7. Great Dane

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Arkansas, Hogs, Sports, Razorbacks

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Arkansas’ Hjalte Froholdt has a story unlike any other, and a chance to make history at the NFL Draft. We start with all the trouble people have had with pronouncing his name and growing up in Denmark (2:00), and we cover his journey to America and his start playing football (8:00). Next, we chat with his high school coach from Warren, Ohio, Steve Arnold, who tells us some great stories about Froholdt’s first year in the states (13:00). Froholdt tells us about his early struggles at Arkansas and move to the offensive line (25:09). Finally, we talk about his hopes for the NFL Draft and what it would mean to be the first Danish position player ever drafted (33:34). Stay tuned for some bonus content at the end of the podcast.

Transcript

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0:00.0	I got mauled my first day I practice over here in the States I was like these guys are all on juice
0:07.2	People long to have a Dane make an impact in the NFL to be the second Danish person in the first position player of course to be drafted. I'm your host Bo Mattingly and this
0:30.7	episode is made possible by our friends and
0:33.9	Ozark Outpost Casual Clothing and Footwear, Highway 412 in Tawnytown.
0:38.8	There's one player in this year's NFL draft pool
0:41.6	with a story unlike any other other and he has a chance to
0:44.6	accomplish something that no one else has done in the history of the NFL.
0:49.2	This is about a Danish kid who at 16 years old came to the US as an exchange student and begin playing competitive American football for the first time as a sophomore.
1:02.0	And just a couple months after beginning his high school career
1:05.3	major college programs were beginning to notice Yoda Frohull.
1:09.7	Michigan, Ohio State, Notre Dame, and Alabama all came calling.
1:15.0	By his senior year at IMG Academy, Frohold had blossomed into a four-star prospect
1:21.0	who eventually chose the razorbacks.
1:23.7	They had to go to Denmark to find the lights.
1:27.0	He brought him to Mayaville and he is nasty.
1:30.6	However, life wasn't always grand as a hog.
1:34.0	Froholt struggled at times.
1:36.0	But eventually, as a junior and senior, earned all SEC honors.
1:41.0	Now he's hoping to become the first Danish position player ever drafted in the NFL.
1:47.0	From growing up in Denmark to an exchange student in Ohio, to his time as a razorback and now hopefully the next level this is
1:55.9	the story of Yieldifroholz journey. What's up? How's it going? How are you man?
2:01.4	Good I heard you. It took a while for most of us to know that your name was Yielda.
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