Home Grown: Tymir Brown

What Happens When Your Roots Call You Back | Tymir Brown | Home Grown

Sometimes the biggest plays don’t start on the field—they start with where you come from.

In this episode of Home Grown: Real Athletes. Real Stories. Big Dreams, we sit down with Jacksonville, North Carolina standout Tymir Brown to break down the journey behind a game-changing moment—a 45-yard interception return touchdown built on film study, preparation, and trusting what he saw.

But this story goes deeper than one play.

Tymir takes us from backyard battles in Onslow County, growing up with two older brothers, to Friday nights at Jacksonville High School, and into the world of Division I football.

We dive into:
🏈 Growing up in Jacksonville and learning toughness through family
🏈 The culture and lessons from Jacksonville High football
🏈 Recruiting during COVID and choosing UNC
🏈 Handling role changes at the college level
🏈 Entering the transfer portal and finding the right fit
🏈 Why returning to East Carolina University reignited his edge
🏈 How consistent reps build confidence and rhythm
🏈 Breaking down the pick-six through film and preparation

Tymir’s story is about identity, resilience, and what happens when you reconnect with your roots.

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Transcript

SPEAKER_03 0:00

Support for homegrown is provided by Humphrey Heating and Air Condition, proudly serving Eastern North Carolina since 1967.

SPEAKER_00 0:10

They grew up on our fields, on our courts, in our towns. And now they've taken that hometown pride to the college state. Real athletes, real stories, big dreams.

SPEAKER_04 0:36

Welcome to Homegrown, real athlete, real stories, big dreams. I'm your host, Steve Gibson, and this is the show where we highlight hometown athletes whose journeys inspire, motivate, and remind us what dedication really looks like. Today, we're talking with a young man who grew up in Jacksonville in Oslo County, surrounded by sports from an early age, with two older brothers who competed at a high at high levels and a family deeply rooted in athletics, Tamir Brown was shaped by competition, accountability, and community pride long before Friday nights ever arrived. A standout at Jackson High School, Tamir earned three-time All-Area honors, became one of the top athletic prospects in the state, and eventually took that talent to the Division I level. After beginning his college career at the University of North Carolina, he transferred to East Carolina, where he became a key piece of a pirate program that's built real momentum, highlighted by back-to-back bowl victories, including the recent military bowl win over Pittsburgh. Along the way, Tamir delivered one of the season's most memorable moments, a 45-yard interception return for a touchdown against UNC Charlotte. A play that captured everything about his journey. Preparation, instinct, and belief. Tamir, welcome to Ungrove, man. I'm glad to see you. And we were just talking a minute ago off air. You have been around forever. I remember when my son and your brother played tribal basketball, and you were, man, you were that tall, and you were hooping in, but you decided to play football. Well, I think it worked out good for you, man. So let's just start at the beginning. You grew up in Jacksonville playing soccer, football, basketball, all kinds of athletics. What was it like growing up with two older brothers who played sports? Your dad was a basketball player. How did that shape you?

SPEAKER_02 2:38

Uh, you know, it shaped me a lot being in being the youngest out of two older brothers. You know, it shaped me a lot, dude. Just being out there in the backyard side of the house playing basketball. I remember just uh I used to have like real bad angry shit. So like they used to always, you know, it beat me. I'm I'm gonna get mad, I'm gonna end up breaking something, and I'm gonna run in the house, tell mama something, I'm gonna I'm gonna find a way to get my get back on. So like, but it shaped me a lot. Like it just built me as a player and like as a man. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 3:08

It just helped me a lot. That's awesome. So, how did having a father who was actively involved in athletics influence your path and your mindset towards competition from a young age? By the way, your dad can hoop. Oh, yeah. We were talking about that, but go ahead. I didn't mean to interrupt you. Go ahead, man.

SPEAKER_01 3:26

He made sure to tell me before I could hear him. Made sure to tell me. Uh could you ask a question?

SPEAKER_04 3:33

Yeah, man. So how did having a father who was actively involved in athletics influence your path and mindset towards competition?

SPEAKER_02 3:41

It set me a lot. Just being at my dad. You know, he played played basketball a lot coming up, and it was really like engraved in one hour. Yeah. You know, just uh it was literally just like in my blood, you know, coming out. I just all I knew was sports when I was a kid. And I was just he did a lot, you know.

