December 20, 2025 • 11 mins
Senior safety for the Texas Longhorns, Michael Taaffe, joined Chris Gordy to look back on his award-winning season in Austin.
Taaffe won the Allstate Wuerffel Trophy, and was named captain of the 2025 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. The Wuerffel Trophy is college football’s premier award honoring players who excel in community service, academics and athletics.
Taaffe is an advocate for "Texas Against Fentanyl" in memory of his late friend Jake Ehlinger, helping advance life-saving education across the state. He also raised more than $100,000 for the Texas Flood Relief Foundation to honor lives lost at Camp Mystic.
Taaffe has declared for the 2026 NFL Draft, finishing off his five seasons in Austin. He finishes his Longhorn career with over 200 tackles, three sacks and seven interceptions.
Taaffe won the Allstate Wuerffel Trophy, and was named captain of the 2025 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. The Wuerffel Trophy is college football’s premier award honoring players who excel in community service, academics and athletics.
Taaffe is an advocate for "Texas Against Fentanyl" in memory of his late friend Jake Ehlinger, helping advance life-saving education across the state. He also raised more than $100,000 for the Texas Flood Relief Foundation to honor lives lost at Camp Mystic.
Taaffe has declared for the 2026 NFL Draft, finishing off his five seasons in Austin. He finishes his Longhorn career with over 200 tackles, three sacks and seven interceptions.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Joining us now starting safety for the Texas Longhorns. He
is a member of the twenty twenty five All State
AFCA Good Works Team. He's the winner of the twenty
twenty five All State Warfel Trophy.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
He is Michael Taff. Michael, thanks so much for joining US. Man.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Yeah, thanks, Chris, appreciate you all having me on.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
I guess first off, Man, congrats on an incredible college career,
going from walk on to All American. I know you announced,
you know this week you're heading off to the to
the NFL Draft.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Does it feel like these five years just flew by
for you?
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (00:30):
I always, you know, I always kind of called their
bluff when the seniors would get up and talk and
I was a freshman or sophomore, and they're like, hey man,
just embrace it. You know, these four or five years
they go by so quick. You blink your eyes and
you're standing up here, and I was like, yeah, whatever,
you know, I'm I'm in the middle of offseason workouts.
We're getting our butts woofed, and yeah, I don't know
(00:51):
how quick this is gonna go by, But you know,
I'm standing up here and I can truly firmly say that, Man,
I wish I could go do it all over again.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Had a unique perspective of getting to play a couple
of years in the Big twelve and in the past
two seasons in the SEC.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Was there was there anything real?
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Was there a real big difference for you from going
from the Big twelve to the SEC just the physicality
and the grind of basically you're getting everybody's best shot
every week in the In the SEC.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Yeah, I think two different playing styles.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
You know, I don't want to knock the Big twelve
because I was I was a lot more conditioned.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
In the Big twelve. You got to it's fastball all
the time.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
You know, they're they're trying to snap the ball really quick,
and they're spreading everybody out and trying to get their
their fast guys in space and you know, make some
DB's miss and the next thing you know, it's an
explosive play. But I think in the SEC, your body
takes hits every single week that I've never experienced before,
and it was really really cool. I think being in
(01:47):
the SEC it made me realize real, you know, real
down South football, and it was really cool and your
body feels it every single Sunday morning for sure. When
when you play in the SEC and there's no game off,
you know, I remember when we stepped into the SEC,
what was that two years ago? They were like, all right, everybody,
you got, everybody's gonna play y'all really really tight, you know,
(02:07):
except Vanderbilt.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
That's kind of like a bye week.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
And Vanderbilts the last two years has probably been one
of our tougher games both years.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
So you can't no longer can say Vanderbilts a bye week.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Yeah, I mean, you talk about award season, everybody all
being honored. I think it says something that Diego Pavia
was the Heisman finalist, that the representative from the SEC.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
I mean that, dude.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
I've talked to several players around the league go and
thank god his eligibility's over because he was just a
tough out man.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Right, Yeah, he was a really good player.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
I have a lot of respect for him, and I
got the chance to get to talk to him in
New York City this weekend. And he's a special guy.
