Q. Who’s the biggest eater on the team?

A. People sleep on (sophomore defensive end) Greg Meisner. Greg Meisner eats a lot. Every time I see him, he has something in his hand and he is munching. Whether it’s a bar, a burger, or something, when I see him out on campus, he’s eating. So I’d personally say Greg. And he’s one of our smallest defensive ends! He eats like a horse! That’s who I think it is.

Q. What are your favorite places to eat on or around campus?

A. My favorite place to eat would be Campus Cafe. Off-campus, Cheddar’s. I like to mix it up a little bit. Sometimes I go to Applebee’s out by the house on Harrodsburg Road; go out there, get some ribs. You know, I’m a big guy, I have to support my body. It takes a lot to feed me.

Q. What’s the best part about being a football player?

A. My number one thing is running out on the field. I think everybody should experience it at their favorite team’s home game, what it’s like to run out on that field, hear the fireworks, the smoke, the helmets, and you look up and you’re surrounded by your team’s colors. Your first time doing that is memorable. Some people hyperventilate, some people trip and fall. I didn’t hyperventilate or trip and fall, I was just like, ‘Wow, I’m actually about to play my first college football game.’

Q. What’s the worst part?

A. For me, I’d have to say the injuries. The toll it takes on your body, the little nicks and grinds you get. Sometimes you don’t get serious injuries but you get little stuff here and there that you’re just like, ‘Oh my God, this is nagging.’ Waking up Sunday morning, even after a win, your body is sore.

Q. Who’s the best offensive lineman you’ve ever been up against?

A. The Pouncey twins (a guard-center combo at Florida). I have to give them both that. They’re by far the two best offensive linemen I’ve ever seen in high school or college. They make you better, they’re the best of the best, to me.

Q. Who are the biggest trash-talkers you have ever run into?

A. I’d have to say Norfolk State. They were — wow — they were saying some stuff, talking, the game was almost over. I think it was like 45-3 and they were just still talking as they were taking a knee. That was the most trash-talk I’ve had.

Q. I know you’ve said if you could beat one team this year, it would be Tennessee. Is that just because you’re from Tennessee?

A. I think so. It’s just the fact that I’m from there and I get it every year. I get Facebook wall posts and messages and honesty box messages about how ‘you haven’t beat Tennessee’ and this and that. It’s just annoying. I go home and all I see is that orange ‘T’ everywhere and I can’t stand it.