2025 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Stephenson Kennard, RB, Southern Nazarene University
- Name: Stephenson Kennard
- Position: Running back / ATH
- College: Southern Nazarene University
- Height: 5’11
- Weight: 195
- Twitter: Kennard2k
- Instagram: Kennard2k
What makes you a top prospect at your position in the 2025 NFL Draft?
What makes me a top prospect is consistency in doing my part as a teammate.
What is one thing that NFL teams should know about you?
All my uncles served military from a young age a different mindset was drilled in me.
If you could donate to one cause in the world, what would it be?
Mental health patients Who fight, identity, crisis, and suicide after serving military.
Who was your role model?
Walter Payton. He taught me to give it everything I got.
Who is your favorite NFL team?
My favorite NFL team is The Pittsburgh Steelers they represent the grit and play style I have for football.
Who is the most underrated teammate at your school?
Michael Okuwobi, He hits like Ronnie Lott!
What is your biggest pet peeve?
Biggest pet peeve is Not holding me accountable, or correcting me if I perform something wrong.
Who is your favorite teacher ever?
Ms. Barrick my 10th grade Spanish teacher laid a blueprint of what college life will be like.
Overcoming adversity is what defines character, what was the hardest moment in your life to overcome?
How you handle break ups, you were truly invested in as a man. This can be cars or parents divorcing as well.
If you could have any franchise restaurant in your house what would it be?
Jamaican Gates, Caribbean food holds my heart.
What is your favorite snack food?
Oreos
What is your degree in?
Kinesiology exercise science.
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would it be and why?
My brother, childhood, best friend, and Walter Payton they represented toughness as men. Resilience it’s a skill that they both have that can continue being sharpened.
What is your biggest weakness?
Kindness Because people make the mistake of taking advantage or crossing boundaries .
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