NFL Draft Diamonds Prospect Interview: Devante Ford, NG, Delaware Valley University
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?
Devante Ford
What is your Height/Weight?
5’10 330lbs
What is your position?
DT/NG
Where do you play college football?
Delaware Valley University
Football is about giving back, what is the coolest thing you have done off the field?
Coolest thing I have done is cooking in homeless shelters that my grandmother use to be in charge of.
What was the hardest college class you ever had to take?
Intermediate Accounting
Where are you from?
Philadelphia, PA
Did you play any other sports growing up?
Baseball and Basketball
Did you play any other positions in football?
Fullback and every position on the offensive line
At your position, what separates you from others?
My ability to control my key and stand my ground on double teams
When you are breaking down film, what do you look for?
I look at how the offensive lineman comes off the ball, if he shows when he is pulling and how he pass sets
Who was the toughest player you ever faced?
Austin Eagle Center from Wesley College
If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be and why?
Vince Wilfork because he dominates in the run game and even when being double teamed he can still make plays
Do you have any pre-game rituals?
Listen to music and eat a pack of gusher’s
As a small school football player what obstacles do you feel you have to overcome?
Getting yourself known since small school games are not played on TV every week
What is your biggest strength?
Clogging up holes in the run game and having control of my gap
What is your biggest weakness?
Flashy Pass rush moves
If I were a GM and gave you a second to sell yourself, what would you say?
I am a true definition of a nose tackle I’m dominate in the run game, able to make plays off the double team and i keep the interior linemen off my linebackers
Who was your favorite player and/or NFL team growing up?
Warren Sapp, and the Philadelphia Eagles
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would you choose?
My Grandfather, Warren Sapp, and God
With your first NFL paycheck what would you buy?
I would pay off my student loans and take care of my mother and grandmother they deserve the world!
Rapid Answers:
- Who will win the Super Bowl? Eagles
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- 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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