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Raekwon Davis – November 18, 2020 Download PDF version

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

DT Raekwon Davis

(You had a very impressive game this past week. You were very active, you were moving people back. Can you talk about the approach and mindset you wanted to execute in the game?) – “I just really want to help the team. Just be effective and just help the team. We knew going into the game it was going to be a big run and we needed bodies to stop the run. That was just part of my job.”

(A lot of guys that pre-date you – you might have been five when they were playing for the Dolphins – but they tell me that the position that you play is an extremely hard position to play in terms of learning and understanding and responsibilities. What makes that nose spot difficult?) – “You just have so many different blocks. Teams, they do different schemes and that middle is you. That middle is all you. Your name is written on it. You’ve got the A – you’ve got two A gaps. It’s hard. Basically you’ve just got to know your responsibilities, you’ve got to know what scheme that the offense is in and you’ve got to know what you’re doing at all times.”

(You’re from Meridian, Mississippi, is that right?) – “Yes, that’s where I’m from.”

(Is that a town that has a lot of recruiters come through? How did you get discovered? How do you think being from there formed you into the person that you are?) – “No, it was through one of my teammates. Schools were recruiting C.J. Hampton – one of my teammates back from high school. They just saw this big ole kid on the sideline playing ball. When all of that happened, that’s when I started getting my recognition and all of that from different schools.”

(There is a fun video clip where LB Jerome Baker said ‘Alabama offered you when you were 10, didn’t they?’ Is that a true story?) – “(laughter) No. I did not get offered by Alabama (then). I wish. (laughter) But no, I didn’t. I got offered by Alabama when I was like in the 10th grade. I was in the ninth grade going into the 10th grade.”

(A lot of us are learning over the past couple of weeks about RB Salvon Ahmed. Being in a rookie class with him, I know he wasn’t drafted; but can you tell us a little bit more about him and what it might be like going up against him in practice and some things we don’t know or see about him?) – “He’s a great, great guy. He’s someone you can learn from. He’s fun to be around and he tries to get better each and every day.”

(With you and QB Tua Tagovailoa, I heard you shout him out when you came on here. What is it like for you guys reminiscing and going through the thought process of playing with Alabama and playing here together with the Dolphins?) – “We talk about it all the time. Coming from the same college, we never – you wouldn’t think that me and Tua would be on the same team. We just left college. Now we are in the pros and we’re on the same team. It is just something you can just laugh about because you wouldn’t think we’d be on the same team together.”

(We talked to Head Coach Nick Saban in late April about QB Tua Tagovailoa and you and he mentioned how talented you are. He talked about getting the production to consistently match the talent. Was that anything he said to you to try to motivate you, and has that thought stuck with you and sort of driven you knowing how talented you are to be consistent play in and play out?) – “Yeah, Coach Saban is always a guy who would tell you before it got too bad. He would just stay on you. He would try to make sure you just stay perfect and do stuff right and keep learning and work on your technique.”  

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