NFL Draft Diamonds Prospect Interview: Angelo Mangiro, OL, Penn State
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?
Angelo Mangiro
What is your Height/Weight?
6’3 310 pounds
What is your position?
Center/ Guard
Where do you play college football?
Penn State
Football is about giving back, what is the coolest thing you have done off the field?
Anti bullying in Middle Schools
What was the hardest college class you ever had to take?
Advanced and Critical thinking in education 528
Where are you from?
Roxbury, NJ
Who is your role model, and why?
Father, he gets it done
Did you play any other sports growing up?
Basketball
Did you play any other positions in football?
No
At your position, what separates you from others?
Communication, able to identify schemes quickly
When you are breaking down film, what do you look for?
Player personnel, pass rush moves, how d line plays and their tendencies
Who was the toughest player you ever faced?
Joey Bosa
If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be and why?
I don’t know
What was the biggest obstacle in your life you had to overcome, and how did you overcome it?
I had a good upbringing
Do you have any pre-game rituals?
Walk the field and shake everyones hand on the o line
What is your biggest strength?
Football IQ
What is your biggest weakness?
Weight
If I were a GM and gave you a second to sell yourself, what would you say?
Hard worker and I would give it my all
Who was your favorite player and/or NFL team growing up?
Giants- Chris Snee
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would you choose?
Lombardi, Dad, Coach K
What will be the first big item you buy once you are in the NFL?
Rent an apartment
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