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Rece Davis will host alternate coverage of the NFL draft with the “College Gameday” crew on ABC. He talks with The Post’s Justin Terranova about sleeper picks, the knock on Kyler Murray and a telling Dwayne Haskins moment.
Q: Any player that you particularly like who is under the radar a bit?
A: Noah Fant. In today’s NFL he is a guy who can be extraordinarily productive. I suspect he’ll go in the first round. A guy like that with size and athleticism at the tight-end position can create difficult matchups. T.J. Hockenson, who is also a tight end from Iowa, will be a really good player too, but I am particularly high on Fant. He’s a little bit more of a pure receiver.
Q: Do you anticipate Murray to go No. 1?
A: Yes, he’s dynamic. He’s not tall, but the big knock on quarterbacks that size is they don’t have the velocity with their arm and the leverage to throw the ball, and that’s just not the case with him. He’s got a tremendous arm, extraordinarily accurate and everyone can see how fast he is. Kyler has been well-schooled, and grew up knowing how to play the position.
Q: Where does Haskins fit in this puzzle?
A: He’s an old-school prototype of an NFL quarterback. He’s big, tough and has a really good arm. “Gameday” was at Penn State for Ohio State, and most of that game he looked extremely frazzled by the pressure. He was not nearly as accurate as he was at the start of the season. But even within that game he seemed to gather himself and did a good job of handling the pressure as it went on. He has that uncanny accuracy. If you’re thinking about this as a Giants fan, they’d be very fortunate to get him at No. 6. It may take a little time just because he has not played a lot. Q: Are you high on any quarterback after Murray and Haskins? A: Daniel Jones is a really talented guy: athletic, tough, and smart. I don’t know if he is going to be ready to play for a team next year, but being taught by (Duke coach) David Cutcliffe certainly bodes well for him. If a team takes the time to develop him properly, he’s going to be a really good player. Q: How will ABC’s show be different than ESPN’s? A: From our standpoint, the show is going to be driven by the players themselves more than how they would fit on a particular team. So, if the Jets take Quinnen Williams it won’t be how he’d fit for (defensive coordinator) Gregg Williams but more about what kind of person he is, anecdotal evidence we know about him on top of what type of player he was in college.
says with a giggle.
Ultimately, getting in touch with her inner badass felt “so good,” says Levin, especially when it came to Tiff standing up for a woman who’s being sexually harassed by a slimy professor. “When I hear something misogynistic or chauvinistic, I get super angry,” she says. “I have experienced catcalling and [feeling] objectified . . . It felt so freaking good to be able to channel that.”
Now that’s she’s returned to life off-screen, she wonders what her friends and family will think of Mistress Mae.
“My older brother is having a little bit of a problem with it,” she says, adding that her parents are totally supportive. “He’s like, ‘I’m not excited for that to come out. All my friends are making fun of me that you’re a dominatrix,’ ” she says.
But Levin isn’t letting him — or anyone else — cast a shadow over her star moment.
“Everyone is going to watch it,” she says. “Even my grandmother.”