2025 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Devon Richards, DB, University of Sioux Falls
- Name: Devon Richards
- Position: DB
- College: University of Sioux Falls
- Height: 6’2
- Weight: 200
- Twitter: D1DevonRichards
- Instagram: Vito_Scaletta82
What makes you a top prospect at your position in the 2025 NFL Draft?
My combination of length, size and athleticism gives me a set of tools that is rare at my position with elite testing numbers worth taking a look at.
What is one thing that NFL teams should know about you?
My willingness to put the team over myself for the over all benefit of the organization. Hungry and willing to help out anyway possible.
If you could donate to one cause in the world, what would it be?
Any organization that helps with orphans. Every child deserves to be heard and feel wanted.
Who was your role model?
Kobe Bryant. I’ve had plenty role models growing up but he’d have to be have my favorite
Who is your favorite NFL team?
The best NFL team, the Vikings.
Who is the most underrated teammate at your school?
Connor Aldrich, he deserved recognition from around the league
What is your biggest pet peeve?
Messy people, cleanliness is peace
Who is your favorite teacher ever?
Joe Melde my 3rd grade teacher, I had so much fun in that class and learned so many things I still use till this day. Blessed to be a part of his classroom
Overcoming adversity is what defines character, what was the hardest moment in your life to overcome?
Losing my grandfather my freshman year of high school. Wanted him to see how strong I’ve become as a man
If you could have any franchise restaurant in your house what would it be?
Panda express, unbeatable.
What is your favorite snack food?
Lorna Doones. No brainer
What is your degree in?
Business administration
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would it be and why?
Kobe Bryant -he’s my role model. Frank Sinatra and Micheal Jackson – musical legends.
What is your biggest weakness?
Over thinking. In the pursuit of perfection, I often wonder if the things I do appear correct. Reassurance allows me to play my fastest and my best
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