2024 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Ryan Atkins, OL, Arkansas Pine Bluff
- Name: Ryan Atkins
- Position: OL/ATH
- College: University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
- Height: 6’5”
- Weight: 290
- Twitter: @ryanatkins
- Instagram: @big_atk60
What makes you a top prospect at your position in the 2024 NFL Draft?
I’m able to play all 5 positions on the offensive line plus tight end if need be! I’m 6 different draft picks in one.
At what age were you first interested in the sport of football?
Been playing football since I was 4
What is one thing that NFL teams should know about you?
I only dreamt one thing my whole life and that’s being the best offensive linemen in NFL history!
If you could donate to one cause in the world, what would it be?
Breast Cancer Awareness
What is the best advice you have ever received?
Without school there is no sports!
Who was your childhood hero?
My Big Brothers
Who is the most underrated teammate in your locker room at your school?
Daetrell Cooper (RB)
What is your biggest pet peeve?
Losing
Overcoming adversity is what defines character, what was the hardest moment in your life to overcome?
Being told I wouldn’t be able to play football after a shoulder injury in February 2023!
Tell me something about your school and why it is so special to you?
I told god when I was 13 years old if I was blessed with an offer from UAPB that I would take it. Now 10 years later here I am!
What is your favorite snack food?
Reese’s
What is the best part of football?
Contact, Brotherhood
If you could sell yourself in one sentence what would you say?
I’m a Swiss Army knife!
If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be?
Titus Howard
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would it be and why?
My grandma who passed last year October just to tell her I love her one more time, Trent Williams he’s one of the best to ever play the game at my position. And Duane “Duke” Manyweather He’s the OL Mastermind!
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