He's he's confident in himself. But I think that's why
he's gone so far.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
I think both times y'all played him y'all were in
control of the game and then like if there was
like another two minutes left. Both years been like, oh,
that might have gotten hairy. So luckily you guys went
to a zero against him. But it is addressing though.
I mean, was there a moment in sec play like
a player that you hit and went, oh that's different.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
I think the Florida running back number thirteen was really good,
and then the Arkansas running back number four, he was
really good.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
He got the best of me this year. So much
respect about those guys.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
We're talking with Michael Taff of course from the Texas Longhorns.
I know you're a big advocate of giving back and
working in your community, and that's why you won the
All State Warrifol Trophy and you were named a captain
of the All State AFCA Good Works Team. Give us
a little perspective on the work that you've done obviously
with Texas against fentanyl and as well as the relief
efforts over there Camp Mystic following those floods in Texas.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
Well, first, my best buddy passed away to fennol poisoning
and twenty twenty one, and so whenever I had an
opportunity to come back this year, and I knew my
platform was going to be bigger than it's ever been.
I was just thinking to myself, how can I make
this bigger than myself and obviously have a lot of
passion and uh and feedinal awareness because that's where my
(04:05):
heart is hurting at him. So, you know, it was
it was an easy ability to talk about federal awareness
because I'm so passionate about it and so you know,
we raised think a little over sixty thousand dollars for
federal awareness and that.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
Was way over our goal. So super proud about that.
And then.
Speaker 4 (04:26):
The Texas Fuzz and Fourth of July weekend, those were,
you know, twenty five miles away from from where I
grew up in west Lake. So I think just knowing
that there were so many people that I knew that
was I can't mistaken people that knew those girls that
passed away, and I just wanted to have an opportunity
to give back to to remember those girls and to
(04:48):
try to make a difference.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
It's it's one thing when you're a five star athlete
and you're you know, everybody's all American and all this,
but to come from where you were as a walk on,
and because I think what you were originally going to
go to Rice and then came to Texas as a
walk on, I mean you have to almost appreciate it
that much more and and the want to give back
when you get that that larger platform.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
Right, Yeah, for sure, because I was definitely that kid
when I was six years old looking up to the
to the guys running out in the burn orange and
d k R and just a glove or anything. You know,
it's probably still in my in my house and my
parents' house.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
So I was that guy.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
So I always knew whenever it was hey can you
sign this for Christmas? Or can you send a quick video,
It's always a yes for me because you know, I
knew I was that guy at one point. And these
these cheers are gonna turn echoes quick, and nobody's gonna
care about Michael's aff They're gonna care about the new
starting safety all Americans.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
So whenever I have this opportunity, I would love to
do it.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
We get to talk with Danny whirfol a couple of
times throughout the year, and obviously it's tremendous work, you know,
with the All State Good Works team and obviously the
All State warfol Trophy. But you're now the second Longhorn
to win the award. Have you heard from Sam Macho?
Because Sam always brags about when in this award. Have
you heard from Sam yet?
Speaker 3 (06:03):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (06:03):
He was actually the one that surprised me that I
want it. So it was really cool to get to
see him the day that I won it and just
talk to him about it. And I've had so much
respect for Sam Macho even growing up. He came to
our Bible study I think that was in seventh grade
and spoke to us, and then came back when we
were in high school and junior year of high school
(06:24):
and spoke to us about the freedom of the Cross.
And so he's a super awesome guy. I'm very blessed
to being a family with Sam Macho.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Yeah, he and Tim Tebow and so many other great
winners of this award throughout the years, and just genuinely
good dudes, like dudes, not just great football players, but
dudes who who mean well and want to do.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Well for the world. A few more football.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Questions for you, Michael. Kind of a cherry on the
top of your college career. Your your last football game played,
will be beating the Aggies their first loss of the
season in Austin. I got to think that one means
a little bit more to you, Right yeah.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
You definitely play a little bit.
