2020 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Michael Walker, DB, University of Northern Colorado

• Name: Michael Walker
• Height: 6000
• Weight: 195
• Position: DB
• College: University of Northern Colorado
• Twitter: @mikemikewalker

Tell us about your hometown, and what you love most about it?

• I’m from Oakland California born and raised and the things I love about Oakland is that we support one another and our culture is very unique.

List these three in order of importance and why: Film Study, Strength and Conditioning and Practice?

• Strength and conditioning, practice, and film study , reason why Is because you can’t practice if you not in shape to perform at a high level, so therefore what film are you going to watch if your not going to be out there on the football field.

What do you worry about, and why?

• I Don’t worry about anything, because I trust god and I let him guide me.

Give me an example of when you failed at something. How did you react and how did you overcome failure?

• One thing I failed at was in high school, I wasn’t able to lift as much as everybody and that made me uncomfortable so else I kept working and kept god first then I eventually was one of the strongest one on the team out of the skill positions.

What do your teammates say is your best quality?

• Most of my teammates say my best quality is my competitiveness and bringing the best of out people.

Who is the best player you have ever played against in college?

• The best player I will say the kid from Washington st #8, the WR.

What would your career be if you couldn’t play football? 

• If I couldn’t play football I would like to work with kids and uplift them into the right direction.

Room, desk and car – which do you clean first?

• I always keep my room clean first.

If there was a disaster and you could either save three strangers or one family member, which would you choose and why?

• Family member because losing a family member would have more impact on my mental health than a stranger.

If you could be any television or movie character, who would you be and why?

• The movie Logan and i will be Wolverine because I will do what I need to do to help whoever is around me and I’m dominant in whatever I do.

Tell me about your biggest adversity in life and how you’ve dealt with or overcome it?

• Seeing my dad die in front of me when I was five years old and it was hard to deal with but this is what keeps me working, if not working I know I’m disappointing my pops. Being in a household of all females made me realize I had to grow up faster and become the man of the house. So providing for my family was always a mission for me to do since I was little boy.

What is your most embarrassing moment?

• My most embarrassing moment was when I had speech in class and I kept stuttering

What was the most memorable play of your collegiate career?

• Most memorable moment was when I told my safety we need to find a way to score because our offense was struggling this game and he ended up catching pick while getting tackled and I told him to pitch it to me and I got the blocks and was able to score.

What song best describes your work ethic?

• A song that describes my work ethic is Mozzy beautiful struggle.

What is the most important trait you can have (Physical or Non-Physical) to help you succeed at the next level? 

• I win at the line of scrimmage using my feet and the length of my arms and also a student of the game. 

If you could bring one person back from the dead for one day, who would it be and why?

• I would bring my pops back because I know he’s proud of me now and I would like to hear of what he has to say or listen to any advice from him. 

If you were to open a dance club, what would you name it? 

• Dance club will me mike lowrys because it’s always smooth.

Who is the most underrated player in the NFL? 

• Davonte Parker is underrated

Would you rather be liked or respected, and why?

• Respected because if you don’t respect me, then you telling you me I’m not a man.

What player who had his career derailed by off-field issues do you feel for the most and why?

• Sean Taylor because his own people tried to steal from him and killed him.

Do you love to win, or hate to lose?

• Love to win 

Who has been the biggest influence on your life and explain why?

• Marcus Peters, Josh Johnson, and Marshawn Lynch because they are living proof that anything is possible coming from Oakland California and when you want something you can go get it.