1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,280 Speaker 1: All right without further ado, joining us now the fourth 2 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 1: overall pick in the twenty twenty three draft, the newest 3 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 1: Indianapolis called Anthony Richardson is here. Welcome. How have you 4 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:10,479 Speaker 1: been in this past twenty four hours? Have you slept 5 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: last night? Then we'll get in some football stuff. 6 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 2: No, I slept pretty good last night. It's been all 7 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 2: over the place for me and mostly been everywhere, but overall, 8 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 2: you know, I'm definitely excited to be here and I'm 9 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:20,920 Speaker 2: thankful to be here. 10 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: Absolutely can't wait. Shane Stike and the head coach here 11 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: said about a month ago, maybe a little more what 12 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: he's looking for in a signal call or somebody that eats, lives, 13 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 1: breathe sleeps football like that. It's a big role. You're 14 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 1: a new CEO of a billion dollar company. That sort 15 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: of pressure, if it is pressure, that sort of work 16 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 1: ethic like that, that's what it takes in the NFL. 17 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 1: Prepare down the games, fowe for that. 18 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,639 Speaker 2: Oh, definitely, you know, I believe I worked to get 19 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 2: to this point, get to this moment and to do 20 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 2: certain things like that. But you know, when I was 21 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 2: here for my visit, know they preached and harped on 22 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 2: that you know, they're gonna expect a lot out of me. 23 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:53,160 Speaker 2: You know, I got to be in this building working 24 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 2: hard because I know for a fact they're going to 25 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 2: be in their office is working hard. So you know 26 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:58,639 Speaker 2: I got to reciprocate that and do the same things 27 00:00:58,640 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 2: they're doing. 28 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 3: You know, Anthony Howards, the end of last year, you 29 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 3: really found a rhythm, you found a groove. You know, 30 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 3: the last ten games, seventeen touchdowns, only three picks, three 31 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 3: over four hundred yards in two sec games. How did 32 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 3: you find that comfort? How did you start to kind 33 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 3: of settle in towards the back half of last season 34 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 3: at Florida. 35 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 2: You know, I just focused on playing football instead of 36 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 2: trying to be a hero. You know, because normally I 37 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 2: used to be able to get in the game and 38 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:22,559 Speaker 2: just do what I wanted to do, you know, catch 39 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 2: the ball, throw it deep as I can run like 40 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 2: by people. You know, so I was kind of used to, 41 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 2: you know, making just big hero players all the time 42 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,320 Speaker 2: instead of managing the game and being the quarterback. And 43 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 2: once I found that rhythm and realized what it took 44 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 2: to you know, win certain games and perform a certain way, yeah, 45 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 2: I tried to dig deep intide that. 46 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:42,320 Speaker 3: What's the balance of that not relying too much on 47 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:46,559 Speaker 3: your athleticism, which is plentiful, but also playing the game 48 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 3: and playing the position of quarterback. How do you find 49 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 3: that balance? You continue to strive for that? 50 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 2: Oh, definitely, you know. The main thing I believe is 51 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 2: just taking what the what the defense gives you. Sure, 52 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 2: you know, I don't try to force certain things, especially 53 00:01:57,520 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 2: at QB, because you do that, everybody gonna hate you. 54 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 2: So I don't want to force. I don't want to 55 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 2: force things. You know, I don't let the game, you know, 56 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 2: you give me certain things. And you know, also just 57 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 2: trust in my in my team. You know, they're on 58 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 2: the field with me for a reason. So it just 59 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 2: helped them out. They gona help me out. 60 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: Anthony, When your name was called by the Colts, obviously 61 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,359 Speaker 1: you you went with a lot of teams, had a 62 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: lot of meetings with teams. Were you surprised when the 63 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: Colts called your name? Were you in any sort of 64 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 1: shock or was it like, yeah, this makes sense. I 65 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: had a good meeting with them and fits right in 66 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: where were you on that is going forth? Overall? 67 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 2: Honestly, I wasn't surprised, you know, I kind of had 68 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 2: a sense that it was going to happen, you know, 69 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 2: but you know, it kind of hit me, like when 70 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:35,359 Speaker 2: the fourth pick was up and you know, I got 71 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 2: that phone call. I'm like, Okay, this is real, this 72 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 2: is really happening, and they really trust and believe in me. 73 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 2: So I'm extremely thankful for that, and I'm excited to 74 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 2: get to work in college. 