'I’m coming in to take somebody’s job. That’s exactly what I’m going to do.' UCLA's mafiatonio is ready for the NFL challenge. He talked w/ TDN about his transition from defense to offense, NFL Combine snub, why a team should draft him & more. NFLDraft
took a curious path to the 2023 NFL Draft. Mafi originally joined the Bruins program as a defensive tackle. He even had nine tackles against Cincinnati in 2019. Mafi switched to the offensive side of the ball in 2020 before enjoying a breakout campaign in 2022, earning second-team All-Pac-12 honors.
Atonio Mafi: It was definitely rough at first. I was trying to get a grasp on our playbook. There’s a lot more to understand on offense than there is on defense. It was a little rough at first. Once I finally got the hang of it, I think these past few seasons went really well for me. JM: I thought you were one of the best performers at this year’s East-West Shrine Bowl. Have you noticed an uptick in the attention you’re receiving since then?
JM: There’s a lot of interest in you and it’s easy to see why. You weren’t invited to this year’s NFL Scouting Combine. I thought you were one of the biggest snubs that deserved to be in Indianapolis. They made a mistake. How did you respond to that adversity? Atonio Mafi: I’ll play in any scheme my NFL team wants me to play in. We did run a lot of gap concepts at UCLA though. You’re right about that. I’m definitely comfortable playing in that system. We ran some zone-based concepts as well.
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