2025 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Cheikh Saliou Fall, OLB, University of California

- Name: Cheikh Saliou Fall
- Position: Outside Linebacker/Defensive end
- College: California Berkeley
- Height: 6’5
- Weight: 265
- Twitter: @CheikhF30
- Instagram: cheikhsaliou_
What makes you a top prospect at your position in the 2025 NFL Draft?
What makes me a top prospect in the 2025 Draft is my versatility. I can play the run on the edge and the 4i with good hands and lateral footwork, I run sideline to sideline, I drop into coverage and I rush the passer. I take pride in stopping the run.
What is one thing that NFL teams should know about you?
I started playing football in high school so I am like a sponge every year I feel myself getting better and better.
If you could donate to one cause in the world, what would it be?
Starvation and genocide in different parts of the world.
Who was your role model?
My father
Who is your favorite NFL team?
Bengals
Who is the most underrated teammate at your school?
Xavier Carrollton
What is your biggest pet peeve?
Disloyalty
Who is your favorite teacher ever?
Mrs. Cooper – Spanish teacher
Overcoming adversity is what defines character, what was the hardest moment in your life to overcome?
My ACL tear in 2022
If you could have any franchise restaurant in your house what would it be?
Applebees
What is your favorite snack food?
Chicken wings
What is your degree in?
Buisness administration
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would it be and why?
LeBron James, Rockefeller, Muhammad Ali
What is your biggest weakness?
Working too hard without resting.

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