QUICK FACTS Name: Geovonie Irvine Born: May 26, 1990 Parent: mother Angela Williams Sibling: brother RaMezzeo (26) Hometown: Durham, N.C. High School: Hillside Major at NCCU: Sport Management Favorite Food: “Growing up it was cheese sticks.” Favorite Music Artist: Lil Wayne Favorite TV Show: “I don’t watch much TV now, but growing up I watched ‘Martin.’” Favorite Movie: “National Security” Favorite Athlete(s): Steve Smith (Carolina Panthers) and DeSean Jackson (Philadelphia Eagles) - “because they are small players that make big plays.”

Question: Why did you choose NCCU?
Geovonie Irvine: “They saw potential in me to play football.”

Q: What is your major and what do you want to do after you graduate from NCCU?
GI: “My major is sport management. If I’m not playing football, then coaching kids or try to become a sports agent.”

Q: What do you like most about being an NCCU Eagle?
GI: “The atmosphere. There is a bunch of stuff to do here at NCCU. And I like to crowd at the games. The crowd is live and gets you hype.”

Q: What has been your most memorable moment at NCCU?
GI: “My first catch. It was a touchdown (34 yards) versus Hampton (Sept. 5, 2009).”

Q: Do you have any pre-game rituals?
GI: “I listen to slow jams to calm me down.”

Q: Why football?
GI: “If it wasn’t for one of my best friends, I wouldn’t be playing football. But he begged me to play in the fifth grade and I started loving it. I was a basketball person.”

Q: If you could invite any living person to W.G. Pearson cafeteria for ‘Chicken Day,’ who would it be and why?
GI: “Meagan Good. I’ve liked her since she was on ‘Cousin Skeeter.’”

Q: What three words best describe you?
GI: “Motivated. Determined. Leader.”

Q: How would you like to be remembered from your days on the NCCU gridiron?
GI: “As a talented young man. Small, but with a big heart.”