1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: J. P. Shadick with Murray State Racers head coach Mitch Stewart, coach, 2 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: it's great to talk to you. How how's it going man? 3 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:10,320 Speaker 1: Any better? And I'd beat you guys. I appreciate the 4 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 1: phone call. Yeah, it's uh. The draft is over. Things 5 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: are going well around here, of course, but certainly at 6 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:19,479 Speaker 1: Murray State. You've been there for four years as the 7 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: head coach, nine years total. You just signed an extensions. 8 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: Congratulations to you on that after a solid conference season 9 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: a year ago. But now your players are going on 10 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 1: to the next level. So you had three players this 11 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 1: year go to the NFL, including two to the Jaguars. 12 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: We'll get to those coming up, starting with Quincy Williams. 13 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: You know, coach, you have a lot of Alabama guys 14 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:42,360 Speaker 1: on the roster, guys from that state. Um, how did 15 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 1: you come about Quincy and what were your first impressions 16 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 1: of him when he arrived in Murray, Kentucky. Well, he 17 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 1: was actually, um and I've all this story a couple 18 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 1: of times now since everything has happened. He is my guy, man, 19 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 1: He's he's got a soft spot my heart because he 20 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:04,400 Speaker 1: was actually the last guy that I recruited and signed 21 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: as an assistant UM as an offensive coordinator. I had 22 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:11,399 Speaker 1: the Birmingham area UM and and we do, we do 23 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 1: recruit a lot of guys out of the state of Alabama. 24 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: Just we we've we've had some uh the way our 25 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:21,919 Speaker 1: scholarships work and and how how different kids cost different 26 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: you know, prices in different states. But Alabama has always 27 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: been one of our main states we recruit out of 28 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: and that was my area and UM went down. Had 29 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 1: to fight for him to get him approved. As a 30 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 1: matter of fact, the defensive coaches we had he played 31 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: safety in high school and we had two other safeties 32 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: on the board that we were going to bring in. 33 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: UM Quincy was a guy that uh, a lot of 34 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 1: people that dropped off of UM. He had okay, great, 35 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 1: but I think he had a low test CORPS I 36 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: remember correctly, so he wasn't right there qualified and that 37 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: probably heard him in the recruiting process. I held on 38 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: to the very end. And uh a matter of fact, 39 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: how I got him approved as I told the head 40 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: coach at the time that I would take him as 41 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: a running back, and I just I just you know, 42 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: I said, man, we need this kid on our football team. 43 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: And got him approved and signed him. One of the 44 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 1: coolest things about him that I learned through the recruiting 45 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: process he was actually UM going to he was he 46 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 1: was on the docket to go to the Olympic trials 47 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: for swimming. Um. He could have been an Olympic swimmer. 48 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 1: And that's probably the first thing you'll notice when you 49 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: see him in person, as he has these massive arms. 50 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 1: Um that he has like an eight one inch wingspan 51 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 1: or something like that that should go on the body 52 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 1: of a six seven guy. But he has his huge 53 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 1: hands and huge arms and shoulders. Um. But he's just 54 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 1: a beautiful kid. Like I said, he's always he's always 55 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: had a soft spot in my heart. He's a big 56 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 1: smile and kid, has a great personality. Uh, just a 57 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: you know, just kind of a zest for life type 58 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: of guy. Is not lazy, you know, you know, they 59 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 1: don't walk around rubbing his eyes and all of that 60 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: kind of stuff. He's the type of guy when his 61 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: seat at the floor, he has a purpose in what 62 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: he's doing. Coaches. Their Their family story is pretty remarkable. 63 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: They lost their mother a while back, of course, and 64 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: the father raised the kids up the right way and 65 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 1: and now that success is paying off in the National 66 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: Football and you see and and and his brother's interviews. 