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2024 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Ayir Asante, WR, Wyoming

2024 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Ayir Asante, WR, Wyoming
Ayir Asante the speedy wide receiver from Wyoming recently sat down with NFL Draft Diamonds owner Damond Talbot.
  • Name: Ayir Asante
  • Position: WR
  • College: Wyoming
  • Height: 5’11”
  • Weight: 180
  • Twitter: @AyirAsante
  • Instagram@AyirAsante

What makes you a top prospect at your position in the 2024 NFL Draft

My ability to separate and elite speed.

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

Age 6

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

I’m really could play both sides of the ball.

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

I’d donate to youth in marginalized communities. I know how important intervention at a young age can be to the trajectory of a child’s life.

What is the best advice you have ever received? 

The work always comes first.

Who was your childhood hero? 

My parents, they’ve sacrificed a lot for me and my siblings constantly.

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

I just got to Wyoming officially two days ago so I couldn’t really tell you right now.

What is your biggest pet peeve? 

I don’t like when people don’t clean up after themselves.

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

I’ve been fortunate enough to not face many adversities growing up. The hardest moment for me probably had to be commuting to school 45 minutes away from my hometown. At age 14 I was waking up at 5:30 am to catch the 6:17 am transit train from New Brunswick to Newark Penn and then the path to Grove Street. Doing the same to get home too, it would be tough late in the season but those moments helped make me who I am.

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

Wyoming really seems to embrace the idea of the West and being cowboy tough. I like this idea of sticking to who you are and standing on your core principles. 

What is your favorite snack food? 

Glazed Donuts have been doing it for me lately.

What is the best part of football? 

The whole culmination of all the work you put in for months and years coming together on as Saturday. Saturday you just get to showcase everything and there’s nothing more fun then balling with your bros in front of thousands of your supporters and family.

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

I’m a versatile weapon that will elevate your program in a multitude of ways.

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

Stefon Diggs

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

Ochocinco, Desean Jackson, & Antonio Brown. These were dudes that I watched and studied when I was getting serious about football early. I would pick up a lot of football knowledge firsthand.

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