2025 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Dante Chachere, QB, Portland State

• Name: Dante Chachere
• Position: QB
• College: Portland State 
• Height: 6’2
• Weight: 200
• Twitter: @dantechachere
• Instagram: @dante_chachere

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

• My ability to make plays when things break down.

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

• I work in silence and lead by example and my teammates gravitate toward my leadership 

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

• Special Olympics 

Who was your role model? 

• My Mom because of everything she’s gone through, and always has a smile 

Who is your favorite NFL team?

• Arizona Cardinals because my brother plays for them

Who is the most underrated teammate at your school? 

• Quincy Craig, a smaller back who can catch out of the backfield and make plays out of nothing

What is your biggest pet peeve? 

• when people don’t have manners to others in public

Who is your favorite teacher ever?

• 5th grade elementary teacher, Mr. Dunbar 

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

• Breaking my wrist my senior year, I only had a few offers and thought it was going to be over but stuck with my plan and kept going forward no matter what. 

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

• McDonald’s 

What is your favorite snack food? 

• Welch’s fruit snacks

What is your degree in? 

• Communication

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

• My Grandma from my Mom’s side, my Grandpa, and Grandma from my Dad’s side. I would just want to hear stories about my parents and how they are like me and Vice versa.

What is your biggest weakness? 

• always being vocal when it comes to being a leader