Jakai Clark is officially a Miami Hurricane and he is very excited about that.
“I really like it, both the coaches and the university. My parents love it too. I just felt like it was really cool, the stuff they have set up for the athletes and the help they give in terms of school. It’s nice, especially the weather. It’s a lot better than Georgia.”
Moving on from high school to college is always an exciting time whether you play football or not. For Clark, the most exciting part about college will be playing football against better competition.
“I guess just working with people and practicing with people who are around my same skill set. In high school it’s different every week. You get one guy who may be a sophomore and like 5’10’’ and the next week you’re playing against someone who’s 6’3’’ 320 or something like that. In college, it’s at a more consistent level so everyone is working hard and everyone is at the same strength level. So that’s what I’m most excited for, just competing with higher talent.”
Football is obviously Clark’s passion, but what would be his dream job outside of playing football?
“I would kind of like to be an engineer. I just want to know how computers and gaming systems and stuff like that works. It would be cool to build that stuff and learn how all of that stuff works.”
Coach Stacy Searels has high expectations for Clark’s freshman season, which involves replacing departing senior center and former starter Tyler Gauthier.
“He told me that he wants me to come in and expect to start. That’s not really my main goal, my main goal is just getting better fundamentally and physically. He just told me to work this offseason expecting to start next year because that’s where he wants me to be at.”
Clark holds himself and those around him to a very high standard and that will be the same for when he arrives on campus at Miami.
“I feel like anything other than a national championship is a failure. I feel like you always have to set your goals to the highest.”
While winning a national championship is Clark and the team’s goal for 2019, Clark’s personal goals are just to get better.
“I would like to at least rotate and get some playing time in a few games if I’m not starting. So I guess the main goal is to start, but I just want to get better mentally and physically and get some playing time.”
The wrap things up, Clark gave a message to all the fans of his new team.
“Just expect a real hard-working player.”
“I really like it, both the coaches and the university. My parents love it too. I just felt like it was really cool, the stuff they have set up for the athletes and the help they give in terms of school. It’s nice, especially the weather. It’s a lot better than Georgia.”
Moving on from high school to college is always an exciting time whether you play football or not. For Clark, the most exciting part about college will be playing football against better competition.
“I guess just working with people and practicing with people who are around my same skill set. In high school it’s different every week. You get one guy who may be a sophomore and like 5’10’’ and the next week you’re playing against someone who’s 6’3’’ 320 or something like that. In college, it’s at a more consistent level so everyone is working hard and everyone is at the same strength level. So that’s what I’m most excited for, just competing with higher talent.”
Football is obviously Clark’s passion, but what would be his dream job outside of playing football?
“I would kind of like to be an engineer. I just want to know how computers and gaming systems and stuff like that works. It would be cool to build that stuff and learn how all of that stuff works.”
Coach Stacy Searels has high expectations for Clark’s freshman season, which involves replacing departing senior center and former starter Tyler Gauthier.
“He told me that he wants me to come in and expect to start. That’s not really my main goal, my main goal is just getting better fundamentally and physically. He just told me to work this offseason expecting to start next year because that’s where he wants me to be at.”
Clark holds himself and those around him to a very high standard and that will be the same for when he arrives on campus at Miami.
“I feel like anything other than a national championship is a failure. I feel like you always have to set your goals to the highest.”
While winning a national championship is Clark and the team’s goal for 2019, Clark’s personal goals are just to get better.
“I would like to at least rotate and get some playing time in a few games if I’m not starting. So I guess the main goal is to start, but I just want to get better mentally and physically and get some playing time.”
The wrap things up, Clark gave a message to all the fans of his new team.
“Just expect a real hard-working player.”
