2025 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Jose Chaires, K, Central State
- Name: Jose Chaires
- Position: Kicker/Punter
- College: Central State
- Height: 5’11
- Weight: 190
- Instagram: Jose_Quap18
What makes you a top prospect at your position in the 2025 NFL Draft?
The ability to be able to kick and punt. I am able to get any team 3 points or flip the Field I am okay and feel great doing both at the same time.
What is one thing that NFL teams should know about you?
I’m never satisfied with winning or doing average in a game. I watch my film just as much as a QB would.
If you could donate to one cause in the world, what would it be?
I would donate to the Ronald McDonald House charity because I have worked for them.
Who was your role model?
Rodrigo Blankenship former UGA kicker and Former NFL kicker.
Who is your favorite NFL team?
The Atlanta Falcons
Who is the most underrated teammate at your school?
One of our freshman QBs
What is your biggest pet peeve?
Extremely loud people, I enjoy being in quiet places or alone.
Who is your favorite teacher ever?
I do not have one.
Overcoming adversity is what defines character, what was the hardest moment in your life to overcome?
Having to get knee surgery in my junior year in high school, on my kicking leg. It was hard, I really thought I would never kick the same or at a higher level. I would be stuck in my own head, It was just mentally real hard but I was able to overcome the adversity.
If you could have any franchise restaurant in your house what would it be?
It would be a local Greek restaurant.
What is your favorite snack food?
I enjoy Pringles.
What is your degree in?
Psychology and I have a minor in Criminal Justice 13.
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would it be and why?
My grandmother passed away in 2019, I would have loved to just talk to her about my life in college and how things are going. Another person would be the current president and soon-to-be president, I just feel like they are always focusing on the wrong things and bigger things are going on in life to really focus on.
What is your biggest weakness?
being able to control what I can, A lot of the time I want to be a hero and it cannot always be like that.
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