NFL Draft Diamonds Prospect Interview: Anthony Johnson, OLB, Kent State University
has been providing our readers Prospect Interviews over the past 3 years and this year we mixed things up a bit. Our questions are designed to give our readers a little more insight on the draft eligible player. We hope to bring you more than 350 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 to the right. Now let’s meet our next prospect!!!!
What is your name?
Anthony Johnson
What is your Height/Weight?
235
What is your position?
OLB
Where do you play college football?
Kent State
Football is about giving back, what is the coolest thing you have done off the field?
Returned a lost wallet
What was the hardest college class you ever had to take?
English 1C summer semester
Where are you from?
Miami FL DADE County
Who is your role model, and why?
Mom, strong women love her
Did you play any other sports growing up?
Basketball, Track
Did you play any other positions in football?
Safety, Wideout
At your position, what separates you from others?
Playing FS up until my Senior year in high school and now playing OLB/DE speed and athleticism
When you are breaking down film, what do you look for?
Tendencies what OL struggle with what they are good at and what kind of feet do he have slow fast?
Who was the toughest player you ever faced?
Alabama O-line
If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be and why?
Leonard Floyd same body type not the biggest guy but very athletic
What was the biggest obstacle in your life you had to overcome, and how did you overcome it?
Making it out of Juco and by grinding it out on a daily Literally everyday
Prayer
What is your biggest strength?
Motor, athleticism
If I were a GM and gave you a second to sell yourself, what would you say?
I got something to prove and with a chance you will not regret it.
Who was your favorite player and/or NFL team growing up?
Sean Taylor Miami Dolphins
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would you choose?
Well right now 3 nfl GM’s
What will be the first big item you buy once you are in the NFL?
Mom a house