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This is it. I think it has begun to hit me a little bit. You start counting down the days and knowing that it's going to be your last time playing college football. You look back and geez, it feels like I just started yesterday. (We're) down to it. There's three more games left. There are only about five more 6-in-the-morning practices. It's starting to count down so I want to go out with a bang.

Fun. It's been a fun time here. There's been ups and downs. Wins and losses, bumps and bruises, stuff like that. But the most important thing I can say is that I've had a good time playing.

Everybody does want to play every down. But that's the way I've grown up. I've grown up to be just a team player. When I can get in, and I can try my best. When I get in, if my best isn't working and somebody's doing better, then I'm all for it. If I just try my best, keep trying, then things work out the way they do. It's no problem splitting time with anybody. It's actually fun. You get to get a close relationship with a lot of guys, so I'm pretty excited about that.

I first expected to come in and play offense. I thought they had me written down as a receiver, but I got here and started playing defense. I didn't expect to play my first year, and the next thing you know I'm here in my last year, and there's three games left. It kind of flew by like that. It's hard to say that it's the last year. But in reality, people have to move on. That's what becoming a man is: moving on with your life, accepting challenges, stuff like that.

I'm just going to finish up school, get a job and go to the real world. I may do some work with my dad. But overall, I want to do some coaching. . . . I want to coach the high school level for sure. I'd like to do some head high school football coaching for a little bit, and if that doesn't tickle my fancy, I've got things to lay back on. My dad works with the N.M. Department of Agriculture, so he's got internships in China and stuff like that. I'd like to do something like that.

(My degree is) just your basic university studies. I thought about doing physical education, but . . . with a basic university studies I think that gives me a broad (base). It's a general thing. I don't want anything too basic, like, too centered in on something. That way, in case I get out and I want to do something totally different I have this degree and all I could do is blow my nose.