2023 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Vondrice LaFrance, DB, Texas Wesleyan University

• Name: Vondrice LaFrance 
• Position: CB/ Safety  
• College: Texas Wesleyan University  
• Height: 5’9 
• Weight: 180 
• Twitter: @Hollywood_von 
• Instagram: @Lifeof.von 

What makes you a top prospect at your position in the 2023 NFL Draft?

I have a lot of athleticisms and very athletic. I’m able to play all over in the secondary. I feel like I have all the tools to be a top guy, I’m VERY physical with patients and technique. 

At what age were you first interested in the sport of football?

At the age of 3 

What is one thing that NFL teams should know about you?

I’m coachable & a quick learner 

If you could donate to one cause in the world, what would it be?

I would donate to the homeless because seeing people out in the streets with no food or shelter struggling to survive because one day that can be you, So I see myself donating to the cause. 

What is the best advice you have ever received?

“Success isn’t owned, its leased and rent is due everyday” 

Who was your childhood hero?

My mother, without her it wouldn’t be no me. She kept/keeps me on the right track 

Who is the most underrated teammate in your locker room at your school?

My whole team is underrated, these dudes working with me day in and day out. 

What is your biggest pet peeve?

Someone who’s disrespectful  

Overcoming adversity is what defines character, what was the hardest moment in your life to overcome?

Hardest moment in my life to overcome was having ankle surgery, I never dealt with anything like that and being unable to walk and needing plates, screws in my ankle, I just knew football was over. I was at a point to give up but everyday my pops would just talk to me about general life and that gave me a different turnout on things. Now I’m back to put on a show that ended early 

Tell me something about your school and why it is so special to you?

This school is special to me because of the teacher to student ratio. Smaller classrooms which allow the teachers to help you and gives you the attention you need. My coaches push us each and everyday to be better men on and off the field and they want to make sure we leave the program with a degree. 

What is your favorite snack food?

Slim-Jim’s 

What is the best part of football?

The best part of football is being able to go hit a man legally hard as you can for 60 minutes and not getting in trouble and winning while doing it 

If you could sell yourself in one sentence, what would you say?

“No one ever drowned in sweat” I’m willing to work for it all 

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

I would compare my play to Tyrann Mathieu or CJ Gardner-Johnson these guys has high motors and is always around the football, they also can play anywhere in the secondary. 

If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would it be and why?

I would have dinner with my uncle who is deceased, Why? Because he’s the closes person I’ve ever lost and he wanted so much for me in life no matter what it would be. I talked to him daily about everything, especially when our saints played on Sundays but now things is different. Its not a day go by without me thinking of him & I just wish that he could see it all.