2025 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Andrew Schumacher, DB, University of Wisconsin River-Falls

• Name: Andrew Schumacher
• Position: Safety/Strong Safety
• College: University of Wisconsin River-Falls
• Height: 5’11
• Weight: 217
• Twitter: @AndrewSchumach9
• Instagram: @andrew.schumacher

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

My versatility, I can play up in the box, be a single high player, and play man against slots. 

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

Nobody outworks me on a daily basis, I am willing to do whatever it takes in whatever role that may be.

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

Childhood hunger 

Who was your role model?

Josh Metellus

Who is your favorite NFL team?

Minnesota Vikings

Who is the most underrated teammate at your school?

Gage Timm/Aaron Borgerding

What is your biggest pet peeve?

When people are on their phones at the lunch/dinner table and have their volume all the way up. 

Who is your favorite teacher ever?

Mr. Harper

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

Not agreeing with my role on the football team freshman year of college. I believed that I should be playing but was on the sidelines watching but was on an occasional special team. After that year was finished I dedicated every day to getting 1% better so that would not happen to me again, I never missed a training session and earned my way to a starting spot the following year. 

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

Chipotle

What is your favorite snack food?

Pretzels or Venison sticks

What is your degree in?

Finance

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

Kobe Bryant, I want to learn about his “mamba mentality”. Warren Buffet because he is one of the most successful investors of all time. The last person I would want to have dinner with would be Harrsion Smith, because I want to know what it takes to be an all-pro safety. 

What is your biggest weakness?

Worrying about the outcome of the game and not enjoying the moment and the process. I have made a significant improvement in that aspect over the 3 years I’ve started, we always say W.I.N. the moment, it means “What’s important now”. Our coaches have also preached the “get to” mindset, not everybody is as privileged as us, we are blessed to be able to play the game of football surrounded by our brothers, when others don’t have the same opportunity.