SPEAKER_04 4:00

And when your brothers were playing, you were young, going to football games, going to watch them playing football, going to watch them playing basketball, going to watch them play whatever sport sport they were playing. When you were young, man, uh, and and you saw Jakari and and and uh Jaquel is playing football for Jikesville, you were young, you're just like, hey man, one day that's gonna be me.

SPEAKER_02 4:22

Oh yeah, I remember uh I used to always sit out there and watch the games. I was like the I was like the ESPN and it's like when I look just watching I'm out there just calculating everything you see how they move and everything, just learning.

SPEAKER_01 4:34

And it just really did shape me a lot.

SPEAKER_04 4:36

You couldn't wait, could you? Couldn't wait. Well you get the Giantsville, stand out, multiple roles, excelled on both sides of the ball, first team all area multiple times, all state honors, and of course being one of the top athletic prospects in the state. What do you remember most about your high school years?

SPEAKER_02 4:57

Uh I'd probably say like my teammates throughout like my high school years. I said my teammates, because I remember being like I'd be on Ben on freshman my first my my freshman year. Uh I just remember a lot of guys, you know, they they brought me in a lot and I was so young and I was, I mean, I was kind of scared to be around this way. Yeah, but I ain't really saw it. But they uh they helped me a lot, you know. Did they? Like the even like now I look back and like conversations I had were done and like the stuff we went through, like it really does a lot.

SPEAKER_04 5:28

So talk about your one memorable moment. I rem I I was there, Keelan Keelan Stadium, your senior year, state championship, horrible field, field in horrible condition. Talk about the state championship game. Y'all play was it? It was Charlotte Catholic, right? Okay. Charlotte Charlotte Catholic. Talk about that game. And then talk about fast forward. Uh probably uh that was in December, so fast forward probably what six months later, you're back on that field playing playing for Carolina. But talk about the championship, the uh state championship games.

SPEAKER_02 6:00

Uh I still remember the championship game like it was yesterday. Uh being that we was the, you know, we was one of the first, like we wasn't the first Jashville team in making a state championship, but it it's been a long time. And it was just a lot of history into it, and uh a lot of people were talking to it. I'm I just remember uh interviews like Chris Miller. I remember Kai Jarnana was getting me and stuff. It was just it was crazy it was crazy 'cause like I was like the first couple interviews I ever had. Yeah. Just the state championship, and it was crazy. Yeah, fit was terrible.

SPEAKER_04 6:30

But it was It was so bad that the next year they went they went away from from from grass to turf. I remember seeing people's like whole leg was like in the mud. Oh man.

SPEAKER_01 6:41

But yeah, I remember it was it was a good game.

SPEAKER_04 6:43

Yeah, yeah, it was a great game. Y'all, y'all were honestly, man, you hindsight 2020 field in good condition, you guys wouldn't want to. I think we blew them out of the water. Yeah. Y'all had the speed. Of course, you were playing quarterback uh on on offense. You you guys had had the speed, and of you know, and unfortunately, that sort of game, it had snowed like up there like that week or whatever. It was like three other teams who played on it before. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Y'all y'all just caught the caught the raw end on that one. So high school, you weren't uh, let's see. In high school, you weren't just an athlete. You had to handle academics, expectations, and still be a regular teenager hanging out with your buddies. How did you balance schoolwork, football, and the social side of high school while staying focused on your goals?

SPEAKER_02 7:37

I don't know. I stayed focused. I really I probably put it to like like my mom.

SPEAKER_01 7:41

She kind of kept me, like my mom kept me in check.

SPEAKER_04 7:44

I was gonna say, I know your mama, and uh and to make it was gonna keep you right, right?

SPEAKER_02 7:49

Yeah, I'd defin I'll definitely say my mom kept in the set for like doing anything dumb and stupid. But yeah, I I would give my mom a lot of granddad and how she brings me.

SPEAKER_04 8:00

Your grandma too now. You yeah, your grandma, you better give her some props because she, between those two, you had some pretty strong female figures in your life growing up. Not I mean, you know, of course your dad and your brothers too, but uh your grandma and your and your mama buddy, they they they kept you in line, didn't they? They keep the whole family check. They still do, don't they? Yes, sir.

SPEAKER_01 8:20

Getting recruited, that's great.

SPEAKER_04 8:22

Three-star recruit, ESPN top 300 player, ranked nationally with Division I interest early on. You had offers all over. What was the recruiting process like for you and what sold you on UNC at the time?

