NFL Draft Diamonds Prospect Interview: Davion Belk, DT, Stetson University
NFL Draft Diamonds has been bringing our readers Prospect Interviews over the past 3 years and this year we mixed up the questions and added some fun questions for our readers. Our questions are designed to give our readers a little more insight on the 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 the prospect!!!!
What is your name?
Davion Belk
What is your Height/Weight?
6-1/290
What is your position?
Defensive Tackle/Nose Guard
Where do you play college football?
Stetson University
Football is about giving back, what is the coolest thing you have done off the field?
Set up a clothing donation drive in my residence hall
What was the hardest college class you ever had to take?
Marketing strategy
Where are you from?
Chicago, IL
Who is your role model, and why?
My dad because of how hard he works all the time
Did you play any other sports growing up?
Tennis and basketball
Did you play any other positions in football?
Offensive Tackle
At your position, what separates you from others?
My quickness and my hands
When you are breaking down film, what do you look for?
Tendencies of O-lineman, how they shoot their hands, do they give away the play, are they waist benders, and offensive tendencies on different down and distances
Who was the toughest player you ever faced?
Laken Tomlinson of the Detroit Lions
If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be and why?
Jurrell Casey because of my versatility to play inside and out and being able to make plays in the run or pass game
Do you have any pre-game rituals?
Listen to some chance the rapper
As a small school football player what obstacles do you feel you have to overcome?
Proving that you can play at the highest level
What is your biggest strength?
My pass rush ability
What is your biggest weakness?
Because of my intense film study I sometimes take risk on plays I think may be coming
If I were a GM and gave you a second to sell yourself, what would you say?
I will not be outworked and I’ll do whatever it takes to win
Who was your favorite player and/or NFL team growing up?
My favorite player was Lawrence Taylor and my favorite team is the Bears
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would you choose?
My sister, my brother, and president Obama
With your first NFL paycheck what would you buy?
Pay off my student loans
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