On Tuesday, North Carolina quarterback Marquise Williams revealed that he talked to legendary NFL quarterback Peyton Manning after UNC's 17-13 loss to South Carolina. In that game, Williams, a senior, threw three interceptions, two in the redzone.

Williams has worked at The Manning Passing Academy as a counselor. His relationship with Peyton has extended past the Xs and Os of football.

"(Peyton) gave me a text saying to give him a call and I did," Williams told the media. "And he told me to go out and play my game. It felt like it was over and I lost everything you know but when I got that call it felt like: man, now I am back at it, let’s move on. And he asked me who still holds the rookie interception record and I said, 'I assume that’s you.' And he said 'you’re right I still hold that record.' That’s just very exciting, hearing someone like that give you a call after a tough performance.

"This was Friday morning...(We talked for) maybe a good 20 minutes. He was just saying to go out and play your game, it doesn't take away from what you’ve been doing and how you got there. It was just a great conversation for me."

Williams elaborated on his relationship with Manning:

"It’s great. You think once you leave those camps that those guys don’t even bother to think of you, that the guys have their own lives. But he keeps up with me. Dak Prescott andCody Kessler..those guys even called me. Cody talked about how he threw five picks in one game and he had to bounce back. It’s just that connection you have when you go to that camp. Peyton brought us together. There’s going to be times when you are going to need each other and he mentioned that a lot at camp. And it was just great to hear from him and I felt like I was on a new level. I mean if it’s coming from a Hall of Famer, what else could you ask for?”

The support Williams received from his fellow quarterbacks after the disappointing loss was awesome. Williams said he spoke to Dak Prescott, Peyton, Cody Kesler, Josh Dobbs, Bryn Renner, T.J. Yates, and Anthony Boone.

"It was maybe more than 10 honestly," Williams said. "Just guys around the country who know what we go through. There’s not a lot of people around the country who understand. There will be a lot of people who will just say, man this guy sucks, but they don’t know the game of football until you’re on the field. But I take the blame cause that’s the guy I am. I give credit to everyone but myself."

With a game this Saturday against N.C. A&T, Williams said hearing from Manning and the other quarterback gave him a big boost.

"It helps me a lot. I came out today with great energy, very positive, and just excited to get back to work. I can’t dwell on it cause if I dwell on it then I am going to have another performance like that. It’s about moving on to play A&T. As a quarterback you have to move on and after I threw those picks I had to move on in the moment. I am just excited to play again.”

(CarolinaBlue intern Sean Cavanaugh contributed to this report)