NFL Draft Diamonds Prospect Interview: T.T. Barber, LB, Middle Tennessee State University
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?
Trevontii T.T Barber
What is your Height/Weight?
6’0/230
What is your position?
OLB
Where do you play college football?
Middle Tennessee State University
Football is about giving back, what is the coolest thing you have done off the field?
Participated in campability
What was the hardest college class you ever had to take?
A&P 2
Where are you from?
Colquitt, Georgia
Who is your role model, and why?
Ray Lewis , his passion for the game
Did you play any other sports growing up?
Basketball, baseball
Did you play any other positions in football?
I played RB, DE, WR, QB
At your position, what separates you from others?
My instinct for the ball and tackling
When you are breaking down film, what do you look for?
I look for favorite formation
Who was the toughest player you ever faced?
Toughest player faced Brandon Doughty
If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be and why?
Patrick Willis
What was the biggest obstacle in your life you had to overcome, and how did you overcome it?
(Biggest obstacle was losing my uncle my Senior year of high school and I haven’t gotten over it but my family helps me)
Do you have any pre-game rituals?
I always get my ankles taped at the stadium
As a small school football player what obstacles do you feel you have to overcome?
(The fact of being at a small school, doesn’t get much exposure)
What is your biggest strength?
My biggest strength being great under pressure
What is your biggest weakness?
My biggest weakness … I don’t have one
If I were a GM and gave you a second to sell yourself, what would you say?
“Just watch me play, cause me talking to you isn’t going to do any justice”
Who was your favorite player and/or NFL team growing up?
Junior Seau/ Ray Lewis and the Baltimore Ravens
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would you choose?
My uncle, my pastor , and my great grandma
What will be the first big item you buy once you are in the NFL?
A car
Rapid Answers:
- Tupac or Biggie?
- NFL Network or ESPN?
- Coke or Pepsi?
- Pizza or Burgers?
- Dogs or Cats?
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