2021 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Malik Barrow, DL, Rutgers University

• Name: Malik Barrow
• Height: 6’3
• Weight: 270
• Position: DL
• College: OSU/RUTGERS UNIVERSITY 
• Twitter: @malikb_55
• Instagram: @malikbarrow_

What is the best restaurant in your hometown city? 

• Jerk Hut! Tampa Florida 

When breaking down your film what will stick out? 

• My get off, attention to detail hand placement, eyes 

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

•  Invest it all buy property 

What has been your biggest failure? 

• I don’t look at any circumstance in my life as failure I look at those moments as lessons to learn and grow 

What do your teammates say is your best quality?

• I’m a leader I’m a good person and some younger guys look up to me like I’m their big brother

Who is the hardest working teammate on your team?

•  Michael DwumFour

Have you ever had a nickname? What is it?

• Leek!

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

• I have earned a degree from THE Ohio State University and I will be pursuing a medical sales representative career once football is over.

What is your coolest life moment? 

• My coolest life moment was being able to go on a vacation with my family and that was the closest and longest we have all been together. It was an unbelievable feeling that I found cool because I had such a great time with just my family.

What song would you sing at Karaoke night? 

• I would sing Rags2Riches by Rod Wave!

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

– I am picking Neo from the Matrix

Who is your favorite football team? 

• My favorite NFL team is the New England Patriots My first NFL game ever as a kid growing up in Boston that’s all I knew!

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

•  This guy 

Take us through game day, How do you prepare? 

• Preparation is everything! Preparing for a game begins the night after your last game. After a long hard week, on game day I prepare by blocking out all distractions and finding that music that gets me in my zone. I lock in on my job for that day and the OL that is in front of me. At that point on game day I’m so well prepared that I know exactly what plays we will be running I know exactly who my opponent is and every tendency they will run on specific downs. I’m confident in my preparation that I take deep breaths say a prayer and go out and play ball!

Do you have any hobbies? 

• I love to fish and cook food 

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

•  Shaq Lawson (Bills) / Tyquan Lewis (Colts)

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

• My father Malcolm Barrow taught me the importance of patience and instilled a mentality in me that I would go after my dreams with everything I have in me! He took me to the gym and fields when I was young in HS and helped mold me into the man I am today.

What motivates you to work hard?

• My family is my motivation for me to work harder because I want to be able to make them proud and eventually work so hard that I can be able to bless them just how they have blessed me my whole life.