NFL Draft Diamonds Prospect Interview: Roosevelt Donaldson, DE, Samford University
Diamonds has been bringing our readers Prospect Interviews over the past 3 years and this year we mixed up the questions and added some fun questions for our readers. Our questions are designed to give our readers a little more insight on the 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 the prospect!!!!
What is your name?
Roosevelt Donaldson
What is your Height/Weight?
6’2 260
What is your position?
Defensive end/Outside linebacker
Where do you play college football?
Samford University
Football is about giving back, what is the coolest thing you have done off the field?
Coolest thing I’ve done is help work at the special Olympics
What was the hardest college class you ever had to take?
Computer Science
Where are you from?
From Miami Florida
Who is your role model, and why?
Mom because of how hard she works
Did you play any other sports growing up?
Baseball
Did you play any other positions in football?
Other positions/ Linebacker
At your position, what separates you from others?
Speed for size
When you are breaking down film, what do you look for?
I look for offensive lineman stances to see if they give anything off for run or pass
Who was the toughest player you ever faced?
Ereck Flowers of the New York Giants in High School
If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be and why?
Terrell Suggs because of his aggressive style of play
What was the biggest obstacle in your life you had to overcome, and how did you overcome it?
Biggest obstacle I had to overcome was being a positive product of my environment
What is your biggest strength?
Biggest strength instinct
What is your biggest weakness?
Weakness trying to make every play
If I were a GM and gave you a second to sell yourself, what would you say?
If I were a GM/ I am passionate and love the game of football. Football is second nature to me because I’ve been playing the game since I was 5. I give my all every snap.
Who was your favorite player and/or NFL team growing up?
Favorite player growing up/Ray Lewis
Favorite team/ Dolphins
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would you choose?
Dinner/Ray Lewis, My grandfather and Floyd Mayweather
What will be the first big item you buy once you are in the NFL?
My mom a car
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