2025 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Gabriel Maisonneuve, DL, Université de Montréal

• Name: Gabriel Maisonneuve
• Position: Defensive lineman
• College: Université de Montréal
• Height: 6”4
• Weight: 240
• Twitter: GabrielMaisonn1
• Instagram: gabrielmaisonneuve

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

My speed and agility. I know my strengths and I know how to use them. I can also change the tempo during a game and go from a speed rush to a speed to power to throw off balance my opponents. I also have a relentless motor.

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

I love this game I’m passionate and I’m always willing to go the extra mile.

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

Cancer, my mom was diagnosed with lymphoma in 2022 so this is something particularly important to me.

Who was your role model?

Laurent Duvernay Tardif. He’s the ultimate student athlete. Extremely performant both on the field and off the field. He has such great discipline he’s a role model not only as a player but as a human being,

Who is your favorite NFL team?

The New Orleans Saints.  Simply because of the French heritage in Louisiana.

Who is the most underrated teammate at your school?

Guillaume Perrier. He’s a great defensive back and an outstanding teammate. He’s always working and has tremendous mental strength. Great football iq and deceiving speed as well.

What is your biggest pet peeve?

People that are not spatially aware. For example, I hate when people just stop and stand in the middle of the sidewalk and block the way.

Who is your favorite teacher ever?

Recently probably Richard Labib. He was my teacher in a probability and statistics math class.  By far the best teacher I had in university. He knew the name of every single one of the students in a 100 people class. He is a great storyteller as well.

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

Definitely 2022.  As I mentioned my mother was diagnosed with cancer and I also broke my foot on the third play of the fourth game of the season. This was my first season as a starter. We bounced back in 2023, my mother is now in remission and I got back on the field and helped my team win a Vanier cup.

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

JOEY restaurant. They have the best truffle pasta.

What is your favorite snack food?

Miss Vickies chips

What is your degree in?

Electrical engineering

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

Tom Brady for his mentality. Elon Musk because of his business and engineering knowledge and probably Arnold Schwarzenegger, he has an amazing story.

What is your biggest weakness?

I hate saying no to people.