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What is your accurate height, weight and
forty time?
Haruki Nakamura: 5’10”
195 4.58
Describe your game in three words or less.
Haruki Nakamura: Energetic
Ball Hawk
What do you feel is your greatest strength
as a
football player and what area do you feel you need to improve in?
Haruki Nakamura:
POS=
Instinctive, smart, aggressive, big
hitter, NEG= I am over aggressive at times and I need to improve on my
acceleration out of breaks
What NFL player do you do you think you
compare
favorably to?
Haruki Nakamura: Troy Polamalu, Donte Whitner
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Who is the best player you have faced
during your
college football career?
Haruki Nakamura: Heisman winner
Troy Smith and Heisman Candidates: Pat White, Brian Brohm
What is your greatest football moment to
date?
Haruki Nakamura: Getting
our 10th win for only the second time in U of Cincinnati
history.
Did you have a favorite pro team growing
up?
Favorite player?
Haruki Nakamura: Tampa Bay Bucs, John Lynch, and Brian
Dawkins
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How instrumental was your Coach Mark
Dantonio and Brian Kelly in your
progression?
Haruki Nakamura: Coach
Mark Dantonio helped me become a smart and tough player and helped me
to
understand defense, Coach Kelly taught me the true meaning of
leadership.
When you get your first professional
paycheck what is
the first thing you will buy?
Haruki Nakamura: Something
for my mother.
How will you be preparing for the NFL Draft?
Haruki Nakamura: Running at
Ignition with Cliff Marshall and David Pollack and lifting at school
with
Strength Coach Paul Longo, while finishing up school in March
Do you have any goals in mind when it comes
to the NFL
Draft?
Haruki Nakamura: To get
drafted and to make a team.
What is the one thing you will most miss at
college?
Haruki Nakamura: My
Teammates.
Where is the best place to get a bite to
eat in your Cincinnati?
Haruki Nakamura: Chipotle.
What was your favorite college course and
why?
Haruki Nakamura: Institutional
Corrections - we went on a prison tour.
What have former or current NFL players
told you about
preparing for the league?
Haruki Nakamura: To stay
focused to achieve your goals and always make the most of the
opportunities
that are given.
Any pregame rituals? Food?
Music?
Haruki Nakamura: Kenny
Chesney and watching the National Geographic or Animal Planet channel.
What is something football fans may not
know about
you?
Haruki Nakamura: Everyone in my family has at least one
national championship in Judo
Do you read mock drafts or listen to what
draft
experts have to say?
Haruki Nakamura: Sometimes
just to see if some of the things that are said are true or accurate.
What was the last good movie you saw?
Haruki Nakamura: Transformers.
What do you plan to do once your playing
career is
over?
Haruki Nakamura: Get into
college coaching.
Thanks for taking the time to answer some
questions
and good luck!
Haruki Nakamura: Thank You.
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