NFL Draft Diamonds Prospect Interview: Travis Hening, OL, East Central University
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What is your name?
Travis Hening
What is your Height/Weight?
6,6″, 315
What is your position?
Right Offensive Tackle
Where do you play college football?
East Central University
Football is about giving back, what is the coolest thing you have done off the field?
I volunteer to read to the kids every year at the elementary school
What was the hardest college class you ever had to take?
Speech
Where are you from?
Yukon Oklahoma
Who is your role model, and why?
My Mother because she shows what it takes to be a true trooper
Did you play any other sports growing up?
I played every sport you can think of
Did you play any other positions in football?
I played right tackle and left tackle
At your position, what separates you from others?
My ability to adapt in the game situation depending on who I’m going against
When you are breaking down film, what do you look for?
Clues and anything that gives away the defense so I know what’s coming
Who was the toughest player you ever faced?
The Defensive End from Henderson State this year
If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be and why?
JJ Watt, We both have the same work ethic
Dealing with my parents divorce and talking about it to a friend helped
Do you have any pre-game rituals?
Nope
As a small school football player what obstacles do you feel you have to overcome?
Definitely the negative look you get from being in a small school
What is your biggest strength?
Overcoming anything that I approach
What is your biggest weakness?
Not staying true to myself all the time!
If I were a GM and gave you a second to sell yourself, what would you say?
If you give me this chance I can bring you something to the table that will only further the team I’ll be playing for
Who was your favorite player and/or NFL team growing up?
Dallas Cowboys
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would you choose?
George Bush, Martin Luther King Jr., Ronald Reagan
With your first NFL paycheck what would you buy?
I would buy a new bed because mine is too small
Rapid Answers:
- Spongebob or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
- Backstreet Boys or One Direction?
- Lifetime Channel or HGTV?
- Waffles or Pancakes?
- Snakes or Spiders?
- Madden or Mario?