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The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

243. Isaac TeSlaa: Full Speed Ahead

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Arkansas, Hogs, Sports, Razorbacks

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Razorback wide receiver Isaac TeSlaa lives and breathes football and is fueled by NFL dreams. But, his path toward that goal is a little different than most. He went from a high school quarterback to a wide receiver lighting up his DII program—throwing up numbers that caught the eyes of DI recruiters all over the country. After dozens of programs came after him, he chose Arkansas and has been all Hog ever since.

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0:00.0

Coming into Arkansas, I thought it was going to be like Hicktown, USA. I'd never been to Arkansas before.

0:05.6

And I'd get up here in Fayetteville's like this great area, obviously a great college town,

0:10.0

so I got a great feeling, just everyone here, I was blown away the end of the day I felt like there was no other option than to comely and this episode is made possible by our

0:34.8

friends at Vold Vision, Saracen Resort, and South by Northwest Hospitality. Look at the deep Tesla at the goal line. Touch down Arkansas. Man is this guy a finder what?

0:52.0

Razorback wide receiver Isaac Tessball lives and breathes football.

0:58.0

The moment I came out of the womb I was probably holding the football

1:01.0

and my dad probably putting my hands.

1:02.0

Time down the middle and the double coverage and it's still caught by Tesla.

1:07.5

The sticky-handed D2 transfer hasn't always been a star receiver though.

1:12.2

As a high school player player he was in an entirely different

1:15.3

position. Yeah we ran the Winty offense so no receivers in the offense so my next

1:21.0

best option was playing quarterback.

1:23.0

Yeah, we're a small team, small school.

1:25.0

I don't remember a time whenever I came off the field.

1:27.0

I feel like that really prepared me well.

1:29.0

With minimal college offers, he ended up landing a spot at a D2 program called Hillsdale, where he switched

1:36.2

to wide receiver and threw up monster numbers.

1:40.6

Cisla again.

1:43.0

I'll tell you what, that young man is...

1:46.0

He's kind of a magician as a wide receiver.

1:49.0

Tesla ended up earning offensive player of the year honors

1:52.0

and caught the eyes of D1 recruiters all over the country.

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