67 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: We haven't really seen Quincy interviewed yet. How did the 68 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: family background and how they came up on the west 69 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,919 Speaker 1: side of Birmingham help him in college and now into 70 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 1: the NFL. Well, I think that having that close family 71 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:31,919 Speaker 1: structure and that tight knit UM you just about you 72 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: just about have to have it. And and and I 73 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 1: say this, and I'm gonna say this cautiously because I 74 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: still love that area in recruiting and I don't want 75 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: to I don't want to UM say anything that would 76 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: that would hurt those guys are be seen negatively to 77 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: those guys. But I'm I went to see Quincy um 78 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: uh in a game when he was in high school. 79 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: And I was driving up to the stadium and it 80 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: was a pretty big rival UM rival game right there 81 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: and this is this is intercity Birmingham, and I remember 82 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,839 Speaker 1: UM about a mile from the stadium, I can see 83 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 1: the stadium lights up ahead of me, and I see 84 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: some some police lights, some siren lights, and I figured 85 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: they were just helping people park and this is this 86 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 1: is no line now. I pull up and they had 87 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:17,839 Speaker 1: a body chalked on the sidewalk. Um, there had been 88 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,359 Speaker 1: I I don't know, maybe somebody got hit by a 89 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: car or I don't know, but it was a The 90 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:26,600 Speaker 1: body was gone, but you could see where it was 91 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 1: still chalked chalked out on the sidewalk. Sidewalk, so UM, 92 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,480 Speaker 1: it was a rough area, you know, to come up in. UM. 93 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 1: And I think that's why I was so important for 94 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: them to have the family structure that they had. His family, 95 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 1: his grandparents and his dad after the loss of his mother, 96 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 1: did a tremendous job keeping um. All of his sibling 97 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:48,039 Speaker 1: and him and he's got two brothers and a sister, 98 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:49,919 Speaker 1: all of them on the right path and going in 99 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 1: the right direction. Coach Mitch Stewart with us from Murray State, 100 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 1: the Racers head coach going into his fifth season as 101 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 1: the headman in Murray, Kentucky. When you finally got him 102 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: in a building, though, Um, how long did it take 103 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: for him to really take on a leadership role. I 104 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 1: know it's tough as a freshman coming in. You're a 105 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: new guy in a new state. The whole deal. At 106 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,280 Speaker 1: what point in his career there could you lean on 107 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: him on the defensive side. Well, I think the one 108 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 1: thing that I respect the most about Quincy is is 109 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:19,840 Speaker 1: he did it the tough way. Now, he did it 110 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 1: the hard way. He was here for five years. He 111 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,919 Speaker 1: did the red shirt deal his first year. UM, which 112 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: you know, anybody who's even remotely familiar with college football 113 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:34,840 Speaker 1: now everybody knows kids aren't into that, uh, that schedule anymore. 114 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 1: They want it now, you know. And usually when they 115 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 1: don't get it now, they'll transfer it. And and it 116 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: just kind of the college landscape and and the way 117 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: it is now. He he never was that type of guy. 118 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 1: He came in, he red shirted. Um, he did the 119 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: look squads, you know, he went down there. He would 120 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 1: come to the offensive side, do the look squads, all 121 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: of that type stuff. Um. And he was a five 122 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 1: year guy and um and uh, I think it probably 123 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: his third year here. Because the unfortunate thing for Quincy 124 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 1: was we always had to move him, um and just 125 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: and and and not out of maliciousness, just out of necessity. 126 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:15,599 Speaker 1: We always had to move He played bakery, played safety, 127 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: go back to backery, come back to safety. Um, just 128 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:20,839 Speaker 1: because we have an injury. And at the FCS level, 129 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:22,919 Speaker 1: you know a lot of times the backup is not 130 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 1: the one that plays. It's the next best guy. You're 131 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 1: just trying to get the best of leving on the field. 132 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 1: And um, that hurt him a little bit from his development. 