Kylon Griffin says he was 'ready to go' against Notre Dame
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We heard from redshirt freshman safety, Kylon Griffin on Monday. Hear what he had to say following the win over No. 12 Notre Dame and his fourth quarter interception here!
Kylon Griffin
On finding out he was going to play: “Coach came to me Thursday morning, before my classes and stuff, I tried to come and watch film earlier and he just caught me and pulled me aside and said, ‘hey, this is an opportunity and we’re going to need you’. Thankfully, I was ready, even in the beginning of the week I was still preparing so it wasn’t nothing that got me too rattled up.”
On being patient: “At first it was a challenge because all your life you’ve been playing and every player goes through that. I looked at it from the brightside and a good thing to really train myself and practice the patience and trust in the Lord. Really maturing and growing in that area and it was really a good lesson that I took out from it.”
On the phone call with Coach Swinney: “It was about 20 seconds I want to say. It was a while. And it was in the middle of him talking. Don’t tell him that though.”
On that first interception: “That was a very slow motion play. I just had a feeling that whole game, somebody's gonna get one. I was talking to myself the whole game, ‘I’m getting a pick, I'm getting an interception’. I see the ball and I see as soon as he throws it, I see it’s gonna be high. Get under the ball and don’t drop it. I thought about that like ‘do not drop this ball’ and I caught it and I just see Xavier Thomas and his hands go up, and I’m like ‘score’ and then I see Barrett Carter telling me to go down, so I just fall. But man, it was a slow motion moment and I am very blessed to be in that situation.”