Slingin It With QB Velocity

The team bring on Lackawanna College Football Coach Michael Behr to talk about what he looks for in a QB as a college coach and more! Check out the Full Blog Below:

https://www.qbvelocity.com/post/real-talk-2-with-lackawanna-college-qb-coach-michael-behr

The QB Velocity team talks with former NFL Fullback and current CEO of Ice Shaker, Chris Gronkowski! Check out the Full Blog Located Below:

https://www.qbvelocity.com/post/real-talk-with-qbv-1-with-chris-gronkowski-on-his-playing-career-entrepreneurship-and-being-a-dad

For our our season finale of Real Talk With QB Velocity we were fortunate to talk with Coach Beam!

As you may recognize Coach Beam from Netflix's "Last Chance U" season 5, he has been a football coach since 1979 and has played a big part in developing many college and NFL athletes. Some of the players he has coached include CJ Anderson , Davone Bess and Marvel Smith.

When we talk to coach , we talked about a variety of topic including Last Chance U, social justice and what athletes should focus on for development.

Tune into one of the most interesting real talks of the season! Mcleod had so much valuable information throughout our chat with him. Being a journey man in the NFL, he has seen it all and has an incredible experience in the football world!

In this episode we got to talk with Chad Kanoff! Chad played at Princeton in college having an incredible senior year that got him the opportunity to play for the Arizona Cardinals. After his time in Arizona he got the opportunity to play in the brand new XFL league before COVID-19 hit the world and cancelled the season.

In this episode we got to chat with former NFL Offensive Linemen, Cory Proctor! Cory played the majority of his career in Dallas but also played for the Miami Dolphins and Detroit Lions! Cory talks about playing for Bill Parcells, remembering the hardest guy he had to block in his career and much more! Check out the full blog in the link below!

In this episode we had the privilege to talk with Lofa Tatupu! Lofa had a very successful Football career starting at USC, to being a monster in the NFL for the Seattle Seahawks! Lofa brought great information on what Pete Carrol is like, what mentors and being a mentor was like, and much more! 

In his junior season, Johnson started 4 games in 2019 before his season was cut short by an injury. During those games he started he averaged 4.7 yards per carry and one touchdown, he had a season-high 125 yards on 16 carries, with a long of 54 and a touchdown against Stetson.

Mekhai has many honorable mentions during his college career and prior to arriving at Marist College. Johnson is an incredible talent and he talks about his training regimen and his expectations for his last season at Marist College, along with his views on a prep year for young athletes.

Mekhai goes in depth about how hard he trains and how many days a week he will train to achieve his end goal of playing in the NFL. He mentions it was almost 6 days a week and now he’s still going 4-5 days a week. the difference he’s smarter about he does and how he works out.

https://www.qbvelocity.com/post/real-talk-season-2-with-qbv-6-mehkai-johnson-red-shirt-junior-running-back-for-marist-college

In 2018 Mensah became the first running back since 2011 to have 1000-yards. He totaled 1045 yards on 225 carries and scored six touchdowns for the Huskies. Then in 2019, Mensah became the first Husky running back to rush for at least 1,000 yards in back-to-back seasons since Jordan Todman accomplished this in 2009.

With his this year being canceled to the pandemic, he's hopeful for next season and is continuing to put the work in despite the situation. He talks about what the Huskies are doing during this crazy time, some advice for young athletes, and much more!

Mensah is curentry a Human development in family science Major and he is using it as an in for law school, and has high hopes for the 2021 season. Check out the full Blog located below.

https://www.qbvelocity.com/post/real-talk-season-2-with-qbv-kevin-mensah-current-running-back-for-the-connecticut-huskies

On this episode on Real Talk, we talk with the 2020 Captain of the Yale Bulldogs John Dean! Dean was born in Wrentham, Massachusetts, and started every game for the Bulldogs in its Ivy League Championship season. With an Impressive football resume he gives some insight on whats going on within a Division 1 program.

https://www.qbvelocity.com/post/real-talk-season-2-with-qbv-5-john-dean-current-captian-defensive-starter-for-the-yale-bulldogs