{"id":880712,"date":"2025-12-26T00:22:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T06:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/26\/2026-nfl-draft-prospect-interview-dj-powell-wr-uva-wise\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T00:22:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T06:22:02","slug":"2026-nfl-draft-prospect-interview-dj-powell-wr-uva-wise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/26\/2026-nfl-draft-prospect-interview-dj-powell-wr-uva-wise\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: DJ Powell, WR, UVA Wise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<article id=\"post-206788\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/nfldraftdiamonds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-08-at-9.17.34-PM-1024x690.png\" alt=\"2026 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: DJ Powell, WR, UVA Wise\"  ><figcaption>2026 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: DJ Powell, WR, UVA Wise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name<\/strong>: DJ Powell<\/li>\n<li><strong>Position<\/strong>: Wide Receiver\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>College<\/strong>: UVA Wise<\/li>\n<li><strong>Height<\/strong>: 5\u201911<\/li>\n<li><strong>Weight<\/strong>: 195<\/li>\n<li><strong>Twitter<\/strong>: @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Djpowelljr\">Djpowelljr<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Instagram<\/strong>: @<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/favorite.dreadhead\">favorite.dreadhead<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What makes you a top prospect at your position in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nfldraftdiamonds.com\/2025\/12\/hbcu-2026-nfl-draft-prospects\/\">2026 NFL Draft<\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m able to line up anywhere on the field<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is one thing that NFL teams should know about you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll do anything to win<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you could donate to one cause in the world, what would it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I would probably just help the homeless<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who was your role model?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My Dad<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is your favorite NFL team?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Atlanta Falcons<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is the most underrated teammate at your school?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>KD Long<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your biggest pet peeve?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Being talked over<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is your favorite teacher ever?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Garrett from middle school<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overcoming adversity is what defines character, what was the hardest moment in your life to overcome?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The passing of my Grandmother\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you could have any franchise restaurant in your house what would it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chipotle\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your favorite snack food?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Slim Jims<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your degree in?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sports Management\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would it be and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lebron, Kobe, and Ray Lewis. I would want to talk to people who have winning mindsets at all times\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your biggest weakness?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking in large crowds<\/p>\n<div itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" itemscope itemprop=\"author\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt itemprop=\"image\" data-old-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20100%20100'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" src=\"https:\/\/nfldraftdiamonds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NFL-Draft-Diaminds_Hula-Bowl.png\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>NFL Draft Diamonds was created to assist the underdogs playing the sport. We call them diamonds in the rough. My name is Damond Talbot, I have worked extremely hard to help hundreds of small school players over the past several years, and will continue my mission. We have several contributors on this site, and if they contribute their name and contact will be in the piece above. 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