2024 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Tyrice Knight, LB, UTEP
- Name: Tyrice Knight
- Position: Linebacker
- College: UTEP
- Height: 6’2
- Weight: 228
- Twitter: @Tyricek
- Instagram: __tknight
What makes you a top prospect at your position in the 2024 NFL Draft?
Overall I just feel like it’s my ability to play good in the run game and still be good in coverage
At what age were you first interested in the sport of football?
5
What is one thing that NFL teams should know about you?
I’m someone coming to workday 1, I’m a hard worker, I can take coaching and y’all going to draft a legend.
If you could donate to one cause in the world, what would it be?
Wrongful imprisonment
What is the best advice you have ever received?
No what happens keep going..
Who was your childhood hero?
Vonte
Who is the most underrated teammate in your locker room at your school?
KT
What is your biggest pet peeve?
I don’t like people who lie.
Overcoming adversity is what defines character, what was the hardest moment in your life to overcome?
Brother going to jail
Tell me something about your school and why it is so special to you?
They saw what other schools couldn’t see
What is your favorite snack food?
Fruit snacks
What is the best part of football?
The first snap
If you could sell yourself in one sentence what would you say?
He’s someone you can count on in any situation
If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be?
Darius Leonard
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would it be and why?
- Ray Lewis – to me he’s the greatest linebacker to ever play the game, i know he takes preps his mind and body the right way before every game so anything he have to say or any advice to give I’m all open ears to it.
- Lebron James – we can talk about all the challenges he overcame and how he kept his had straight even when everything hit the wall
- Ed Reed – for me understand his film breakdown, how he determine the quarterback tendencies and what he look for pre snap
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