SPEAKER_02 8:38

You know, uh I we I still don't even really think I have the true recruiting process. I probably had like I had like that one normal year, probably like when I started getting my offers like the end of my sophomore year. Like that summer. That was probably the most visits I had, and it was like unofficials. So to be honest with you, I don't know.

SPEAKER_04 8:58

I could I really didn't Because it was around COVID, wasn't it? It was COVID with COVID of that fall, you you know, that of your junior year, right? And then in the spring of your ju of your junior year was when COVID came, right? Yeah. And then at that point in time you committed uh yeah, during that time. So you didn't get all the official visits.

SPEAKER_02 9:17

I didn't get any official visits. Yeah. So I remember when I made my decision on UNC, I just I felt like it was the best program at the time. And it was closest to home. Yeah. I didn't I didn't know when COVID was going to end. I didn't feel like COVID was ever going to get on. So yeah, that was my biggest that being close to home. I would fight that as the main reason why I picked up.

SPEAKER_04 9:40

Yeah. So you started there, and then you chose to transfer to East Carolina after two seasons. What went into that decision and how did let's make a lot of local connections and relationships like with uh you know Coach Bo, Bo Williams and other pirate alums, how did that fact factor in?

SPEAKER_02 10:00

Oh, I feel like it factored in a lot. Just being out there at at university, I feel like I kinda like, I kinda um, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know how to work. I kind of like lost my I won't I won't wanna say edge, but I feel like I kinda like lost my roots. Yeah. And just coming back to like Eastern North Carolina, I feel like it kind of like, it brought like that, that like feel back in myself on and off the field. And so yeah, I played a big factor to being back around like people I like I wouldn't say no, but like just for me around like for me to be around.

SPEAKER_04 10:33

Cause there was that when you decided to come back, were there some other guys from Jaxwell playing up there? I I know there's some more kids, some more guys from Jaxville now up there, but when you decided to transfer back, were there some current um uh yeah, I know uh, you know, Josh Josh Benton was there.

SPEAKER_02 10:49

Oh I think oh and Trey Hardis and he went to uh Southwest.

SPEAKER_04 10:53

Okay. So so several Oslo County folk folk folks were there. That's gotta be a good feeling, man, when long day, hard practice. Uh, you know, obviously you make friends, you know, up at yeah, when you're up in up at Chapel Hill, uh up in Carolina, but being able to kind of see a friendly face, because you were you had played high school with Josh, right? Yeah. So and played against the kid at Southwest. So so that had to be kind of a good feeling to be able to get done and hang out, right, with them. So 2025. Let me ask you this first. So once in East Carolina, you found opportunities and growing roles on defense. What did the transition feel like going from, you know, a a sec a secondary player at Carolina on the second string maybe, to contributing more and more and more at East Carolina?

SPEAKER_02 11:51

I say like, but could you athletic one?

SPEAKER_04 11:53

Yeah. So once at East Carolina, you found the opportunity and growing roles on defense. So what did that transition feel like going from a backup role at Carolina to all of a sudden being thrust into, hey man, I'm uh you know, I'm in and I'm playing.

SPEAKER_02 12:12

Yeah, it it was definitely a different feel than being out there just all throughout the game, you know, and then besides and just like going in there and parts of the game. Yeah. It's just a different feeling. You can really like when you're in there the whole the whole game, you could really like get you like you get a rhythm, right? Yeah, you can really get a rhythm and like like confidence, like it's a real thing. Yeah. And like the direction is like a real thing. And so I feel like once once a person like you get that going, I feel like it's only gonna help a person elevate.

SPEAKER_04 12:43

You know, and I would think it it's hard as a as a backup, when you're when when you're a starter or you're playing a lot of minutes, you're gonna be focused and you're gonna be ready to roll because you're gonna be out there as a as a as a backup who gets you know time here and there, they coaches always say, be ready, be ready, be ready. That's a little hard to do, you know, because you don't you don't know if or when you're gonna get in the game. So I would just think, you know, you said from a confidence level, but I would think also, man, from just being able to just being engaged, it probably bumped back to you a lot more. You probably got excited for the game, didn't you? Definitely.

SPEAKER_02 13:23

Just even with like weather, like say if it was like a real cold game, we can't stiffen up over there while you get it. And so like it just definitely hard to mentally stay prepared like while you're not playing, but it's just something you have to do. And you have to stay ready. Like, I mean, because you just never know. It's always a next man up in title again. Yeah. So you definitely have gone with it.

