0:00

You know, they was like, well, who should we pick?

0:01

And we had the pleasure of saying, let's get

0:03

to Super Bowl, guys, super Bowl champion

0:06

guys.

0:06

Uh, why you look at me?

0:10

Shut up, dummy,

0:14

got one thumb dog that.

0:16

Coming to Super Bowl. This place is so

0:19

stupid.

0:29

This next guest is a good friend of mine, but

0:31

I don't really like him that much because he's from

0:34

that green state and he plays for that one

0:36

team in that one state that has a lot

0:38

of cheese. I'm gonna read his bio because

0:40

it's pretty impressive beyond theress,

0:43

very impressive. Seventh round pick

0:45

in the ninety nine draft from an HBCU

0:47

al Corn State, played fourteen

0:50

years in the NFL, all with the

0:53

Green Bay Packers.

0:54

You said that, you like said? I

0:56

said that.

0:57

I said, you're not supposed to talk to you. I got to

0:59

introduce you. You're not supposed to talk. You don't

1:01

exist yet. Okay, So uh he won

1:03

a Super Bowl there. He's the team's

1:05

all time leading receiver and

1:07

he's in the team's Hall of Fame. He's now an entrepreneur,

1:10

philanthropist, and a New

1:12

York Times best selling

1:14

author. Ladies and Gentlemen,

1:17

The Receiver from the Green Bay

1:19

Packers. Donald River, Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

1:21

yeah yeah, been there, done that.

1:23

Yeah yeah yeah, they don't I appreciate it

1:25

that show.

1:28

Yeah whatever, Donald Driver. Let's move on.

1:30

Tell me this though, because you know, my parents

1:32

went to Alabama State, so I grew up on HBCU

1:35

football. You chose ol Corn

1:37

State. I looked at your your YouTube

1:39

video you talked about you were like

1:41

the top one of the top receivers in the state of Texas

1:44

and you chose to go to HBCU. Right,

1:47

you made that choice because of your grandfather.

1:50

This is what you want to do, and

1:52

you got drafted from an HBCU.

1:54

So could you maybe talk about or make me

1:56

understand why it's been such

1:59

a decline in players drafted

2:01

from HBCUs the last few

2:03

years.

2:04

I think it's the resources that we have. I don't think we have the

2:06

resources. I think you know, the grind

2:08

back then, back of you. I think early in the nineties,

2:10

man, when I came out, it was just like you

2:13

just worked hard, right, and you've got the opportunity.

2:15

You didn't let that opportunity slip. But I think today's

2:17

society is that the guys don't have the

2:20

resources to get to where they want to go. I mean, we don't have

2:22

the top facilities, number one on the sports

2:24

performance side, we don't have the top of nutrition, we don't

2:26

have the top recovery.

2:27

But it is about opportunities.

2:29

If you give guys, a young guys opportunity, then they make

2:31

the best of it when that opportunity presents itself.

2:33

And so I think that's the reason why I think Dion

2:35

did what he did. I think that's why he went to Jackson State to put them

2:37

on the platform. But now no one's heard

2:39

it. You know, no one's talking about jack State anymore. Now

2:42

it's all about Colorado. And so it's

2:44

one of those challenges that we're going to continue

2:46

to face. But I think we have

2:48

to find a way in the solution to give

2:51

the guys from a SBCU opportunity to showcase

2:53

their talents.

2:54

Do you think that we

2:56

will see another Steve McNair

2:59

draft have to from an HBCU.

3:02

And just to know, for those listening and watches, see

3:04

ifing there was a number three overall pick,

3:06

he was also in the like.

3:07

Gotsan votes, Yeah, he was

3:10

right behind his number three.

3:11

Yeah, and that was what ninety Yeah, this is ninety five

3:13

drafty.

3:13

Correct, Yeah, No, you know, I think there could

3:15

be I think there could be a guy that

3:18

that could make it that far.

3:19

But again I think it's it's all about opportunities.

3:21

Man.

3:21

I don't think we get the opportunities. I mean, now you think about

3:23

it. When they do the combine, they do a HBCU

3:26

comebine, right, HBCU

3:28

combined versus just a normal NFL combine.

3:31

Why you just can't take top ten guys out

3:33

of the SBCU comebin and just put them in a combine

3:35

and see if they can compete. If they compete, then

3:38

that changes the way the demographic of the draft happens

3:40

at that point, because now you got a guy from the HBCU,

3:42

they may run a four to one, but he's

3:44

never gonna get that opportunity. So I

3:46

think if we can do that, make some changes,

3:48

and yeah, we'll sell a lot of guys in HBCU

3:51

make it to the league.

3:52

I actually love this idea.

3:53

Do you think that we should take like

3:55

a certain number of top guys from

3:57

in each position, because I still think if you just take

3:59

ten all, yeah, I don't like that. I

4:01

still think it should be some guys scattered

4:04

in from different positions because now they look

4:06

like the same body type, and how

4:08

they measure up with these other guys that we show this lot

4:10

to just because they went to a different school.

