April 10, 2025 • 8 mins
Washington Huskies defensive back Ephesians Prysock sits down with Dave Softy Mahler and Hugh Millen to talk about his name, UW Spring ball starting up, what he sees in quarterback Demond Williams, and new Defensive Coordinator Ryan Walters.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We got a guy sitting right here by the way
who was a star in the ut up secondary, our
guy Ephesians, Price Sock is with us on the radio.
Who was commenting to me by the way off the air.
This weather's just like Tucson. This reminds me of Arizona. Man.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Let me ask you a question.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
What does that move like for a guy like you
coming from a place like that to a place like
this in the Pacific Northwest where I assumed that you
probably didn't have a lot of history at all with
a place like this when you came up here. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Man, it's just been very different. But I love it.
It's just a big thing, big change for me. But
it's been a great opportunity, great things here.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Price Sock Man. I gotta tell you, when I first
was checking you out at Arizona, I said, that is
first Team All American, All Named Team. So my first
question to you is, what's your favorite book in the
New Testament.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
There's a lot of great books out there, man, all right.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
What's your favorite? What's your favorite Ephesians verse? There's got
to be an Ephesians verse that that's close to your heart.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
I got one this I prayed that out of his
glorious riches, he may strengthen me with what I prayed
that out of his glorious riches, he may strengthen me
with power in your inner being.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
God, you are really putting this in the spot, you know.
He told him we told him he was gonna come
over Herewie, No, he said we We we told him
off the air man, You're gonna come over here. It's
gonna be fun, You're gonna be relaxed, it's gonna be
a great time. And you're killing it right out of
the gate here. For I'm sorry, I tell you there
(01:41):
was gonna be a test when you're with us radio.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
No, that that's not good. So just let's switch to football,
because that's what you're here for. Just give us a
broad perspective of kind of where you are right now
this spring and where you think the team are. What
what's really top of mind for you for this football.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Team to just being on the same page with everybody,
just being closer to each other as brothers in the
locker room, on and off the field. But everything is
coming in place right now, is going in the right direction.
We improve in every day and different things like that
is just getting better every day.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Yeah, let's talk about kind of the way last year ended.
I mean the sun Ball game. Obviously would have liked
to have won that game, but the guy that's playing
quarterback for you provided a lot of enthusiasm for the offseason.
So tell me about kind of that game and the
way Demon Williams performed and what that did to kind
of energize this entire program with the last few months.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
Man, Man, it just bought a lot of energy to
our team and a lot of great things to come
with him even after this year and things like that.
He's gonna be a great guy on and off the field,
bring a lot of fans here to produce some great games.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
So when I think, at some point I say to
Dave last year, I said, the number one player on
this team, at least in the eyes of the NFL,
I'll bet you is Ephesians Price Sock and and and
So I know that that's a goal for you, But
what are you doing in terms of saying okay, and
and and that doesn't take away your focus on the
(03:18):
University of Washington. We can we can be in two places.
But but is there something that you're doing You say, Okay,
it's my goal to be in the NFL. Do you
want to play more press coverage? Do you want to
have less safety help? Like how does your coaches talk
to you and how do you kind of set those
goals to be in the NFL within what you're trying
(03:38):
to do with the Huskies.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Well, as of right now, I'm trying to work on
all around game. My press coverage is elite, but I'm
trying to work on a lot of different things, like
my off coverage. Just get better all around off coverage,
zone coverage. Knowing my help is just growing in terms
of my IQ level and different things like that.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Well, you got a new running mate back there with you.
I mean Thaddeus Dixon had a great year obviously, and
he took off to co play football at North Carolina
with maybe the greatest coach in the history of football
and Bill Belichick. But ta Carrio Davis. So you had
with you right at Arizona. Tell me about Takio and
did you have anything to do any influence with him
at all in getting him to come up and play.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
For you and with you? Man, that's my guy. Man,
It's like my twin man. I love playing with that guy.
I love playing with all these guys, but that guy
is something special. He's gonna be a great, great guy
in the league. He's a great dude on an Ancklefield,
takes care of business, a lot of things like that,
but he's a great football player. And yeah, I kind
(04:43):
of had to get him over here.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
I want to take you back to Tucson in twenty
twenty two, your first year. That was Jedfish's second year
with the Wildcats. Now you're here in Seattle in Jedfish's
second year with the Huskies. Tell us something something where
you say okay that really reminds me exactly of what
(05:06):
we went through with the Wildcats of Arizona, and then
give us something Ephesians where you say okay. Coaches has
altered that a little bit in his game plan. We're
in year two here. I don't remember us doing that
back with Arizona. Jeedfish has kind of changed his program
a little bit going into year two with Washington. What
(05:27):
are some things that are similar and maybe something that's different.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Well, I feel like just the standard he's raised the
bar for all of us here from Arizona. It was
just like we were the first or at least I
was the first recruiting class he got there at Arizona
going into my first year, and it was kind of
like it was kind of like their first year with us,
(05:54):
and so it was kind of like different. And then
now here he's had us for a while. He knows
what to do in all different areas of the game,
in the film room, the way room, on the field,
off the field. He knows what to do to take
care of business.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Yeah, look, dude, I gotta ask you Afesions price lock
with us. They do want to ask about Ryan Walters
in a second. But what more on Demon Williams. What's
it like facing him in practice? Right? Tell me about
what you see from your perspective when he's out there
and you're going against the ones.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Man.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
That dude's competitive. Man, He's real competitive guy. He loves
to get at you. He just man, he brings it
all to all around. The enthusiasm, he brings the competitiveness.
