2025 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Cortez Andrews, LB, Alabama A&M University

• Name: Cortez Andrews 
• Position: Inside Linebacker 
• College: Alabama A&M
• Height: 6’1
• Weight: 235
• Twitter: glotez10
• Instagram: glo.tez

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

My determination to always get better & how hard I work everyday. I am a great leader who leads by example on and off the field.

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

I am a very positive person who loves to give motivational speeches & also just loves public speaking. Always a guy with a smile on my face & likes to make others laugh 

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

Homeless shelters or anything that will help homeless people.

Who was your role model?

Grandad 

Who is your favorite NFL team?

Don’t really have one particular favorite just love watching football. 

Who is the most underrated teammate at your school?

I will have to say honestly, my whole team being at an HBCU I feel like they’re all underrated 

What is your biggest pet peeve?

People who chew with their mouth open

Who is your favorite teacher ever?

I would say my mom and grandmother just because they taught me a lot of lessons about life in general

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

Hardest moment I had to overcome was in 2022 the year I couldn’t play football. I had to sit out. I wasn’t on nobody’s roster or in college. I was staying back home with my grandparents in Tallahassee Florida working out three times a day and at night door dashing delivering food orders till about One or two in the morning sometimes. I’m glad it happened to me though because it taught me so much about myself and life

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

Texas Roadhouse

What is your favorite snack food?

I love fruit so I would say pineapples or strawberries

What is your degree in?

My degree is  in communications 

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

Honestly, I would say former president Barack Obama Because he was somebody who Impacted the Culture and I would ask him questions about how he dealt with overcoming adversity and challenges. The next person will have to be my grandmother because she always makes me laugh and Cooks the best food. The last person would be my mom Because I enjoy our conversations

What is your biggest weakness?

I would say my biggest weakness Sometimes is being to impatient with others But is something I have worked to get better at