2025 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Destin Chance, QB, Illinois College
- Name: Destin Chance
- Position: QB
- College: Illinois College
- Height: 6’2
- Weight: 205
- Twitter: @DestinChance
- Instagram: @Destinchance_4
What makes you a top prospect at your position in the 2025 NFL Draft?
My football IQ and preparation on how to identify and adjust to defensive coverages quickly and knowing how to attack them in each situation of the game. With my arm, athletic abilities, and IQ it’s allowed me to excel at a very high level on the football field.
What is one thing that NFL teams should know about you?
I am a winner and dedicated to holding myself to a higher standard everyday in preparations in order to be the best version of myself for my teammates to win football games.
If you could donate to one cause in the world, what would it be?
Feeding America
Who was your role model?
My Grandpa and Brett Favre
Who is your favorite NFL team?
Whatever team I’m on
Who is the most underrated teammate at your school?
William Cambell
What is your biggest pet peeve?
People who say they want to win but won’t do what it takes to win.
Who is your favorite teacher ever?
Professor McKelvey. Sports Management
Overcoming adversity is what defines character, what was the hardest moment in your life to overcome?
I lost both my Grandpa’s a month apart two months before last season then in week one of the season I tore my Lisfranc tendon in my foot. We ended up losing week two and I continued to play through the injury and we came out on top and won the first ever conference championship for the program.
If you could have any franchise restaurant in your house what would it be?
Chipotle
What is your favorite snack food?
Fruits
What is your degree in?
AG Business
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would it be and why?
My Grandpa, Jesus, and my brother. They are the most influential people in my life.
What is your biggest weakness?
My biggest weakness is that I hold myself to an unachievable standard and it can cause self doubt.
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