“It’s somebody I’ve looked up to for, as a fan, since middle school,” Compton said of Hall. “I always tell him that I literally remember watching him do the 40-yard dash when they did the race at the Pro Bowl [in 2006] and literally watching him when he was in Atlanta and rooting for him because I was bandwagoning who they thought the fastest guy was. I vividly remember watching D-Hall and rooting for D-Hall. To be in the same locker room as him now, to text with him, it’s just awesome. He’s a great leader. I feel like he’s somebody who you kind of see, you don’t know if he was immature or anything earlier, but you see that he’s been through a lot and he takes these moments seriously. It really is awesome, and I’m very fortunate to be around him.”

For Compton to say “being around” Hall is an understatement, and their relationship goes deeper than social media. They’re pretty much best friends. Compton will jump on Xbox One with Hall to play Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege online. Compton mentioned how Hall recently sent him a video text of Hall’s children hitting the dab, which Hall called “doing the Compton.”

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“Will is one of the funniest guys I’ve ever been around,” Hall said.

Compton doesn’t mind being a fanboy of players he truly admires, including Hall and Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant, despite some of the responses he received this week. The Twitter exchange between Compton, Hall and Durant – an avid Redskins fan from the DMV area – went viral and ended with Durant following Compton on Twitter. Compton isn’t one to play it cool, and he said his identity hasn’t changed much since entering the NFL. Compton doesn’t mind sharing how much appreciation he has for his idols when he has a chance to do so.

“He likes to be called ‘Kev,’” Compton joked. “He’s ‘Kev’ and I’m ‘Comp.’ But it’s been fun, man.

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“I’m going to enjoy it. It’s awesome that this comes with it. I just get to be in the locker room with all these athletes, and I got to tweet with Kevin Durant.”

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