Pro Player Insiders caught up with Takoby Cofield, a 6-4,
305-pound native of Tarboro, North Carolina as he prepared for the 2015 NFLPA
Bowl. Cofield was a three-year starter at Left Tackle for Duke University and
3rd team All ACC honors in 2014. Find out more about Takoby Cofield.
Goals outside of football:
I want to continue my education and get certified to teach
high school history. And once I’m done playing football, coach high school
football. . . I love children. I had a whole lot of great high school coaches,
people that came along the way around high school to help me to where I’ve
gotten right now. I just feel like I can
do that for other kids based on the experiences I’ve been through.
On playing in NFLPA bowl:
It was a great opportunity that was presented to me. I felt
like there would be a lot of great talent here. The people that are organizing
the bowl, the NFLPA, obviously do a great job with personnel and different
people around the league. They’re always advocating for their players. It’s a wonderful
opportunity.
What’s on his bucket list:
I’ll probably say traveling the world. I haven’t been to lot
of places. This is my first time in California. I just want to get out and see
different places. I heard that Dubai is a very nice place with wonderful
hotels, I wouldn’t mind paying them a visit… that would be on the top of my
list.
Favorites:
Food – Anything Italian. I can cook.
Color – Blue
Music to get hyped up for the game
I started off with
gospel, something that is inspirational. As we get closer to the game, then
rap. I listen to R&B and Neo-soul to relax me.
Skills that he’s working on improving to be better on the
next level:
My consistency with my hand placement as far as hitting my
land marks all the time, pad level, and my overall strength.
Life lessons learned while attending college:
Be accountable for everything you do. Every decision you
make always has a consequence, and realize that consequence can effect somebody
so be respectful of that person that it could effect.
Favorite part of college:
The camaraderie of my locker room, the administrators, the
coaches, and everyone else that was a part of that institution.
Favorite Movie
I gotta go with Friday. (I made him re-enact a
scene) **In Craig’s dad’s voice** “When
I’m in the kitchen, you in the kitchen. . . eating up all the pig’s feet, all
the collard greens. I like pig’s feet.” [laughter ensues] That’s my favorite
line!
Favorite active player
Duane Brown from the Houston Texans
because we have similar measurables . . . He’s a dominant player and has been
one for a long time. That’s who I pattern myself after.
Player all-time
Ray Lewis because of his intensity and
love for the game, he’s always bringing the passion, no matter what.
What he dislikes most out of society:
Everybody has to fit into a box. Everybody has to fit into a
category. That nobody can just be their own person and be their own way. People
are afraid to go off and do things that aren’t necessarily the norm, or aren’t
necessarily accepted by everyone else. I always tell people to not be afraid of
being different.
Lasting impression:
That every person that came across me, I would have had an
impact on their life positively.
Note: I’ll say this much, this conversation with Takoby certainly
impacted me in a positive way. He was very respectful towards me and his
answers seemed very honest.
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