133 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:33,920 Speaker 1: I think I'm a new defensive coordinator. Jack Jake Johnson 134 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: did a fabulous job with him this year. In his 135 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 1: first year as being defensive coordinator, Quincy was a guy 136 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 1: that he just kind of year marked and said, Hey, 137 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 1: he's gonna play backer. He's gonna stay at backer. I'm 138 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: not moving back there to safety. I want to see 139 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:50,599 Speaker 1: how good this kid can get. And uh, so, you know, 140 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: he's always been a very passionate kid. Um, he's always 141 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:57,479 Speaker 1: wanted to lead. UM, and his about his third year 142 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:00,080 Speaker 1: he started voicing that, you know, and and really he 143 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 1: started being the one to try to get practice going 144 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: in the right direction and things like that. But obviously 145 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 1: it wasn't until his junior and senior year to where 146 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 1: he kind of had the quote unquote street credit to 147 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: do so and guys started listening to him. But Stewarts 148 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: of the head coach at Murray State, we're discussing Quincy Williams, 149 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 1: the Jaguars third round pick linebacker in uh strengths as 150 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 1: a linebacker, though just watching the video. As we said, 151 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: he can run, he can hit, and that really just 152 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: stands out on tape, doesn't it. Yeah, Yeah, that is 153 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: that's his biggest strength. What we call it, what we 154 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: call it around here. Every scout that came through, we 155 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 1: would say, hey, this guy's got old school contact courage. 156 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: Um and uh we we we talk a lot about that. 157 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 1: And and when you watch his tape, like you said, 158 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 1: that's probably the first thing you see, you know, the 159 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 1: act of hitting somebody's kind of um, it's it's not 160 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 1: normal for the human reaction. You know, most of the 161 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: time when something is coming at you or something you're 162 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: gonna hit something, the normal human action is to two 163 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: duck or move by the way or dodge or turn 164 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 1: your head, you know, or stop your feet. And that's 165 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 1: the one thing you always try to teach these defenders 166 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 1: is to get your feet hot and run your feet 167 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:16,119 Speaker 1: on contact. And that was the thing that probably stuck 168 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 1: out immediately now as day one on campus. Immediately, Um, 169 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: that kid Quincy had never had that issue, never had 170 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: that issue. He's always been a bend your face math. 171 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 1: I mean, he tries to bend your face mask every 172 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 1: chance he gets. And he's always been a guy. I've 173 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:35,680 Speaker 1: never seen him get knocked back on contact. And it 174 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 1: doesn't matter what programs we faced, even the the big 175 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: money games for us, when we play an SEC team 176 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 1: or or or an a SEC team, I've never seen 177 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 1: that kid get knocked backwards. He's always going forward, coach. 178 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 1: If you had to estimate, I mean, I guess most 179 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 1: teams come through Murray with scouts at some point, But 180 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:59,439 Speaker 1: how many were really dialed in on Quincy and your estimation, um, 181 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:02,440 Speaker 1: I mean but pretty good. It would probably be easier 182 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 1: for me to say who wasn't you know? There was 183 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:08,840 Speaker 1: only a handful of teams that uh and and really 184 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:11,439 Speaker 1: I'm probably lying down. I I don't remember anybody who 185 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:13,960 Speaker 1: just kind of wrote him off. Everybody was pretty dialed in. 186 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:17,559 Speaker 1: Every there was even the day of the draft, we 187 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 1: were getting calls, you know, and and hey man, just 188 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:23,199 Speaker 1: one last time, let me let let me ask you 189 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 1: about this kid. UM really thought that he would be 190 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:28,679 Speaker 1: taken in the fourth round. From the phone calls we 191 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:31,840 Speaker 1: were getting even even the day of sounded like there 192 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 1: was a couple of teams that we're gonna try to 193 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 1: take him Um, either later on in that third round 194 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 1: or or in their next pick in the fourth round. 