The Football Girl's Q&A With Javarris James

The Football Girl:  Thanks for taking a few minutes to chat with me, Javarris.
Javarris James:  You’re welcome.  Good to be here.

TFG: First off, Talk about the pressure at Miami being the cousin of Edgerrin James
JJ:  When I got to college it really wasn’t too much pressure.  When I was in high school I felt it a little bit because of the expectation of all the great things he had done.  People expected me to do the same thing.  But once I made my transition from high school to college there really wasn’t much pressure because I knew how to handle it.

TFG:  You went to a school in University of Miami that’s known for running back royalty: Frank Gore, Willis McGahee, Clinton Portis and your cousin, among others.  What about the pressure of following in their footsteps?
JJ:  That’s one of the reasons I wanted to go to a school like UM because of the great tradition of running backs and having all those guys come back in the summertime. You get to work out with those guys and take courses from them and stuff, so basically you learn from some of the best that are playing the game. That’s definitely an advantage of being at the University of Miami.

TFG:  In addition to your cousin, who I assume was your mentor, did any of those other running backs provide a mentor role for you?
JJ:  Since my cousin was there I was always around the program as a younger kind and I would work out with my cousin a couple times.  I think me having the contact with those guys and learning from those guys, it was an experience I’m never going to forget.

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