2020 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Jalen Morton, QB, Prairie View A&M University
- Name: Jalen Morton
- Height: 6’ 4”
- Weight: 226
- Position: QB
- College: Prairie View A&M University
- Twitter: @JMoII1
Tell us about your hometown, and what you love most about it?
• Pine Bluff, Arkansas. A small city that where not roosters wake you up in the am but trains do.
List these three in order of importance and why: Film Study, Strength and Conditioning and Practice?
• Film Study, Practice, Strength and Conditioning
What do you worry about, and why?
• Not being as successful as I want to be
Give me an example of when you failed at something. How did you react and how did you overcome failure?
• Got a very low grade on a Mechanical Engineering exam, and I had to buckle down and get a on my high horse and pass the last two exams
What do your teammates say is your best quality?
• Competitor
Who is the best player you have ever played against in college?
• Miles Garrett
What would your career be if you couldn’t play football?
• Baseball
Room, desk, and car – which do you clean first?
• Desk
If there was a disaster and you could either save three strangers or one family member, which would you choose and why?
• My little sister, because everyone else can save themselves. My little sister is 2 years old just came into the world
If you could be any television or movie character, who would you be and why?
• Batman, moves in silence, smart and it’s hard to take him down
Tell me about your biggest adversity in life and how you’ve dealt with or overcome it?
• Taking a chemical engineering class, independent study for math class and a mechanical engineering class all at the same time during the summer
What is your most embarrassing moment?
• tripping in public
What was the most memorable play of your collegiate career?
• coming in my redshirt freshman season on homecoming we were down and winning against Alabama state
What song best describes your work ethic?
• In Due Time by K Camp
What is the most important trait you can have (Physical or Non-Physical) to help you succeed at the next level?
• I learn quick
If you could bring one person back from the dead for one day, who would it be and why?
• Tupac “ sense he is dead”
If you were to open a dance club, what would you name it?
• Blades
Who is the most underrated player in the NFL?
• Adam Humphries
Would you rather be liked or respected, and why?
• Respected
What player who had his career derailed by off-field issues do you feel for the most and why?
• Micheal Vick, He was too elite for his era.
Do you love to win, or hate to lose?
• Hate to lose
Who has been the biggest influence on your life and explain why?
• Father
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