NFL Draft Diamonds Prospect Interview: Aaron Sanders, WR, Virginia Military Institute
NFL Draft Diamonds has been bringing our readers Prospect Interviews over the past 3 years and this year we mixed up the questions and added some fun questions for our readers. Our questions are designed to give our readers a little more insight on the player. We hope to bring you more than 350 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 to the right. Now let’s meet the prospect!!!!
What is your name?
Aaron Sanders
What is your Height/Weight?
6’2, 201
What is your position?
WR
Where do you play college football?
Virginia Military Institute
Football is about giving back, what is the coolest thing you have done off the field?
Serve as a YMCA counselor and been able to relate to many kids that went there and be a positive role model for them to follow
What was the hardest college class you ever had to take?
World History 103
Where are you from?
Stafford Virginia
Who is your role model, and why?
AJ Green, Calvin Johnson, Lebron James, all athletes who excel at their sport, but also are awesome role models off the field
Did you play any other sports growing up?
Basketball
Did you play any other positions in football?
Safety, Corner
At your position, what separates you from others?
Ball skills, RAC
When you are breaking down film, what do you look for?
Top of the routes, off line releases
Who was the toughest player you ever faced?
James Bradberry
If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be and why?
Dez Bryant, Aggressive catcher, great at getting YAC, physical receiver
Do you have any pre-game rituals?
Very slight lift
As a small school football player what obstacles do you feel you have to overcome?
Being overlooked in recruiting, always being considered an underdog, having to work even harder just to get noticed
What is your biggest strength?
Tracking the ball
What is your biggest weakness?
Playing longer corners
If I were a GM and gave you a second to sell yourself, what would you say?
I’m a competitor, I’m willing to give everything I have to earn a roster spot
Who was your favorite player and/or NFL team growing up?
Terrell Owens, Eagles
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would you choose?
Tony Dungy, Mike Tomlin, Doc Rivers
With your first NFL paycheck what would you buy?
Some Gloves
Rapid Answers:
- Who will win the Super Bowl? New England
- Whose better Peyton Manning or Tom Brady?
- Better Running Back Adrian Peterson or Barry Sanders?
- Better safety Eric Weddle or Ed Reed?
- Better linebacker Ray Lewis or Luke Kuechly?
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