He talks a lot of smack, or he talks a
little smack when he makes it play on you. You know
what I'm saying. He's a he's a competitive dude.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Yeah, And then we mentioned, uh, Steve Belichick is gone obviously. Uh,
he's got his dad, he's coaching with his dad. He
got a new defensive coordinator and Ryan Walters. Tell me
about what Ryan Walters is brought to the film room
so far. How different will this defense be schematically from
the one that we saw last year?
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Well, I feel like he brings a lot to the
defensive side of the ball. He brings a lot of enthusiasm,
He brings a lot of different things that we can
do as a defense to get better than we were
last year. I feel like we've already improved since he's
been here in the film room in terms of learning
a lot of different things to grow our football knowledge
(07:24):
and different things like that. But I feel like our
defense all around, our team all around is going to
be better than the previous years.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Hey, real quick before we let you go Ephesians. So
two weeks from today's the NFL Draft, and there's a
lot of people talking here locally that Seahawks may have
a need and a desire to really look long and
hard at tech. McMillan, you've gone against him in practice,
you know him. Well, give us a little scouting report
on him. What makes him really difficult? To cover or
(07:55):
as a player. Just kind of give Seahawk fans a
quick overview of Tech McMillon.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
Uh. He's a great guy off the field. On the field,
he's got very good catch radius. I'm sorry, he got
really good speed. He could run down the field, good routes. Uh. Yeah,
he's he's like an all around player.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
Yeah. Well, he said the same thing about you, by
the way, but if it's just on the defensive side
of the ball. So it's like you guys are twins.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
Man.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Hey, listen, it's great to see you. Best of luck
getting back on the field, dude, and we'll talk down
the roadman.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
Thanks for okay, appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
You bet price sock
We got a guy sitting right here by the way
who was a star in the ut up secondary, our
guy Ephesians, Price Sock is with us on the radio.
Who was commenting to me by the way off the air.
This weather's just like Tucson. This reminds me of Arizona. Man.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Let me ask you a question.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
What does that move like for a guy like you
coming from a place like that to a place like
this in the Pacific Northwest where I assumed that you
probably didn't have a lot of history at all with
a place like this when you came up here. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Man, it's just been very different. But I love it.
It's just a big thing, big change for me. But
it's been a great opportunity, great things here.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Price Sock Man. I gotta tell you, when I first
was checking you out at Arizona, I said, that is
first Team All American, All Named Team. So my first
question to you is, what's your favorite book in the
New Testament.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
There's a lot of great books out there, man, all right.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
What's your favorite? What's your favorite Ephesians verse? There's got
to be an Ephesians verse that that's close to your heart.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
I got one this I prayed that out of his
glorious riches, he may strengthen me with what I prayed
that out of his glorious riches, he may strengthen me
with power in your inner being.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
God, you are really putting this in the spot, you know.
He told him we told him he was gonna come
over Herewie, No, he said we We we told him
off the air man, You're gonna come over here. It's
gonna be fun, You're gonna be relaxed, it's gonna be
a great time. And you're killing it right out of
the gate here. For I'm sorry, I tell you there
(01:41):
was gonna be a test when you're with us radio.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
No, that that's not good. So just let's switch to football,
because that's what you're here for. Just give us a
broad perspective of kind of where you are right now
this spring and where you think the team are. What
what's really top of mind for you for this football.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Team to just being on the same page with everybody,
just being closer to each other as brothers in the
locker room, on and off the field. But everything is
coming in place right now, is going in the right direction.
We improve in every day and different things like that
is just getting better every day.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Yeah, let's talk about kind of the way last year ended.
I mean the sun Ball game. Obviously would have liked
to have won that game, but the guy that's playing
quarterback for you provided a lot of enthusiasm for the offseason.
So tell me about kind of that game and the
way Demon Williams performed and what that did to kind
of energize this entire program with the last few months.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
Man, Man, it just bought a lot of energy to
our team and a lot of great things to come
with him even after this year and things like that.
