2024 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Jon Hughes, DB, Southeastern University

- Name: Jon Hughes
- Position: DB
- College: Southeastern University
- Height: 5’11
- Weight: 196
- Twitter: @jonhughes66
- Instagram: @jon_gotti_4
What makes you a top prospect at your position in the 2024 NFL Draft?
What makes me a top prospect in the 2024 draft is I’m versatile I’ve played every position in the secondary my whole college career I have a lot of knowledge and I’m very coachable.
At what age were you first interested in the sport of football?
At the age of eight, I started off in baseball at age four but I just fell in love with the game of football after watching it and seeing the types of plays that were made and I could really see myself making.
What is one thing that NFL teams should know about you?
That I’m a team-first guy anything to help my organization be successful.
If you could donate to one cause in the world, what would it be?
All the cancer causes cause my Dad is going through treatment as of now and he doing pretty good but I would want to make that cause better.
What is the best advice you have ever received?
The best advice I’ve gotten was it’s not how you start but it’s how you finish.
Who was your childhood hero?
My parents they always been there and do all they can do to support me and direct me in the right way.
Who is the most underrated teammate in your locker room at your school?
I would say Jacobie Clinton he’s Ha-Ha Clinton Dix’s little brother he is so explosive and a high-motor guy who has a relentless mentality.
What is your biggest pet peeve?
I would I bite my fingernails too much it’s a habit I have to get out of.
Overcoming adversity is what defines character, what was the hardest moment in your life to overcome?
The biggest adversity I overcome was when I got kicked out of school at UMHB after we won the National Championship due to off-the-field actions, I sat out for two years and just worked but they gave me a lot of time to figure myself out and that was the best time cause it helped me mature myself.
Tell me something about your school and why it is so special to you?
Southeastern University is a Christian school so we’re big on faith and that’s it’s so special cause keeping faith is the biggest thing you always have to have if you wanna be successful.
What is your favorite snack food?
Oreos
What is the best part of football?
The best part of football is how it prepares you for the real world and discipline and real-life situations you will go through in everyday life.
If you could sell yourself in one sentence what would you say?
I would say I’m a very well-rounded guy you can depend on me in tough situations and I will always treat anyone with respect.
If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be?
I would say someone like Chauncey Gardener Johnson just cause of his versatility and the passion he plays with.
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would it be and why?
Michael Jackson, Tom Brady, and Lebron James, because they are goats at what they do and I’m chasing greatness so I would like to pick their brains on what it takes.

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