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Episode Date: October 29, 2021

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It's time to go one-on-one with D.P. Coming at you live from the Coppull Chevrolet GMC Studios. Here is your host, Derek Pearson, presented by Beatrice Bakery on 937 The Ticket and the Ticketfm.com. Happy Friday, everybody. Good stuff all around. Appreciate you. Hanging out on a Friday. Thank you very much.

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Nick, if you would, kind sir, there should be something that sets the tone for what we're about to talk about. We'll get that in there. I'm looking forward to this one. This one. This is a good one. So fire it away. 4-6-4-5-6-85.

You will have questions, and that's the way we're going to get through it. So it's a load. Of course, it's loading, Nick. Thank you. I greatly appreciate it. That's how we're going to get it done on a Friday. I need the mood set. That's all.

You and Rico, just, you know, taking your good time to end. up to the last segment. Yeah. There we go. Man in motion to the right side is J.J. Moses. Rolling to the right side is Derek Walker. Going to be hit and set.

Separated from the football and is picked up. And it's going to be run down the field. 15, 10, 5 and a touchdown for the Huskers. And hauling that one in was Des Moines Adams. Just goes to show you what pressure is like. Des Moines Adams comes up with the football. Opportunity was there and he took it. Let's bring them in.

Let's bring in Des Moines Adams to the show. Big man, how you doing today? Hey, you know, just hearing that play still gives me goosebumps to this day. But, you know, let me tell you, I'd never like to run that play, by the way. Well, see, there's so much to digest. And there's no way we're going to cover everything we need to talk about. But that's a true point that most of the. of the great plays that happened are just the meeting place of a lot of things gone well,

even though it wasn't set up for you to highlight and shine. Exactly. It wasn't set up for you. It ended up for you. Yes, yes. So for those listeners, if you were to YouTube, Des Moines Adams Touchdown, you can see it yourself. The play was designed for Joe Walker to get the sack.

and it was my responsibility to circle around and just kind of have his back. But of course, perfect place, perfect time. And so that's how the scoop and score happened. So that taught me that as long as you do your job, you just never know. Yeah, it is that trust the process, be in the right place, do your thing, and then everything will play out. That's been a constant thread for your journey from Arkansas. to where you are today, right? That if you don't trust the process

and do the small things that end up with big results, none of this takes place. That is a great point. You know, people ask how did I get to Nebraska? It was a four-star, five-star player. Did I have multiple offers? You know, how I got up here is I came to their football camp to summer before my senior year.

And of course, training all summer, getting ready for my senior year, came up here, did all of the testing from the 40-yard dash to the vertical, to the agility, and then the other days of just doing drills. You know, that caught Coach Osborne's attention, Craig Bowler, former linebacker's coach, also defensive coordinator and Nelson Barnes, former Rushin coach. And because I put myself in that position, spend my own money to come to that football camp, that is how I got on Nebraska's radar.

If it wasn't for me being in the right place at the right time, who's to say I'd be a Razorback, former Razorback? Right. Or other thing, or whatever else it could have been, whoever was reaching in the pockets at the time. Without that, without the people around you, though, without the people who constantly remind you, hey, Des Moines, let's go this way.

Let's try. How about we try this? and the people to support you when you say, hey, look, I need to spend my last $150 go to this camp. Let's talk about coaches and parents and the people who will help you get from Pine Bluff to Lincoln, Nebraska. So it was those community role models, those community mentors that told me, you know, I wish I could have did this. So I wish I would not have done that. Those were the individuals that inspired me, that encouraged me. You need to go to a football camp.

Hey, don't worry about, you know, going to the parties. You're not missing out on anything. Don't put drugs in your body. You need your body to take care of you. You need to take the ACT again and again and again and again and again. And so it was those community mentors and role models. Again, my grandparents were great role models, but they didn't go to college. And it was those community adults who,

wanted to see me reach my full potential, those are the ones that stepped in. And I'm thankful that I listen. I'm thankful that they use their role to be a role model for me. And that is why I am where I'm at today. We're talking to Des Moines Adams. And what I love is that when our guests have several chapters. And you need to pay attention to the chapters because the early chapter, being in Pine Bluff, the former of years, learning, you know, all the voices you're going to carry into life with you. And then you make, you jump the bridge and you end up in Lincoln, Nebraska, under the eyes and under the guidance of some pretty amazing coaches.

