2025 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Miles Scott, S, University of Illinois


- Name: Miles Scott
- Position: Safety
- College: University of Illinois
- Height: 6’0
- Weight: 205
- Instagram: m1les0_
What makes you a top prospect at your position in the 2025 NFL Draft?
Ability to change games (big plays), can make the routine plays routinely, and my knowledge of the game.
What is one thing that NFL teams should know about you?
I change the guys around me for the better.
If you could donate to one cause in the world, what would it be?
Dementia.
Who was your role model?
My dad.
Who is your favorite NFL team?
Bears or Raiders.
Who is the most underrated teammate at your school?
There’s many of them.
What is your biggest pet peeve?
When people try to sugar coat things or beat around the bush.
Who is your favorite teacher ever?
Jesus.
Overcoming adversity is what defines character, what was the hardest moment in your life to overcome?
Switching from receiver to defensive back in college, going to prep school, getting injured during my junior year of college and trying to play through it.
If you could have any franchise restaurant in your house what would it be?
Pappadeaux.
What is your favorite snack food?
Doritos Tapatío.
What is your degree in?
Kinesiology.
If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would it be and why?
Bob Marley because of the knowledge he had and the music he made. Solomon (from the Bible) because of all the knowledge he had as well. Ed Reed because I want to pick his brain to understand things that he saw pre-snap in teams, how he watched film, and what specific things made him play faster than everyone else on the field.
What is your biggest weakness?
Indecisiveness
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