NFL Draft Diamonds Prospect Interview: Dee Toliver, WR, Missouri Western State University
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?
Dee Toliver
What is your Height/Weight?
5’10 185
What is your position?
Wide Receiver
Where do you play college football?
Missouri Western State University
Football is about giving back, what is the coolest thing you have done off the field?
Volunteered at the Special Olympics
What was the hardest college class you ever had to take?
American Government
Where are you from?
Arlington, Texas
Who is your role model, and why?
My Dad. He taught me how to be a man
Did you play any other sports growing up?
Basketball, Track
Did you play any other positions in football?
Running Back
At your position, what separates you from others?
My ability to create separation
When you are breaking down film, what do you look for?
I look at how well the defensive back techniques are
Who was the toughest player you ever faced?
Eric Amoakoa
If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be and why?
Jarvis Landry, route running capabilities, dominant hands
What was the biggest obstacle in your life you had to overcome, and how did you overcome it?
During my senior season this year I played through two separated shoulders
Do you have any pre-game rituals?
No
What is your biggest strength?
Biggest strength is consistency with my hands
What is your biggest weakness?
Biggest weakness is learning coverages
If I were a GM and gave you a second to sell yourself, what would you say?
I’d say that I am a hard working young man. I believe in the motto that if you believe it. You can achieve it. I am a very religious man who puts God over everything.
Who was your favorite player and/or NFL team growing up?
Steve Smith
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would you choose?
Cam Newton , Lebron James, Michael Irvin
What will be the first big item you buy once you are in the NFL?
A nice car
