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Priest Holmes was recently the guest of Rich Eisen and Robert Smith on the NFL Network. This is an excerpt from the interview. For a complete transcript, visit KCChiefs.com.

RICH EISEN: "Speaking of young players that get drafted, the Kansas City Chiefs for the first time in their history Priest, they take somebody from UTEP they took somebody from A&M, they took somebody from Texas Tech, but a fellow Longhorn for the first time in the history of the Chiefs is a first-round pick. Derrick Johnson, a linebacker, and you most know his game better than most people on that team following your Longhorns I would imagine?"

PRIEST HOLMES: "Well the thing about D.J. and that's the name I'm pretty sure everybody knows him by, is that I know exactly what is inside of him. I know the type of training he's been through over the last four years, I know exactly what type of mentality he's going to have coming out of the University of Texas and that's one thing I'm excited about. There's been years before when there's been myself and maybe one other player from the University of Texas on the offense, but now that we got someone with a little bit of dog in him on the defensive side of the ball, it's going to bring about a great defense, I believe."

ROBERT SMITH: "Perfect seg-way, speaking of fellow Longhorns, what do you think about Ricky Williams and the possibility of him coming back into the league? Have you spoken to him at all? Or is there any indication that you have? What do you think? Do you think he's going to come back?"

PRIEST HOLMES: "Well I don't have any inside scoop for you all right now on Ricky Williams but I can tell you that it would be really exciting to see him back. In terms of how much money he owes or in terms of his contract, not exactly sure what's going to happen with that, but I'd really like to see him come back and once again get back in uniform and show exactly what he can do."