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2024 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Nurye Brookins-Cornell, DB, University of St. Mary

Nurye Brookins-Cornell the versatile defensive back from the University of St. Mary recently sat down with NFL Draft Diamonds owner Damond Talbot.
Nurye Brookins-Cornell the versatile defensive back from the University of St. Mary recently sat down with NFL Draft Diamonds owner Damond Talbot.
  • Name: Nurye Brookins-Cornell
  • Position: FS/CB/KR/WR
  • College: The University Of Saint Mary
  • Height: 6’3
  • Weight: 190
  • Twitter: Only1_Ry25
  • Instagram: 1high_ry

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

What makes me a top prospect is my speed, height, strength

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

I started playing football at the age of 4. I was always interested as a kid, I come from a line of athletes that played the game 

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

One thing NFL teams should know about me is that I am a passionate player of the game, and that I’m the player that lays everything on the line for the team to succeed no matter the position.

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

If I could donate to a cause it would be to children in bad neighborhoods that need assistance whether its food or clothes or paying for schooling. I would donate whatever I can to help those that are in need.

What is the best advice you have ever received?

“Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn’t work hard” 

Who was your childhood hero?

My Grandad 

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

The most underrated teammate I had was a man named Fred Doughtry who played WR my freshman yr.

What is your biggest pet peeve?

Softness, I don’t like players that are soft. Football is a hard-knock game stop complaining and just work.

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

The hardest moment in my life was when I found my great-grandmother face down dead on her floor… that was the hardest thing I had to go through in my life and I thought I wasn’t going to come out of the headspace I was in. But God came in when I needed him the most and gave me more fire & ambition to do what I set out to be what I was trained my whole life to do. He came to me and said, “I have you son and your granny is happy but she wants you to keep pushing don’t stop for anything”. Ever since then, I’ve been grinding for all that I strive for even harder and this right here is one of them the chance to go to the NFL.

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

My school is special to me because of the people I’ve met through my 3 yr journey here. And the lifetime friendships and lessons I’ve learned here. But most of all my head coach, Coach Hinson blessed me with the opportunity to be here on that field.

What is your favorite snack food?

My favorite snack is candy

What is the best part of football?

Everything, I enjoy every moment from the good to the bad. I just love the game and all that it comes with.

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

“Coach you have an athlete that ready and willing to give everything he has for the team to succeed, no matter what the position”.

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

Richard Sherman

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

Sean Taylor, because he was one of the best free safety’s to ever play the game of football. He was a great teammate and father/ friend a “humble beast” of a player. The next would be Deion Sanders because of his ability to use speed and quickness to his advantage in every game he was very intelligent on the field and off. That’s some knowledge I could use for my game and skill set. The next and final person would be Randy Moss, one of the greatest to ever do it when it comes to his height physicality, and speed he was unstoppable and I play a little offense and I’m tall & long with the speed I could learn a lot from the tips he would share in person.

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