Commanders’ Nick Cross talks Washington homecoming, Jayden Daniels, Sonny Styles and more

“…Parents were excited. Everyone has been excited for me to be playing for the team I grew up rooting for. There will be a lot of eyes on me, for sure, just off the sure fact that I’m playing for the team that everybody roots for.”

What he wants Commanders fans to know about him

There’s nothing on the field I can’t do. I stop the run. People sit there and ask about coverage…I tell people that I take the ball away, too. I had four picks in the last two years, two forced fumbles, so the ball comes back to our sideline when I’m on the field. They’re getting a versatile safety, someone who can do it all, someone who can do it all and be great in the locker room, a great leader and a great teammate, someone who is going to have fun playing for the hometown team.”

On his Clinton Portis fandom

“He was my favorite. I wanted to play running back because of him.”

On Jayden Daniels

“I met him in L.A. right before free agency and I let him know, like, ‘tell them I want to come home.’ He said, ‘Alright, I’ve got you.’ Then I saw him in the locker room the other day and I said, ‘See? I told you.’ He’s a great guy and a great quarterback, a great person to be around. I’m excited to see what he does this season.”

On Sonny Styles

“He’s a great football player. He’s sideline-to-sideline. His 40(-yard-dash) time speaks for itself. And the tape jumps off as well. Super physical. You know I’m a big video game guy and in NCAA (Football) he’s always making picks or knocking somebody out. He’s definitely a great football player. Conversing with him over the past couple days and weeks, he’s a great person as well.