Mingo answered questions from the media on being drafted in the second round by the Panthers and connecting with wide receiver coach Shawn Jefferson.
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Hey Jonathan scholar County here with Sports Illustrated Um just get your your initial reactions Of being drafted by the Panthers and Also to uh obviously Ole Miss has had a Long run of receivers here recently just Uh how do you stack yourself up to some Of those guys and into years past now You know it's a blessing to be uh Drafted by the Panthers a lot of hard Work some happy guy put me in this Situation and you know uh you know we Had a lot of great uh Stevens of Ole Miss that's part of the reason I went There so I look up to them AJ DK Elijah Laquan or Brandon Sanders Demarcus lies Danteo Drummond I'll look up to them I Think we got like we won the best Receiver schools in the country so it's A blessing to be in this other situation Let's go to David Newton followed by Will Kunkel Hey welcome to the uh Panthers I wanted to ask you Um what do you know about Bryce young Since you played in the SEC and Um having a chance to play with him Instead of being on the opposite side Oh he again said uh playing against Braces I'm happy to be on the same team So like I lost to him or three years in A row you know so one thing by Bryce Young he doesn't make mistakes he's very Poor as he doesn't get around him he
Takes each play again uh play by play he Takes his time smart kid I've been with The comeback he's real real cool nice Guy to be around so I'm excited for the Opportunity to play with him Hey Jonathan congratulations buddy will Kunkel here with you Charlotte Um everyone's comparing you against Somebody by you know to somebody right Now who do you compare yourself to like How do you model your game your game Now you know how to try to be the best Version of myself I like to look at Everybody's games and tell you what Pieces I can and see how they fit my Game so you know I'm a big AJ Brown fan I love watching AJ Brown been paying Attention to high school big DK fan too So Debo uh big receiving I'm a fan of Our receivers uh I like watching DJ Shark too or Adam thielen I like Watching our receivers I'm just a Receiver Guru Let's go to Steve Reed followed by Joe Person Hey Jonathan uh welcome to uh Charlotte Congratulations Um hey I was wondering if you could you Could take us back Um to uh 2021 or last year I guess not Not this the season but the season Before where you had that broken foot And how how tough was that to come back From how disappointing was that and how
Much did that set you back and what did You learn from that experience Uh you know patience you know God does Everything for a reason sometimes we Won't start to happen on our turn but That's not the case though so I broke my Food and I was starting off really hot Me and me and Matt had a real good Connection going had to step back came Back the last few games wasn't all the Way healthy so I went most of the spring My foot still didn't hit all the way so Last year like I had surgery on my Birthday last year so my birthday April 20th so that's like a week ago so last Year I was on Christmas around this time So it is a blessing to see how things Can change in the course of a year so it Really just like staying patient just Really focusing on your mentors because I think the mental aspect is like a big Part of your game outside of football You got to take care of that real good Because you don't have a good mental Aspect of the game you don't take care Of your mentors it's gonna be hard to Play the game because football is you Know it's gonna humble you Hey Jonathan Joe person with the Athletic good to see you man there's a YouTube where are you calling in from First of all I'm back in uh Brandon Mississippi for like 15 or 20 minutes Outside of Jackson all my friends and
Family out here Just having a out there for the moment Just enjoying everybody having a good Time Did y'all have a party you're out in Your car getting some quiet I guess yeah Man I thought I was talking to my pops He was trying to I was on the phone he Was trying to hand me a big old plate of Crawfish and like you gotta hold on wait Till I get done your interviews man Hey I wanted to ask you too Um you played with Matt Um he he put out a an Instagram last Night that kind of suggested that Um you know God works in mysterious ways And that you know what maybe wants to go Somewhere he's where he's more respected Have you talked to him and has he kind Of you know looking for a fresh start Uh we talked last night he just told me He enjoy the process make sure I still My family but we didn't really talk too Much Bob uh like I came out here for a Visit a few weeks ago me and him just uh We were talking he told me how much he Liked the new coaching staff and Everything he like how everything's Going how he's finding healthy and his Body feels great and how you Understanding offense way better than he Did last year so I don't know anything About him trying to be somewhere else But I talked to him a couple weeks ago
He's saying happy where he was at and he Was just ready to work hey last thing Real quick um what do you think about Your game will be really helpful for a Rookie receiver like Bryce Um I can do everything for him I can uh You know what I'm saying for like a Quarterback like a green quarterback you Want to get them in the Florida game so Just play a little pitching kits I can Turn like a little five yards he's into 80 yard touchdown you know they make Things either in the quarterback you Know what I'm saying Make the game come faster for him so I'm Excited to work with him All right let's go to Skyler Callahan Yeah Jonathan uh just describe your Emotions uh when you got the call and What that conversation was like and how Did your family react Uh I was having feelings all last night Because I took like 10 visits so out of All the teams uh coach Jefferson you Know uh his son Ben Jefferson used to Play the Ole Miss agent DK doesn't he Ended up transfer so hit Mississippi got So we hit it all pretty good the other Day and he told me today if I was there At 39 that they were gonna take me so That was the only team that told me that So the whole time the clock was on I was Just looking at 39 then my Asian caught Me like might get caught in a few
