{"id":834085,"date":"2025-03-15T04:12:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T09:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/15\/2025-nfl-draft-prospect-interview-silas-fagnan-qb-st-francis-xavier-university\/"},"modified":"2025-03-15T04:12:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T09:12:58","slug":"2025-nfl-draft-prospect-interview-silas-fagnan-qb-st-francis-xavier-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/15\/2025-nfl-draft-prospect-interview-silas-fagnan-qb-st-francis-xavier-university\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Silas Fagnan, QB, St. Francis Xavier University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Football <\/p>\n<div>\n<article id=\"post-197504\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/nfldraftdiamonds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0900-1024x695.jpeg\" alt=\"Football Meet Silas Fagnan, dynamic QB from St. Francis Xavier University. Discover his football journey and aspirations in the sport.\"  ><figcaption>Meet Silas Fagnan, dynamic QB from St. Francis Xavier University. Discover his football journey and aspirations in the sport.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name<\/strong>: Silas Fagnan<\/li>\n<li><strong>Position<\/strong>: QB<\/li>\n<li><strong>College<\/strong>: St. Francis Xavier University<\/li>\n<li><strong>Height<\/strong>: 6\u20191\u2033<\/li>\n<li><strong>Weight<\/strong>: 205 lbs<\/li>\n<li><strong>Instagram<\/strong>: @<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/silasfagnan\">silasfagnan<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What made you decide you wanted to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/nfldraftdiamonds.com\/2025\/03\/jaylin-smith\/\">football player<\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t think you can find a sport that produces more exciting and fun moments than football and that\u2019s why I pick football. <\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your favorite moments from your football life?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2015 winning a bantam championship and my dad as an OCD. 2021 my first touchdown pass was to my brother Isaac to win the game against Bishop\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you looking to achieve as a football player going forward?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To prove people wrong who think you can\u2019t accomplish anything, and I would like to get on a CFL or NFL team and see what\u2019s next for me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you could hang out with any football player past or present for a day, who and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tom Brady, that\u2019s someone who when I was growing up has a personal drive and mentality that I try to emulate. So, I would love to hang out with him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which one of your family members inspires you the most and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My little sister, she\u2019s a dual sport athlete and plays football and she would say she takes after me playing quarterback, but women\u2019s football doesn\u2019t really have a place in Canada and what she\u2019s doing is inspiring.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your favorite offensive scheme and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a quarterback and I love putting it in the air and going vertical and I like an air raid offense with a high completion rate over defenders the most.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What should we know about Silas Fagnan the person?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My compete and work ethic outweighs most people I go up against and my coaches and teammates would say that that is my biggest asset.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What stands out about your film the most?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I try to put things on my tape that to do things that most people won\u2019t. Like running to get a first down or making a critical throw. I can run and throw on my tape as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you handle challenges both in life and on the football field?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To understand that growth doesn\u2019t happen without challenges but mentally I usually look at challenges as growth and an occasion to rise to.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What would a team get in a player like you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ultimate competitor and a dude who comes to work with his hard hat on every day and I\u2019m always willing to do whatever it takes. <\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you love the most about the game of football?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Those big moments it produces where someone has to rise to the occasion and produces and those are the moments I love.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is the most underrated player you\u2019ve played with and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zachary Houde, he\u2019s a third year wide receiver but Zach\u2019s mental ability to be on the same page with his quarterback is next to none.<\/p>\n<div itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" itemscope itemprop=\"author\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Football Justin Berendzen\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2b29a576e0dfdd369510256e64e36847?s=100&#038;r=g\"  height=\"100\" width=\"100\" itemprop=\"image\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Writer\/Scout\/Interviewer for Draft Diamonds since January 2020. You can find me on X at @jrberendzen and Instagram at justinberendzen<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nfldraftdiamonds.com\/2025\/03\/silas-fagnan\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a> Justin Berendzen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Silas Fagnan, dynamic QB from St. Francis Xavier University. Discover his football journey and aspirations in the sport. Name: Silas Fagnan Position: QB College: St. Francis Xavier University Height: 6\u20191\u2033 Weight: 205 lbs Instagram: @silasfagnan What made you decide you wanted to be a football player? I don\u2019t think you can find a sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":834086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3774,3790,32661],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-834085","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-draft","8":"category-football","9":"category-prospect"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=834085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/834086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=834085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=834085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}