CEDARTOWN, Ga. – Nick Chubb just finished off his rookie season with the Cleveland Browns and he is already back training in the off-season in his familiar grounds of Cedartown, Georgia.

Nick Chubb

247Sports caught up with Chubb on Friday morning and discussed several topics with him, including one of his best friends, Sony Michel, playing in the Super Bowl this weekend in Atlanta. He also touched on the experience of being in Ohio and playing a season in the National Football League.

“It was fun, I enjoyed it, I had a great experience, it was good to just try something new, get out of Georgia for a little while and live in a whole different area,” he said. “It was cool to have new teammates, I really enjoyed the whole experience.”

The weather in Cleveland was something that Chubb could not prepare for in the off-season like he trains his body, and he got a dose of Northern Ohio winter before he came home a few weeks back.

“It was crazy, something that I have never dealt with, it only snows like once a year here,” he said.”Up there, it was snowing like every day in November and December and they told me it gets worse in January and February so that is why I am at home in Georgia training,” Chubb said laughing.

A few of his former Georgia Bulldog teammates will play in the Super Bowl this weekend. It has been documented many times of the close friendship between Chubb and New England Patriots' rookie Sony Michel.

“I can’t wait to watch him, I have known him for a while, him and Todd (Gurley)," Chubb said. " I was able to play with Sony, workout with him, train with him, it is great to see one of my best friends achieve these great things and play in one of the biggest games of all time and I am going to be there cheering him on.

“I really can’t wait to go watch them.”

There was a moment for Chubb this past season he will not forget and it was when the Browns traded away their then-starting running back Carlos Hyde. While many wondered why Chubb had yet to get an opportunity to start, Hyde's departure was a surprise to many at the time.

“To be honest I was very shocked, that was on a Friday and the game was on Sunday, so I didn’t have time to adjust or really make any changes, it was really just next man up,” he said. ”I learned a lot from Carlos, I was prepared and ready to take it on,”

Chubb says every week he faced some tough defenses and players trying to stop him. He did say one team, in particular, stood out a little more to him after facing them.

“I would say probably Pittsburgh, it was my second start and they do everything well,” he said.

Known for his year-round training, the starting running back for the Browns is already back working out in preparation for next season. Chubb, taken in the second round of the 2018 NFL Draft, finished with a franchise rookie record 996 yards rushing in nine starts with a long touchdown of 92 yards.