Article content continued

A: I met (Pro Football Hall of Famer) Fred Biletnikoff. My college coach used to talk about him all the time. He had super great hands in the NFL and was one of the best receivers. I met him in Kamloops last year. He came into the meeting room and was looking for (then-Lions head coach Jeff Tedford) and someone said, “That’s Biletnikoff,” and I was like, “That’s crazy,” because I hadn’t even heard of him before my college coach talked about him.

Q: All right, that wasn’t what I was expecting. I figured at one of your NFL tryouts you must have come in contact with someone you thought was pretty famous.

A: I met a couple of coaches — Jim Caldwell and Andy Reid. That was pretty cool. They’re not super far-fetched celebrities for football players, but it was pretty cool sitting down at the lunch table with Jim Caldwell in Detroit.

Q: You’re from Columbus, Ohio, and I know you like to golf. I thought maybe you had a story about golfing with Jack Nicklaus, since he’s from Columbus.

A: Ah man, I wish. That would be cool.

Photo by Mark van Manen / PNG Files

Q: Quarterback is such a high-intensity position in a contact and team sport. It’s basically everything golf isn’t. What is it about golf that you like so much?

A: I just started playing golf probably three or four years ago. Before that I wasn’t too interested in it, but now I love it.

Q: Do you get a chance to play in-season?

A: Yeah. I try to get out once every two weeks or so. It’s very relaxing to me and it gets my mind off all the stresses of football.