Trent Corney’s Training Camp Journal
Post-game, June 9th
That was a lot of fun. It’s always good to win because we didn’t win a ton of games at Virginia and I can already tell this team has some pretty good players.
I felt like I played a good game but I’m just thrilled to be around all my happy teammates and being around the feeling of winning again. That’s the most important thing.
I was on the starting punt and punt-return teams and was on those units three or four times in a really short span. I came to the sidelines and told the kickers, ‘Wow, man, I’m tired. I’m really winded right now.’ It’s different, but if you play well on defense you can get off the field real quick. My pass rushing is starting to get better and if I can improve that it will help a lot. It was cool to get credit for two sacks.
I actually got to return a kick, too. I haven’t done that since high school. I’m not going to lie, when I caught the ball I was pretty scared because I had no idea what to do. Actually, to be honest, for a moment there when I first caught it I wanted to be a hero. I thought for a split second, ‘Trent, you got this. You can take this back to the end zone.’ And then when I started running there were three guys coming at me in a hurry and I didn’t know what to do to out-maneuver all of them so I just tried to get some yards. I didn’t want to fumble the ball.
Overall, that was a really fun experience. My mom and dad texted me right away after the game and said how proud they were to see me on TV. All that work I’ve done in practice started to come together in the game. To have it pay off, even if it’s just a preseason game, makes me feel really good. That’s my first pro game ever and I think it went pretty well.
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Defensive end Trent Corney was the Bombers first pick, 9th overall, in the 2016 CFL Draft. A product of Brockville, Ont., he played his college ball at the University of Virginia.
Bluebombers.com will chronicle Corney’s daily battles through training camp, from the highs on the field to the transition from the college to the pro game.
