2023 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Thomas Mahoney, C, Tusculum University
- Name: Thomas Mahoney
- Position: Center
- College: Tusculum University
- Height: 6’2
- Weight: 280 lbs.
- Twitter: @Mahoney5520
- Instagram: @Mahoney551
What makes you a top prospect at your position in the 2023 NFL Draft?
- My aggressiveness and athleticism.
At what age were you first interested in the sport of football?
- My dad had me in a three point stance before I could walk. I started playing tackle football at age 5.
What is one thing that NFL teams should know about you?
- I will out work anyone of my competitors.
If you could donate to one cause in the world, what would it be?
- I would continue to donate to St. Jude’s children’s hospital.
What is the best advice you have ever received?
- “Don’t ever stop chasing that dream”
Who was your childhood hero?
- Tom Brady because I love the way that he always finds a way to win.
Who is the most underrated teammate in your locker room at your school?
- Justice Parham
What is your biggest pet peeve?
- When people chew loud and talk with food in their mouth.
Overcoming adversity is what defines character, what was the hardest moment in your life to overcome?
- I have always been doubted because I was always the smallest o-lineman. Proving everyone wrong has been the hardest thing I have ever done but has started to become easy.
Tell me something about your school and why it is so special to you?
- Tusculum is a small school, that makes the relationships you create with people so much more special.
What is your favorite snack food?
- Pepperoni and Cheese
What is the best part of football?
- Getting to move a grown man from point A to point B against their will.
If you could sell yourself in one sentence what would you say?
- You wont regret it.
If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be?
- Jason Kelce because of the way we both can move and finish people.
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would it be and why?
- Hank Williams Jr, Ronald Reagan, and Tom Brady