2026 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Tahir Mills, RB, Youngstown State University
- Name: Tahir Mills
- Position: Running Back
- College: Youngstown State University
- Height: 6’0
- Weight: 220
- Twitter: @TahirMills_
- Instagram: @4xtubb
What makes you a top prospect at your position in the 2026 NFL Draft?
My size alone sets me in a category of previous and current elite running backs in the NFL. My playmaking ability and savvy play style adds on to the great head I have on my shoulders. I am ambitious and will get what I desire in life because I work hard. Along with that I am very humbled, gifted, and blessed!
What is one thing that NFL teams should know about you?
I want to succeed as bad as I want to breathe. So I love to put myself into positions where I challenge myself because I thrive in adversity.
If you could donate to one cause in the world, what would it be?
Ending Poverty, I hate to see people struggle.
Who was your role model?
My Mother
Who is your favorite NFL team?
New England Patriots
Who is the most underrated teammate at your school?
Andrew Jacobs
What is your biggest pet peeve?
The sound of styrofoam
Who is your favorite teacher ever?
Dr. Lauren Feeny Gentekos
Overcoming adversity is what defines character, what was the hardest moment in your life to overcome?
I worked my whole life to go division 1, big dream of mine since a young boy. Senior year of highschool I had no luck and ended up going division 2. It broke my heart. I thought it was over, lost all hope, and lost myself for a bit because I didn’t know any better I was young. I went through a stage of sadness and loss of confidence. Lost my identity, but eventually learned that football isn’t my identity. I went into college and started as a freshman. Couple years down the line I ended up betting on myself and landed division 1. Now looking to fulfill my biggest dream of playing in the NFL.
If you could have any franchise restaurant in your house what would it be?
Chipotle
What is your favorite snack food?
Goldfish
What is your degree in?
Psychology
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would it be and why?
- Kevin Durant, favorite basketball player of all time and feel like we would have some good conversations.
- Micheal Jackson, I want to know how he makes so much good music and how he gets those instrumentals.
- Al Pacino, he starred in the greatest movie of all time ‘Scarface’ and I’d love to talk to him about how he had to embrace the role of Tony Montana.
What is your biggest weakness?
I’m a perfectionist
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