SPEAKER_04 13:44

And a gr I mean a great move, East Carolina is has been, honestly, we were I was talking with some friends, friends about it this week. You guys have been the premier program in the state of North Carolina the last couple years. Uh since you had a coaching change while you were there, Coach uh Houston was let go, and Coach Harold took over. And if I was reading, if I was reading correctly, since Coach Harold's taking over, you guys are, is it like 14 and 5 or 18 and 5? I mean, something. I mean, he's I mean he's brought it, right? Yeah, I just seen that. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 14:16

Yeah, it was definitely 14-5.

SPEAKER_04 14:17

Yeah, for 14-5. You won, like I said, two straight bowls, beat state last year. That would that had to be a good feeling in the bowl game. It got kind of nasty there at the end. But uh, but uh, and then again to win this bowl. So you just I mean, just a good move. And you were a part of that and contributed over, you know, during the whole season. So that's awesome. So this year brought one of the most exciting moments of your college career, that interception, 45-yard uh against USC Charlotte. And that helped set the tone early in the game. Uh take us through that and what do you remember about that play and how did it feel, man?

SPEAKER_02 14:58

Yeah, I just every time I think about it, I always think about I always think about my coach, uh, Coach Teron Williams, because the whole week we was watching that same, we was watching that same exact play. Like, we was watching the same, like the same split, same formation, how the quarterback was dropping back, everything. Like we was we was watching that play the whole week. And like as soon as I see him lined up and like lined up and like in between the hey heat, it was like, we call it like the divider. He lined up right on the divider. I already knew what was coming. I seen the quarterback take a little three-step.

SPEAKER_04 15:30

That's a great feeling. I it it's it's it's a great feeling, obviously, because you put in the work during the week, but then when you come out and your coaches have got you guys prepared. Hey, when they line up in this formation or if they line up like this, there's a good chance they're gonna run this play. So you you just had to sit there and wait, wait, wait for the run and watch it. So you get the ball, you intercepted. Was there any was there any doubt in your mind that you were gonna score? Oh no, I already knew I was gonna hit it. They weren't gonna catch you.

unknown 16:03

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 16:04

All right, I already knew. I just it's just crazy because I remember my mind was just my mind just went so bland. I just remember running.

SPEAKER_04 16:12

You were kind of an out of body experience, wasn't it, man? That's uh were your was your mama and your daddy or you, I mean, was your family there? They made most of the game, the games, didn't they? Yeah. So I obviously you didn't get to say say anything to them then, but they were excited.

SPEAKER_02 16:27

Yeah, I made sure when I uh I remember when I got like through like the insulin and stuff, I made sure pointing at the stand. I was trying, I was pointing at my mom, dad, my brother.

SPEAKER_04 16:35

That's awesome, man. That is awesome. So that play and the win, I mean, they're big, they were big for ECU. And especially uh some of those wins in front of the you know the home crowd, like you said, down east. Uh, how do moments like that impact your confidence and energy? How did that impact your confidence and energy for the re for the rest of the season moving forward? Because that was what by the the middle of the was it by the middle of the season?

SPEAKER_01 17:02

Yeah, it was about the middle of the season.

SPEAKER_04 17:03

Yeah. So that happened next week. I mean, next Monday at practice. I mean, I mean, you're ready to go, right? I mean, you're pumped. So talk talk about how that play helped kind of, you know, springboard you for the rest of the season.

SPEAKER_02 17:19

Yeah, it definitely definitely gave me a little a little boost, definitely. Cause, you know, just making things like that give me body intentional. Yeah. A lot of confidence. And like what we after that we played Temple. I think it was Temple, yeah. We we dominated them, yeah. So like I just feel like I feel like, especially like with the teammates, you see one guy do it, you know, another guy do it. And still everything, I feel like it not only helped me, I helped other teammates.

SPEAKER_04 17:45

Your defense and not the you're not off off script here, but your your defense the defense ranked nationally uh top 20 in in a lot of categories. Every category. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you guys had a really good everyone, you know, offense gets all the flash, you know, but but but your defense, y'all had a really, really, really good defense. And the bull win, I mean, just again, off topic, the bull win was really impressive. You guys pit was a real good team. I mean, they were really, they they had a really good rank down one point. Yeah, the well, they had a really good, the only game they really got blew out was Notre Dame. And uh Notre Dame blew out everybody. The quarterback, the freshman quarterback had come in and had a had kind of been the turning point for them. But um, I mean, you guys, I mean, you guys dominated them. It wasn't, you know, you and I were joking texting back and forth. They tried to tell they tried to make it a little bit closer with that bag on play, uh, with the the phantom uh call or whatever, but uh yeah, that worked out. But I mean, yeah, your the defense was just you I mean you guys were masterful this year. So um so how is it being able to represent your hometown on a bigger stage at Carolina and ECU? Tell me what that's meant meant to you.

