SI's Bryce Butler interviews Washington left-handed QB Michael Penix about his chances in the 2024 NFL Draft.
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00:00 All right, what's up everybody? It's Bryce Butler. We are with Sports Illustrated. I got the best QB in the land.
00:06 I got Michael Penix right here. How you doing big dog? I'm good. How about you, man? I'm good. I'm good.
00:10 Let's get right into it, man. So biggest takeaway from the college career and then at the National Championship?
00:16 Man, you know throughout my whole career, you know, there's a lot of ups and downs, you know, so the biggest takeaway, you know,
00:21 just patience, you know, and just always persevering through, you know, hardship. You know, I had a lot of hardship throughout my career.
00:28 So, you know, I definitely learned a lot of that. So in Indiana, obviously you talked about hardship.
00:34 You had a lot of injuries. Like was there ever a time where you were like, man, I don't know.
00:38 I mean, it was times where, you know, it got tough, you know.
00:41 It was, there's a lot of thoughts that was going into it, you know, but I knew like my competitive spirit
00:46 it'll never let me quit, you know. I've been through it, you know.
00:49 I've been through a hard stuff before in my life and you know, no matter what I was always gonna keep pushing. Right, right.
00:53 Okay, so we got the draft coming up.
00:56 When I was getting drafted, there was a couple teams that I knew I wanted to play for and there's a couple teams
01:01 I knew I did not want to play for. Focus on the positive. What teams do you think
01:06 Michael Penix needs to be on that roster?
01:09 Man, to be honest, I ain't gonna lie. It's not like just a perfect answer, nothing like that, but just how I really feel, you know.
01:15 I'm ready to play for anybody, you know. I feel like I'll be able to make an impact, you know, anywhere I go, you know.
01:20 And that's, for me, I just want the opportunity, you know, and that's the biggest thing, you know.
01:24 I know if I got an opportunity, you know, I can make a way. So, obviously, I'm gonna need help with everybody around me.
01:29 But, you know, I'll be blessed for any opportunity that I get.
01:31 NFL teams, look straight in the camera. Who they getting when they draft Michael Penix?
01:35 Proven winner, you know. That's what I do, you know. I've been winning, you know, at every level, at the highest level, you know.
01:42 No matter where I've been, you know, I've been able to find ways to help my team win football games.
01:46 And, you know, that's what I feel like it's all about, you know. Winning is the biggest thing, you know.
01:51 And everybody want to win. And, you know, I've been doing it, you know, at a high level for the past six years.
01:56 And, you know, I'm looking forward to doing it for the rest of my career.
01:59 Yes, sir. I can't wait to see it.
02:01 Okay, tell us about your partnership with Sharpie, man.
02:03 Yeah, man, it's amazing, you know. So, I'm partnering with Sharpie, you know, mainly the SGL pen.
02:09 You know, it's a pen that, you know, for a lefty, you know, the main thing that I was thinking, you know,
02:15 being able to write with a pen is just like no smear. You got no smudge.
02:18 You know, lefty, you know, you always got the ink on the back of your hand, you know.
02:23 Trying to get it off.
02:24 Man, it's a high performance pen, you know, and I'm definitely going to be using it throughout my career
02:28 and like most pivotal moments. And, man, like such as, you know, whenever I sign my rookie contract,
02:34 you know, I'll be using it. So, I'm super excited for the partnership.
02:37 All right. So, look, we know T.O. pulled out the celebration back in the day.
02:41 He pulled the Sharpie out of his sock, signed the football.
02:44 Can we expect to see you do something crazy like that this season when you get a touchdown?
02:49 Hey, we're going to see. I'm going to have something special coming.
02:51 Okay. Okay.
02:52 Okay. Michael Penix, everybody.
02:54 Yes, sir. Appreciate it.
02:55 (whooshing)