2022 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Tyrone Chambers, DL, Kentucky State University

• Name: Tyrone Chambers
• Position: Nose Tackle/DL
• College: Kentucky State University
• Height: 6’5
• Weight: 364
• Twitter: @tyskiii2
• Instagram: @tyskiii2

What makes you a top prospect at your position  in the 2023 NFL Draft? 

• “I’m a Bulldozer man, I can be a threat up front and make it hard for teams to run the ball. I like to play with a physical mindset and make plays.”

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

• “I started playing football at the age of 8.”

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

• “I’m smart. I have a high IQ for the game of football. I  can spot out pretty much any formation and alert where the ball is being ran to.”

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

• “If I could donate to one cause it would be feeding the homeless of course and helping them get back on their feet. We are all human and we all deserve a second chance at life.”

What is the best advice you have ever received? 

• “Mind the business the pays you.” That’s what my mother usually says to me. That is just a tool for me off the field to stay away from the wrong Crowd, I was always taught to be myself.”

Who was your childhood hero?

• “My mom”

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

• “ I would say Artest Banks! One of the better gap filling linebackers I’ve played with. He plays fast and he plays with an attitude that rubs off on all of us.”

What is your biggest pet peeve? 

• “When people talk a lot and not know how to end a conversation lol.”

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

• “I sat out a whole season in 2020 because I was in the transfer portal during the start of  COVID-19. It was the hardest moment of my life trying to find a home but it was pretty normal during the pandemic. It’s was hard but I remained humble and I continued to work for my dreams and Kentucky State called me.”

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

• “ I attend a HBCU and that’s special to me because I get to receive a Degree from a Historically Black College and I believe that holds a lot of weight, being African American with a degree from a HBCU.”

What is your favorite snack food? 

• “Cheez-It”

What is the best part of football? 

• “Being able to go to war and be physical without being punished.”

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

• “He will bring great character and dominate skills.”

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

• “Ndamkong Suh.”

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

1. Tom Brady
2. Myles Garrett
3. Lebron James