” It’s been an insane month currently,” stated Ryan Jensen when asked if he’s come off the high of the Super Bowl LV triumph. “I’ve been riding that high for a while currently. It’s a desire come true, growing up in the plains of Fort Morgan, to play in the NFL as well as win a Super Bowl.”
Jensen began all 20 ready the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and also had the opportunity to work with Bucs quarterback Tom Brady.
” It’s crazy to believe Tom is 43 years old currently as well as simply won a 7th Super Bowl. That alone is crazy. Still playing at that age is crazy. To be able to play with a player of his quality that has actually played for a long time has been an impressive experience. Having a man like that on your team is always a true blessing.”
Jensen made headings pregame when he came to the Super Bowl in a t shirt with Brady’s NFL combine profile photo on it.
” It was funny. I really did not buy the shirt, it simply turned up in my locker someday. I still do not recognize who sent it to me. I was simply joking about, I was going to use a button-up and I saw that, and also I resembled, ‘Let’s have a little bit of enjoyable’ I really did not assume it was mosting likely to the grip that it did.”
Ryan Jensen of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers waits to snap to Tom Brady throughout Super Bowl LV at Raymond James Stadium on Feb. 7. Jensen simply completed his 7th season in the NFL. Coming out of Fort Morgan High School, he only had 2 deals to play college football, and also was a sixth round draft choice of the Baltimore Ravens. Last evening, he was asked what his message is to young high school professional athletes that seem like they may be neglected.
” I’ve constantly made use of that as a chip on my shoulder to end up being a far better player on as well as off the field,” claimed Jensen. “Coming from a village, Fort Morgan, and afterwards mosting likely to a little school, I never thought I was going to have a possibility to visit the NFL.”
” Going to a Division II or a Division III isn’t the end of the world,” he stated, referring to his experience at Colorado State University-Pueblo. “It aided produce me to be a far better football player on a lot of various levels. As a senior high school youngster, if you assume you need to be obtaining more publicity, use that, due to the fact that at the end of the day you can regulate your attitude and also your effort. For me, that’s something coming from a village to a little college that I’ve used my whole job.”