Let's talk about those coaches. What sticks out about that group of coaches while you were here? You know, Nelson Barnes was our Rushin coach. And notice they called us Rushin' back in the day because it was our job to have that speed. get to the quarterback. Old school. Old school Husker football. Yes.

Hey, the old school, which, you know, slowly we are getting there. The black shirts are back, by the way. Like it. Yeah, so Nelson Barnes, one of the things that I respect about him, you know, I came to Nebraska as a 6-3-225-pound defensive ends. Now, your average defensive ends at that time were 6-4-65, at least 250 pounds. It was easy for me to focus on the things that were wrong with me, things that I didn't have, things that I could do, my weaknesses.

But Coach Barnes reminded me of why they brought me to Nebraska. He kept me focus on my strengths, not my weaknesses, on the things that were right about me, not the things that were wrong with me, what I could do instead of what I couldn't do. And one of the things that I could do is bring that speed to the edge. And so to this day, I'm grateful for, for coach Nelson Barnes for reminding me of what my strengths and talents were. That's what made me unique.

That's what made me different. And that's what helped me to be a three-year-starred in Blackshirt defensive end. Or should I say rush in. Yeah, that's certainly old school. Like that rush in. That lets me know, all right, you had some real Black Shoes coaches that really got you through what you were getting to. Right? You got through.

So, but while here, there are things about. Lincoln that are tentacles, positive tentacles, that pull people into the community to stay. For you, what made Lincoln home? The relationships that I developed. You know, Dennis de Blanc was not only my advisor, but he became somewhat of a role model because he was someone that did not give up on me even when I wanted to give up. The relationships I built with faculty. the players who became my brothers.

When my dream stopped loving me, you know, I played a couple of years in the CFL, NFL, NFL, and arena football, I had it to start the real life, the game of life, should I say, somewhere. And I decided to move back to Lincoln because of the relationships. And that's how I was able to get my first job at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, because of the relationships that I had developed along the way. So Lincoln is definitely my home, and I'm proud to be in Nebraska because that's what leadership is about, relationships. And that is what has helped me to be a leader because of the great relationships I have established here in Nebraska.

Des Moines, I spoke to a group Friday, and it was the first time that the words hit me the way that they did, so I'll share them, was that you could replace the word, leadership with love and they are usually tied together. And it's a great fit for it. You have taken a thing that happened to you, that being loved, you know what being loved did for you. So now you've made that your mission and a part of your daily task, which is loving on the young people in the state of Nebraska and around these areas through mentorship.

Why that decision and what? Well, you know, I would say it goes back to being a kid. You know, I was a kid that was bullied. But I always had a good heart. It's always a nice, good kid. But for some reason, I was always seen as an outlier. But I always told myself one day if I ever had the opportunity, I would do all that I could do to show that love, to be that nice person,

and to help others to understand that kindness is cool, not putting down people. And, of course, you know, just being exposed to Coach Osborne and the work that he's doing with teammates, he has helped me to understand that the best things in life are not things. The best things in life are people, as well as this model of serving leadership, which is about putting others first. You lead by servant.

You lead with your example. And that's where love comes into play because love is not the kissy, huggy, you know, it's not the Hollywood love. It's more of the agape that Tom Ozmen would like to talk about, that unconditional love and support, regardless of one's background, experience, race, ethnicity, gender. You know, people deserve to be loved because one of the greatest. human needs is that need to feel like they belong, like they feel heard, feel values. And that's what team mentor is all about when it comes to helping young people reach their full potential. How did you find your way to teammates?

