NFL Draft Diamonds Prospect Interview: Cameron Brown, DB, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

NFL Draft Diamonds has been bringing our readers Prospect Interviews over the past 3 years and this year we mixed up the questions and added some fun questions for our readers. Our questions are designed to give our readers a little more insight on the player. We hope to bring you more than 350 interviews of NFL Draft Prospects this season. You will be able to track them all on the front page of our website in the banner to the right.  Now let’s meet the prospect!!!!

What is your name?

Cameron Dion Brown

What is your Height/Weight?

5’10/195

What is your position?

FS/CB

Where do you play college football?

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Football is about giving back, what is the coolest thing you have done off the field?

I’ve helped recruit and inspire young men of color to attend college.

What was the hardest college class you ever had to take?

A 400 level Astronomy class.

Where are you from?

I’m from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Who is your role model, and why?

My mother because she taught me something that has helped me through my life journey and that is never give up on a dream or goal of yours no matter how dim it may look no matter how impossible it may seem, it’s always possible if you still believe.

Did you play any other sports growing up?

Yes, I have played basketball, baseball, soccer, ran track and tennis.

Did you play any other positions in football?

Yes, I played cornerback, runningback, wide receiver, and quarterback.

At your position, what separates you from others?

I would say my understanding of the game and understanding of what the offenses want to do. It allows me to prevent big plays while also making big plays for my team.

When you are breaking down film, what do you look for?

I look for tendencies, surfaces, formations a team likes to hit their big plays in, personal groupings and how the players communicate with each other in between the snap like little gestures.

Who was the toughest player you ever faced?

Zach Zenner from South Dakota State he plays for the Lions now.

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

Earl Thomas, his leadership, fearless mentality, competitive nature, and will to make himself the best player he can possibly be is everything I see in myself.  

Do you have any pre-game rituals?

I go through team warm-ups with no shirt on no matter the weather.

As a small school football player what obstacles do you feel you have to overcome?

Not getting as many looks as bigger colleges would be the biggest obstacle other than that the rest on me.

What is your biggest strength?

My ability to make 3rd and 4th down stops getting offenses off the field.

What is your biggest weakness?

My aggressiveness sometimes making the big hit isn’t ideal for every situation.

If I were a GM and gave you a second to sell yourself, what would you say?

I’m the type of player you only have to show the play once, tell me what you want me to do in that play and it will be done. I dedicate myself to being the greatest player I can be no matter what my position is on the team I will perform at NFL quality.

Who was your favorite player and/or NFL team growing up?

My favorite player was Deion Sanders growing up and my favorite team is the Baltimore Ravens.

If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would you choose?

Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther King, and Isreal Owens (my grandfather).

With your first NFL paycheck what would you buy?

Alternate helmets and jerseys for the players at my college.

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