The DiCecco Daily Special: What Is The 'Why' For NFL Draft Top-50 Prospect CB Chris Johnson?
Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast
Inside The Birds
4.6 • 910 Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
In this special episode, he catches up with NFL Draft top-50 prospect Chris Johnson, a cornerback from San Diego State, on his path to becoming an All American defensive back, which CBs he models his game after, and his pre-draft conversations with the Eagles.
A great conversation with a potential first-rounder!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone. |
| 0:10.7 | Andrew DeCechko here, Eagles Beat Reporter for Inside the Birds.com. |
| 0:14.3 | And it's a special edition of DeCicco Dewe. |
| 0:17.4 | And the reason being is because I'm joined by a 2025 second team All-American and |
| 0:23.8 | Mountain West Conference player of the year. That would be San Diego State |
| 0:27.7 | cornerback, Chris Johnson. Chris, I appreciate you carving out some time. |
| 0:31.6 | Yes, sir. Man, how you doing? I'm doing great. So first and foremost, what has this experience |
| 0:36.8 | been like from your perspective? |
| 0:39.6 | Yeah, this whole experience has been great, man. Definitely a dream come true. Obviously, like my whole |
| 0:44.3 | life, I wanted to play in the NFL. So, you know, this whole process leading up to us, |
| 0:48.2 | all a part of that. So I've definitely just been enjoying this process for sure. Now, I understand |
| 0:53.5 | your father played a pivotal role in getting you into the game of football. |
| 0:57.9 | How did he influence your plunge into the game? |
| 1:02.5 | Really, like he didn't really take too much control in it. |
| 1:06.6 | It was kind of just like, you know, we grew up a football family. |
| 1:09.7 | So he grew up with the TV on football all the time. So that's really what I was like, you know, we grew up a football family. So he grew up with TV, |
| 1:28.6 | with the TV on football all the time. So that's really what I was around, you know, and he wasn't really like forcing me to play or nothing like that. So I just took it slowly. But, you know, my love for that game grew strong from a young age for sure. So also him being able, you know, to come home from work from a long shift and, you know, |
| 1:33.9 | still go outside and throw the football with me or take me to practice whatever it was. So definitely between him and my mom, yeah. What age did you start playing? I started playing officially at seven. |
| 1:40.7 | And were you always a corner? No, little league. I was like, you know, you kind of just, it's just separated by like |
| 1:49.1 | athletics in Little League. |
| 1:50.3 | So like the more athletic guys is going to be the ones with the ball the most. |
| 1:53.4 | So I was really playing running back back then, like running back and linebacker, really. |
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