Catching Up With Dez Bryant At The Super Bowl

SB Nation's Joel Thorman of Arrowhead Pride is on the ground in South Florida, providing reports, commentary and impressions from Super Bowl week.

I had a chance to spend a few minutes with former Oklahoma State WR Dez Bryant this afternoon. Bryant, as many of you know, is a potential top 10 pick and arguably the No. 1 receiver on the board.

Decked out in Under Armour, Dez told me he was pretty jazzed about them being his first sponsor and that he’s got great respect for them. The media whirlwind is already starting as he’s actually filming his first commercial next week in Detroit for Under Armour along with Brandon Jennings of the MIlwaukee Bucks.

Here’s a snippet from my conversation with him:

Joel Thorman: How are you filling your days between now and the NFL Draft, which is two months away?

Dez Bryant: I’m down in Tampa, Florida training and getting ready for the combine. I’m doing the basics [like] lifting running, eating good, getting massages.

I got stuff every day just doing my routine.

Thorman: Getting massages…sounds rough.

Bryant: (Laughs)…Yeah, man, but you need it.

Thorman: You ever been to a Super Bowl?

Bryant: No, man, this is my first Super Bowl.

Thorman: What do you think of all the hoopla around here? Do you like it?

Bryant: I’m used to it in a way. I enjoy it. You don’t want anyone to think of you bad so you gotta enjoy it. I enjoy it because once nobody wants to do it anymore, you’re nothing anymore.

I’ll be posting more from my conversation with Dez Bryant later on.