What is your accurate height, weight and forty time?
Zak DeOssie:  252 official, 4.58 at the Combine

Describe your game in three words or less.
Zak DeOssie:  Never ending motor

What do you feel is your greatest strength as a football player and what area do you feel you need to improve in?
Zak DeOssie:  I feel that my size and speed are my biggest attributes as a player which allows me to cover the field sideline to sideline.  The area I need to improve on is getting off of blocks and not allowing linemen to engage with me.

What NFL player do you do you think you compare favorably to? 
Zak DeOssie:  If I had to choose, I would say Mike Vrabel or Brian Urlacher.

Who is the best player you have faced during your career?
Zak DeOssie:  Ryan Fitzpatrick, Harvard QB

What is your greatest football moment to date?
Zak DeOssie:  Winning the Ivy League Championship my junior year, 2005.

Did you have a favorite pro team growing up?  Favorite player?
Zak DeOssie:   New England Patriots.  My favorite player was my father, Steve DeOssie

When you get your first professional paycheck what is the first thing you will buy?
Zak DeOssie:  I will pay off my student loans immediately.

How have you been preparing and training since the end of your college season?
Zak DeOssie:  I have been driving from Providence to Boston 4 times a week since December.  I have been working with Mike Boyle, my strength coach.  My workouts were geared towards perfecting combine drills and now it has gotten back to overall football conditioning.

Do you have any goals in mind when it comes to the NFL Draft?
Zak DeOssie:  I am just looking forward to getting the opportunity to play for any team.

What is the one thing you will most miss at college?
Zak DeOssie:  I will miss my teammates.  I will miss the summers, working with my teammates and working out in the afternoon.  We had so much fun over the last four years together.

Where is the best place to get a bite to eat in Providence?
Zak DeOssie:  My favorite place in Providence is Cassarino’s up on federal hill.  I have been going there since freshman year and their calamari is unmatched.

What was your favorite college course and why?
Zak DeOssie:  My favorite college course was Corporate Governance which is an economics course which covered the fiduciary responsibilities of organizations.  It was a very enjoyable and informal course which covered the Enron scandal and other various incidences in the business world.

Any pregame rituals?  Food?  Music?
Zak DeOssie:  Music: Du Hast by Ramstein and Down with the Sickness by Disturbed.  I take an old picture of my two sisters and I of when we were very young, and I put it under my pillow before every game, home or away.

What is something football fans may not know about you?
Zak DeOssie:  I LOVE to ski.  Once I am through with football, I can finally get back on the slopes.

Do you think Chris Berman (fellow Brown alum)is going to do something special when your name is called on Draft Day?
Zak DeOssie:  I’m sure he will give me a nice shout out.  THE Brown University has many prestigious alum and they are proud of this great institution.

What is one thing most people won’t know about Ivy League football?
Zak DeOssie:   Non scholarship STUDENT athletes.   Most of us turn down scholarships in order to get a great education and play some great football at the same time.

Tell me your best Harvard joke?
Zak DeOssie:   Two recent Harvard grads shared a cab to get downtown.  Both were excited about graduating and were talking about their aspirations after college.  The cab drive interrupted and asked, “Are you guys Harvard Grads?”  They replied, “Yes we are! Class of 2006!”  The cab driver extended his hand and said, “Class of 72”  

Do you read mock drafts or what draft experts have to say?
Zak DeOssie:  I try to pay no attention to those things.