2023 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Dorian Hall, DB, Florida International University

• Name: Dorian Hall
• Position: DB
• College: Florida International University
• Height: 6’1”
• Weight: 205 lbs
• Twitter: @dorianhall_7
• Instagram: @36_hella

What made you decide wanted to be a football player?

Growing up I always wanted to play sports and football is a way I could help my family and I played basketball, football and track and field growing up but I always had a love for the game of football.

What are your favorite moments from your football life?

Meeting people through the game and winning championships with my friends as kids and going to 3 bowl games at Florida International and having a productive season to change my family’s lives and just being able to play football.

What are you looking to achieve as a football player going forward?

Come into a team and help them win as many games as possible and make an impact any way I can and be productive.

If you could hang out with any football player past or present for a day who and why?

Ed Reed, Deion Sanders or Sean Taylor, just to learn from them, all the different types and styles that they played.

Which one of your family members inspires you the most and why?

My mother inspired me the most just the way she was grinding and doing things for my family and no matter how hard things were she just kept pushing.

What is your favorite defensive scheme and why?

Rover safety in cover 3, and you can read off different teammates and read the quarterback and cover the middle of the field.

What should we know about Dorian Hall the person?

A dude that’s just coming in trying to play football and make an impact and win some football games and a hard worker.

What stands out about your film the most?

I’m a taller safety, a dude that can play in the box or cover the field and a ball hawk.

How do you handle challenges both in life and on the football field?

Sitting back and getting advice if I need it or listen to some music and just move forward and think of the positive and not the negative.

What would a team get in a player like you?

A hard worker, someone who will battle through adversity and give it there all, all the time.

What do you love the most about the game of football?

The team bonding and lifelong friendships and the family that you make as well.

Who is the most underrated player you’ve played with and why?

The Dames twins because those guys can flat out play and I’m surprised that they aren’t in the NFL.