Speaker 4 (07:02):
You always have passion, but you definitely play with a
little bit more passion when you play the Sooners or
the Aggies. And to be in DKR the last home
game against our one of our biggest rivals, and to
get an interception and your second to last play ever
playing ever, putting on the burn orange was super special.
It was definitely, you know, a great end to this
(07:23):
very fairy tale story that I'm living.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
It's uh, obviously, I guess it was frustrating here in
that you know, you guys weren't going to go into
the playoff. But man, I mean you look back at
the season that you guys had. I mean, look, people
were burying Texas by mid season. Ah, these guys a
couple losses, they're done, but you guys didn't quit. I mean,
I guess you'll look back on the season to say
that's the most important thing about this year.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
Right yeah, I think, you know, as as hard as
it is to say, because I won't be on the
team next year. I'm confident to say that this year's
shaped who next year is going to be. I think
we had to go through a lot of adversity because
you know, this program has been through a lot of
success the last three years, so I think we had
(08:06):
to go through a little bit of adversity. You know,
we had a bunch of young guys on the team.
So I think it was good for Arch. He's he's
gonna be one of the best quarterbacks in the country
next year. And I'm confident to say that. And it's
not pressure for him because he already puts a lot
of pressure on himself. He wants to be great, and
you know, I think with him, you know, get in
the year under his belt to learn to to experience
(08:28):
loss and to experience success, I think it's gonna be
really good.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Yeah, I was gonna ask you about him. Obviously, you know,
his dad already came out and said, yes, he's not
going anywhere.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
He's gonna be back next year.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
And obviously that's gonna generate a lot of excitement and
hype for for the Longhorns for next year. But what
you know, Look, when you have a name like Manning,
it's gonna garner a lot of hype and attention, but
it seems like Arch behind the scenes is just a
normal dude, very humble, very respectful and all that give
us a little insider perspective what it was like with
Arch behind the scenes.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
Yeah, it's great.
Speaker 4 (08:56):
He's always the guy texting about, Hey, you want to
go get in the cold tub late night? Do you
want to you know, go get in the sauna to
help us sleep? You know, do you want to go
get an extra throwing session so I can work on
this little throw or hey, I just watched this video
of me throwing.
Speaker 3 (09:09):
Let me let me go adjust this. I'm really quick.
Speaker 4 (09:11):
So he's one I think the biggest thing for me
that helped me get to where I'm at his consistency,
and I think he embodies that really well. It's it's
not so much he has a routine of what he's
doing every day. He's consistent at doing something every single day.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
Yeah, it's Look, if anything I know about Sark is
missing the playoffs this year, it's going to motivate him
to make the changes necessary to get back there next year.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
I know that about about coach Sark.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
One other thought here, Michael your former quarterback, Quinn you
Weres was announced he's gonna get an NFL start this week,
and how excited you guys for him?
Speaker 3 (09:44):
Man, I'm stoked for him. He's he deserves it.
Speaker 4 (09:47):
He's gone through a lot in his career, and you know,
it's I feel like it's been like this his whole career.
And what's the coolest thing about him is up here
and and then here He's been like this.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
That's who he is. That's the guy that that I
love to play behind.
Speaker 4 (10:04):
And it was so fun watching him lead our team
and so happy to take for him to get his
opportunity to go shine.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
You got the best of him in high school though,
right you picked him off a couple of times.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
I've reminded him a time or two about it. So
it was fun.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
I'm talking with Michael Taff when you look back on
a Michael, what's what's going to be your favorite moment
from your your college career?
Speaker 3 (10:26):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (10:26):
I think watching that video a couple of times. It
was actually three years ago yesterday that I got put
on scholarship, but not coach Sark announcing it, but seeing
all my teammates around me, you know, just putting it
in slow mo, seeing all the faces that are turning around,
hands in the air, smiles from from grin to grin.
