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Solomon Kindley – June 15, 2021 Download PDF version

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

G Solomon Kindley

(Do you feel good about going back to left guard? Obviously that’s where your experience at Georgia came. Is that more natural for you than right guard?) – “Football is football. So yeah, I played left guard at Georgia. I’m just filling in wherever I can. Football is football. I’m just helping the team.”

(Is there any difference as far as comfort level or are you now equally comfortable with both?) – “Yeah, I’m pretty comfortable at both. That’s what you train for in the offseason and everything.”

(“Big Fish,” you were kind of in your element out there today, huh?) – “Yes, sir. A lot of rain. (laughter)”

(I wanted to ask you about the off-field stuff you are doing with the swimming camp and the seven-week program for kids in the community. What made you want to do that and how did the first week go out there so far?) – “First, what I’m doing in the community, it’s just a blessing with where I come from and the money I’m making and doing the things that I’m doing. My mom always taught me to give back, so that’s my biggest thing. I want to bless others. Somebody made an impact in my life and I want to do that for other kids. For your second question, it feels good to be back playing football. We’ve been away for a long time. We’re back in our element, like you said.”

(One of your teammates, LB Brennan Scarlett, has his own mastery in the swimming pool. I’m wondering if there’s been any trash talk back and forth between you guys yet.) – “The last person that said something to me about the pool on my team, I don’t think they talk swimming with me anymore because I blew them out of the water. (laughter) But yeah, Scarlett hasn’t said anything to me about the pool yet. I don’t really think he got the memo that I’m really a “big fish.”

(Then my football question for you, just kind of taking into account your second year now and looking back on where you were at this time last year – what’s different for you in terms of the experience and just how you feel going into practices here in Year 2 and the level of comfort you have now?) – “It’s just not making the same mistakes that I made as a rookie. It’s my second year. The coaches and everybody look forward to you doing better things than last year. You feel your game should elevate every year, so that’s just my thing. I’ve got to stay in the film room and just execute even better than I did last year.”

(If you were asked about it, I’m sorry; but I heard you talking about swimming. What was that like to be able to get some kids together for a good cause?) – “Like I said, it’s a blessing. Me and my brothers grew up – we always went to the pool. Mom used to be at work. She used to tell us not to go out of the house. We’d sneak out of the house and go to the community pool. So we always used to go there and we made fun of it because if we got caught at the pool by the time Mom gets back home, we were going to get in trouble. So we just went to the pool and had fun. That’s my biggest thing. I wanted to let kids come out and have fun because that changed my life. I met a lot of people during that time, so just being a blessing towards those kids.”

(The role that you’re kind of playing in OTAs so far, how has that kind of allowed you to kind of learn a little bit more and maybe perfect your craft a little bit better?) – “No doubt. It perfected my craft even better because if anybody goes down, no matter where it is, I can fill in. I can play football on either side, so just helping the team. Just being there for anybody on the team on the offensive line.”

(And what can you say about G/T Robert Hunt? He seems like he’s taken a big next step for himself once he started after last season and kind of how he’s doing so far in camp right now. What can you say about a guy you shared the right side with last season?) – “Robert Hunt is being Robert Hunt. He’s playing football. He’s just being himself. He’s good, so that’s what he’s doing.”

(From a body standpoint, are you where you want to be? Where do you think you’re best as far as weight?) – “Oh no doubt, I can always get better. That’s what camp is for, so I can always get better.”

(I saw you working with Coach Torrian this offseason. What has your work been like with him and how has he kind of helped you this offseason?) – “Coach Torrian is an amazing coach. I appreciate working with him in the offseason. He gave me different aspects of the game – pass pro, run blocking, also conditioning – so yeah, he’s a very good coach and I appreciate him.”

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