2025 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Kobe Joseph, ILB, UT-Chattanooga

• Name: Kobe Joseph
• Position: ILB
• College: Chattanooga
• Height: 6’3”
• Weight: 235
• Twitter: KobeJJoseph
• Instagram: kobejo32

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

I have all the tangibles, I have good tape, and ask coaches/staff/anyone about my character, work ethic, toughness, dependability, attitude, and you’ll realize you want me on your team. 

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

I love my life, love football, and love steady consistent improvement and seeing the results of long term effort. I clock in, improve, and am constantly reliable. 

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

Although not really a specific cause, I would donate to support reform of the education system. I believe public education is falling behind and would like to see access to better education for all, especially lower class kids. Look up School Vouchers!

Who was your role model? 

My parents each in their own way showed me what toughness and what selflessness was. Of the many role models I had in my life, my dad was always a model of toughness and hard work I always tried to emulate. 

Who is your favorite NFL team?

I loved the Colts growing up, but I also root for the Steelers- they’re my hometown team. 

Who is the most underrated teammate at your school? 

At Chattanooga the most underrated teammate for me personally is sophomore Zion Rutledge. The team sees him as a meathead nut-job, but he outworks everybody, lays his body on the line, and constantly keeps me thinking about football and pestering me to watch film and help him. Check back on him in 2 years. 

What is your biggest pet peeve? 

I hate when people can’t take accountability. Everybody is in the wrong at some point, and few people are willing to honestly look in the mirror. 

Who is your favorite teacher ever?

I had an incredible biology teacher, Ms. Saeler, who stoked my passion and saw deep potential in me as a learner. She wrote probably the greatest letter of recommendation of all time and she deserves more praise as an excellent teacher and person. 

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

At one point early in college I was responsible for the serious injury of a good friend because of my own lack of care and caution, and I had to realize my life wasn’t about me. Since, I’ve been finding purpose in serving God and working to be worthy of all the investment people have put into me. 

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

Cheesecake Factory, for the variety

What is your favorite snack food? 

Chex mix

What is your degree in? 

Undergrad- Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology; Masters- Business Administration

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

Jesus is a given, and besides him probably people with great historical knowledge and thinkers like Plato or Marcus Aurelius. 

What is your biggest weakness? 

Laziness. I feel the urge to be lazy and slack every day, which is why I love it when I lay down after a day and know that I won that daily battle. Football helps me fight it!