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Mr. Orkeys Auriene, Jr.
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Home Phone: -- Football: Confidence man – Orkeys Auriene Joshua Parrott • jparrott@theadvertiser.com • August 30, 2010 UL football coach Rickey Bustle considers senior Orkeys Auriene to be one of the top cornerbacks in the Sun Belt Conference. Auriene, though, says he is the best player at his position in the league right now. That confidence has played a major role in helping the Daytona Beach, Fla., native start for the Ragin’ Cajuns since his freshman year. Always happy to share his opinion, Auriene recently sat down with The Daily Advertiser to talk about a number of different topics including his name, growing up in Florida and his future plans. Question: What’s the story behind your first name? Answer: I’m named after my dad, but he was named Orkey without the ‘S’ at the end. My mom didn’t really want to name me that, so she made it sound a little better by adding an ‘S’ at the end. Q: So what’s your nickname? A: People call me “Pooh.” My mom gave me that nickname when I was younger, and it’s just stuck with me. All my coaches and friends know me by Pooh. Q: Why is it important for a cornerback to be confident and have a short-term memory? A: You cannot play the cornerback position without confidence, and you’ve got to have a forgetful mentality. Those receivers are on scholarship, too, so they’re going to catch a ball from time to time. But it’s my job to make sure that they don’t get any yards if they catch the ball. I can live with 12 catches for 50 yards. But I can’t live with two catches for 70 yards or five catches for 105 yards. Q: What’s your favorite hobby away from football? A: I don’t play video games much, but I like to hang with my friends and joke around and play basketball. Basketball was my first love growing up. I didn’t even play football until high school. Q: Why do you take how you dress and look so seriously? A: It’s like you’re going to your job. You don’t want to go looking bad. I got the idea from Deion Sanders: If you look good, you feel good. If you feel good, you play good. If you play good, they pay good. And if they pay good, then you’re going to live good. When you feel confident with how you look, you’re going to feel much better about what you’re doing. Q: What do you consider your dressed-up look? A: I put on a nice collar shirt, some nice jeans, some nice shoes and a nice watch. I put in my earrings and wear some nice shades or a nice hat. Sometimes I even like to dress up in a nice button-down suit. Q: Who is your role model and why? A: The person I look up to is my mother (April Hall). She has been a single parent and still worked three jobs. I used to remember days and nights I didn’t see my mom because she worked that night and worked all day. When I came home from school, she was at work. When she came home, I was asleep. And when I got up for school she was gone at work. So my role model has to be my mom because she’s a hard-working woman and would do anything for me. That’s where I get my work ethic from. Q: What are your plans for the future? A: I want to play football for 10 or 12 more years. But after I’m done playing football, I want to run my own business, be a football coach and give back to the community.
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