75 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 3: Six point nine yards per carry. You had four runs 76 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 3: last year over forty five yards. How much comfort do 77 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:53,079 Speaker 3: you have in running the football and being able to 78 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 3: run the football in different ways in a different formations. 79 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 2: You know, I love running the ball. You know, I 80 00:02:57,760 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 2: feel like whenever I have the ball in my hand, 81 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 2: one person intact with me, you know, So I kind 82 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:04,519 Speaker 2: of take pride in that running the ball and getting yards. 83 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 2: You know, in high school, I told myself, if I 84 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 2: run the ball, I have to get ten yards minimum, right, 85 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 2: So making big plays and big runs, you know, that's 86 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 2: kind of the thing I do. But you know, it's 87 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:16,920 Speaker 2: also learning how to manage the game and doing at 88 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:17,359 Speaker 2: the right time. 89 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 3: You know, I read in high school your nickname was 90 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 3: Cam Jackson, right, kind of a blend between Cam Newton 91 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 3: and Lamar Jackson. Two guys you look up to. Obviously 92 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 3: you're trying to trailblaze your own path and become your 93 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 3: own player in the NFL, but just impressed by your confidence. 94 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 3: And it's not cocky. It's a confidence level that you 95 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 3: have coming in here drafting the top five. Where does 96 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 3: that come? Where was that instilled in you as a 97 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 3: person to be confident in your personality and also confident 98 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 3: in your abilities as a player. 99 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 2: Honestly, it's my support system, you know, my family, my friends, 100 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 2: my coaches, but it's also life. You know, Life's taught me, 101 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 2: you know, certain things. It showed me that I should 102 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 2: be confident in myself because of what I've been through 103 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 2: and what I've overcame. So I was just believing in myself, 104 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 2: trusting in myself, and just trusting the process, you know, 105 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 2: just being confident in that. 106 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: A lot of family members and friends here with you 107 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: for this first day as an Indianapolis court How's that 108 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: at the importance of family and even the last couple 109 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: of months, because it's been one hundred and ten miles 110 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 1: an hour for you since your last game in Gamesville. 111 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 2: Now it's definitely important, you know, for them to be 112 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 2: here as well. Because I didn't just do this by myself, 113 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:19,839 Speaker 2: you know, So I got asowcase to them that you know, 114 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 2: I appreciate that and I'm thankful that, you know, they 115 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 2: helped me get hit this point. You know, I'm not 116 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 2: only on this ride by myself, so I gotta know 117 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:26,479 Speaker 2: bring them along as well. 118 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 1: If you haven't seen it, there's a video going around 119 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 1: on the internet. You dunk in the basketball repeatedly. It 120 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:34,720 Speaker 1: is vicious, It is looking down at the rim. Two 121 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 1: questions real quick. What was basketball a possibility in your life? 122 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 1: And do you bring that viciousness where from the basketball 123 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 1: court onto the football field? 124 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I definitely see myself as a beast on 125 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 2: the court, you know, so I try to implement that 126 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 2: into my game on the field. You know, football is 127 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 2: always my first love. I can seider basketball a little bit. 128 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 2: I only played for fun, you know, just so I 129 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:54,040 Speaker 2: could dunk the ball. 130 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 3: You played nice school, low? 131 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 2: Yeah. I only played just so like a dunk the 132 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:58,919 Speaker 2: ball and play with my friends. But you know, I 133 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:00,839 Speaker 2: try to be a beast whenever I can, and whenever 134 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:02,720 Speaker 2: I put my paths on, I gotta be a beast. 135 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 3: Last one for me, I know you were born and 136 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 3: raised in Gainesville. That community is a huge part of 137 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,359 Speaker 3: your life. But now moving to Indianapolis, what do you 138 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 3: know about the community of Indianapolis and central Indiana? And 139 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,480 Speaker 3: also with that, what do you know about this team 140 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 3: and your teammates in the situation that you're stepping into. 141 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 2: Honestly, I don't know much about the community, but I'm 142 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 2: definitely read in due time. Yeah, dive into it and 143 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 2: learn much about it, you know, and definitely be involved. 144 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 2: You know. I know a few things about my teammates, 145 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 2: you know. I know for a fact all of them 146 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 2: are hard workers, and all of them are dogs. All 147 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 2: of them are here for a reason, you know. So 148 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 2: I'm thankful to be a part of this team. You know. 149 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 2: I'm ready to work with those guys. I'm ready to 150 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:40,359 Speaker 2: get a championship.