Minutes then he copied getting on a Defender call you so the clock started I Said man the clock is already about 30 Seconds in while the car that came in And it finally came in so it was a great Experience somebody definitely cherished All right let's go to Scott Fowler Scott Fowler from the Charlotte Observer Congratulations Um for those of us who haven't seen you Play like a lot and you mentioned the Five yard into an 80 yard touchdown but What are your strengths as a wide Receiver what do you what do you think You do Best Of me I feel like what I do best I Understand football so I understand the Defense I really like leverages and Stuff like that they're reading the Whole defense but I feel like I'm a Physical guy on physical for myself I'm A big receiver so I have to use that to My strength I can do that in my releases But what I feel like I do best I'm Quicker than most receiver with my DBS Think so I can play a little mind games I can be physical with the release and I Can be quicker you know and I'm faster Than most people would think I can get Open I can catch the ball I can block I Can do anything the coaches need me to Do I go block the defensive end line Breaker is on the field and I feel like
Once I get the bar I don't feel like Nobody the first person shouldn't bring Me down I feel like it's always gonna be Hard to bring me down so I feel like I Bring a lot to the table Thank you Any more questions for Jonathan yeah Yeah I'll follow up on um the question About being picked at 39. Um Did you believe did you believe it when They told you they were going to To draft you at that spot and then any Other teams indicate Things of that nature because it seems To be a rarity Um for teams to tell the truth a lot of Times during this draft process where There's so much information going back And forth uh I kind of yeah I kind of Believed it because that was the only Thing that told me that uh I feel like Uh I I hit it all pretty good all the Coaching staffs and the GM's receiving Coach OC I just like the whole vibrato Uh the scouts and stuff around the rest Of the staff you know like security Guards and everybody there so they told My agent told me it's gonna be between Me you know Lyman or like me or I'm no Tight end and I saw two tight ends come Off the board and I saw oh Lima come out The board too so I think I ain't gonna Pretty much play into my favor just to
Follow up on that during this whole Process there's always talk there's mock Drafts Um there's rumors there's internet posts How do you process all of the stuff that You know kind of floats during these Many weeks of the draft process does he You get nervous about any of that or do You you pay attention to to that no not Really I don't like to pay attention to The media if you know you expect from Things to happen it's going to drive you Crazy trying to pay attention to the Media people think you're gonna go here And there but uh to me I was taking a Lot of business so my main focus is make Sure I can get in shape so it'll be Something we should be gone the whole Week trying to run and run on the Treadmill you know so I'm trying to get Back to you so I do play football so Just get back in the floor running Routes every day so that my body can be Um my body can be in shape with a Regular camera Thank you Jonathan appreciate it so I Appreciate it we got time for a few more Let's go to vashtai and finish with Mike Solarte Hi Jonathan congratulations uh you Mentioned getting Good Vibes when you Came here for the visit and and the Connection you had with Sean Jefferson At what point or what during that visit
Kind of stuck out to you is there a Moment that you said okay I can see Myself coming to Carolina Yeah like yeah coach it was cool like me And Frank here are pretty good like most Coaches they want to be like serious you Know what I'm saying I want to talk About this and that we talk about Football he talking about okay how you Gonna run the shrink you can run it this Way or you can run it this way right That's why I like I'm a football dude so Like if I don't know that much and I'm Just like you I'll try to feel people Out but we talking balls so like when I Started talking about somebody I can get Out I can start to like let loose and Just be myself so we're just talking About we're talking about different Scenarios how we run this around this Round so I thought that was pretty cool Heading off of him Thanks thank you Hey Jonathan Mike Solarte here inspector News one in Charlotte congratulations uh The first question I have and I Apologize if it's a repeat I got in just A little bit late but everything that I Mean you say you didn't pay attention to Media but have you paid attention to What the Panthers have done in the off Season to kind of build everything and And uh and and how do you feel about the Situation you're walking into with this
Offense I feel like it did pretty good You know uh got two uh they got a lot of Good QBs so you got barcian Matt karate Y'all get Andy Dalton too right So you got three good quarterbacks uh You know you got you got DJ chart right DJ chart and you got Adam you know Adding things with veteran at the game He did had a great career over there in Minnesota so I'll definitely be looking Forward to uh Universe to him just being Being behind him just being in his shoes And trying to pick his brain know about How he processes the football but I feel Like teams moving in the right direction You got a great great defensive back in Uh JC horn so it'd be fun to go get some Every day because going against the best Songs that may be better so I'm excited For it And my last question for you is uh are You going to be able to jive with a with An Alabama quarterback throwing you the Football I mean Alabama Ole Miss you Guys leave that at the door or what Very cool like he he up on me right now He up on me by three wins but hey it was We always had some close games you know Uh Uh last year was a pretty close game Came down to the wild but Bryce cool man He's laid back you know he probably Might joke around about the book All right if he want to joke around but
I just me and Maddie gang up on him About it Thanks very much I appreciate it
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