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2022 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Jake Bobo, WR, Duke University

Jake Bobo, WR, Duke University
Duke University star wide receiver Jake Bobo recently sat down with NFL Draft Diamonds owner Damond Talbot.
  • Name: Jake Bobo
  • Position: WR
  • College: Duke University
  • Height: 6’4
  • Weight: 215
  • Twitter: @jak3bobo
  • Instagram: @jakebobo19

What makes you a top prospect at your position in the 2022 NFL Draft

            Ability to make contested catches. Not a burner, but will catch everything thrown to me and can make a couple guys miss in space.

At what age were you first interested in the sport of football?

            Earliest organized football was in the 3rd grade. Don’t remember a point where I wasn’t interested in the game of football.

What is one thing that NFL teams should know about you?

            Will catch anything and everything thrown to me. Takes pride in contested catches.

If you could donate to one cause in the world, what would it be? 

            Lazarus House Ministries, Lawrence, MA

What is the best advice you have ever received? 

            “Football is what you do, not who you are.”

Who was your childhood hero? 

            My father

Who is the most underrated teammate in your locker room at your school? 

            Jeremiah Lewis

What is your biggest pet peeve? 

            Asking questions during a movie

Overcoming adversity is what defines character, what was the hardest moment in your life to overcome? 

            Battling hereditary mental health issues throughout high school and the first half of college.

Tell me something about your school and why it is so special to you?

            Standard of excellence in the classroom and on the field. “Best of both worlds” is corny but is true at Duke.

What is your favorite snack food? 

            Any type of fruit and throwing a little peanut butter on there.

What is the best part of football? 

            The locker room after a weekday practice or after a W. Nothing like it

If you could sell yourself in one sentence what would you say? 

            Will not run by anybody, but will pick up explosive chunks in ways other than deep balls. Catches 100% of the balls thrown his way.

If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be? 

            Jakobi Meyers

If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would it be and why? 

            Michael Jordan, Henry Ford, Jay-Z

Damond Talbot

NFL Draft Diamonds was created to assist the underdogs playing the sport. We call them diamonds in the rough. My name is Damond Talbot, I have worked extremely hard to help hundreds of small school players over the past several years, and will continue my mission. We have several contributors on this site, and if they contribute their name and contact will be in the piece above. You can email me at nfldraftdiamonds@gmail.com

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