#NFLVideos: Rutgers CB Max Melton discusses his combine experience

Rutgers CB Max Melton discusses his combine experience

Good Morning Football. Our next guest is looking to be the next Rucker star to make it in the NFL. He’s well on his way. He’s coming off a huge combine performance where he tore up the 40 and all of those things. Please give a warm welcome to former Scarlet Knights

Cornerback Max Melton. I’m Max baby happy to be here for sure man. We’re happy to have you looking good to Houston. Got the chain, got the chest open. I love it, but you just tore up the combine. I said you put Rutgers back on the map. What was that experience like for you

And what is this draft process been like? Oh, it’s been great. You know, I trained in XRP in Fort Lauderdale. It’s a great team over there. We got Tony Velarde, Matt Gates and also the guys around you. You know you got to push each other. And yeah

We were just doing that for two months. So I knew kind of where I was going to be with the results with the testing. So yeah, I was proud of my performance for sure. Yeah. You look good, man. Appreciate it. Is there is there no shirt under the jacket? No shirt. Look at

You I love shirt. I’ve been working out. I know. All right. So you come from a cool deal here. So we all your brother Bo plays for the Packers? Yes, sir. Growing up, though, your parents were also college athletes who met at Rutgers. Take us into the Melton household. Growing up,

What was it like, it was great. It was great, to be honest with you. Like you said, everybody’s an athlete. Mom played basketball, Rutgers dad played football. They met at a party, hit it off ever since. Had three boys. I’m the youngest of three. We all play football, D1 college

Football. So it was great. But one thing we like to do was, play board games at home. Like, you know, the number one board game was monopoly. Yeah. And you know what? We used to go crazy over like crazy. You’re throwing down on Marvin Gardens. Yeah, I swear. Now, what was your style

Of monopoly? You buying the railroads or be honest, I was the youngest, so, like, I ain’t really like, no too much. They took advantage of it? Exactly You know what I’m saying? My dad. My mom used to always say my dad was cheating. Because one thing. My dad. You gotta tell me

If this is right. My dad would make deals with you in the middle of monopoly. Okay Like, he’ll be like, okay, bet he’ll be like, give me Highland Park. I’ll give you 20% of whenever somebody lands on park Place. You think it’s a good deal until the end of the game and you’re

The first one out like so? Pops is just lining up. Exactly, exactly like I’m just like. Yeah, but it was fun. It was fun, for sure. When we got home, we like to unwind, watch movies, board games, stuff like that. Wow. Max I’ll give you Bno railroad and you give me

Boardwalk, sure, dad, I’ll just sound like me. Look at you guys playing monopoly. I love that when you said the whole family, D1 athletes I didn’t have on my bingo card, what did they do for fun? I didn’t have monopoly as being the mountain that was the most competitive thing in the

House. Max, what was your little piece did you go with, like, the thimble or like the shoe? You know, you have that little. I had the, my dad had the wheelbarrow. I think I had the shoe, and I forget where everybody else bows. Got the race car? Yeah. No Yeah, yeah,

Man, I’m a thimble guy. But, like, I like to play monopoly with you guys. That’s fun. It’ll get hectic real quick. Okay you obviously you can, you know, pick the brains of your parents. Both being athletes, but your brother in the NFL and switching teams. What have you learned

From him about his experience there so far, definitely. It was definitely a humbling experience. Like my brother being the best at everything growing up, like literally everything, every sport he played football, basketball, track, soccer, like he was the best on the team. Always So when he got to the NFL, I’m expecting

Him. Okay. Yeah, both going to go in there. He going to start right away. He going to catch every touchdown every play. Like you know what I’m saying. He eventually got put on practice squad. And like I said that was just a humbling experience for me. Even though it was like

Through him you know because like he was the best in everything, like I said. So, yeah, I definitely leaned on him growing up and continue leaning on him because we’re very close in age about three years apart. So a lot of the stuff he went through, I’m going through right

Now. So yeah, I asked him a lot of questions and stuff like that, and he’s definitely been helpful. You said best at everything he does. You and Beau matched up one on one. Who’s going to win that? Me though, because look, it’s like, hold on. That leads me to my next

Question okay. All right. So you obviously you’re sitting down with a guy that played with his brother. Did you ever play against death? Yeah. Yeah, yeah I lost. All right. So given the choice right now, are you playing against your brother or are you playing with him against. Okay, definitely

