NFL Draft Diamonds Prospect Interview: Marshaun Coprich, RB, Illinois State University
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What is your name?
Marshaun Coprich
What is your Height/Weight?
5.081/205pounds
What is your position?
Running Back
Where do you play college football?
Illinois State University
Football is about giving back, what is the coolest thing you have done off the field?
Walk around Bloomington community playing football with the inner city kids and being in Frisco, Texas working with miracle league
What was the hardest college class you ever had to take?
Math 113
Where are you from?
California
My Mom because she never gives up
Did you play any other sports growing up?
I ran track the 4×1 and 100mm and played basketball
Did you play any other positions in football?
KOR and Wide Receiver
At your position, what separates you from others?
I can disappear and pop out of no where
When you are breaking down film, what do you look for?
What the defense is running base coverage does the safety roll in cover 3 do they show there coverage’s do they try to hide there blitz or just show it see who is there blitzer
Who was the toughest player you ever faced?
Myself
If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be and why?
Ray Rice or Maurice Jones-Drew
What was the biggest obstacle in your life you had to overcome, and how did you overcome it?
Learning from my mistakes and taking them as learning lessons in life
Do you have any pre-game rituals?
Yes I wear my wife’s hair ties on my wrist, drink an energy drink and listen to Puff Daddy’s All About the Benjamins
As a small school football what obstacles do you feel you have to overcome?
Just proving that I’m the real deal and I can compete with anybody
What is your biggest strength?
Fast, Strong and have Good hands
What is your biggest weakness?
Looking for it
If I were a GM and gave you a second to sell yourself, what would you say?
I am willing to do what ever it takes to help you win a Super Bowl, Sir.
Who was your favorite player and/or NFL team growing up?
Reggie Bush and Micheal Vick and the Honey Badger on the Cardinals, I like a lot of different players
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would you choose?
My big brother Monrea, Jesus and my Mother
With your first NFL paycheck what would you buy?
I would buy a 350z Nissan it was what my brother wanted before he past