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2025 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: John Paul Flores, OL, Liberty University

Get to know John Paul Flores, an offensive lineman from Liberty University, as he shares his journey and love for football.
Get to know John Paul Flores, an offensive lineman from Liberty University, as he shares his journey and love for football.
  • Name: John Paul Flores
  • Position: OL
  • College: Liberty University
  • Height: 6′ 4″
  • Weight: 305 lbs.
  • X (Twitter): @76_jpflores
  • Instagram: @jpflores_76

What made you decide you wanted to be a football player?

It came from my family. I’m the 4th in a family of 5 and growing up with my older brothers playing football in the backyard was a huge reason why I fell in love with the sport of football.

What are your favorite moments from your football life?

Winning 2 championships at Dartmouth with my little brother, beating Notre Dame at Louisville and beating Harvard at Harvard on a last second Hail Mary to beat them my sophomore year and Harvard was our rival.

What are you looking to achieve as a football player going forward?

To achieve a lifetime dream of playing in the NFL at the highest level and reach the ultimate goal along with my family, who has been there with me through this entire journey.

If you could hang out with any football player past or present for a day, who and why?

Travis Frederick, I grew up a Cowboys fan and he was an All Pro, and he was a center and the position i am trying out for and he was in the spotlight, and I would love to see how he achieved playing at the highest level.

Which one of your family members inspires you the most and why?

My father, he’s the hardest working person I know, and he’s provided for my family a long time and he will do anything no questions asked and get it done.

What is your favorite offensive scheme and why?

Any scheme that whatever team takes me, but I’m quick and agile so outside zone and I ran alot of gap schemes from my time at Dartmouth.

What should we know about John Paul Flores the person?

The most important things to me are faith, family and football. And being at four different colleges and any scheme or place I’m put in I can go in and be successful.

What stands out about your film the most?

Physicality, speed and knowledge of our system or what the defense is trying to do.

How do you handle challenges both in life and on the football field?

I welcome a challenge, challenges and overcoming hardships are a part of life and you are going to have bad days but it’s just how you respond to them.

What would a team get in a player like you?

Somebody who loves football, do whatever it takes to make the team better and is a good person.

What do you love the most about the game of football?

The team aspect and being able to have eleven guys come together to do their jobs and work together and in football you can’t play by yourself, and everyone is in it for the long haul.

Who is the most underrated player you’ve played with and why?

Bryan Hudson, starting center at Louisville and he went undrafted and went into the league and is one of the best starting centers I’ve seen.

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