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Braxton Berrios – August 31, 2023 Download PDF version

Thursday, August 31, 2023

WR Braxton Berrios

(Prediction for tomorrow night’s Hurricanes game?) – “A win. Any way, shape or form. A win. Let’s get started.”

(I know you’re busy, it’s crazy. Any chance you’re going to be able to make it out to the game or is that something?) – “No, not this one sadly. Not this one.”

(Is it good to be able to have a chance or a better chance to get back to games now being back closer?) – “It’s amazing. They asked me if I would be an honorary captain at one of the games and I said absolutely. We just have to see what our schedule is like on Saturday, what time their game is. So yeah, it’s going to be exciting and I’m ready to be a little bit more involved in the program now that I’m down here.”

(What has it been like for you being back with the hometown team, so to speak? I know you said you never really left and that people seeing you, welcome back, stuff like that?) – “It’s been incredible. I grew up a Miami Hurricanes fan and that’s where I wanted to go to college and I was able to live that out. And I also grew up a Miami Dolphins fan and to be here now and to literally be living out my second dream as a kid is incredible. This city, this town, these fans – I got very close to them for four years in Miami and especially that last one and I take a lot of pride in being here and representing the city of Miami.”

(To follow up on that, is it a little bit different now you’re preparing for a game? It’s not training camp anymore. It’s different, isn’t it?) – “Yeah, absolutely it’s different. I think our preparation is really good in training camp. I think we take the field every day with a purpose in mind, but now it’s the real deal. It’s not preseason. Your record doesn’t get wiped clean. It’s there forever.”

(So you’re back home and everything is flowing the way you want it to?) – “Absolutely. Life is good.”

(A lot of times when a player is outstanding in one area, they can kind of get typecast and you’re known as a return specialist who’s very good at that. Is it in the back of your mind to establish yourself that much more as a wide receiver as well?) – “I think that was a big point of this camp and hopefully I did a good enough job for a long enough time to establish that. And the only thing that matters is what this locker room thinks, what the people in this building think and that’s the only thing I’m concerned about. I hope I did a good enough job there.”

(Take me through some of the process that was involved in getting you to this point as a wide receiver.) – “It’s everything. It’s six years in the NFL, going on six. It was four in college and then in high school I kind of played everything. So it’s figuring out what I need to get better at and that’s an ongoing process. It’s across the board and every offseason is I think a different emphasis point and again, it’s figuring out where the offense needs me, where the QB needs me to be and when they need me to be there and the most efficient way to get there.”

(And what’s it like if you’re lining up and you have No. 10 on one side, No. 17 also beside you…?) – “Yeah, it’s like, I’ve got to run fast is what it’s like. (laughter)”

(I mean seriously, you don’t want to mess up the timing when you have guys like that.) – “No, I wasn’t joking. (laughter) There was nothing funny about that, but it is true and honestly it’s been incredible learning from them. And again, there’s some things that they do that there’s not many humans on this earth that can replicate just because they’ve been blessed with some abilities – pure speed – that you can’t replicate. So some things you tip your hat and you say, ‘that’s you and that’s your game and nobody else is taking that.’ But there’s other things that you can absolutely learn from them and it’s been incredible watching them and learning from them.”

(So how much more sharp do you have to when you’re…?) – “I don’t think it’s more or less. I think the level of detail is high regardless and again, those guys are going to do what they’ve got to do and they’re going to do their job and you’ve got to make sure you do the same.”

(And what about Wide Receivers Coach Wes Welker’s role in helping you develop? What is he stressing to you so you work on it?) – “It’s not any one thing. We stress details because I think the margin for error in this league is so small, and it’s so hard to win. And so the main thing that we’ve stressed is details. Like I said, being where you need to be when you need to be there, on your landmark at the times. If it’s steps, if it’s a depth, whatever it is; really stressing the details so that everybody is on the same page.”

(What should we expect from you as a return specialist?) – “I guess we’ll find out. (laughter)”

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