2025 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Jeremy Smith, DB, Valdosta State
![Jeremy Smith the versatile defensive back from Valdosta State recently sat down with NFL Draft Diamonds owner Damond Talbot.](https://nfldraftdiamonds.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Screen-Shot-2024-06-26-at-5.37.03-PM.png)
- Name: Jeremy Smith
- Position: SAF/Nickle
- College: Valdosta
- Height: 6’0
- Weight: 190
- Twitter: jeremysmith_5
- Instagram: 12stickzz
What makes you a top prospect at your position in the 2025 NFL Draft?
What I bring to the game, I’m physical, coachable, able to adjust to any situation and I’ll do whatever to help for team success
What is one thing that NFL teams should know about you?
I’m a good human outside of football and on the field a real ball player
If you could donate to one cause in the world, what would it be?
I would invest in the youth development
Who was your role model?
My older teammates’ closest friends
Who is your favorite NFL team?
Falcons
Who is the most underrated teammate at your school?
Jordan Billups
What is your biggest pet peeve?
Dishonesty
Who is your favorite teacher ever?
Ms. Glover
Overcoming adversity is what defines character, what was the hardest moment in your life to overcome?
When I tore my ACL freshman in college it definitely made me realize how much the game meant & valuable it is to me
If you could have any franchise restaurant in your house what would it be?
Longhorn
What is your favorite snack food?
Pizza rolls
What is your degree in?
Sports management
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would it be and why?
My closest friend Wanya, Uncle James, and Uncle William those three people I lost growing up so having another meal with them would be the best to let them know how far I’ve come & I’m still making them proud
What is your biggest weakness?
Trusting myself in hard times
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