SPEAKER_02 19:03

Uh it's it's meant a lot, you know, just it's meant a lot to me and my family. Just showing like it's it's possible, like impossible. You could do it. And it just means a lot. I mean definitely just being uh you know, a couple kids might look up to me, asking me a couple questions, and uh, I feel good being able to answer their answer their questions and be able to guide them the right way. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 19:27

That's awesome. So one of the themes of your journey in my mind has been support from your family, your brothers, your coaches, and of course your teammates. Who was there for you and who's been there for you when things got tough? And how have those relationships kept you grounded? First of all, who's been there for you during those tough times? Because it always hadn't been rosy.

SPEAKER_02 19:52

Uh I definitely probably said my mom. My mom would have helped me through a lot of times. I remember I remember you and see how I was definitely going through that you want to see. I definitely called my mom crying something. Yeah. And she was always you felt like, I don't know what to say and help me. And I'll definitely give that credit to my mom.

SPEAKER_04 20:11

Yeah. She she had this as a side, I'm not not saying it, but I've known her forever. And she is one of the the best women I know, man. I I knew her, like I said, you know, Jakari, your brother, your your middle brother, or the one just older than you, and my son played tribal basketball together. Uh, and I've known your mom since that time, and uh she's man, she's just a good woman. Um so over your college career, you faced adversity, competition, changes in roles, high expectations. What lessons have you learned through all the highs and lows that you carry with you today?

SPEAKER_02 20:51

Uh probably I say one of the biggest lessons I learned like throughout everything is probably just to not like be too hard on yourself. You know, it is everything's hard for everybody. Yeah. It's just no point in downing yourself on something and then, you know, just to try to stay positive. Yeah. That's why I say stay positive.

SPEAKER_04 21:12

When young athletes in Oslo County see someone like you, man, making plays at the college level, what do you hope they take from your story both on and off the field? Yeah, yeah, absolutely. So when you so when young athletes in our area see Tamir Brown making plays, whether it's the interception running back for a touchdown, making uh making tackles, defending the pass, when they see you excelling at the college level, what do you hope they watch you and what do you hope they take they take from that?

SPEAKER_02 21:58

Work like It ain't gonna just happen overnight. I really like I remember long summers like really like working. Yeah, like going to like multiple camps during the summer and like working out over the like just by myself with a trainer, like really working like it really takes work. It ain't gonna just happen overnight.

SPEAKER_04 22:19

It's not gonna happen, but it but it's possible for a kid from Jacksonville, North North Carolina, Oslo County, to go and get a D1 scholarship and make and make a major impact, right? Yeah, that's I think that's the biggest thing, man, is just showing these kids because there's just like you were watching your brother, brothers play when you were little. There's there's kids that were watching you play in high school, when you were in high school, and there's kids watching on that TV, man. Uh and there's and they're saying, you know, hey man, that guy's from that guy's from Oslo County from Jacksonville. And uh, you know, he's he's you know, he's making plays. So that's a man, that's gotta be a good feeling. So I got one more question for you, but before I get to that, I didn't tell you about these. These are called rapid fire. So these are ones that uh you have no idea about. And I'm just but they're gonna be, they're just gonna be spontaneous. They're gonna be most of them I think will be easy. Um I just want to tell you the first thing that comes to your mind, all right? Favorite NFL player growing up. If I were to say the real revisit. Rivas Island. Exactly. Favorite teacher in high school I get called John. What did he teach? Dustin John's, right? Yeah, uh I think yeah, social studies. Social studies. Okay. Best memory from Jacksonville High School. It could be football, non-football. Best high school, best memory.

SPEAKER_03 24:08

What do you think?

SPEAKER_04 24:09

Oh, that's a lot. State championship, you know, you lost making it there?

SPEAKER_02 24:14

I'd probably I'll probably say when we play at Easter Alamance. I remember we just we just like killed up. I'm being like, man, like it was yesterday.

