NFL Draft Diamonds Prospect Interview: Roubbens Joseph, OL, University of Buffalo
NFL Diamonds has been providing our readers Prospect Interviews over the past 3 years and this year we mixed things up a bit. Our questions are designed to give our readers a little more insight on the draft eligible player. We hope to bring you more than 350 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 to the right. Now let’s meet our next prospect!!!!
What is your name?
Roubbens Joseph
What is your Height/Weight?
6/4 315
What is your position?
LT/G
Where do you play college football?
Buffalo
Football is about giving back, what is the coolest thing you have done off the field?
Visiting elementary schools and seeing the kids reactions when they see the team.
What was the hardest college class you ever had to take?
Macro economics
Where are you from?
Springfield, Massachusetts
Who is your role model, and why?
I don’t have one other that my own two parents that have shown the the importance of hard work.
Did you play any other sports growing up?
I played basketball in middle school
Did you play any other positions in football?
No
At your position, what separates you from others?
My aggression. No matter who is across from me they will get a fight and find out how much of an asshole I am.
When you are breaking down film, what do you look for?
I look at tendencies of DL and where and how they make mistakes. I also took at the OL and mistakes they make.
Who was the toughest player you ever faced?
Jeremiah Ledbetter when I played him in JUCO.
If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be and why?
Chance Warmack because I feel like I can do my best at an interior spot. I can shock defenders on contact and be and anchor in pass pro.
What was the biggest obstacle in your life you had to overcome, and how did you overcome it?
Junior college. I kept focus, used all recourses to help me, and prayed for strength tho finish strong.
Do you have any pre-game rituals?
Just music
What is your biggest strength?
My determination. Also My strike at the point of attack and get off.
What is your biggest weakness?
My pride can get the best of me
If I were a GM and gave you a second to sell yourself, what would you say?
Working hard to accomplish A greater goal is nothing new to me. I understand that sacrifice is a key factor in success. I am a good teammate and will do whatever is takes for the sake of the team.
Who was your favorite player and/or NFL team growing up?
New England Patriots
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would you choose?
Jesus, Denzel Washington,
What will be the first big item you buy once you are in the NFL?
A one family house for my mother.
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