What's up guys? Nikki Novac here in the Young Hollywood Studio powered by Subway with Lavonte David. Great to see you.

Thank you Jay. Thanks for having me.

So great to have you. You came a little south from Tampa.

Yeah, came from Tampa.

From Tampa Bay Buccaneers land. Yeah. For you had a major, major season, up for defensive rookie of the year. How does that feel?

It feels good. You know, it's a childhood dream of mine, you know, to be a, you know, even recognized as being one of the top rookie defensive rookies in the NFL. I mean, it showed that I had great accomplishments on the field. And then I'm just trying to build myself off the field too as well.

You had a huge number of TFLs this year. Uh-huh. What do you attribute to that?

Um, just, just hard work and you know, uh, preparation with the coaches and things like that and the help from my teammates allowing me to make plays.

You're being humble. And you just had a 23rd birthday.

Yeah.

What did you do to celebrate?

Uh, you know, I just went out home with a couple of friends, you know, had a little birthday dinner with my family, you know, it was, it was fun, you know, but you slow key.

Yeah, it was really slow key, you know. And then what about when you come to Miami? Is it party? What's, what's the deal?

I try to have a little fun, but I'm not big on party, you know, so I just try to, you know, kick back, relax.

Now are you going to be going to the Super Bowl?

No, I'm not attending the Super Bowl. Not playing in the Super Bowl as if yet, but one day hopefully.

Yeah, one day hopefully soon. So no Super Bowl, but we've got to ask you Super Bowl prediction. Uh-huh. Who do you think's going to take it?

Somebody's going to win. I don't know who. But um it, it should be a good game.

And we know that somebody, there's going to be like a Harball in there somewhere.

Yeah. Exactly.

If you were to put together, you know, triathlons. If you were going to put together three athletes that would be like your dream team triathlon. Like one could do the running, one could do the cycling, one could do the swimming. What three people would you pick to be on your triathlon? And you get to coach them.

All right, I'll probably pick Adrian Peterson for running.

We chatted with him before. Yep. Really?

Yep. Cycling, Vincent Jackson, one of my teammates.

Okay. Good. Stick with your team.

Yeah. Swimming, I'd pick myself.

Yeah. I'd pick myself there. Can you coach yourself?

Yeah.

You'll be hard on yourself, hard enough?

Yeah.

You'll let yourself off the hook?

No. I'm a good swimmer.

Are you?

I like swimming.

Yeah. When you go to Subway, Uh-huh. what do you get on your sandwich?

I get the uh, chicken bacon ranch. It's just real good.

What kind of bread? What else are you throwing on?

Wheat bread, toasted, cheddar cheese, oil and vinegar. Or I get the sweet onion chicken teriyaki, that's also, that's good.

So as a girl, Uh-huh. I'm not the toughest. That's right. Okay. I would love to learn how to tackle. Uh-huh. And who better to learn from than a potential defensive rookie rookie of the year. So do you care to give me a little demonstration?

Yeah, I could demonstrate a little bit. Okay. To make a good tackle, you gotta put your head in this area right here, the chest area. Okay. Okay. Once you engage, kind of bring your arms underneath here. Yeah. Then you kind of like grab the back of the shoulder pad. Okay. And then you gotta drive, drive your feet, and then you gotta just pull them down.

Okay, you ready? Yeah. One, two, three. Was that tough?

Yeah, that was tough.

Do I have potential for the NFL?

Yeah, that was good.

Fantastic. See you at the Pro Bowl.