2025 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Damaje Yancey, CB, Troy University
- Name: Damaje Yancey
- Position: CB
- College: Troy University
- Height: 6’0
- Weight: 187
- Twitter: @_thefuture6
- Instagram: @damajeyancey
What makes you a top prospect at your position in the 2025 NFL Draft?
Besides my natural skill set, I’m a guy that’s consistent within technique, i have the EFFORT you’re looking for, and i can come down hill and support the run with physicality!
What is one thing that NFL teams should know about you?
I’m a guy of character; I’m a very vibrant guy I can mesh with any teammate inside any locker room.
If you could donate to one cause in the world, what would it be?
I would donate to paralyzed individuals/Children
Who was your role model?
My father is my role model
Who is your favorite NFL team?
49ers, BANG BANG!
Who is the most underrated teammate at your school?
Brendan Jackson, he is a Straight DOG!
What is your biggest pet peeve?
When people pinch me, I hate it
Who is your favorite teacher ever?
My favorite teacher is really a coach and its coach P he taught me a lot of life lessons to take to the real world
Overcoming adversity is what defines character, what was the hardest moment in your life to overcome?
My father was shot & paralyzed right in front of me when I was 9 years old. Watching that happen & to think he was saying his last words was traumatizing. My father was the breadwinner of the family and began to have life crumble it felt like. I was living out of trash bags. Seeing my mom get evicted Couldn’t even sleep at times. But my father raised a warrior so I made sure I overcame and i will be my first-generation graduate and NFL player.
If you could have any franchise restaurant in your house, what would it be?
I would have in & out for sure!
What is your favorite snack food?
I like honey buns! This been my favorite snack for ever
What is your degree in?
Communication, Criminal justice, and minor in businesses Marketing
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would it be and why?
My little brother JJ, Tupac, and Jeff Bezos
What is your biggest weakness?
My biggest weakness is trying to be a perfectionist
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