2024 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Mark Pope, WR, University of Massachusetts

• Name: Mark Pope 
• Position: Wide Receiver 
• College: University of Massachusetts 
• Height: 6ft 
• Weight: 180lbs
• Twitter: markpope06
• Instagram: markpope6 

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

• My speed, the ability to run great routes and the accuracy with catching the ball. 

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

• 4 years old 

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

• I’m very open minded and willing to learn. 

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

 – I would donate to many soups kitchens to help end homelessness. 

What is the best advice you have ever received? 

• the best advice I ever received was to be the best version of myself. 

Who was your childhood hero? 

• my childhood hero was and is my mom. 

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

• the most underrated former teammate I had was Issac Ross. 

What is your biggest pet peeve? 

• When others don’t keep things clean. 

Who is your favorite teacher ever?

• Dr. Stratton 

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

• The hardest moment in my life to overcome was being kicked off a college football team on national tv with millions over people watching it. 

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

 – Something special about my school is that in Massachusetts you get to see all 4 seasons. And being from Miami where it’s always hot, seeing snow was a big experience for me. 

If you could have any franchise restaurant in your house what would it be?

• Wing Stop 

What is your favorite snack food? 

• Nutty Buddy’s 

What is your degree in? 

• Liberal Arts 

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

• “I got everything you need.”

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

• Jayden Reed because I feel like me and him share similar route running skills. 

What is your favorite game to play at the carnival/theme park?

• Basketball 

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

• Rocky Balboa – because he’s a bad ass, he’s that’s guy in my eyes. 
• My father- because he passed when I was 7 so i never got a chance to really spend time with him. 
• Bernie Mac- he is so funny and I know he would make me laugh.