(10:46):
So I think it's so cool to have an experience
like that where all your teammates can reflect about how
proud they are of you.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
Well, Michael, congrats on on a great college career, man,
and congrats on all the accolades. You don't play for theccolades,
but it's a really cool thing to get at the
end of the year. And obviously winning the All State
Warrifol Trophy a great accomplishment in itself, and then being
named not just to the All State AFCA Good Works Team,
but being named mccaptain is also a tremendous honor. Congrats
and all the success man, and a best luck at
(11:15):
the next level.
Speaker 4 (11:15):
Okay, thank you, Chris, appreciate you.
Joining us now starting safety for the Texas Longhorns. He
is a member of the twenty twenty five All State
AFCA Good Works Team. He's the winner of the twenty
twenty five All State Warfel Trophy.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
He is Michael Taff. Michael, thanks so much for joining US. Man.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Yeah, thanks, Chris, appreciate you all having me on.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
I guess first off, Man, congrats on an incredible college career,
going from walk on to All American. I know you announced,
you know this week you're heading off to the to
the NFL Draft.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Does it feel like these five years just flew by
for you?
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (00:30):
I always, you know, I always kind of called their
bluff when the seniors would get up and talk and
I was a freshman or sophomore, and they're like, hey man,
just embrace it. You know, these four or five years
they go by so quick. You blink your eyes and
you're standing up here, and I was like, yeah, whatever,
you know, I'm I'm in the middle of offseason workouts.
We're getting our butts woofed, and yeah, I don't know
(00:51):
how quick this is gonna go by, But you know,
I'm standing up here and I can truly firmly say that, Man,
I wish I could go do it all over again.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Had a unique perspective of getting to play a couple
of years in the Big twelve and in the past
two seasons in the SEC.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Was there was there anything real?
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Was there a real big difference for you from going
from the Big twelve to the SEC just the physicality
and the grind of basically you're getting everybody's best shot
every week in the In the SEC.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Yeah, I think two different playing styles.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
You know, I don't want to knock the Big twelve
because I was I was a lot more conditioned.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
In the Big twelve. You got to it's fastball all
the time.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
You know, they're they're trying to snap the ball really quick,
and they're spreading everybody out and trying to get their
their fast guys in space and you know, make some
DB's miss and the next thing you know, it's an
explosive play. But I think in the SEC, your body
takes hits every single week that I've never experienced before,
and it was really really cool. I think being in
(01:47):
the SEC it made me realize real, you know, real
down South football, and it was really cool and your
body feels it every single Sunday morning for sure. When
when you play in the SEC and there's no game off,
you know, I remember when we stepped into the SEC,
what was that two years ago? They were like, all right, everybody,
you got, everybody's gonna play y'all really really tight, you know,
(02:07):
except Vanderbilt.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
That's kind of like a bye week.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
And Vanderbilts the last two years has probably been one
of our tougher games both years.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
So you can't no longer can say Vanderbilts a bye week.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Yeah, I mean, you talk about award season, everybody all
being honored. I think it says something that Diego Pavia
was the Heisman finalist, that the representative from the SEC.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
I mean that, dude.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
I've talked to several players around the league go and
thank god his eligibility's over because he was just a
tough out man.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Right, Yeah, he was a really good player.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
I have a lot of respect for him, and I
got the chance to get to talk to him in
New York City this weekend. And he's a special guy.
He's he's confident in himself. But I think that's why
he's gone so far.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
I think both times y'all played him y'all were in
control of the game and then like if there was
like another two minutes left. Both years been like, oh,
that might have gotten hairy. So luckily you guys went
to a zero against him. But it is addressing though.
I mean, was there a moment in sec play like
a player that you hit and went, oh that's different.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
I think the Florida running back number thirteen was really good,
and then the Arkansas running back number four, he was
really good.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
He got the best of me this year. So much
respect about those guys.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
We're talking with Michael Taff of course from the Texas Longhorns.
