Former Penn State co-captain and 2008 Rimington Trophy winner A.Q. Shipley is in Indianapolis this week for the NFL Scouting Combine, which officially begins workouts on Saturday.

Shipley (6-foot-1, 297 pounds), is one of 59 offensive linemen working out this week at the Combine, including teammate Gerald Cadogan

But, Before officially lacing up his sneakers and working out for all of the NFL scouts, the two-time All-Big Ten first-teamer sat down with the media today.

Special thanks to Kevin Noon from Rivals.com's BuckeyeGrove.com for snapping a picture of Shipley and sending over a short audio clip of his time with the media.

Listen to the sound clip right here or read the transcript below!

I don't think so. I played two different offenses. When we had Anthony Morelli at quarterback we were more of a power-I type scheme but we did run some spread this past year with Daryll Clark as our quarterback. But, up front, really our techniques and our schemes as an offensive line didn't change much.

I think you're going to see a lot more head-up nose guards, especially if you play in the AFC. You're going to see the Shaun Rogers, the Casey Hamptons, the Vince Wilforks and you're going to have to be able to man up against a 370 pound guy. That's the main difference. I think you just gotta be willing to fight and you know you're going to get beat sometimes but you've gotta forget about it and keep moving on.

You never have a week off in the NFL. That's what it comes down to. You're playing against an All-American every week. At that level, I mean, everybody is an All-American or for that matter, one of the best at their position in the world. That's the main thing. You just gotta keep fighting.

I honestly, I think we probably saw the toughest D line in practice week to week, especially in years past, you look and you got Ed Johnson and Jayson Alford a couple of years ago, those guys are playing in the NFL. Scott Paxson won a Super Bowl with the Steelers this year. Year-to-year, there's just guys you go against in practice and coach Johnson does a great job preparing them.

Going into my redshirt sophomore year, I think coach Paterno, he called me in and said, 'Look, we need a center. Can you do it?' I said, yeah, I can do it. I'm willing to make the move. I'm willing to make the sacrifice and I think I can win the job. He just said, 'Alright, just go out, work hard, get with coach Anderson and do what you gotta do.' I ended up winning the job coming out of spring.

I wasn't happy, I'll put it that way. But, again, I've always been a team-first type guy and I mean, I came there to play defensive line and then whenever I got moved it kind of shook me up a little bit but again, like anything, you face adversity, you gotta rise up, you gotta overcome that and be willing to make a sacrifice for the team and that's what I did.

Not really. I don't think it ever was a serious thought. At first, just speaking out of anger, I'm sure I was a little upset but no, nothing crazy.

I'll be honest, it definitely worked out for the best and coming to the forefront, I actually do like offense a little better than I did like defense.