195 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:44,200 Speaker 1: So most everybody was interested, you know, especially when he 196 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,839 Speaker 1: started putting a couple of weeks on tape where people 197 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 1: started seeing the physicality that he plays with. UM. But 198 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 1: I will say this one thing for for for for 199 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: the Jaguars organization. Now watched the general manager to his 200 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 1: UM press conference of Quincy after the pit and one 201 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: thing that he said that that I just I have 202 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 1: the utmost respect for was they because you know a 203 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 1: lot of people like you said, we're going, man, who 204 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:11,680 Speaker 1: is this kid? We just took this kid in the 205 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:15,719 Speaker 1: third round. Who is this kid? He's an SCS guy. UM. 206 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 1: And he made the statement he said, you know, we 207 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 1: have a scouting department and we have scouts, we have 208 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 1: regional scouts. We have all of these people in the 209 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 1: scouting department that do this job and they evaluate these 210 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 1: guys and they get the information on these guys. We 211 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: go see him at their pro days and we decide 212 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 1: through that evaluation if we want them or we don't 213 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:36,400 Speaker 1: want him, and how high we want them. And this 214 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:39,840 Speaker 1: was a kid that we evaluated, we liked, and we 215 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 1: wanted no matter who else was interested, no matter what 216 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,079 Speaker 1: other teams were interested, and we took him because we 217 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: felt like he was good enough for this round, um 218 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 1: and this pick, and he feels a need he'd be 219 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:53,320 Speaker 1: you know, he feeled a need that the organization had. 220 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 1: And UM, when I heard him say that, I just 221 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 1: had a lot of respect for that, because we're talking 222 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: awful lot about that in recruiting, you know, about how 223 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 1: we don't try to sign kids just because they have 224 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 1: other people who have offered them, or other people in 225 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 1: the conference who've offered them. We go off of our 226 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 1: evaluation and trust our evaluation. And to hear him say that, Man, 227 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 1: I just had an awful lot of respect for that. 228 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,559 Speaker 1: In the process that they went through, you got to 229 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:20,319 Speaker 1: eliminate the noise from the outside. Coach, there's a lot 230 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 1: of noise out there, uh, Coach Mitch Stewart with us 231 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 1: from Murray State. Let's move along to marquess Sanford, undrafted 232 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 1: rookie free agent from Murray State, signed with the Jacksonville 233 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 1: Jaguars by ft ten hundred eighty six pounds or making Georgia. 234 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 1: What stands out about Sanford's career with you? Um, well, 235 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 1: you know, he he started day one as a freshman. 236 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:45,319 Speaker 1: A matter of fact, I'm pretty sure his first game, 237 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:49,440 Speaker 1: his first college start, I think he had to pick six. Um, 238 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 1: I know it was his first conference game is against 239 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 1: Eastern Illinois and he had to pick six. And U 240 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:58,080 Speaker 1: he was just a guy who came in from the 241 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 1: get going played because one sing that you'll notice about him, 242 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 1: he has tremendous confidence, um in himself. Um, he's not 243 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 1: gonna turn it down against anybody. UM. You know when 244 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 1: he gets into that in the three day camp and 245 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:16,200 Speaker 1: and all of those things, is he's not gonna be 246 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 1: one that's intimidated by any of that. Um. He's he's 247 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 1: always he's very comfortable in man coverage. He's very patient 248 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:24,920 Speaker 1: in man coverage. He does not get out of his 249 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,439 Speaker 1: pedal too early to try to run with receivers. And UM, 250 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 1: he's not He's not going to be the fastest. UM. 251 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 1: He's never had lightning speed. A matter of fact, his uh, 252 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:39,079 Speaker 1: his girlfriend ran track here and UH we used to 253 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 1: always tease him because she could. We used to always 254 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 1: tell him that your girlfriend could smoke you way faster. 255 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 1: And boys used to set him off. But he's always 256 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:52,079 Speaker 1: had um an extreme work ethic. He's always stayed here 257 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,720 Speaker 1: through the summers because we've um uh just this past 258 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 1: year was our first year having an actual summer program 259 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:01,200 Speaker 1: where we had the budget to keep eyes here and 260 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:03,200 Speaker 1: and and put him in class and all that. And 261 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 1: even before that, um Black, that's what we call him. 262 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:10,079 Speaker 1: Black is his name. He's always found a way to 263 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 1: stay here and work and work out and and be 264 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 1: around and train. So he's gonna be a fun one. 265 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 1: He'll be a lot of fun to have in camp. 266 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 1: Um and and I believe that he'll turn some hands 267 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:22,440 Speaker 1: when he's in camp because he's just got that confidence 268 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 1: about it. Five career interceptions with Murray, state pass breakups 269 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 1: in his time and Murray as well. And you had 270 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 1: another NFL signing, your quarterback Drew Anderson going to Arizona. 