And what was it about teammates that got you moving to the point where you recognize it needs to be a part of your daily mission? You know, when I was a student athlete, the opportunity presented itself for me to be a role model to just one young adult. And they told me, we just want you to go to the school once a week. Spent about 20, 30 minutes with them over the lunch break, just talk to them about life, play a game, go out and toss the frisbury or throw the football. And it really helped me to understand, which I kind of knew this, but. to actually use it, that being a football player in Nebraska is a pretty big deal. That gives you a pretty big platform.

And so whenever you use that platform to influence others, people are going to follow. So it put me in a position to inspire this mentee to see school as something that was important because I said it was important. Or that, you know, you don't have to do drugs to be cool. And anything that I would say is stuck. And so that's when I realized the power of one's platform. And from there, I always wanted to make sure that I would use my platform to influence others to be positive, to have hope, to never quit, never give up. And so ever since I was exposed to teammates as being a mentor from, you know, being a student athlete to actually work for teammates is like a dream come true.

How do we cross, how do we get the good people of Nebraska to the young people who need them? What's the easiest way to get people, one, aware of teammates, too, active in teammates. Like I said, love requires action. So to get them active in teammates, how do we get them to cross the bridge? Well, you know, many, many ways, of course, you know, for anyone that wants to learn about teammates, they can know to our website, teammates.org, or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. But, you know, we are living in a time that where our young people are being exposed and influenced to so many negative role models.

from your TikTok to your Instagram to your Snapchat, what they see is what they get. And if the adults don't recognize that they must be the ones to use their role to be that positive role model, then our future is not looking good. And so I think the first thing that adults need to recognize is how can we set up our younger generation, this generation, to be the next generation. And I think it starts with us because I believe that leaders don't create followers. Leaders create leaders.

And right now our young people, they are big followers. But if we can get them to follow positivity, positive role models, people that can show them what it means to be a man or what it means to be a woman or what it means to be responsible, what it means to be civil, that's how we set up this generation to be the next generation. And so we try to inspire the communities to use their role, to be a role model. Otherwise, what our young people see is what they will be. We're talking to Des Moines Adams and his connection with teammates and the University of Nebraska, the athletic department and across the board, gives him an opportunity to impact

and influence young people in the best possible way through his life and his lessons, plus his knowledge, his experience, things he's gone through. How much time would you say a mentor needs to give to be effective in changing the location, elevation, direction of a mentee? You know, our theme is be there, simply to show up once a week at the school, doing a school day, to meet with that young person for 20 to 30 minutes. That's typically how long a student's lunch hour is. And, you know, I don't know why they call it a lunch hour because it's not even an hour, but 20 to 30 minutes to simply be there.

You know, you don't have to be an expert. You don't have to be perfect. You don't have to be a tutor. To be a mentor, it has nothing to do with fixing a young person. It simply has to do more with being that other positive parent adult. All it takes is 20 to 3. 30 minutes. And all of our mentoring happens at the school, only during the school year. So there's no mentoring over Christmas break, spring break or summer break. But once someone becomes a mentor to a

young person, the goal is for them to stay matched up for the next year through middle school, through high school, and now even through college. So we start as young as third grade, and we mentor all the way through college. There's so much depth in that that it only takes 30 minutes and it's on location. And you don't have to be an expert at anything other than being a grown-up and being there and being able to listen, to care, to see them. So for the folks who would be so drawn to do so, how would they become involved in this? Well, you know, of course, you know, people want to be a part of things that are successful.

So I would definitely encourage anyone who is interested to do their homework, go to our website, they can see the impact, they can see the percentages of students who graduate on time because they have a mentor. Or, you know, students whose hope and well-being and engagements all increases because they have that other positive of caring a dot in their life. Some people like data, some people like stories. And we have videos, we have pictures, we have so many impactful things that are in place to help adults to understand that Mentor works. As a matter of fact, we are celebrating 30 years of teammates Mentorne, starting in 1991 by

and Nancy Osborne. And next Friday, November the 5th, is our 30th. anniversary celebration. Started with 22 students. Now we're serving over 10,000 youth. And we're just getting started, by the way. We are just getting started. We could definitely serve more because there are so many students that have expressed.

