NFL Draft Diamonds Prospect Interview: Jevonta Williams, DL, Grambling State University
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What is your name?
Jevonta Williams
What is your Height/Weight?
6’4 265 lbs
What is your position?
Defensive Line
Where do you play college football?
Grambling State University
Football is about giving back, what is the coolest thing you have done off the field?
Reading books to girls and boys and participating in activities with the elementary schools
What was the hardest college class you ever had to take?
Anatomy Physiology
Where are you from?
Zachary Louisiana
Who is your role model, and why?
My mother and grandmother. They always encouraging me to achieve anything I put my mind to
Did you play any other sports growing up?
Basketball and track
Did you play any other positions in football?
Power forward and I threw the shot put
At your position, what separates you from others?
My strength and quickness of my size, also have great hand and foot movement
Looking for my opponent tendencies and weakness, specially in the offensive line
Who was the toughest player you ever faced?
Have to be Jeremy Hill and Lael Collins in high school
If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be and why?
Michael Bennett from Seattle, because of the his versatility of playing inside and outside the offensive tackle
What was the biggest obstacle in your life you had to overcome, and how did you overcome it?
Becoming a father, had to grow up quick to provide for my son
Do you have any pre-game rituals?
Just listen to music and be to myself before the game starts
What is your biggest strength?
Being consistent and a student of a game
What is your biggest weakness?
Worrying to much about different formations my opponent runs
If I were a GM and gave you a second to sell yourself, what would you say?
I’m hard working and dedicated
Who was your favorite player and/or NFL team growing up?
Ray Lewis and the Baltimore Ravens
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would you choose?
President Obama, Rihanna and Gabrielle Union
What will be the first big item you buy once you are in the NFL?
My mother a house