What makes you a top prospect at your position in the 2027 NFL Draft?
I’m a top prospect because,I have an very high iq for football and bring a strong mindset onto the field that often helps me and my teammates make plays and secondly my explosiveness and speed I play the game fast and strong I close on quarterbacks fast I make open field and I’m the box tackles and is very good at blitzing I also take pride in coverage
Tell me about a time you faced adversity and how you responded?
There was a time in 2024 when I wasn’t playing football because of life circumstances and I thought my life was over and I had to watch my friends play the whole season losing over and over again that hold season I told my self everyday your gone come back and change the culture here and lead by example and I changed my ways came back the next season as a Grey strip and All-American
What are your hobbies outside of football?
I like to play games , fish and chill with my dog and little brother What role do you see yourself playing at the next level?
I can see my self being that young playmaking LB making plays on special teams and in my position a D2 hero
If you could donate to one cause in the world, what would it be?
I would get all the women and children that are homeless off the street and give them a home
How do you handle coaching, especially criticism or being corrected repeatedly?
I embrace hard coaching and criticism because it’s all to get you better I never talk back or disrespect my coach Who is the most underrated teammate at your school?
Jay Harris he is a D tackle that doesn’t get the love he deserves
If you could have dinner with three people, dead or alive, who would it be and why did you choose them?
I would love to have dinner with my late grandmothers and aunt to just catch up tell them how there grandson is doing and that I hope they’re proud of me
If you were benched tomorrow, what would be the most likely reason?
Probably because I was trying to take someone head of so targeting or trying to punch at the ball to many times an get a personal foul Walk me through your typical pre-game routine?
Before a game wake up eat breakfast then down time usually stretch then treatment meet with defense, I call my pops and my mom , then once I get into locker room headphones on until about a hour before the game then that’s about I’m ready on Saturdays because I prepare from Sunday all the way up to the game
What is your favorite snack food?
Gummy lifesaver
What scheme do you feel you fit the best in?
Anyone that takes me but I can see me fit the scheme of the Vikings, buccaneers or bills What is your degree in?
Business administration
What would be the first thing you buy with your first NFL check?
I wouldn’t by anything until I can get anything my mom pops or little brother wants I don’t need the money for me it’s really for them
Describe a time in a game where you feel you made a mistake, and explain how you bounced back?
I fitted wrong on a block and it broke for a long run and after my coach ripped me a new one I blew up every block and fitted tight and hard for the rest of the game and no more runs broke Name three songs, we can expect on your playlist?
Tripple 3, all hustle no luck , 48 laws of power
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