Current Green Bay Packers' Punter Daniel Whelan sat down with XFL EVP of Football Ops, Marc Ross in this edition of 'A Conversation With'. The former D.C. Defenders and All-XFL Team Punter is the first Irish born player in the NFL since 1985. Whelan talks about moving from Ireland to California as a child, not playing football until he was in high school, trying to make it on the New Orleans Saints, working at a spa, life in the XFL and how it helped him get ready to go to the NFL. Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:22 - Welcome 01:27 - Born in Ireland 02:24 - Moving to Palm Springs 03:56 - Going to UC Davis 04:31 - New Orleans Saints 05:36 - The XFL calls 07:02 - Development as a Punter 09:37 - XFL to NFL 09:59 - Advice to XFL players
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