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NFL Draft Diamonds Prospect Interview: Deiondre Hall, CB, University of Northern Iowa

Deiondre Hall of UNI has been meeting with NFL scouts left and right. This kid is special
Deiondre Hall of UNI has been meeting with NFL scouts left and right. This kid is special

NFL Draft Diamonds and our staff have been bringing our readers Prospect Interviews over the past 2 years and this year we mixed up the questions and added some fun questions for our readers.  We have tons of NFL staff that read our interviews, and we actually received several of the questions from NFL scouts we speak too.  This gives them a little bit more information regarding your character.  We hope to bring you more than 300 interviews of NFL Draft Prospects this season.  You will be able to track them all on the front page of our website in the banner.

What is your name? 

Deiondre Hall

What is your Height/Weight? 

6’1 200

What is your position? 

Cornerback

Where do you play college football? 

University of Northern Iowa

Football is about giving back, what is the coolest thing you have done off the field? 

I went on a mission trip to help build a orphanage in Lima, Peru.

What was the hardest college class you ever had to take?

Macroeconomics

Where are you from? 

Kansas City, Missouri

Who is your role model, and why? 

My Mom, she has always showed me the way.

Did you play any other sports growing up? 

I used to play basketball and run track

Did you play any other positions in football? 

I used to play WR and Free Safety

At your position, what separates you from others? 

My length and speed

When you are breaking down film, what do you look for?

When watching film I study how the WR releases, their hips on routes. How does the WR handle press, how does the WR attack the ball

Who was the toughest player you ever faced? 

Cooper Kupp kid is nice. Mycole Pruitt the TE that played at SIU

If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be and why? 

Charles Tillman, physical, Rangy,ball skills

What was the biggest obstacle in your life you had to overcome, and how did you overcome it? 

Hardest thing I had to deal with growing up was watching my Mom work so much growing up as single parent. Both her kids being able to get full ride scholarships to universities is probably one of the greatest things that could be given back to her.

Deiondre Hall 1What is your biggest strength?

Length

What is your biggest weakness? 

Top end of my thirds coverage (playing w/ broken hand)

If I were a GM and gave you a second to sell yourself, what would you say? 

Dependable

Who was your favorite player and/or NFL team growing up?

Charles Woodson, Dante Hall, and Ed Reed
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would you choose? 
Nelson Mandela, Julius Caesar, Selena Quintanilla

With your first NFL paycheck what would you buy?

Probably a real nice dinner

Damond Talbot

NFL Draft Diamonds was created to assist the underdogs playing the sport. We call them diamonds in the rough. My name is Damond Talbot, I have worked extremely hard to help hundreds of small school players over the past several years, and will continue my mission. We have several contributors on this site, and if they contribute their name and contact will be in the piece above. You can email me at nfldraftdiamonds@gmail.com

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