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Ahead of the 2021 NFL Draft, Seattle Seahawks safety Jamal Adams met with NFL prospects in Texas to share words of wisdom and inspiration.

Among those in the crowd was Titus Wall, a safety coming out of Missouri State. Wall, the Bears’ first-ever three-time captain, was coming off a 74-tackle season. While he would not ultimately get selected by any NFL team, he would remember the impact of that visit with Adams when his career took him to the Canadian Football League and he signed with the Calgary Stampeders.

“He was just talking to us about what to expect at the professional level,” Wall said. “He really just emphasized that every day is an interview. No matter what spot you’re in, if you’re starting, third string, you come to work every day as if it’s your last day and be interviewed.”

In Week 2 against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Wall’s second career CFL game, he grabbed the ball out of an unsuspecting Dane Evans’ hands in the fourth quarter and ran into the end zone, tying a game that Calgary at one point trailed by 24.

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Wall also had an interception in the end zone earlier in the contest and was named a CFL Top Performer for Week 2.

“We’ve been preaching resilience and perseverance all [training] camp,” he said. “No matter what down it is or what distance it is, just make a play…I’m an effort guy. I like to have all-out effort to the ball every single play and take no plays off. When you do that, plays will come to you.”

Wall’s teammates were in awe.

“I thought they were going to call it back,” kicker Rene Paredes, who hit the game-winning field goal and was also named a Top Performer, said. “I had no clue what happened,