2024 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Teone Sherrod, CB, Kings College

• Name: Teone Sherrod
• Position: Cornerback
• College: Kings College
• Height: 6’2
• Weight: 165
• Twitter: @SimbaSherrod
• Instagram: @FreeSiimba

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

Apart from the numbers, my height, instincts, and ability to take the ball away from opposing offenses are on par with anyone in the country. 

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

Since I was 4 or 5 years old

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

I’m a true student of the game. I love everything that comes with the sport, the hard days and long nights, the process of becoming great as a team and as a player, etc. Anything to go 1-0.

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

Special Olympics. Being able to work alongside the King’s College Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and Special Olympic Athletes to encourage both friendships

What is the best advice you have ever received? 

Scared money doesn’t make money. You make 0% of the shots you don’t take.

Who was your childhood hero? 

My mother.

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

We have a lot of overlooked dawgs on the team but there are 3 guys in WR Tyler Carey, FS Zach Barber, and CB Amir Gibson that will really turn a lot of heads this upcoming season.

What is your biggest pet peeve? 

Pineapple on pizza.

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

The Covid outbreak took a significant toll on my family and me. I would say it was one of the more challenging times in my life.

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

King’s College isn’t the biggest or flashiest school out there, but what you’re guaranteed there is an excellent education surrounded by people who genuinely have your best interest at heart. The love shown to me by the community has made my experience unforgettable.

What is your favorite snack food? 

PB&J.

What is the best part of football? 

The growth you begin to see in yourself as a person and player.

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

I’m a lengthy, ball-hawking playmaker who is going to get the job done regardless of who’s lined up in front of me.

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

Sauce Gardener.

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

Tupac, Jay-Z, Deion Sanders