2023 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Jaaron Hayek, WR, Villanova University
- Name: Jaaron Hayek
- Position: WR
- College: Villanova University
- Height: 6’1
- Weight: 200
- Twitter: jaaron_hayek
- Instagram: jaaron_hayek
What makes you a top prospect at your position in the 2023 NFL Draft?
Ability to make the tough catches across the middle and 50/50 balls down the field. Not afraid to block in the box or downfield.
At what age were you first interested in the sport of football?
5 years old
What is one thing that NFL teams should know about you?
Make everyone around me better, willing to do whatever to benefit the team.
If you could donate to one cause in the world, what would it be?
Cancer
What is the best advice you have ever received?
You can be anything you want in this world if you put your mind to it and ignore what people have to say.
Who was your childhood hero?
Father
Who is the most underrated teammate in your locker room at your school?
Garrett Zobel
What is your biggest pet peeve?
Bad spelling and grammar. Slow Storytelling
Overcoming adversity is what defines character, what was the hardest moment in your life to overcome?
Overcoming anxiety and depression during the pandemic
Tell me something about your school and why it is so special to you?
It is on the smaller side and it’s special to me because coaches, faculty, and students are in a tightly-knit community that cares for each other.
What is your favorite snack food?
Pretzels
What is the best part of football?
Seeing that it takes days, weeks, and months to practice just to perform your best only once per week.
If you could sell yourself in one sentence what would you say?
I am a hard-nosed, driven, passionate individual who has great integrity.
If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be?
Julian Edelman
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would it be and why?
- Michael Jackson- One of the greatest music artists of all time.
- Tom Brady- To hear his journey of becoming a 7x Champion.
- Matthew McConaughey- a great actor, super wise, and has a great outlook on life.
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