Against. Because it’s cool to go against my brother in practice. Like I’ve been going against my brother in practice ever since we were little, you know, and even in high school and even college, my first two years, my brother did his fourth and fifth year. So I got to play two years

With Beau in college. But I like to see like I like to go against him when the lights come on. You know what I’m saying? Like that. Like when the lights come on for real. Like in practice. It’s cool. You go against each other, but when the lights come on, I

Feel like that’s when it matters. So I like to play against him in the league. Is that the matchup you’re looking forward to the most of getting into the NFL? Going against ball, the number one matchup, the number one matchup for sure. Yeah, I’m ready for this is your

Two you guys both defensive backs you’re not going against. We were taught like when we played against each other we were talk trash as we’re both going off the field this his mom and dad though that’s that’s that’s agonizing of going to a game. And you’re trying you’re

Wearing a half and half. Yeah. Yeah. The half and half. Yeah. You already know. So yeah. What would you do like would you jam them at the line like, you know, his weaknesses. What would you do. Mix it up I always mix it up. Like no matter who I go

Against, I never do the same thing the whole game. Like one. I might jump across the line of scrimmage, hit you in the throat. The other time I might do like, a mirror technique, you know what I’m saying? Yeah, you like that? I like it. Doesn’t matter what it’s gonna happen.

Y’all win against each other a lot at practice. And Rutgers, we could get the film, but who won most of those matchups? You were younger, all right, I was young, I was young, and in high school I only played one year at corner, which was my junior year

Of high school. That was the only, year I played corner in high school. You know? So when I came in, I didn’t have a lot of technique and stuff like that. More of the story. He won. I was about to say, can we get to. All right, so you already is

Grinning like a proud papa right now, like you were in heaven. I remember there was a game you guys scored back to back touchdowns, right? What was that feeling like? Your brother scores a touchdown. You get a pick six. How cool is that? What was that moment like for the

Family? It was great, but I didn’t even know until after the game. Like you know, when you’re in the when you’re in the line of war, like you don’t really think about that stuff. Like, I definitely knew my brother just scored though, but like it took till after the game. One of the

Media people came up to me like, yo y’all, you guys got this pretty cool stat. You might want to know. Next thing you know, we’re on Sportscenter, but, yeah, it was really back to back. He went and caught a hitch, turned outside, took it up the sideline, used his speed,

Made a cut at about the five yard line, got in the end zone. I played off technique. Had a pretty good break. He ran a curl, picked it, took it to the crib. I think it was a yeah, it was the same sideline too. So, yeah, it took till after the

Game. Somebody told me I was like, oh that’s pretty cool. Step now for Rutgers. There’s a wall with all the Super Bowl champions of guys that have come before you that have won that. The latest one has been Isaiah Pacheco, a guy that you got a chance to play alongside with at

Rutgers. What’s it like seeing those guys in the NFL making big plays to win championships, and is that anything that motivates you? Definitely motivates me like 100. Like you guys paved the way. Even you and your brother Mike Burton, we got Sebastian Joseph-day like it. It’s not hard to come from

Rutgers and go into any type of system because, you know, it’s a tight ship over there. Like if you ever play for Schiano, like, you know, it’s a tight ship, so you’re really going to be ready for anything that comes your way. So when it comes to the

NFL, like you’re going to be completely ready for anything they throw your way. So to see guys take it all the way to the Super Bowl and make plays in the Super Bowl is definitely motivating to me. I feel like I could do the same thing. We’re going to throw something in your

Way right now. This is always fun. We do this. This time of year. There’s a lot of owners, team presidents, GM’s, head coaches watching you right now, and they’re working their draft board. They want to know what you’re all about. Exceptional corner also played special teams. So we’re going to give

You the floor Max, I want you to look right there in that camera and tell those decision makers why they should call Max Melton on draft day, why you should call me. I’m the most versatile player in this draft. You know, I could play outside corner. I could play nickel or slot inside

Corner. Whatever you want to call it. And like you said, I also show up on special teams as well. I’m a four year starter at gunner. I have four punt blocks. I led the nation one year in punt blocks. I tied for first with three and one year. And yeah, I’m everywhere but

Offense, as I like to say. So definitely the most versatile player in this draft. Let’s go buck. Let’s go everywhere but special teams. You see it here. First get our guy Max Melton. Get him in the first round at that man I appreciate you coming in this morning. Can’t wait to

Hear your name called on draft. Appreciate y’all. Yeah. We’re going to get you a new it’s going to say monopoly Max right there. Right

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