Breiden Fehoko is one of the more emotional players to come out of the SEC in recent memory, and the former LSU defensive lineman shared some candid thoughts about making the Los Angeles Chargers’ roster.

Fehoko talked with several members close with him, and shared those sentiments with reporters. After he had been cut twice before, Fehoko shared that his mother and his fiancee both teared up when they heard the news.

“My brother called and I texted him and I said, ‘We’re gonna be good,'” he said. “It’s funny, he read it, he said you’ll be good, some team will pick you up, and I said, ‘No, we’re going to be good.’ He read it wrong, but he called me and he was crying and he was emotional and it’s just been one of those rides where I’ve always had to battle from the bottom up. I had to grind for everything I got. I wouldn’t want it any other way.”