Previewing the 2023 NFL Draft with WR prospect, Zion Bowens

04/26/23 • 30 min

Our preview coverage for the NFL draft continues with another prospect. Zion Bowens is a wide receiver from the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors. Last season he had the second-longest touchdown reception in school history with a 93 yard score against Colorado State. Finished with a career-high 172 receiving yards in that game.
Anthony Wootton and Zion discuss:
- Living in college during the coronavirus pandemic
- Life in Hawaii
- Being a wide receiver at Long Beach Polytechnic High School, whose alumni include JuJu Smith-Schuster, Marcedes Lewis and DeSean Jackson
- The advice some of those players have shared
- Life at the Air Force Academy
- His college career

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Previewing the 2023 NFL Draft with prospect, Ja'Von Hicks

With the 2023 NFL draft just a few days away, Anthony Wootton is joined by one of the prospects hoping to have their pro football dreams come true in Kansas City. Ja'Von Hicks is a safety from the Cincinnati Bearcats and a second-team All-AAC star. He was also a teammate of last season's NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, Sauce Gardner.
The guys talk about:
- Ja'Von's career to date
- Sauce Gardner (has he shared any tips?)
- The draft process
- Ja'Von's enterprise away from the football field
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The New Head of NFL Academy, Lamonte Winston

This is a great episode with an inspirational man who will be helping to develop Britain's next NFL stars. Last month Lamonte Winston began his role as Head of NFL Academy. Find out why he believes a future first overall NFL draft pick could come from the UK.
Lamonte has held prominent roles with the Kansas City Chiefs as Executive Director of Player Development, and formerly the Oakland Raiders as Director of Player Engagement, and has been recognized for his impact in advising professional sports leagues and teams on athlete development programing and pathways beyond the sport.
He discusses the incredible opportunities that the academy provides for young people and talks about his impressive career to date.
NOTES ON THE ACADEMY
- The NFL Academy, which opened in September 2019, is a major initiative by the NFL, which aims to use American football to create life-changing opportunities for young people all around the world.
- It offers talented student athletes aged 16–19 a pathway to combine their full-time education alongside a transformative life skills program and intensive training in the sport, under the guidance of a professional coaching team.
NFL Academy alumni currently playing DI College football:
Seydou Traore (TE) – University of Colorado Boulder (previously Arkansas State University)
Darren Agu (DL) – Vanderbilt University
Tyler Harvey-Fallows (OL) – Troy University
Freddie Pelling (OL) – University of Hawai’i
Peter Clarke (TE) – Temple University
Kofi Taylor-Barrocks (LB) – University of Colorado Boulder
Olatunde Mkparu (DB) – Bryant University
Dimitri Madden (DL) – University of Texas at El Paso
NFL Academy alumni supporting NFL International programming:
George Reynolds (QB) – International Player Pathway Assistant
Toshane Boyce (RB) – NFL UK Intern & NFL Flag Ambassador
To find out more information on the NFL Academy please visit https://www.nflacademy.com/