2025 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Isaac Dokken, LB, University of Manitoba

• Name: Isaac Dokken
• Position: LineBacker
• College: University of Manitoba
• Height: 6’2
• Weight: 230
• Twitter: isaac_dokken
• Instagram: isaac_dokken

What makes you a top prospect at your position in the 2025 NFL Draft?

My Mental Discipline, my speed and strength, My leadership and football IQ is what separate me from every other linebacker in this class

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

I have an unwavering commitment to continuous improvement and learning, 

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

It would be to kids sport who help pay for sports for youth who cannot afford it. My family could not afford sports so without kids sport I don’t know if I would be where I am today. They are the reason I was able to start playing football at 7 years old and I will never forget that!

Who was your role model?

Ray Lewis, his physicality and leadership are what sparked my love for football.

Who is your favorite NFL team?

Seattle Seahawks, Nothing beats the chemistry between the Legion of boom with beast-mode and russ in the backfield

Who is the most underrated teammate at your school?

Definitely Austin Balan, He can start pretty much anywhere and is a dawg no matter where you put him at, one of the hardest workers I know.

What is your biggest pet peeve?

Having people around me who do not want it as bad as I do and cannot understand why I want it so badly.

Who is your favorite teacher ever?

Eldon Dueck He was my middle school principal and high school teacher, he taught me how to and what it means to be resilient which helped me in ways I could never imagine.

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

My whole life has been overcoming adversity, honestly the single hardest thing and I have overcome a lot is when I finally got out of my childhood house that was a must for me and the goals I had could not be reached there, I left my 6 siblings behind and my relationship with my whole family changed, the guilt from leaving them has been  the hardest thing for me to overcome. I do not want them to have to experience what I did and for me to help them how they need is making it to the league. So you have come to peace with it. It is a huge motivator for me.

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

Give me Chipotle and I am set for life

What is your favorite snack food?

Mango and Kiwi

What is your degree in?

Kinesiology 

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

• Alexander the Great 
• Jesus
• Ray Lewis

What is your biggest weakness?

Empathy, I am overly empathetic and it has hurt me badly but I have learned from those situations, people would take advantage of my empathy and it is a weakness that is turning into a strength