that was was definitely a Point of emphasis for us Bryce um I Think we know a little bit about your Relationship with CJ but you know when Did you guys meet when did you become Friends do you still talk can you kind
Of take us through your relationship With him yeah um I've yeah I've known CJ Since middle school um about the time we Met um we played against each other in Basketball honestly before even football Play against in eighth grade then um you Know always going to the same camps and Stuff um have a lot of music ual friends As well um but I've you know just been Around and known him probably since like Since middle school um and then you know Throughout throughout High School uh you Know throughout the recruiting process And throughout College um you know have Been close and um you know yeah I I've Talked to him uh just throughout the the Process and season I talked to him and Um just you know that that's someone That again I'm really close with um Really great person I'm really great Human being um you know first and Foremost um just a really really great Dude great family um and then obviously Great player as well has been doing a Lot of great things so um yeah you know I have a you know we're we're we're Really close and have have a ton of ton Of respect for for him and that that's Grown not just from this year but just Throughout you know for for for a while Now could you ever imagined like when You're playing eighth grade middle School basketball that you two guys Would be the one two picks in in the NFL
D yeah um it's pretty surreal um God is Good for sure it's definitely a blessing But it it's crazy you know um Yeah that definitely wasn't something That would was something that either one Of us probably could have really thought About or having back then um but um it's Crazy how how things have turned out so It's it's definitely a blessing who were The who were the two middle schools who Won and how many did you score we don't We don't in California you don't really Do like middle you don't play football For your middle school like I've learned That since coming to like the South like That's a thing that you don't there's no Like your middle school doesn't have Like a football team like I I always Blew my mind uh we all played on like Different like trap like it was like at Like Pop Warner teams and like you have Different leagues and stuff um but we Played yeah so like we never played like Middle School is having pads was always Like a crazy like thing to me you were You and I'm sorry I walked in a minute Late did were you saying you saw CJ on The basketball court at that age or Football field or both like did you Actually did your team play his team Yeah we played um we probably played in Basketball probably even more times than We know like we both grew up playing Basketball um so we' probably been in
More tournaments and played again we we Talked about being on teams that like we Played against each other and like I Don't think either one of us even Remember every time like just you know Just in SoCal so uh yeah a couple times Better Hooper yeah come On uh we he he could hoop for sure we've Hooped a lot hooped during we've played Against we've hooped during like free Draft process uh uh you know I you know I like you Know sure yeah we play We're different We have different games like I'm more of A point like like I'm more of a point he He's a shooter like he can shoot he's Got a strap he's a shooter off the catch Type of player I'm more on the ball so Like uh but we've yeah no we're he he Could ho for sure well another reunion This week at least Will Anderson with Houston during your time together at Alabama what makes him so effective Dangerous yeah um again that that's also So that I'm I'm super close with um you Know someone I I consider a brother who We've had from for the that we've you Know we've had the same we came into Alabama at the same time um and we both We both grew there both grew together um And again someone I have extreme amount Of respect for um just how he how he Carries himself also again just a great Person great family um how he carries
Himself um you know off the field and Then how that carries over to on the Field someone who's super hardworking um Someone who who's always wants to do the Little things right always strives um You know strives to be you know be the Best vers himself themselves and hold Everyone accountable a great leader um And you know also you know it shows up On film too obviously it showed up on Film at um at at Alabama being able to Compete against him for a long time There but shows up on film um at this Level too I'm just watching on film just The the straining plays with the effort To to finish um you know the high motor And then just the the pure talent and Ability that he has um you know someone That that definitely disrupts a lot you Know shows up and Pops a lot on film um So it is it is H honestly it is really Surreal like um just going over the Scout and PR and watching film and like I still get happy just seeing people That like I know and I'm cool with I'm Friends friends with um and like Watching them you know play when I'm Watching film watching us in like NFL Uniforms like ites it is still surreal Um so it's going to be it's going to be You know it's going to be um definitely Looking back on it you know I'll be on Sunday of course like we all be very Focused and we all be you know both you
Know we're all going to there's going to Be a lot you know we we both want to win And you know I think you on both s we Obviously going to be in the moment There but looking back on it it's going To be um it's going to be cool just to Be able to share the field with a lot of People I'm I'm close with I don't think I've seen you smile in a interview this Much ever I mean I mean you're clearly Very excited about this matchup did you Have this circle on your calendar Honestly it's just you know it's just It's just really again just thinking About it um it it hasn't it hasn't been Something that like I thought about a Lot it's just now I guess we're talking About is is cool there again there's a Lot of people um on just there's a lot Of people on that team that I'm really Close with um a lot of people from Alabama people I know outside there that Like and again it's just you know I'm It's just cool just again to see people You know um being able to play at the Highest level has success um you know I'm I'm super happy happy for them um Again it it still is surreal and you Know throughout the week and we're Practicing and on game days and you know Watching film you know it's all you know It's business and it's just it's still The same process it's still um you know Just trying to make sure we can do
