Welcome to another episode of preferred walk on a PFF college football show.

I'm your host Max Chadwick and I'm the show.

We interview some of the biggest superstars in the sport and next up is Iowa offensive

guard Connor Colby who I talked to in August.

He was a PFF preseason first team all big ten honoree and he's a projected day to

pick in the 2024 NFL draft.

As always check out the feature article on Connor Colby over at pff.com and if you want

to watch the interview check out our YouTube as well preferred walk on if you want to listen

to it.

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But without further ado here he is Iowa offensive guard Connor Colby.

So kind of first question I love asking every player I talk to is there is a moment for

me in my life where I realize a football career was not possible for me but what was the

moment in your life when you're like oh wait a minute like I'm better than everybody

on this field I can make a college career possible maybe even NFL one down the line.

For me it's kind of I didn't have that like moment really for because my freshman year

in high school you know I was mad because I didn't get moved up the sophomore team so that's

kind of like where my moment was where I just like dedicated myself to the weight room

and worked hard at opportunity to come my sophomore year to play varsity and then like

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