I think people probably thought our defense was going to be down a little bit. We lost a lot of defensive linemen and a lot of experience at the linebacker position.

Our D-linemen are pretty good about doing what they have to do.

So far I think we've got after it this year. I think we've been flying around the football. I think our defense is pretty fast for the most part. We like to hit people and we've been doing that pretty well this year.

A lot of people still don't think we play great defense. We let that go in one ear and out the other.

It was a big part of raising my stock. People thought I couldn't run a good 40. Proving people wrong was a big part of it. Everybody doubted me. The only ones who believed in me were my coaches and my family. I always had it in my mind that I was one of the best corners out there.

It scared me. They started hitting 3s and stuff and playing defense and got back in the game. When they got up by one, I starting getting kind of frantic, and coach had to calm me down.