Everything we can to to um you know to Put ourselves in the best situation Throughout the week um but you know I Just right now I guess since we're Asking all the questions um just Thinking about it um it is it is pretty It's it's pretty cool um but uh I think Just the actual football part and the Work part um you just have to approach It like like any week back to one Question about CJ I mean I know You' Said in the past you want to see him do Well I mean's he's your friend and um at The same time is there a little bit of Competitiveness I mean you know the the Comparisons between you two are always Going to be inevitable because you went One and two I mean so do you ever look At it and go you know this kind of Motivates me a little bit you know when You see him doing well and then does it Motivate you at all um you know I'm you Know personally I've just always been Big on trying to control what I can Control and you know what other people Just throughout you know in all aspects Of Life what other people do um you know It's not really something I can control So I try to be you know just internally Motivated and draw from that and try to Run my own race and um you know try to Be the best version I can and focus on The stuff that I can control and stuff That I can improve uh improve on and you
Know there's never going to be a time That I'm I'm not rooting for for CJ I Guess outside of you know I guess Obviously we I guess maybe this weekend Will be the exception but um you know There's never going to be a time that You know that's just you know that's and I think you know don't speak for CJ but I think it's the same way like we we Just you know we both want you know we Both want what's best for each other we Both want um you know we both want each Other to be successful um you know so It's for me um you know again I I try to Be internally motivated run my own race And just try to focus on myself but um You know with with CJ with all the guys That I know um you know I I'm always Going to be rooting for them always Going to want what's best for them um And you know I don't I don't really you Know I I'm always going to that's kind Of just something I'm I'm always going To carry so um I kind of just look for Myself when it comes to motivations Things like that I have two things did You say you did get to hoop with him in The pre-draft process was that indie or KC no we um well we we were we worked Out together for pre-draft um so we were Always um in California we were we did We same quarterback same quarterback Training and stuff so um you know we Were a lot we're always in always in the
Same places uh worked out together a lot There um so is this like oneon-one Hoops Or like no we would um no we would just Play like we just have some some runs in The in the off season and then secondly Um kind of piggybacking on Steve's Question you you said last week or Whatever week it was that you're so Happy for CJ's success and I know you Don't never care about what Outsiders Say but are you when you hear these Early comparisons and Frank address this The part of you like well hold on now It's only been five or six games here I Mean for me I don't again I don't really Feel feed into you know whatever uh Whether it's Media or fans or people say I you know everyone's obviously always Going to have an opinion that's the Beauty of sports you know everyone has a Voice and everyone gets to talk um and I Think Everyone's entitled to to have Opinions um you know again comparisons And whatever are always going to be it's Always a part of the game regard you Know that that's not a me thing that That happens with with everyone um so You know that that's part of it I don't You know that that's always going to be A part of it um but for me it's not Really something I focus on not really Something I I put energy into um you Know again for for me I try to run my Own race to be the best version of
Myself um and then focus on the things I I can control um and you know I I wish Everyone everyone well um so for me um That that's really kind of all my my Focus goes to you've been compared to a Lot of people your entire football Playing life is that kind of where you Get that perspective from of I can only Control what I can control and so on Because you've been you know at the top For so long and you people are comparing To you and stuff like I mean I I guess It's it you could say it's it's come in Handy but honestly it's just something That I've been instilled that's been Instilled to me just as as a from being A kid from Sports and Beyond just into Life something my parents have always Kind of instilled to me of just trying To control what I can control and focus On that and you know when you give your Power your energy to something that you Know is out of your control you know That you know you're not again you're Not in control of and you know the the ABS and flows ups and downs having to Ride that roller coaster I'm not perfect By that in any means you know I'm human We're all human uh stuff is going to Affect us whether we want it to or not But I try my best to to live by that um You know just for me just be able to Live the most efficient um work out and And perform the most efficiently and
Just you know be the happiest I can just Trying to put my energy and stuff that I Can control um so that's kind of just Been throughout life something that's Been instilled in me since the early age Not comparing not comparing you to other Quarterbacks but would you say that How you're developing is based more on How you process the game or more on the Situational environment um you know I Think I think when you talk about Development and growth uh you know I Think it's kind of all-encompassing I Think there's you know I don't think It's just one area where you know I I'm Trying to develop I'm trying to grow I Think think all of it uh situational Stuff um you know just um whether it's It's situational it's it's philosophical It's my understanding of understanding Of things um from you know X's and O's To on the field um you know I feel like You know I feel like there's really no Limit to what I want to continue to Develop on continue to grow and I want To push myself in um so I think from all Aspects um from a developmental Standpoint um I think there there's room For improvement room for me to grow um Stuff that I want to continue to grow in And get better at so um I don't really Think there's any just one area that you Know that is a part of that or isn't I Think in in all facets I I want to push
Myself and keep gr is there is there an NBA comp to your game and CJ's is fair And accurate um that's a good question I'd like to say my I'd like to say my Comparison I probably say is like a Darius Garland uh and then CJ it's a good question Um that's a good question honestly I'd Say like a lowkey like a Michael Porter Jr like like he he can hit contest shots Like not see contest just has it like Like just going to let it go and it'll Go in kind of like type of type of like How he plays see y'all start asking me Basketball questions that's when y'all Get that's when I start getting excited But that's why why we have you what About Josh could hoop Josh I don't think He will not tell you but uh in wford he Can still 360 to this day like he like Like I would like I've seen it he can 360 to this day like crazy athletic but He could hoop for sure I haven't like I Haven't played because you know we're We're Carolina Panthers you know we you Know we we we play football you know we Just but I so we haven't like played but Like horse and like just him he can he Can know you're since you're on a roll What was the coolest thing you did During the B uh just be able to see my See my grandma was was Nice yeah appreciate you Guys
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