NFL Draft Diamonds Prospect Interview: Jaren Colston-Green, WR, Utah State

What is your name?

Jaren Colston-Green

What is your Height/Weight?

6’2 180

What is your position?

Wide Receiver, Gunner

Where do you play college football?

Utah State University

Where are you from?

Tallahassee, Florida

Who is your role model, and why?

My mother, Karen Colston is my role model. She is my role model because she has taught me so many life lessons about how to treat people and how to handle myself through adversity. Most importantly she taught me to believe in myself and trust the process of life through faith in God.

Who was your favorite teacher?

Dr. F. Ross Peterson at Utah State University

Did you play any other sports growing up?

Basketball

Who was the toughest player you ever faced?

Thurston “TJ” Davis

Who is the most underrated player on your team?

Myself

What is the one song that would fire you up before the biggest game of your life?

Kodak Black – Like That

If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be and why?

Isaac Bruce

What was the biggest obstacle in your life you had to overcome, and how did you overcome it?

Leaving Oklahoma State and going to Arizona Western JC. I studied hard and graduated in one year with my AA and made the Dean’s list.

Do you have any pre-game rituals?

Pray before going on the field.

What was the most memorable play of your collegiate career?

Catching a long pass against USC in the Coliseum

What is the coolest thing you ever did off the field for someone else?

I gave a little boy my gloves after a game and he messaged me on facebook and told me how much it meant to him and how I made his day and he’ll never forget me.

Who was your favorite NFL team growing up?

St. Louis Rams

If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would you choose?

Josie Colston, my grandmother, Martin Luther King Jr and Will Ferrell