**You overlapped with Colston Loveland for a year. What was he like as a freshman?**
He's the same guy. He hasn't changed. He has a little bit more quiet, mellow kind of personality. Sometimes freshmen can come into a building thinking they're the coolest people in the world coming out of high school and get a little reality check. But Colston's always been humble, always been a great team player, and hasn't really changed much, honestly, which is a good thing.
**Who got you interested in football growing up?**
I wasn't really in a football household. We were more of a baseball family. No one in my family really played football. My grandpa did in high school a little bit, but that was about it. So I grew up playing baseball and soccer and basketball. Didn't really love soccer, so decided to try football out, because that's what most of my buddies did. Had a kicking tryout the first day. Being the soccer player, I kind of knew what I was doing, and then from there, the love for the game grew.
**Who were your sports idols growing up?**
Being from Detroit, I watched the Lions. And being a kicker, Matt Prater was the guy I looked up to, and before him was Jason Hanson. But I will say, I did play a lot of Madden '07 on the GameCube when I was growing up, and my go-to team was always the Bears. I loved playing with them and Robbie Gould was the kicker in that game. The Bears were one of the better teams in the game. It's just funny thinking back. Like, I don't know why I chose the Bears over all the other teams, but I'm glad I did. It's kind of cool now to come full circle and actually play for the Bears.
**Do you have any pregame rituals or superstitions?**
I used to be very superstitious. This year, I'm making a conscious effort to not be so uptight. It used to be like, I'd wake up at the same time, I would eat the exact same breakfast before a game, I would get to the stadium at the exact same time, do the exact same kicks and pregame warm ups. But this year, I kind of decided to just treat it as any normal practice, any normal day, just go out there, have fun. Just kind of enjoy the moment, not too focused on, 'Oh, my gosh, if I don't eat three pieces of bacon, I'm gonna freak out.'
It was scrambled eggs, some berries, hash browns and bacon.
**So what'd you eat Monday morning?**
Monday morning, I did have that exact breakfast. But not consciously, though. I didn't stress out over it. It's just what looked the best, I guess.
**What's a gameday essential for you?**
Again, I used to listen to a lot of music to pump myself up, but then I realized I'm a kicker. I don't really need to get ready to hit people or go to war necessarily. Now, I just kind of chill, don't really listen to music. I recently started watching TV shows on away trips and sitting in the hotel the night before a game. So I'd say downloading some movies or TV shows is kind of essential, just to kind of take my mind off football and give me something to do in the hotel.
**What did you watch this trip?**
I actually started Breaking Bad. I had never seen it. From what I've heard, it's like the greatest show of all time. I'm already almost through Season 2. I'm hooked.
**You played high school baseball as well. Who's your MLB comp?**
I'd say Anthony Rizzo, because I hit left-handed. I think his overall demeanor was kind of similar to how I was when I played. Just always having a good time.
**What's a random fact about you that we can't find online?**
I once bought a harmonica from Cracker Barrel, and learned how to play 'Piano Man' on it. A more normal kind of fun fact is I'm a big golfer. I'm on the road to being a scratch golfer, hopefully.
**Is that how you and Tory Taylor have bonded?**
Yeah, but Tory's not quite as good. But he's solid. We did golf together once last week during the little extra time off for the bye week.
Oh, yeah. I beat him by, like, 8 strokes, I think. Yeah, not even close.
**Who inspires you the most?**
I'd say my parents, Lisa and Chad. They always have a good attitude, no matter what, even if me or my sister were kind of making them mad. They're always there for us no matter what. They're always working hard, taught me every value that I have in life. So, I would say my parents. They're like the coolest people in the world.
**Any comment on Caleb's IG post?**
Oh, God. That picture's gonna haunt me forever. That was against Illinois. It was freezing cold. I put on the little Buzz Lightyear thing, and kind of forgot I was wearing it. I was walking around with my face smushed inside of it, and I looked like such an idiot. I guess it makes for a funny picture, but I was very surprised to open Instagram and see that, and then see what account posted it. I was like, 'Oh, my God.'