Miami's WR Malachi Toney on Darian Mensah, Work Ethic, and UNC Preview

You know, kind of launched its Heisman campaign for you and Darian. I won't ask you why you should win, but I asked Darian the same thing about you. Why do you think he should win? He's just an unbelievable player, put the ball wherever it needs to be. He's just a leader. He's just the play speaks for itself. Can you give us a little insight into how, I mean, he's only been here 10 months, 9 months, whatever it's been. How close have you two gotten as guys? We see the connection on the field, but as men, what's the relationship like with you guys, and how close have you gotten? Man, me and Darian got closer, close, and within these past few months, it's just been crazy. Me and him was just in the locker room talking about how we seen each other at Prime 112 after he committed here and was getting adapted to how Miami and stuff like that. like he was moving in being him just talking about that but we just grown so close in the within these past months thank you all right next up we'll go to Sarah um so hi so right now you lead the nation in total receptions with 66 catches for college football but obviously you can't do that on your own so what does it mean to you just to have an offense and a team of wide receivers that are able to take those hits and make those blocks for you so that you can uh be at the top of the leaderboard in the nation um it means a lot um there's a lot of stuff that going to play that everybody don't see the they probably just see a highlight of me catching the ball but if the center didn't get the quarterback the ball that play wouldn't matter if the o-line didn't hold up that wouldn't matter if the running back didn't protect it wouldn't matter so it's just a lot of stuff that going to someone having a highlight that everybody don't see so i'm just glad that i have this selfless team like just that's not selfish god damn put the body on the line for one another and we do it as a whole group so i think that's a big part of who we are thank you next we'll go to matt all right uh so look everyone raves about your work ethic um i wanted to give fans like a little sense of it can can you walk us through maybe you know a typical day what time you get to the building what time you leave how much extra work you put in basically what goes into helping make you so good on game days um just my preparation um of course you i'm sure everyone's seen like the stuff that was out there about my routine and stuff like that but just going in going out there on green tree going one and over to prepare me for the for the game on saturdays or whenever the game is just building them routine plays just allow me to go out there with confidence and be technical sound all right next we'll go to adam hey mally thanks for taking the time today um so something that's really stood out to me this season is darian's ability to to deliver the ball under pressure i know you talked already about like you know uh the trust you have in him the trust you guys have built up so just what what do you think goes into the chemistry between you you know between him and the receivers uh you know him able to get being able to make the right decisions quickly knowing you guys will get open knowing you guys will make the play when he can you know kind of make the right call and fire it when he's got a defender in his face or something he's just under pressure it's like he don't move like he don't budge under pressure that's what i love about him like um just like when the defender in his face he throw the ball and get hit get right back up smile clap everybody up that's just the best thing about him like you know he's going with the ball before the play even starts like it's just crazy and he mentioned uh after the game on saturday you know he got asked about the ball he threw to you where there were like three defenders kind of coming on you and uh you know converging on you uh you did you know you weren't able to bring it in but it was still like perfectly placed ball and he said that you know he asked you if you were all right and you said no i'm fine i'm good um do you talk to him about like placing those balls like obviously you know you throw the ball to you he got it to you but you know he's putting you in a tough bit of a tough spot do you guys talk about that at all nah that's all him that was a great ball i should have caught it um that's all i got from that it was a great ball a great placement got it thank you all right next next we'll go to jordan and then daryl you'll wrap this up hey mally we've got two for you first off just how would you evaluate unc's defense and what kind of challenges might they present on saturday um they're a great defense play together play team football um their technical sound they play everybody swarming to the ball it's just it's going to be a great game out there on saturday great chance for us to go one to nothing but there's a great they're a great team great defense play within they do it they coaches tell them just a great defense and then we've talked so much about everything you have accomplished so far but you told us at the beginning of the year like you know that there's still more to your game where can Malachi Tony still get better from what he has already done over the past year and a half um everything blocking chasing the ball finishing blocks finishing routes finishing plays not getting tackled by one person uh catching vertical just every every bit of my game can get so much better all right daryl you'll wrap What's up? Mally, hi. What's going on? What's up? So, Mally, I was the one that asked Mensah about those balls and when you take hits and what does he ask you, and he said he asks you, did it hurt, right? Yeah. I got two questions. What is your approach on things like that? Do you look at it as him giving you a shot? Do you go to him and be like, hey, man, you put me in harm's way? What is your thought process? I think the world needs to hear that. My thought process, really, it's not really too much that I'm thinking. He gave me an opportunity. He could have threw it to three other receivers on the field, and he threw it to me. I should have came down with it. So that's just my mentality. Well, two other receivers. Well, yeah, three other. Two receivers and one tight end, one running back. He could have threw it to four other people, matter of fact. But he threw it to me, so I should have came down with it. Okay, good. Great, great. So the world gets to hear that. The last thing is, number six has some things to say to you guys about they had a plan for you. I actually met his dad before the game. Did you have any words with him? I know you're not a person of a lot of words, Did you have any words with him on the field? No, I'm not. I don't really talk much. Besides, I think the game was a good game. Much love and respect. Have a healthy rest of the season.