NFL Draft Diamonds Prospect Interview: Beau Sandland, TE, Montana State
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?
Beau Sandland
What is your Height/Weight?
6’5 250 pounds
What is your position?
Tight End
Where do you play college football?
Montana State University
Football is about giving back, what is the coolest thing you have done off the field?
“Be The Match” Bone Marrow Drive
What was the hardest college class you ever had to take?
Senior Thesis Capstone
Where are you from?
Simi Valley, California
Who is your role model, and why?
My Grandfather because of his work ethic and character
Did you play any other sports growing up?
Played pretty much all sports but I liked football the best. I ran track in high school as well
Did you play any other positions in football?
Played a little bit of Defensive End
At your position, what separates you from others?
My Speed
When you are breaking down film, what do you look for?
I always looks for my opponents weaknesses and tendencies
Who was the toughest player you ever faced?
Tough to Say
If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be and why?
Julius Thomas
What was the biggest obstacle in your life you had to overcome, and how did you overcome it?
Having no offers out of high school and having to go to Junior College to get recruited. I did it with a lot of hard work and had a tremendous amount of support from my coaches, teammates and family.
Do you have any pre-game rituals?
No
As a small school football what obstacles do you feel you have to overcome?
The knock against you is that your are playing against lesser competition
What is your biggest strength?
Speed
What is your biggest weakness?
Hand placement in the run game
If I were a GM and gave you a second to sell yourself, what would you say?
Watch my Film
Who was your favorite player and/or NFL team growing up?
Denver Broncos
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would you choose?
Johnny Cash, George Washington and Steven Tyler
With your first NFL paycheck what would you buy?
My Mother a car and my Father a House
Rapid Answers:
Spongebob or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Spongebob
Backstreet Boys or One Direction?
Neither
Lifetime Channel or HGTV?
Neither
Waffles or Pancakes?
Pancakes
Snakes or Spiders?
Neither
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