2025 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Joshua Carter, RB, Eastern Kentucky University
- Name: Joshua Carter
- Position: Running Back
- College: Eastern Kentucky University
- Height: 5’9
- Weight: 210
- Twitter: @joshua_carter4
- Instagram: @suge4k
What makes you a top prospect at your position in the 2025 NFL Draft?
My talent, leadership ability and being highly coachable
What is one thing that NFL teams should know about you?
I am huge into self-discipline so I believe that having off the field issues are not a risk with me
If you could donate to one cause in the world, what would it be?
Black founded nonprofits
Who was your role model?
My brothers because I’m the youngest boy in my family and I physically got to see their journeys in life, and they’ve always been a positive influence on me
Who is your favorite NFL team?
Whoever Michael Carter is on until it’s whoever is paying me
Who is the most underrated teammate at your school?
Dequan Stanley or John Stone, they don’t get the recognition they deserve from the outside world for what they bring to the offense
What is your biggest pet peeve?
The sound Styrofoam makes when they rub each other
Who is your favorite teacher ever?
My dad was my substitute teacher for a couple days so I’ll have to go with him
Overcoming adversity is what defines character, what was the hardest moment in your life to overcome?
Athletically it would have to be my ACL tear. It’s taught me a lot about the business of football and what it feels like to have the game taken away from you
If you could have any franchise restaurant in your house what would it be?
Golden Krust Caribbean food, top 1 franchise
What is your favorite snack food?
Any flavor gushers
What is your degree in?
Business Administration
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would it be and why?
Grandma Daisy because I just want to hear her voice. Barry Sanders and Chris Johnson because they are my 2 favorite running backs of all time, and I’d like to get some football intelligence from them.
What is your biggest weakness?
Never feeling like my competition is competition
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