I will love to have one of those people, one of those people that come and see that kid over there. But we don't have enough adults that are stepping up to use their role to be a role model. And so going to our website or even contacting us through the number that's located on the website, all of our staff can be able to share that mentor works. Des Moines, what I'd like to do, we have a sponsor for this show, for this hour, Beatrice Bakery, and they have given us the ability to make smiles and provide some good news in the course of a day. For anybody that's listening that goes and registers to be a mentor, just send me some proof that you did it. We've got these, we've got dessert cakes here.

Just show me that you registered. And I'll hook you up with some real goodies from Beatrice Bakery just to say thank you for taking the time and being moved by what Des Moines is sharing. Because this is powerful stuff when you have the ability to do a very small. small thing and change somebody's life. Like that's the way we want to do this, is to impact and change people's lives for the good. What a great ambassador you are, Des Moan. And I'll ask you this, you know, before we get back to some of those teammates are yours. What's the biggest joy you get from being a mentor?

Wow. That's a great question because I get something from it, too. you know, being a mentor is not all about helping young people reach their full potential but when I leave my meeting with my mentee,

I go back to work feeling positive. I feel like I made a difference. I feel like I'm doing my part to my community, to society, and time is a very

valuable asset. You know, some people say it's money, but you would be surprised how stingy people are with their time. But if you can give your time, it is an investment. And I've seen five students graduate.

And so I feel that I've been put on this earth not to just have a lot of things and just go through the motions, but by seeing these mentees grow, even I learn a little bit of something. And, you know, I'm a, I guess, what do you call it, a Generation X baby. Okay.

And in this generation, you know, my mentee is teaching me how to use my iPhone. You know, so there are things that this generation can teach us. I'm learning something from my mentee as well as my mentee learned something from me. And that, I think, is to win-win when you join teammates. you truly become a teammate with a young person. DeMoor, I think this is important. We had a meeting earlier in the week with some folks here in Lincoln, and I offered that this station would be a vehicle for sharing those stories.

And then to help recruit good people to good space. This microphone has power and it has reach. I mean, as we share this stuff. So I'll say it to you publicly now. We would love to be able to help you guys do the things that you do on a larger scale, on a better scale and a deeper scale. We'll offer that I'll offer to you publicly. I'll offer to you privately.

There's lots that can be done. This is a project and an idea that I live from, and I would love for this station to be able to help you accomplish these good things for these young people. Oh, wow. Well, you know what? I'm going to put you on the spot. January is because, or national mentoring month.

And so we should do something in January. We find a spot. Maybe it's at this bakery place that you just mentioned or maybe it would draw a large, only will mentors show up because we want to thank our mentors. Our mentors are our biggest recruiters, by the way. Right. But January would be a great time to really put out to the community.

that teammates, we are simply trying to help more dreams come true, but it takes teamwork to make the dream work. So why don't we consider January? Because nationwide, but we need to do it in Lincoln. Yeah, and I think I'll even want up you. I like to get a running start with things. I like to get a running start. So if we're going to target January, we'll crank this thing up pretty quickly here.

to build up to it, to give folks an opportunity to hear about it, and for the news to spread that we're going to do this thing. So we have a lot of really good stuff to do. You and I will talk again because we need to talk about that team of yours. We need to talk about the life that you're living and the messages you're sending out on a regular basis. It is appreciated. It is seen.

It is heard. And it is valuable. Kind, sir. I hope you have an amazing weekend. We'll talk early next week. And let's get to work. All right. All right.

That sounds like a plan. There we go. That is Des Moines Adams. Former Husker Blackshirt, and he is with teammates, and he is a leader across the board. Yeah, I'm all about that. And again, if you guys register,

sometime in the next bit here, just send me a note, hey, I registered. I will let you come in. There's like six different kinds of dessert here. I'll let you pick the one you have, and you can have it for the weekend. Grab some ice cream,

a glass of wine, or whatever and have yourselves a good weekend because you did something good. We are about smiles. Beatrice's Bakery is about smiles, making people's day. I think this is a great way to do it. And the gift that keeps giving, I think that mentoring will be a wonderful way. So if you register, just let me know and I'll have something good for you. We'll throw it to break.

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