SPEAKER_04 24:24

Is that in the playoffs? Yeah. That was in the that was probably the the the regional but was that in like the regional finals?

SPEAKER_02 24:29

I think that was the yeah, that was before Half Locke, huh?

SPEAKER_04 24:32

Yeah, okay. All right. Something memorable that Coach Bo Bo, Williams, or maybe another coach, told you that you've never forgotten. It could be a coach, it could be a parent, it could be a mentor. Anything that anybody has said to you that that has stuck with you during your uh playing career.

SPEAKER_02 24:56

Uh I'd probably say like Boeing, Boeing Chip Williams. I wrote there. I remember them telling me like you can't always like rely on like athleticism. It's gonna take like more. It's gonna actually like know what you're doing out there.

unknown 25:13

It's gonna take more.

SPEAKER_04 25:14

And become like a student of the game, right? All right. Go to walk up or pump up music. What do you have? What do you got you on your on your ear paws, man, when you're getting ready? I'm definitely playing while some young boy. That's that's been a theme here, young boy. I need that YB when I'm when I'm about to go play. Okay. One teammate, and this could be high school or college, who always had your back.

SPEAKER_02 25:40

I'll probably go high school. I'll probably say, I'll probably say, uh, I remember Jamar. I remember Jamar through high school. I used to be my boy. He used to lie, he was on the D line, you know. So y'all lie, he's a corner. You gotta you gotta love your D line. Yeah, he was one of them. So I'll probably say Okay.

SPEAKER_04 25:57

One word teammates would use to describe you.

SPEAKER_02 26:09

I'll probably say goofy.

SPEAKER_04 26:11

Goofy. Okay. This is a serious question. Is your Madden rating correct? And if not, what should it be?

SPEAKER_02 26:22

Uh I think my gun NCAA like I think it's like a 75. Yeah, I think Madden. It's NCAA, yeah, it's NCAA. I think the last time I looked, it was like a 75. Is that right? Or you think it should be higher? I think you can go ahead and give me about a give me about a about an 82. Who about that?

SPEAKER_04 26:38

Do you ever play in CAA? Yeah. You uh do you pick East Carolina? Yeah. Do you pick you?

unknown 26:43

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 26:43

All right, that's what I wanted to hear. One word to describe your college journey. I say meaningful. That's a gr that's that's a great word, man. Who is the funniest person in your family? Okay. Alright. Who is the most competitive person in your family?

SPEAKER_01 27:29

I think we're gonna be able to do that.

SPEAKER_04 27:31

Okay. Alright. And when you and I were talking about this off air, what's next for you?

SPEAKER_02 27:40

Right now I'm thinking working out.

SPEAKER_04 27:44

You graduated in December before the bowl game. So and so you're gonna keep working out?

SPEAKER_02 27:50

I'm gonna keep working out and I'm gonna keep getting ready for the pro day. Uh hopefully drive day, hopefully somebody call my name up.

SPEAKER_04 27:56

That's awesome, man. That's awesome. Final question. Not a rep not a rapid fire. When you hear the word homegrown, what does that mean to you knowing that your journey started in Jacksonville?

SPEAKER_02 28:12

Uh yeah, it means, you know, like hard work. It just black. I mean like a blue collar like type of time, and yeah. I just felt I feel like that's how it's instilled in like blue collar. Like, I feel like once I got the EMC, like I said earlier, I got the blue C I kinda like lost that. Well, once I got the EC, I feel like I kind of like just came back in me. People I was around.

SPEAKER_04 28:36

That's why I got my blue collar functionality back. That's awesome, man. Well, your journey from high school to college is a reminder that success isn't always a straight line. It's built through patience, belief, and staying true to who you are. From growing up competing alongside his brothers to earning his opportunity at the D1 level to making game-changing plays for an East Carolina program that's now celebrating back-to-back bowl wins. Tamir Brown's story reflects what it means to be prepared when your moment arrives. And just like this pirate program, his past shows what happens when confidence, culture, and community come together. No matter where football takes Tamir next, Jack Swalzo County will always be a part of his story. For our viewers, that's what Homegrown is all about. Athletes who chase big dreams while never forgetting the place they take them. I'm Steve Goodson, and this has been Homegrown, real athletes, real stories, big dreams. No matter how far the game takes you, your roots always come with you. Come here. It was a pleasure, man. Thank you so much, and thanks for watching.

SPEAKER_03 29:57

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