4:12

No, I think that's the challenge.

4:14

I think if the NFL is willing to do that, I

4:16

think it opens up so many doors for so many kids from

4:18

the HBCU, because again,

4:20

we're not going to get that shot just going

4:23

to Combine. I went to the Combined the first year we did

4:25

it, and we were out there in Alabama.

4:27

It was cold as crap. The guys wasn't running

4:29

well.

4:29

The guys nothing showcased their

4:31

talents, right, So I think if you give these

4:33

guys an opportunity to be on the biggest platform

4:36

as any other Power five school, then

4:38

they're gonna showcase their talents. I mean I begged

4:40

to go to the Senior Bowl. I beg to go to the East and West

4:42

Game. I ex and they didn't take me.

4:45

And I think if they would have gave me that opportunity, I wanted

4:47

to win seven round because.

4:49

Clearly you got the talent clearly, so

4:51

it's there. Yeah, yeah, that's clearly not the issue.

4:54

So going in entrepreneurship.

4:56

Your businessman, smart businessman.

4:59

Thank you.

5:00

You're all about fitness. I

5:02

know you have a facility in

5:05

Dallas. It's massive. It was probably as

5:07

big as it's damn convention

5:10

Center that we're in right now.

5:11

It's what Driven League,

5:13

Driven League?

5:14

Yeah, what are you doing with Driven League and

5:16

how are you giving back to HBCUs.

5:17

Well, it's been, it's been. It's been a great opportunity.

5:20

We've been blessed to have two locations

5:22

in Dallas. We went to Gulport, Mississippi. We partnered

5:24

with the city of gul Port. We just opened up

5:26

our two locations at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in cand Ohio,

5:29

UH. And then we took over Delaware State University. It's

5:31

never been done in the history of sports.

5:34

Yeah, and so we stepped in and now we

5:36

gave Delaware State a top sports performance

5:38

and nutrition and recovery program. And so just

5:41

like the top power of five schools are giddy, we're trying

5:43

to offer that to HBCUs. And so we're just saying,

5:45

listen, if Driven Leader is stepping up there doing it,

5:47

there's a lot of fortune five hundred companies out here that donates

5:49

millions and millions of dollars at HBCUs, but

5:52

no one knows where the money is going, right, I don't

5:54

know if that money is going to the academics, is going

5:56

to administration or whatever. But at the end of the day,

5:58

we should see whether the money's going because I think that's

6:01

the next step for ways. We used to be able to compete

6:03

at those levels.

6:04

We don't. We're underfunded, you know, completely

6:06

underfunded.

6:06

I mean, once we get that resource and we

6:08

realize that we can compete and

6:11

we get the funds to make sure that we have all

6:13

the resources we need, then we'll be very successful.

6:15

Yeah, and so driven e lead what

6:17

I heard. You guys handle everything at

6:19

step Surgery. Yeah, we do everything

6:22

besides surgery.

6:22

That's it.

6:23

That's that's there.

6:23

It is, okay, good, make sure I'm doing my homework. Yeah,

6:25

you make sure everybody knows.

6:27

Baby, they do.

6:27

They handle it all. It's step Surgery. But

6:30

could you maybe talk about the

6:33

work you were doing with MVS. We talked about a free show

6:35

shared with our viewers with what you're

6:38

doing for the Super Bowl commercial

6:40

and stuff with Marcus Vale.

6:41

Yeah, Habro did

6:43

a commercial for the Grammys.

6:45

It was two football players just kind of sitting there

6:47

having a good time eating the snacks of hair bow

6:49

and gummy bears, and we started thinking

6:51

about this and and I got a phone call and

6:53

says, hey, Donald, would you be willing to reenact the

6:55

commercial that we're shooting for the Grammys. And

6:58

I was like, yeah, sure, I'm in a heartbeat. But then

7:01

you know, they was like, well who should we pick? And we

7:03

had the pleasure of saying, let's get to Super

7:05

Bowl guys, super Bowl champion guys, Uh,

7:09

look.

7:09

At me, shut

7:11

up, dummy, got

7:16

the thumber dog got there. But coming

7:18

to Super Bowl, this place is it's so stupid.

7:21

So it was, you know, it was a great opportunity

7:23

for two receivers that played the game won Super

7:26

Bowl to actually reenact to commercial. And so

7:28

me and NBS had a great time doing it, and it was just

7:30

different. It was like, we're talking about these

7:33

gummy bears right and talking about how great they are.

7:35

But then at the end of the day, they changed our voices

7:37

not to be us, but to be kids. So it's

7:39

all about being a kid again and loving the things.

7:41

That we love.

7:42

That's that's awesome. We'll be right

7:44

back after a quick break. Fourteen

7:50

years. It's a lot of games, it's

7:52

a lot of plays. What

7:55

was your welcome to the NFL moment in

7:58

Green Bay? In Green Bay, I'll

8:00

tell you what in the league. Just what was your welcome

8:03

to the NFRO moment when I had to buy

8:05

food for the entire receiver group? Yeah,

8:07

that sucked because I was almost living playing.

