Colorado tight end Trey McBride is the consensus number one tight end in the 2022 NFL draft. McBride logged 90 catches for 1,121 yards and a touchdown playing in a run-heavy offensive attack at Colorado State. I recently had the opportunity to interview McBride, as he was training for the NFL scouting combine at Exos Arizona location ( ) Exos has worked with a good number of high round draft picks over the years get ready for the scouting combine and their NFL careers. They focus preparing athletes in four major areas; mindset, nutrition, movement and recovery. I came Nikola Jokic Jersey here because everyone who comes to Exos seems to have great results, shared McBride. I loved everything they were doing. They really hone in on the details, teach you everything from the strength portion to the 40, they really hone in on the details so you can really understand what youre doing, and ultimately I wanted to run faster so I came here to work with these guys. I really love the nutrition aspect of it where you get the diet plan and you eat well and things like that. Really an overall great place and Ive loved it. Q: In what ways have you noticed a difference in yourself since you started working with Exos? McBride: The diet portion of course is phenomenal. Youre eating well, youre eating good food. I think what you put into your body is what youre going to get out of your body. You put good things in your body, youre going to run faster and youre going to perform better. Ive really loved that aspect of it as well. Its been a great couple months here that Ive had. Q: Did you know any players who had worked with Exos in the past? How did you choose them? McBride: I just heard kind of through the grapevine, there has been a lot of succe s that has come from this and the numbers show as well. I toured a couple of the Exos facilities and ultimately I decided on the one here in Phoenix. Met a lot of really good people that Im training with so far. Its been tremendous. Q: In what ways do you think you could come in and help a young quarterback like Zach Wilson if the New York Jets were to select you? McBride: Im a guy whos a competitor. Im a playmaker, and most of all, Im a winner. I would love to play for a young team like them and really do everything I can to get on the field and do everything I po sibly can to contribute to a succe sful team and a winning season. I think Im a great fit for that and I think that would be a tremendous time. I would love everything about that.Q: Did you have a chance to watch the Jets Michael Porter Jersey this past season at all? McBride: Yeah, you know no, I was at the Senior Bowl as well, where I was coached by the Jets coaching staff, which was tremendous. Got to meet a lot of those guys and really get to know the coaches and Will Barton Jersey things like that. It was a great opportunity for me to get coached by NFL coaches, and really get to learn what the Jets do and kind of learn everything they do in an offense and go and do that at the Senior Bowl. Q: You showed you are a complete tight end on game film. How did you learn how to block so well? McBride: I think growing up with three different brothers, we wrestled around all the time, really got to lean leverage and how to beat those guys up. Ultimately, that was the only way I could get on the field early on my first couple years. I was the guy who had to go in there and do the blocking, and do the dirty work for the guys to catch. I love doing that stuff and feel thats what kind of separates me from other tight ends. Im a guy who can do it all. I can catch the ball. I can also be a threat in the run game, and be physical and nasty as well in there.Q: What is your best memory youre going to take away from Colorado State? McBride: I think winning the John Mackey Award this past season. Being known as the best tight end in the country is something you cant ever really take away from me. Its something really special to me. Its just so cool to do that. Along side of that, I played all four of my years there at Colorado State with my brother, he was on the team there too. Thats something thats very special to me as well. Ultimately, winning the John Mackey award is something that brings the most joy to my career there. Jerami Grant Jersey Q: Whats the most important le son you learned from Colorado State head coach Steve Addazio? McBride: The thing I learned most from him is to be tough and physical. Were a 12-personnel offense, we ran the ball like crazy. He really built his program on toughne s, and physicality. I think being durable, accountable and tough was really the things he really engraved in our brains. Q: How would your friends best describe you?McBride: I think they would describe me as a winner, a competitor and as a guy who loves the game of football, someone you can rely on. Q: Did you grow up watching the NFL a lot or the college game?McBride: I did grow up watching a lot of football and things like that. More recently, Ive basically been kind into the college football, thats where Ive kind of been, watching a lot of that. Growing up, of course I watched the NFL, that was always big dream of mine. We did watch a lot of that, but not to the extent I watched college football. Q: Favorite player growing up? Scroll to ContinueMcBride: I think my role model growing up was, theres a tight end from my hometown, who went to Colorado State, and then played in the NFL. His name is Joel Dree sen. Hes a huge role model of mine. Hes a great friend of mine now, someone I really looked up to my whole life. I wanted to be just like him, and here we are in the same shoes that he was in.Q: As a tight end, do you have a favorite route you like to run?McBride: I feel like I run a lot of really Dikembe Mutombo Jersey good routes. I feel like I can win on every single one. We ran a big over that we ran a lot this past season. I was very succe sful on it, caught a lot of balls on it. The stick route is pretty easy. I feel like I can catch that all the time too. I love all the routes. Whatever I need to do, I feel like Im capable of doing it. Q: Is there a tight end in the NFL that you feel you are most similar to? McBride: There are so many great tight ends right now, but if I had to choose one, I think George Kittle is the guy I really aspire to be like. Hes one of those guys who can kind of do it all. I feel like Im kind of the same way. Hes a guy whos a threat in the run game. Hell put you on