I know you're a big advocate of giving back and
working in your community, and that's why you won the
All State Warrifol Trophy and you were named a captain
of the All State AFCA Good Works Team. Give us
a little perspective on the work that you've done obviously
with Texas against fentanyl and as well as the relief
efforts over there Camp Mystic following those floods in Texas.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
Well, first, my best buddy passed away to fennol poisoning
and twenty twenty one, and so whenever I had an
opportunity to come back this year, and I knew my
platform was going to be bigger than it's ever been.
I was just thinking to myself, how can I make
this bigger than myself and obviously have a lot of
passion and uh and feedinal awareness because that's where my
(04:05):
heart is hurting at him. So, you know, it was
it was an easy ability to talk about federal awareness
because I'm so passionate about it and so you know,
we raised think a little over sixty thousand dollars for
federal awareness and that.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
Was way over our goal. So super proud about that.
And then.
Speaker 4 (04:26):
The Texas Fuzz and Fourth of July weekend, those were,
you know, twenty five miles away from from where I
grew up in west Lake. So I think just knowing
that there were so many people that I knew that
was I can't mistaken people that knew those girls that
passed away, and I just wanted to have an opportunity
to give back to to remember those girls and to
(04:48):
try to make a difference.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
It's it's one thing when you're a five star athlete
and you're you know, everybody's all American and all this,
but to come from where you were as a walk on,
and because I think what you were originally going to
go to Rice and then came to Texas as a
walk on, I mean you have to almost appreciate it
that much more and and the want to give back
when you get that that larger platform.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
Right, Yeah, for sure, because I was definitely that kid
when I was six years old looking up to the
to the guys running out in the burn orange and
d k R and just a glove or anything. You know,
it's probably still in my in my house and my
parents' house.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
So I was that guy.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
So I always knew whenever it was hey can you
sign this for Christmas? Or can you send a quick video,
It's always a yes for me because you know, I
knew I was that guy at one point. And these
these cheers are gonna turn echoes quick, and nobody's gonna
care about Michael's aff They're gonna care about the new
starting safety all Americans.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
So whenever I have this opportunity, I would love to
do it.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
We get to talk with Danny whirfol a couple of
times throughout the year, and obviously it's tremendous work, you know,
with the All State Good Works team and obviously the
All State warfol Trophy. But you're now the second Longhorn
to win the award. Have you heard from Sam Macho?
Because Sam always brags about when in this award. Have
you heard from Sam yet?
Speaker 3 (06:03):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (06:03):
He was actually the one that surprised me that I
want it. So it was really cool to get to
see him the day that I won it and just
talk to him about it. And I've had so much
respect for Sam Macho even growing up. He came to
our Bible study I think that was in seventh grade
and spoke to us, and then came back when we
were in high school and junior year of high school
(06:24):
and spoke to us about the freedom of the Cross.
And so he's a super awesome guy. I'm very blessed
to being a family with Sam Macho.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Yeah, he and Tim Tebow and so many other great
winners of this award throughout the years, and just genuinely
good dudes, like dudes, not just great football players, but
dudes who who mean well and want to do.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Well for the world. A few more football.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Questions for you, Michael. Kind of a cherry on the
top of your college career. Your your last football game played,
will be beating the Aggies their first loss of the
season in Austin. I got to think that one means
a little bit more to you, Right yeah.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
You definitely play a little bit.
Speaker 4 (07:02):
You always have passion, but you definitely play with a
little bit more passion when you play the Sooners or
the Aggies. And to be in DKR the last home
game against our one of our biggest rivals, and to
get an interception and your second to last play ever
playing ever, putting on the burn orange was super special.
