Jacksonville, FL - #Jeremiah Brown# signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in the spring and is one of three former Wagner football players currently with NFL teams. This is the second of a three part Q&A interview series that will catch up with the former Seahawks currently in the pros. Quintin Anderson was the first of the three NFL players interviewed and that transcript can be accessed by clicking HERE. Check back next week for the final interview with Julian Stanford, who also signed with the Jaguars.

The three players were also profiled by Staten Island Advance Reporter Cormac Gordon, which can be read by clicking HERE.


Q:  Give us a rundown of a typical day in Jacksonville?
A: After waking up at 6:00 am, I eat breakfast and am out to the practice complex by 7:00 am. Then we have meetings from 8:00 am until 10:30 am. Following the meetings, we have a half an hour to get ready and out to the field. Then for the next two hours from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm, we have to execute everything we just learned from the meetings. Following the workouts, we get treatment, before going back to the hotel around 3:00 pm.

Q:  Who are some of the players in your rookie class?
A: Mike Harris (Florida State), of course Justin Blackmon (Oklahoma State), Brandon Marshall (Nevada) and Andre Branch (Clemson).

Q:  What veterans have been the most helpful?
A: Basically all the defensive backs … Derek Cox, Courtney Greene, Dawan Landry, Rashean Mathis, Chris Prosinski and Aaron Ross … Basically all the defensive backs. They have been helping me become a professional through their play and mannerisms on the field. This has helped me from a being a college athlete to a professional. They are definitely great mentors.

Q: What do you like most about the NFL?
A: Community Service … I love being able to give back to the community. We put in so much hard work throughout the days, and to be able to transition that to inspire someone to do exactly what you are doing one day is a blessing.

Q: How is NFL football different then Wagner football?
A: The Speed of the Game is tremendously faster and on another level. The hardest thing about the pro game is that you have to retain so much information in a short amount of time and then execute it on the field.

Q: What do you miss most about Wagner?
A: My teammates. I don't miss any one specific thing, just grinding with them, building stories and sharing the wins and losses. I feel like we built something that comes over time. I miss them the most.

Q: Why did you choose to continue your training at Wagner after minicamp?
A: Coach Brandon Beach (Wagner's Head Strength & Conditioning Coach) has gotten me this far. He is great at his job and I feel he can continue to help my development as a player even more. He knows what needs to be done and how I must execute to continue to improve.

Q: What do you do in your spare time?
A: Study my playbook (laughs) … Seriously though, I am constantly studying it. On the physical side, I am always stretching and looking for an edge against my competition in any way possible.

Q: What is the difference between your NFL playbook and the Wagner playbook?
A: The amounts of plays, coverages and schemes. There were probably about eight coverages in the Wagner playbook and I have already learned close to 25 different coverages in the NFL.

Q:  What Wagner coach prepared you the most for the NFL?
A: My defensive backs coach Ryan Fullen. He prepared me mentally to be able to understand the playbook, the defensive schemes and not just what you doing, but why you are doing it and where you fit in.

Q: How are you adjusting to the Florida heat?
A: It is one of those things that you have to adjust to over time, and I think I have done a good job of adjusting.

Q: What advice would you give to the Wagner players, concerning playing in Florida (The Seahawks open up the 2012 season at Florida Atlantic on August 31)?
A: The heat and the atmosphere of the southern fans. They love football and get behind their teams. That is something the team will have to adapt to.

Q: What player have you become the most close to?
A: Antwon Blake, Mike Harris and a lot of the rookie defensive backs.

Q: Describe the speed of the NFL game to the college game?
A: For me as a defensive back it is the routes the receivers run.

Q: Had anyone heard of Wagner College before you arrived?
A: Nobody had heard of Wagner College before I arrived (laughs). Everybody wanted to know where it was, when it was founded and who came out of the school.

Before Anderson, Brown and Stanford, the last Green & White player to sign with a NFL team was former First Team All Northeast Conference (NEC) kicker and punter Piotr Czech ('08). Czech attended training camp with the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers.

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