I couldn't believe that chase down you had on Sunday.

You must be here about that everywhere, right?

Yeah.

It's rare that a wide receiver goes viral without even touching the ball.

When did you know that you had him?

When I first took off traveling 114 yards at a top speed of nearly 23 MPH.

It was one mawr on inspiring play for D.

K.

Metcalf is actually crazy because I don't think I was running at top speed.

In my mind, it feels normal to me to move that fast.

I can control my speed.

He's got superpowers in the sense.

I was thrilled that he was in the chase just because, you know, what can you do?

Metcalf appears indestructible.

And yet, just two years ago, a single moment nearly cost him everything.

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They called the case a little muscle power in college.

My roommate at the time would always, uh, crack jokes on him about the way he was built.

He was just a little baby with biceps shaped up and just had a little stomach that poked out a little bit de case, physical gifts and his nasty nature.

Between the lines come from his father, Terence, on offensive lineman, who spent seven seasons with the Chicago Bears in the early two thousands.

It was just always fun on those days because he got a chance to interact with the different players and tossing the ball and just being around the facilities.

Terrence introduced little muscle to the weight room at age five.

My dad will go to his grave with this one that I was benching £50 and squatting £100.5 years old.

He just showed just crazy strength when he was a young kid and I went to the strength and conditioning coach with the Bears at the time, and I kind of explain to him what I was doing.

And he was just like, hold off on that.

You could stunt his growth and he told me, Just put him on the resistance bands and he just fell in love with that kind of stuff.

De Que started Oxford high in Mississippi and then played it Old Miss, where he scored 14 touchdowns in 21 games.

Then, on October 13th, 2018 midway through his redshirt sophomore year, a severe injury threatened his future.

So I was on kickoff return.

I got hit my left arm Felt like it was on fire.

Not a good shine.

D k Metcalf is headed back to the old Miss locker room.

You know, he was saying he was okay.

And, you know, I pray with him and, um how go?

Um, not at the time, Not even knowing how bad it waas after a CAT scan revealed a broken vertebra.

De que was told by a doctor he would never play football again.

If I got hit any harder, the bone would have went and pierce my spinal cord and I would have been paralyzed outside the football.

I'm looking at my child.

And so, you know, he could have been in a hospital bed in our living room for the rest of his life.

DK's college career was over, but a second opinion revealed that he could recover in six months.

DK did it in three.

Through grueling strength and conditioning, the bone would heal.

Less than five months after breaking his neck, the 6 ft 4 £228 receiver did the incredible and ran a 433 40 yard dash.

I called my mom because she knew how hard I worked, and I got on the phone and I got on the phone and she just told me how proud she wasn't man.

No, just just got me emotional because she was with me every step of the way.

Still, NFL teams remain concerned.

DK fell down draft boards but was selected with the final pick in the second round at 64th overall.

SAT and watched the whole second round go by before hearing my name, but it was the best 64 fall I've ever had.

Um, whether you wanna call it feet, inches, whatever you wanna call it.

But I landed in the perfect spot.

I'm just thankful that I'm in here in Seattle, uh, playing for the best team in the league.

The journey continued his rookie season, catching seven touchdown passes.

Then, during the 2020 offseason, Metcalfe spent time in Mexico in California training with Russell Wilson.

There was a whole another level of the game that we thought that way could really go to me and him and I hope we get to play together for a long, long time way.

Wanna make it one of those special Joe Montana Jerry Rice type relationships?

You know, he sent me a text a while ago.

Peyton Manning and Marvin Harrison actually hold the record for the most touchdowns by a quarterback receiver duo.

That's what we're chasing.