2021 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Dwight Blakey, WR, University of Central Arkansas

• Name: Dwight Blakey
• Height: 5’9
• Weight: 187
• Position: Wide Receiver/ Punt Returner
• College: University of Central Arkansas
• Twitter: @_Shift6

What is the best restaurant in your hometown city?

• Bucharest Bar and Grill

When breaking down your film what will stick out?

• Quickness in and out of breaks

If you won the lotto, what is the first thing you would do with the money?

• Create A Plan/Budget for spending, saving, and donating.

What has been your biggest failure?

• Not earning a 4.0 in College or HS

What do your teammates say is your best quality?

• My routes and quickness

Who is the hardest working teammate on your team?

• DeAndre Lamont

Have you ever had a nickname? What is it?

• Wight, DB, D,

What is your degree in, if you do not make it as a football player, what is your dream job?

• Exercise Science. My dream job is becoming a college receiver coach, then owning my own training facility after retirement.

What is your coolest life moment?

• Traveling to Hawaii to play against the University of Hawaii.

What song would you sing at Karaoke night?

• Dead and Gone by T.I. and Justin Timberlake

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If you could pick any actor to play you in a movie, who are you picking?

• Idris Elba

Who is your favorite football team?

• Detroit Lions

If you had a warning label, what would yours say?

• Warning Highly Competitive

What is your biggest fear?

• Not meeting my full potential. 

Who is the most underrated player in the NFL?

• Marvin Jones Jr.

Take us through game day, How do you prepare?

• I have a very calm gameday ritual. I watch last-minute film on the defensive backfield. I don’t listen to music often; I like to hear my thoughts and talk to God.

Do you have any hobbies?

• Yes, they are Biking and Photography.

If you had to compare yourself to someone in the NFL, who would that be?

• Steven Sims Jr.

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

• My mother, she has motivated me and supported through my biggest life decisions. She prays for me constantly; she is my deepest spiritual connection.

What motivates you to work hard?

• I am afraid of being broke, as well as failing and underachieving.