He's gonna be a great guy on and off the field,
bring a lot of fans here to produce some great games.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
So when I think, at some point I say to
Dave last year, I said, the number one player on
this team, at least in the eyes of the NFL,
I'll bet you is Ephesians Price Sock and and and
So I know that that's a goal for you, But
what are you doing in terms of saying okay, and
and and that doesn't take away your focus on the
(03:18):
University of Washington. We can we can be in two places.
But but is there something that you're doing You say, Okay,
it's my goal to be in the NFL. Do you
want to play more press coverage? Do you want to
have less safety help? Like how does your coaches talk
to you and how do you kind of set those
goals to be in the NFL within what you're trying
(03:38):
to do with the Huskies.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Well, as of right now, I'm trying to work on
all around game. My press coverage is elite, but I'm
trying to work on a lot of different things, like
my off coverage. Just get better all around off coverage,
zone coverage. Knowing my help is just growing in terms
of my IQ level and different things like that.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Well, you got a new running mate back there with you.
I mean Thaddeus Dixon had a great year obviously, and
he took off to co play football at North Carolina
with maybe the greatest coach in the history of football
and Bill Belichick. But ta Carrio Davis. So you had
with you right at Arizona. Tell me about Takio and
did you have anything to do any influence with him
at all in getting him to come up and play.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
For you and with you? Man, that's my guy. Man,
It's like my twin man. I love playing with that guy.
I love playing with all these guys, but that guy
is something special. He's gonna be a great, great guy
in the league. He's a great dude on an Ancklefield,
takes care of business, a lot of things like that,
but he's a great football player. And yeah, I kind
(04:43):
of had to get him over here.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
I want to take you back to Tucson in twenty
twenty two, your first year. That was Jedfish's second year
with the Wildcats. Now you're here in Seattle in Jedfish's
second year with the Huskies. Tell us something something where
you say okay that really reminds me exactly of what
(05:06):
we went through with the Wildcats of Arizona, and then
give us something Ephesians where you say okay. Coaches has
altered that a little bit in his game plan. We're
in year two here. I don't remember us doing that
back with Arizona. Jeedfish has kind of changed his program
a little bit going into year two with Washington. What
(05:27):
are some things that are similar and maybe something that's different.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Well, I feel like just the standard he's raised the
bar for all of us here from Arizona. It was
just like we were the first or at least I
was the first recruiting class he got there at Arizona
going into my first year, and it was kind of
like it was kind of like their first year with us,
(05:54):
and so it was kind of like different. And then
now here he's had us for a while. He knows
what to do in all different areas of the game,
in the film room, the way room, on the field,
off the field. He knows what to do to take
care of business.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Yeah, look, dude, I gotta ask you Afesions price lock
with us. They do want to ask about Ryan Walters
in a second. But what more on Demon Williams. What's
it like facing him in practice? Right? Tell me about
what you see from your perspective when he's out there
and you're going against the ones.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Man.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
That dude's competitive. Man, He's real competitive guy. He loves
to get at you. He just man, he brings it
all to all around. The enthusiasm, he brings the competitiveness.
He talks a lot of smack, or he talks a
little smack when he makes it play on you. You know
what I'm saying. He's a he's a competitive dude.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Yeah, And then we mentioned, uh, Steve Belichick is gone obviously. Uh,
he's got his dad, he's coaching with his dad. He
got a new defensive coordinator and Ryan Walters. Tell me
about what Ryan Walters is brought to the film room
so far. How different will this defense be schematically from
the one that we saw last year?
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Well, I feel like he brings a lot to the
defensive side of the ball. He brings a lot of enthusiasm,
He brings a lot of different things that we can
do as a defense to get better than we were
last year. I feel like we've already improved since he's
been here in the film room in terms of learning
a lot of different things to grow our football knowledge
(07:24):
and different things like that. But I feel like our
defense all around, our team all around is going to
be better than the previous years.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Hey, real quick before we let you go Ephesians. So
two weeks from today's the NFL Draft, and there's a
lot of people talking here locally that Seahawks may have
a need and a desire to really look long and
hard at tech. McMillan, you've gone against him in practice,
you know him. Well, give us a little scouting report
on him. What makes him really difficult? To cover or
(07:55):
as a player. Just kind of give Seahawk fans a
quick overview of Tech McMillon.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
Uh. He's a great guy off the field. On the field,
he's got very good catch radius. I'm sorry, he got
really good speed. He could run down the field, good routes. Uh. Yeah,
he's he's like an all around player.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
Yeah. Well, he said the same thing about you, by
the way, but if it's just on the defensive side
of the ball. So it's like you guys are twins.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
Man.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Hey, listen, it's great to see you. Best of luck
getting back on the field, dude, and we'll talk down
the roadman.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
Thanks for okay, appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
You bet price sock
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