2021 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Austin Watkins Jr., WR, University of Alabama-Birmingham
- Name: Austin Watkins Jr.
- Height: 6030
- Weight: 210
- Position: Wide Receiver
- College: UAB
- Twitter: @GoldenTicket_6
What is the best restaurant in your hometown city?
• City Fish Market
When breaking down your film what will stick out?
• My catching ability
If you won the lotto, what is the first thing you would do with the money?
• I would buy my Mom a house
What has been your biggest failure?
• Issues I dealt with when I was younger
What do your teammates say is your best quality?
• Accountability
Who is the hardest working teammate on your team?
• Keilan Knight, Myron Mitchell, and Lucious Stanley
Have you ever had a nickname? What is it?
• Slym, Pooh
What is your degree in, if you do not make it as a football player, what is your dream job?
• Communications, and I would be like Be Shannon Sharpe, broadcasting!
What is your coolest life moment?
• Just being on the field with my boys
What song would you sing at Karaoke night?
• Something from Kodak Black
If you could pick any actor to play you in a movie, who are you picking?
• Martin Lawrence
Who is your favorite football team?
• Minnesota Vikings
What is your biggest fear?
• I don’t have one
Who is the most underrated player in the NFL?
• Mike Evans, WR, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Take us through game day, How do you prepare?
• Listen to Girl music to slow down my thinking
Do you have any hobbies?
• Bowling, Playing the game, Basketball
If you had to compare yourself to someone in the NFL, who would that be?
• Micheal Thomas, Julio Jones, or Andre Johnson
Who has been the biggest influence on your life and explain why?
• Myself, I constantly tell myself to keep striving. I remember, when I was the only person that believed in me.
What motivates you to work hard?
• My daughter, my family, and the fact I have been doubted my whole life
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