271 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: And you know, I guess the highlight last year was 272 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 1: when he struggled in that first half against Southeast Missouri. 273 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:42,719 Speaker 1: Everybody kind of knows about this. If you know what 274 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,720 Speaker 1: you're about to find out. Thirty one nothing was the score. 275 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 1: He threw three picks and a fumbled the ball in 276 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 1: the first half and then rally to win the game. 277 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 1: How did that? How did that come about? So it's funny. 278 00:13:55,040 --> 00:14:00,439 Speaker 1: So my offensive coordinator Nick Coleman bringing him over because 279 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: we scored right before half, okay, and and and and 280 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: when I say right before, I mean like seconds before 281 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: we go into half. We finally scored. So we're going 282 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:13,320 Speaker 1: to halftime thirty one seven. And and the announcements at 283 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 1: the game they made the comment they said, merch date 284 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:17,840 Speaker 1: has a one percent chance to win this ball game. 285 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 1: That came on the ESPN deal. So we've kind of 286 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 1: taken that rant ran with it. We we have some 287 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: things here in the program. We talked about one percent 288 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,640 Speaker 1: and how how much that means. But anyway, Uh, coach 289 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 1: Coleman brings Drew in at halftime. He says, hey, buddy, 290 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: I believe in you. I know you believe in yourself, 291 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:38,760 Speaker 1: but damn boy, you gotta do something so those other 292 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: guys believe in you, and you gotta do it quick. 293 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 1: And uh, he said, you gotta make some mother folks 294 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 1: leap too. And it was just one of those weird 295 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: deals where it was the worst half of football you've 296 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 1: ever said, And it wasn't. We weren't we weren't playing bad. 297 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, Um, right before half, I 298 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 1: looked up on the score board and you know how 299 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 1: they do the endgame stats, you know, on the scoreboard, 300 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 1: and I've never done this before in my career, but 301 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 1: I'm sitting there and I feel about as bad as 302 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 1: I can feel in this in this first half of football, 303 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 1: and we're just getting our fani spanked and we've played 304 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 1: so and I look up at the school board and 305 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 1: we were actually winning in every statistical category, so that 306 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 1: I'm looking up their yards yards per play, um, first downs, 307 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 1: all except for the turnover margin and the score. And 308 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 1: I just I thought to myself, I said, you know what, 309 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: we're not playing bad. We just keep doing stupid things. 310 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 1: And I was literally kind of what we talked about 311 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:44,320 Speaker 1: at halftime. UM, guys like Drew and and Quincy and 312 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 1: some of these guys, I leaned on them and I said, listen, 313 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 1: we've got to be very mature and realize what's going 314 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 1: on in this front all game. And I need you 315 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 1: guys as help because we're not playing bad. We've just 316 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 1: had a lot of bad things happened to us. So 317 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 1: let's just cut that out and go play ball. And 318 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 1: and they did that, you know, they helped me rally 319 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: the troops at halftime and kind of made everybody start 320 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 1: believing that we weren't playing that bad. We were just 321 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 1: doing some really stroupid things and um, and then obviously 322 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 1: Drew had uh. Probably he went from having the worst 323 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 1: half of football I've ever seen to having one of 324 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 1: the best half of football I've ever seen. To finish 325 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 1: the game, Coach Mit Stuart from Murray State, the Racers 326 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 1: headman talking Quincy Williams, Marquess Sanford and another player his 327 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 1: Drew Anderson going to the Arizona Cardinals. Coach, great visit, 328 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 1: really good to talk to you, really appreciate it. Hey, 329 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 1: thank you guys. Any time, if we can ever do 330 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 1: anything for you guys up here, you just call and 331 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 1: let us know.