NFL Draft Diamonds Prospect Interview: Siosifa Tufunga, OL, University of Washington
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?
Siosifa Vakasiuola Tufunga
What is your Height/Weight?
6’3″ 310 lbs
What is your position?
OL- C/G
Where do you play college football?
University of Washington
Football is about giving back, what is the coolest thing you have done off the field?
What was the hardest college class you ever had to take?
Astronomy 150
Where are you from?
Long Beach, California
Who is your role model, and why?
Did you play any other sports growing up?
Shotput my senior year in high school.
Did you play any other positions in football?
LT
At your position, what separates you from others?
When you are breaking down film, what do you look for?
Who was the toughest player you ever faced?
If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be and why?
What was the biggest obstacle in your life you had to overcome, and how did you overcome it?
Do you have any pre-game rituals?
What is your biggest strength?
What is your biggest weakness?
If I were a GM and gave you a second to sell yourself, what would you say?
Who was your favorite player and/or NFL team growing up?
I didn’t have a favorite player but my favorite team growing up was the St. Louis Rams.
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would you choose?
My Dad, grandpa Hoke, and Bob Marley
What will be the first big item you buy once you are in the NFL?
Rapid Answers:
Tupac or Biggie?
NFL Network or ESPN?
Coke or Pepsi?
Pizza or Burgers?
Dogs or Cats?
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