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De’Von Achane – September 19, 2024 Download PDF version

Thursday, September 19, 2024

RB De’Von Achane

(Do you feel like any added pressure is out there for you guys on the field this Sunday?) – “No, I wouldn’t say pressure. Changes, of course, but it’s not pressure because I feel like we’ve been doing this for a minute. It isn’t like we’ve got a new QB role from someone that hasn’t been in the offense. I feel like it’s regular. We’re working, and I feel like we’re going to go out there and we’re going to play the best of our ability. I don’t feel like it’s no pressure, because we practice every day.”

(What have you seen from QB Skylar Thompson this week?) – “Just his confidence, man. He’s not nervous. I feel like he’s out there running the offense. He’s vocal. He lets everybody know what they’ve got, so I like his confidence a lot.”

(What’s your comfort level with him right now?) – “I’m super comfortable because like you said, when I first came in, that’s who I was going with. Like I was going with Skylar (Thompson) my rookie year, so it’s normal for me.”

(Is there anything that you guys are looking forward to when going out to Seattle this Sunday?) – “I heard it’s a great place to play and my first time. I heard the crowd is going to be kind of loud, so I’m looking forward to that.”

(What are you guys doing to prepare for that louder environment?) – “I think some stuff like the center snapping on his own, some stuff of that nature, but I feel like it’s loud everywhere we go. I feel like when it’s loud for me, I feel like it’s motivation. It hypes me. I like playing in loud, crowded places.”

(What’s the loudest environment you’ve ever played in – college, anything?) – “(Texas) A&M. (laughter)”

(What about road environment?) – “Death Valley was loud.”

(Have you seen a switch from QB Skylar Thompson, whether it’s him being more vocal already or the confidence that he’s been bringing to the huddle?) – “You can just tell he’s ready. I know he wishes Sunday would come faster just so he can go out there and prove himself, but I feel like everybody got their switch, and you turn it on and off. You can tell he isn’t out there nervous. Like I said, he’s ready to play and his confidence has grown a lot from him starting. So he’s ready to go out there and prove something. He’s going to show what he can do.”

(Whenever we talk to coaches about you, especially in the past week, they talk about their desire to give you more and more opportunities based on what you’ve done with your opportunities so far. How does that make you feel when the coaches are showing that kind of confidence in you?) – “It’s good. It’s always good to build trust with your coaches. Like I said, just for me playing receiver, I go out there and just giving him more confidence to trust me in that role. So I just feel like just getting more out of my opportunities and my plays when I get the ball in my hands.”

(Do you think you’re opening some eyes regarding your hands?) – “Most definitely. Everybody don’t think a running back can go out there and be a receiver. It’s not new to me, but it’s new to other people.”

(Having said that, it’s nice to have RB Raheem Mostert back out there with you?) – “Yeah, I always miss my dude. It was sad not to have him last week, but I can’t wait for him to come back and be back out there with us.”

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