NFL Draft Diamonds Prospect Interview: Jamal Marshall, DB, University of North Texas
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?
Jamal Marshall
What is your Height/Weight?
6’2/ 210
What is your position?
DB
Where do you play college football?
UNT
Football is about giving back, what is the coolest thing you have done off the field?
Work the fireworks for Fourth of July in the city of Denton
What was the hardest college class you ever had to take?
Statistics
Where are you from?
Houston, TX
Who is your role model, and why?
Do not have one at this time of my life
Did you play any other sports growing up?
Track and field
Did you play any other positions in football?
OLB WR
At your position, what separates you from others?
Size with speed quickness combination
When you are breaking down film, what do you look for?
Body movement giveaways
Who was the toughest player you ever faced?
Odell Beckham
If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be and why?
Charles Woodson
What was the biggest obstacle in your life you had to overcome, and how did you overcome it?
Legal issues
Do you have any pre-game rituals?
No
What is your biggest strength?
Speed
What is your biggest weakness?
Technique
If I were a GM and gave you a second to sell yourself, what would you say?
I’m the best athlete you’ve never seen work on my technique and ill be the best football player you ever witnessed
Who was your favorite player and/or NFL team growing up?
Nnamdi/Falcons
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would you choose?
Bob Marley, Bill Gates, Davinci
What will be the first big item you buy once you are in the NFL?
Car
- Tupac or Biggie?tupac
- NFL Network or ESPN? NFL
- Coke or Pepsi? Coke
- Pizza or Burgers?burgers
- Dogs or Cats?dogs
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