NFL Draft Diamonds Prospect Interview: Damond Lampkin, WR, Glenville State College
NFL Draft Diamonds and our staff have been bringing our readers Prospect Interviews over the past 2 years and this year we mixed up the questions and added some fun questions for our readers. We have tons of NFL staff that read our interviews, and we actually received several of the questions from NFL scouts we speak too. This gives them a little bit more information regarding your character. We hope to bring you more than 300 interviews of NFL Draft Prospects this season. You will be able to track them all on the front page of our website in the banner.
What is your name?
Damond Lampkin
What is your Height/Weight?
5’8 164
What is your position?
WR/KR/PR
Where do you play college football?
GLENVILLE STATE COLLEGE
Football is about giving back, what is the coolest thing you have done off the field?
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE GOING TO SPEAK TO ELEMENTARY KIDS ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT SCHOOL IS.
What was the hardest college class you ever had to take?
STATISTICS
Where are you from?
LONG BEACH, CA
Who is your role model, and why?
MOTHER BECAUSE SHE IS ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING PERSON YOU’LL EVER MEET.
Did you play any other sports growing up?
YES, I PLAYED BASKETBALL AND RAN TRACK
Did you play any other positions in football?
CORNER AND RB
At your position, what separates you from others?
CREATING SEPARATION AND SMALL AREAS
When you are breaking down film, what do you look for?
HOW A DB COMES OUT HIS BREAK, HIPS, WHAT IS HIS STRENGTH AND WEAKNESSES, WHAT ROUTES HE LOOKS FOR.
Who was the toughest player you ever faced?
ROBERT WOODS
If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be and why?
JOHN BROWN FROM THE CARDS BECAUSE HOW HE RUNS ROUTES AND IS EXPLOSIVE WITH THE BALL GETTING THOSE EXTRAS YARDS
Do you have any pre-game rituals?
LISTEN TO RICK ROSS MIXTAPE BLACK DOLLAR
As a small school football player what obstacles do you feel you have to overcome?
I HAD TO OVERCOME OUTPLAYING A D1 TRANSFER THAT WAS 6’4.
What is your biggest strength?
QUICKNESS
What is your biggest weakness?
SIZE BUT I CAN GO UP FOR ANY BALL AND COME DOWN WITH IT.
If I were a GM and gave you a second to sell yourself, what would you say?
I WILL COMPETE WITH ANYONE, AND I WILL WIN MOST OF MY BATTLES AND YOU WONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ME OFF THE FIELD. I’M HERE TO WIN GAMES.
Who was your favorite player and/or NFL team growing up?
MY ALL TIME FAVORITE PLAYER WOULD HAVE TO BE REGGIE BUSH and FAVORITE TEAM IS THE COLTS
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would you choose?
DAUGHTER, MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER
With your first NFL paycheck what would you buy?
BUY A HOUSE FOR MY FAMILY
Rapid Answers:
- Spongebob or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
- Backstreet Boys or One Direction? NEITHER
- Lifetime Channel or HGTV?
- Waffles or Pancakes?
- Snakes or Spiders?
- Madden or Mario?
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