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NFL Draft Diamonds Prospect Interview: Joshua Ballard, DL, Fairmont State University
- Name: Joshua Ballard
- Height: 6’2
- Weight:280
- Position: Defensive Lineman
- College: Fairmont State University
- Twitter: Balloutballard
Tell us about your hometown, and what you love most about it?
- I’m from Glen Burnie Maryland and my favorite think about back home is how friendly everybody is
List these three in order of importance and why: Film Study, Strength and Conditioning and Practice?
- Film- you can see your mistakes and learn from them
- Practice-practice makes perfect and practice makes you physically and mentally get better by actually doing it
- Strength and conditioning- not everybody is the strongest and you don’t have to be the strongest as long while you are working hard
What do you worry about, and why?
- The future I want to be great and make my family proud so I put a lot of stress on myself
Give me an example of when you failed at something. How did you react and how did you overcome failure?
- I failed biology my freshman year but next year I retook the class and passed it I overcame it by making a better effort in the class
What do your teammates say is your best quality?
- Positive attitude
Who is the best player you have ever played against in college?
- Billy Brown from Shepard
What would your career be if you couldn’t play football?
- A detective
Room, desk, and car – which do you clean first?
- Room
If there was a disaster and you could either save three strangers or one family member, which would you choose and why?
- One family member because my family means so much to me
If you could be any television or movie character, who would you be and why?
- Will Smith in 9 pounds he played an amazing human being helping out those people
What was the biggest obstacle in your life you had to overcome, and how did you overcome it?
- Going to college it was really hard to leave because my family needed me but I knew in order to help my family out it starts by getting my degree
What is your most embarrassing moment?
- My senior year in high school I had to make a speech in front of middle schooler’s and I froze up and didn’t say a word
What was the most memorable play of your collegiate career?
- First time I ever got to run the ball
What song best describes your work ethic?
- Lor Scoota-no turning back
What is the most important trait you can have (Physical or Non-Physical) to help you succeed at the next level?
- Work ethic and battling against adversity
If you could bring one person back from the dead for one day, who would it be and why?
- Lor Scoota because he was someone that was trying to change the city and I really looked up to him
If you were to open a dance club, what would you name it?
- Smooth operators
Who is the most overrated player in the NFL?
- Larry Fitzgerald
- Respected because respect goes a long way in life
What player who had his career derailed by off-field issues do you feel for the most and why?
- Michael Vick because he was someone that a lot of people looked up to especially myself and one person that I feel that changed the game where you have so many QB’s now running the ball. I feel as though if he had never done what he did his career would be amazing
Do you love to win, or hate to lose?
- Hate to lose
Who has been the biggest influence on your life and explain why?
- My mother she has gone through so much and have done so much for me and my siblings and still able to smile through everything