NFL Draft Diamonds Prospect Interview: Trevor Bates, DL, University of Maine
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?
Trevor Bates
What is your Height/Weight?
6’2″ 250
What is your position?
DE
Where do you play college football?
University of Maine
Football is about giving back, what is the coolest thing you have done off the field?
I have been a part of black bear mentoring, which has allowed me to develop a relationship with a younger kid in the community over the past 5 years
What was the hardest college class you ever had to take?
Physics
Where are you from?
Westbrook, ME
Who is your role model, and why?
Momma dukes! She has taught me how to serve others with love, and how to live by my faith
Did you play any other sports growing up?
Baseball & basketball
Did you play any other positions in football?
FB and TE in HS
At your position, what separates you from others?
My instincts
When you are breaking down film, what do you look for?
Offensive line weaknesses and tells, and formation tendencies
Who was the toughest player you ever faced?
Terrance West
If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be and why?
Cameron Wake. Relentless to the ball and ability to make big plays
What was the biggest obstacle in your life you had to overcome, and how did you overcome it?
Growing up without a father. Took me a very long time, but finally accepting the situation and now having a good relationship with him has helped me overcome it
Do you have any pre-game rituals?
Pray and listen to music
As a small school football player what obstacles do you feel you have to overcome?
Showing coaches that I can compete and win against players from bigger schools
What is your biggest strength?
Relentless effort
What is your biggest weakness?
Max protection
If I were a GM and gave you a second to sell yourself, what would you say?
I’m a fast learner and a very hard worker. Whatever the coaches ask of me I will get done and I will do everything to contribute to the team winning
Who was your favorite player and/or NFL team growing up?
Demarcus Ware
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would you choose?
Jesus Christ, Ray Lewis, Denzel Washington
With your first NFL paycheck what would you buy?
My mother a vehicle with a big red ribbon
Rapid Answers:
- Spongebob or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
- Backstreet Boys or One Direction?
- Lifetime Channel or HGTV?
- Waffles or Pancakes?
- Snakes or Spiders?
- Madden or Mario?
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