8:10

Yeah, seven round draftck, I ain't got no money, man, and

8:12

they spent I spent over fifteen hundred bucks

8:14

buying food for playing for a preseason game,

8:17

not even regular season, preseason and that's

8:19

uped.

8:21

So yeah, I'm trying not to laugh.

8:22

You got Luke Keigley behind you, So

8:25

I'm trying to be serious, but I can't because

8:27

Luca's back there.

8:29

Yeah, I love

8:32

it.

8:33

So you

8:35

know I ain't changing Luke. You know I ain't changing

8:38

it. So those listening that was Luke Keigley. Yeah, So

8:40

Luke, that's how I apologized. So I

8:42

want you to know like you are part of one

8:45

of my welcome to the NFL moments. I don't even

8:47

know if you remember this, he probably will. So two

8:49

thousand and six, we played

8:51

in Green Bay Week two

8:54

or Week three of the season. Brett fav was still

8:56

there. Yeah, and you

8:59

caught a pass and you went

9:01

down. I tagged you down,

9:03

but you were like and they didn't blow a whistle,

9:06

and you stood up like to try and run.

9:08

So like I readjusted picked you up.

9:10

You slammed me. You remember,

9:13

remember I did pick me up and

9:15

slam me. Try to slam on my head and through the flag

9:17

on you you hat him?

9:18

Do you like that?

9:20

No, I'll laugh the bricks

9:22

off.

9:22

They weren't winning at the time, and so I

9:25

was so nervous because you know, as a rookie that here

9:27

a whistle and he was like about to get

9:29

up and run.

9:30

And like I'm like, listen, now, hold on,

9:32

pen I wasn't for the run. Harp got picked

9:34

me up and scooped me. I just slammed me, and

9:37

I wasn't even for the run. I was about to celebrate.

9:39

So for the record, I've

9:41

seen this a little dumb celebration, Like he

9:43

gets up and he kind of does you know what I'm saying,

9:45

He kind of do this little

9:47

he do this little skip.

9:48

Scoop kind of thing. So I

9:52

was a rookie boy. I hate seeing it enough.

9:56

He scooped me. I scooped it up, so I'm kind of

9:58

slammed it down. It's like a little little sauce.

10:01

What did Sean say when you came when you got your side on here

10:03

and didn't say nothing. I was so scared of

10:05

out of bonus, Yeah, the bonus for doing that.

10:08

Big Bubba Franks got

10:10

in my face and he's like big black like

10:12

I was so and that was really I didn't

10:14

know it like I was, like, I know, I talked trash.

10:16

I was not.

10:17

I had not evolved at the point, so

10:20

I was very nervous. That was when I welcome to the I

10:22

was gonna hit.

10:23

You low when I when I first saw you, I said I should just

10:25

come in and hit I should school up slamming

10:28

him.

10:28

On this Super Bowl day. There it is.

10:30

I say, okay, I'm just I didn't know if

10:32

you remember that.

10:33

I know for your okay, okay, it was you should

10:35

have did it. I made an impression

10:39

you you're dirty though, like you like

10:41

the nicest person in the world. Totally.

10:43

You knocked the ball, you stripped the ball at one time.

10:46

Should let yeah, I get it, I give

10:48

you that, but it wasn't even my ball. You

10:50

hit JJ with the ball. I'm going for the ball. You're gonna

10:52

grab me and pull my arm behind my

10:54

back and tell me to let the ball got

10:58

dry, let it go. R back, listen

11:01

to this wrong man. That's why

11:03

people ask me that. He was like, who won one?

11:05

dB? You can't stand I tell him all the time, Pean,

11:08

I was literally going to ask you that. So who's terrible?

11:11

I hate there it is. We got it, we

11:13

got it. Can't stand the guy. I can't stand the guy.

11:16

But I love his family though. That's a good I love

11:20

his family. Speaking of family house, your

11:22

son doing, he's doing well. He's doing great.

11:24

Man.

11:24

As we enter the transport portal.

11:25

Now he's at the University of Minnesota and

11:28

so he's he'll be going into a sophomore year. So

11:30

we're excited for

11:32

what with the future.

11:33

Host for Good.

11:35

I'm excited to see him receiver Christian,

11:37

Yeah, yeah, excited.

11:39

Good.

11:40

Hey man, I appreciate you, not really,

11:42

but I had to say it can be on camera. So I

11:45

appreciate you coming on our show helping us out.

11:48

Thank you. Tell him that his head

11:50

gonna get big, Tell him that I.

11:52

Mean it can't get like what I mean

11:54

what I'm on to You gotta

11:56

understand this, like blows of Chris, like we just honestly

11:59

I get it. Illinois, Green

12:02

Bay or Wisconsin. This

12:04

yeah right down we know, we right down the street.

12:08

Yeah, as they

12:10

got all these crazy you

12:12

Never know what you go get, Babe, step into

12:14

a different town.