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Pop Quiz: Antrel Rolle


By Dave Richard
NFL.com


Think the prospects heading for the NFL are done taking their exams? Think again! NFL.com has put together this standardized "quiz" for many of the players entering the 2005 NFL Draft. And while it's not the Wonderlic exam, it's certainly a good way to find out more about your favorite future NFL stars.

Full name and position: Antrel Rolle, cornerback
Date and location of birth: Dec. 16, 1982; Homestead Hospital in Homestead, Fla.
College and major: University of Miami, sports administration with a minor in business
1. What is the one thing you will miss the most about college?

Rolle: Just playing with my teammates and the camaraderie I had with them.

2. What is your favorite night-before-the-game meal?

Rolle: We were on a routine meal schedule, so it was usually rice and beans, fried chicken, collard greens and cornbread.

3. Who is the toughest player you faced in college?

Rolle: There are two: (Former teammates) Roscoe Parrish and Andre Johnson (in practice).

4. What other position do you wish you could play?

Rolle: Let me see ... probably wide receiver.

5. Who were your idols as a child?

Rolle: My father and my brother.

6. Whose throwback jersey do you most want (or already have) in your closet?

Rolle: I have a Deion Sanders Florida State throwback jersey. I get heat all the time when I wear it.

7. What is your favorite thing to do in your spare time?

Rolle: Play racquetball and shoot pool. I love racquetball.

8. Finish this sentence: The first thing I will buy after signing an NFL contract will be ...


Antrel Rolle's first purchase will likely involve a realtor.
Rolle: A comfortable place to live in the city where I am drafted.

9. Name the most important thing you learned in college.

Rolle: You have to take advantage of each and every situation that you have and never ever take it for granted. You have to make the best out of every opportunity.

10. Pick one: Fame or fortune.

Rolle: Fortune.

11. Do you have any superstitions?

Rolle: When I go out there, I always try to do better than I did the last time. That's about it.

12. Let's say you got to host NFL Total Access for one day. Who would your guests be?

Rolle: Deion Sanders and Troy Vincent.

13. Which NFL stadium are you most looking forward to playing in?

Rolle: Dolphins Stadium

14. Name a question that you think would stump a fellow 2005 draft prospect.

Rolle: "Who will be the highest cornerback ever drafted out of the University of Miami?"

15. It's 100 years from now. How are people going to remember you?

Rolle: The greatest player and the greatest person to ever play the game.

11. Do you have any superstitions?

Rolle: When I go out there, I always try to do better than I did the last time. That's about it.

4. What other position do you wish you could play?

Rolle: Let me see ... probably wide receiver.

hatsOFF2gibbs wrote:But Pac-man supposedly has bad off the field issures. His personality does not fit with JGibbs. I'm confused on what to do now....if ARolle would just shut up about the whole Sanders and the WR thing....this wouldn't be a problem.......

JansenFan wrote:Arolle is awful close to Aholle