NFL Draft Diamonds Prospect Interview: AJ Sattinger, TE, Coastal Carolina
What is your name?
AJ Sattinger
What is your Height/Weight?
6’1/235
What is your position?
TE/H-back
Where do you play college football?
Coastal Carolina
Where are you from?
Clearwater, FL
Who is your role model, and why?
My father is my role model, he has shown me how to be a man and has pushed me to be the best person I can be.
Who was your favorite teacher?
Mrs. Walsh
Did you play any other sports growing up?
Basketball in middle school, but I’m a football player through and through
Who was the toughest player you ever faced?
Dante Fowler
Who is the most underrated player on your team?
Tyler Keane
What is the one song that would fire you up before the biggest game of your life?
Welcome to the Terror Dome, Public Enemy
If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be and why?
Kyle Juszczyk, both small school guys passionate about football, hybrid type players that can line up all over the field and create match up problems
What was the biggest obstacle in your life you had to overcome, and how did you overcome it?
My daughter was born in October and at the time I was playing at FIU for my 5th year, I came home to be with my fiancé and daughter and didn’t play my senior season. I’m overcoming the obstacle right now as I am following my dream to play in the NFL.
Do you have any pre-game rituals?
I point up to the sky every time I run out of the tunnel.
What was the most memorable play of your collegiate career?
My very first play of my college career.
What is the coolest thing you ever did off the field for someone else?
I gave a man my jacket in the winter time when he didn’t have one
Who was your favorite NFL team growing up?
Bucs
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would you choose?
Lebron James, Michael Jordan, and Peyton Manning
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