A.J. Hawk
A.J. Hawk
Aaron James "A. J." Hawkis an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers fifth overall in the 2006 NFL Draft and he would later win Super Bowl XLV with the team over the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at Ohio State, where he earned All-American honors twice and won the Lombardi Award as a senior. A.J. also runs his own podcast called The HawkCast...
air atmosphere coming early electricity game giving hurt knew match ready
We knew they'd come out with the atmosphere of the game and electricity in the air they'd come out ready to play. And we knew we had to match that. I think coming out and giving up that early touchdown hurt us a little bit.
bowl delay game instead mainly ready work
Once your bowl game is over this is what you work for. That's why I want to come here and compete. I don't want to delay it any longer. I'm ready to get back to doing some football-type things instead of working on mainly these drills.
bad cutting game great grounded head keeps lets listen regardless says upset
He keeps you grounded and lets you know that regardless of what happens, don't ever get too upset about what someone says to you. If you have a bad game and someone's cutting you down, don't get down on yourself. If you have a great game, don't listen to them. Don't let your head get big because of it.
attainable goal main national season ten win year
Each year we go into the season and our main goal is to win the Big Ten championship and the national championship. We feel like that's an attainable goal every year.
coaches mean players won
(Even) if I'd have won every award, it doesn't mean anything to these coaches (and) these players in the league.
bowl charlie coach everybody five four giving talked upset weeks
Everybody talked about giving Charlie Weis four weeks to prepare. That kind of upset me. What about giving coach Tress four weeks to prepare? He's four out of five in bowl games.
guys trying
I was trying to get to the ball. I play with 10 other guys who are really good.
either inside teams
I think most teams would want me at the inside in a 3-4, from what I've heard. Either one I'd feel comfortable with.
career respect
We get to end our career here where he played, and we have a lot of respect for him and what he did.
fans plenty root
I'd be happy. I think you should root for your brother. We have plenty of fans for our team.
known longer rooting
She's rooting for her brother. She better. She's known him a lot longer than me.
defensive ends four guess guys justify obviously running rush spot taking three
Obviously we're not big defensive ends who are going to get 15 to 18 sacks a year. We're not going to be a running back who's going to rush for 1,500 yards. It's a spot where there's three or four of them on the field. I guess you can justify not taking guys too high.
explain grew guys hour realized state tough
It's tough to explain to them. Guys from out of state may have an idea of what it's about, but once you get here it's completely different. I know once I got here I realized how different it was - and I grew up an hour away from Columbus.
caught guess guys team
That's something some of the guys on the team started, and I guess it caught on.