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Jevon Holland – April 30, 2021 Download PDF version

Friday, April 30, 2021

S Jevon Holland

(What is your reaction and did you have any inkling that it might be the Miami Dolphins?) – “I’m overjoyed. No, I didn’t have any idea. I’m just really blessed to be here and excited to be a Miami Dolphin.”

(I think you’re the highest-ever born Canadian drafted player. I’m curious what that means to you?) – “It means a lot. I love to be able to represent the Canadian people and for me to be blessed to be in this position and represent that many people and be the highest taken, I’m just honored to be here. I’m overjoyed.”

(Tell us a little bit about what you plan to offer the Dolphins.) – “I plan on just coming in and being a resource for the coaches. Whatever they want me to do, I plan on doing that and trying to help the team win.”

(I’m wondering how did you sleep last night and how the process to this point was for you?) – “The process was great, honestly. And last night, I was a little tossing and turning. I had a good night’s sleep, woke up this morning, went and worked out, and then sat down and was ready to get my name called. I’m blessed that the Miami Dolphins, and (Head) Coach (Brian) Flores called my name. I’m honored to be here.”

(Do you see yourself as a safety in the NFL, or do you think there is any potential you might play some cornerback, too?) – “Honestly, whatever the coaches want me to play, I’m expecting to fill that job for them. I say it a lot, but I’m here to help the team win in any way, shapre or form.”

(Tell us about your relationship with Napoleon Kaufman. Are you still in touch with him?) – “Yeah, we talk sometimes. Coach ‘Nap’ is a great guy. He’s a pastor. He coached with some of his kids. He’s a great dude.”

(Going back to your childhood, I came across a story where you talked about some of the sacrifices you made when you were younger, the 100 pushups every day. I wanted to ask you about how those training regimens as a kid prepared you for professional football.) – “That’s a great question. I think that having those training regimens as a kid just puts me in a better place of organizing my own time and making sure that I’m holding myself accountable when no one else is trying to check me. I feel like that is a part of being a professional is holding yourself accountable and making sure you’re getting your job done.”

(Is there a player in the league that you model your game after that you see yourself in?) – “I grew up watching Tyrann Mathieu, so I try to model my game as much after Tyrann Mathieu as possible. He’s a phenomenal player and an even better man; so I’m trying to replicate his play.”

(How popular is football in British Columbia? What other options did you have for sports growing up? How did you gravitate towards football, and I guess now that choice turned out to be the right one?) – “Football is super popular in Canada – across all of Canada. I played box lacrosse and I played soccer and I played baseball and field lacrosse in America; but my dad and my brother both played football. My dad is an ex-NFL pro, so it’s really just me trying to follow in their footsteps and then that love just kind of adapted into that passion for myself, and then I ended up falling even more in love with the game at that point. I think like you said, it turned out to be a pretty good choice. (laughter)”

(I came on a little late, so you might have been asked a little bit, but how much did you have to answer about the opt-out question in the pre-draft process with the Dolphins and teams and kind of how did you approach that?) – “A good amount. Everybody wanted to know and so I was honest about it, and that’s the only thing I could be. And we just went from there.”

(I saw a quote from Mario Cristobal where he said that you were a better receiver than defensive back, but they were going to keep you at DB over there at Oregon. I’m curious if you can kind of expand on that and also does that kind of contribute to the fact that you had nine picks in just two seasons?) – “Yeah, so I played receiver in high school a lot and that’s where I developed a lot of my ball skills. I feel like I have a good sense of how the ball trajectory is going to be in the sky and things like that and I definitely think that added to my ball skills and ball-hawking ability.”

(I know you did some punt returning at Oregon. The Dolphins drafted WR Jaylen Waddle in the first round. Who’s going to get those punt return reps? How are you guys going to divvy that out?) – “(laughter) Man, look, whatever the coaches want to do, they can do. Jaylen (Waddle) – that’s my homeboy. He’s a hell of a player. I’m excited to be a Dolphin with him, so I’m just looking to be on the field with him and all my other teammates and whatnot. So whatever the coaches want, I’m down to do.”

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