It was definitely, you know, a great end to this
(07:23):
very fairy tale story that I'm living.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
It's uh, obviously, I guess it was frustrating here in
that you know, you guys weren't going to go into
the playoff. But man, I mean you look back at
the season that you guys had. I mean, look, people
were burying Texas by mid season. Ah, these guys a
couple losses, they're done, but you guys didn't quit. I mean,
I guess you'll look back on the season to say
that's the most important thing about this year.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
Right yeah, I think, you know, as as hard as
it is to say, because I won't be on the
team next year. I'm confident to say that this year's
shaped who next year is going to be. I think
we had to go through a lot of adversity because
you know, this program has been through a lot of
success the last three years, so I think we had
(08:06):
to go through a little bit of adversity. You know,
we had a bunch of young guys on the team.
So I think it was good for Arch. He's he's
gonna be one of the best quarterbacks in the country
next year. And I'm confident to say that. And it's
not pressure for him because he already puts a lot
of pressure on himself. He wants to be great, and
you know, I think with him, you know, get in
the year under his belt to learn to to experience
(08:28):
loss and to experience success, I think it's gonna be
really good.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Yeah, I was gonna ask you about him. Obviously, you know,
his dad already came out and said, yes, he's not
going anywhere.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
He's gonna be back next year.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
And obviously that's gonna generate a lot of excitement and
hype for for the Longhorns for next year. But what
you know, Look, when you have a name like Manning,
it's gonna garner a lot of hype and attention, but
it seems like Arch behind the scenes is just a
normal dude, very humble, very respectful and all that give
us a little insider perspective what it was like with
Arch behind the scenes.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
Yeah, it's great.
Speaker 4 (08:56):
He's always the guy texting about, Hey, you want to
go get in the cold tub late night? Do you
want to you know, go get in the sauna to
help us sleep? You know, do you want to go
get an extra throwing session so I can work on
this little throw or hey, I just watched this video
of me throwing.
Speaker 3 (09:09):
Let me let me go adjust this. I'm really quick.
Speaker 4 (09:11):
So he's one I think the biggest thing for me
that helped me get to where I'm at his consistency,
and I think he embodies that really well. It's it's
not so much he has a routine of what he's
doing every day. He's consistent at doing something every single day.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
Yeah, it's Look, if anything I know about Sark is
missing the playoffs this year, it's going to motivate him
to make the changes necessary to get back there next year.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
I know that about about coach Sark.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
One other thought here, Michael your former quarterback, Quinn you
Weres was announced he's gonna get an NFL start this week,
and how excited you guys for him?
Speaker 3 (09:44):
Man, I'm stoked for him. He's he deserves it.
Speaker 4 (09:47):
He's gone through a lot in his career, and you know,
it's I feel like it's been like this his whole career.
And what's the coolest thing about him is up here
and and then here He's been like this.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
That's who he is. That's the guy that that I
love to play behind.
Speaker 4 (10:04):
And it was so fun watching him lead our team
and so happy to take for him to get his
opportunity to go shine.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
You got the best of him in high school though,
right you picked him off a couple of times.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
I've reminded him a time or two about it. So
it was fun.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
I'm talking with Michael Taff when you look back on
a Michael, what's what's going to be your favorite moment
from your your college career?
Speaker 3 (10:26):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (10:26):
I think watching that video a couple of times. It
was actually three years ago yesterday that I got put
on scholarship, but not coach Sark announcing it, but seeing
all my teammates around me, you know, just putting it
in slow mo, seeing all the faces that are turning around,
hands in the air, smiles from from grin to grin.
(10:46):
So I think it's so cool to have an experience
like that where all your teammates can reflect about how
proud they are of you.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
Well, Michael, congrats on on a great college career, man,
and congrats on all the accolades. You don't play for theccolades,
but it's a really cool thing to get at the
end of the year. And obviously winning the All State
Warrifol Trophy a great accomplishment in itself, and then being
named not just to the All State AFCA Good Works Team,
but being named mccaptain is also a tremendous honor. Congrats
and all the success man, and a best luck at
(11:15):
the next level.
Speaker 4 (11:15):
Okay, thank you, Chris, appreciate you.
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