NFL Draft Diamonds Prospect Interview: Eric Poindexter, WR, Quincy University
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?
Eric Poindexter Jr.
What is your Height/Weight?
5’11, 185
What is your position?
WR
Where do you play college football?
Quincy University
Football is about giving back, what is the coolest thing you have done off the field?
Special Olympics
What was the hardest college class you ever had to take?
Counseling theory
Where are you from?
Newport News, Virginia
Who is your role model, and why?
The females is my life that raised me. They strong, fearless, and never gives up.
Did you play any other sports growing up?
Baseball, basketball, track and field, and tennis
Did you play any other positions in football?
Return specialists
At your position, what separates you from others?
Route running
When you are breaking down film, what do you look for?
Techniques
Who was the toughest player you ever faced?
Myself
If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be and why?
Golden Tate, smaller but plays big.
Do you have any pre-game rituals?
Yes, to many to name.
As a small school football player what obstacles do you feel you have to overcome?
Exposure
What is your biggest strength?
Sure handed
What is your biggest weakness?
Blocking
If I were a GM and gave you a second to sell yourself, what would you say?
I play the game with love and energy, I never stop until the clock says triple 0’s.
Who was your favorite player and/or NFL team growing up?
No one
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would you choose?
Michael Jackson, Obama, and Usher
With your first NFL paycheck what would you buy?
Whatever my mother, grandmother, and godmother wants.
Rapid Answers:
- Who will win the Super Bowl? Saints
- 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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