The Post’s Steve Serby chatted with the 21-year-old defensive end from South Florida, whom the Giants selected with the 15th pick in this week’s NFL Draft.
Q: Sacks?
A: It takes hard work. Once you get in the backfield, that’s when it’s your opportunity to hit the quarterback and give him every piece of muscle you got in your body and just try to break his neck. . . . I don’t like quarterbacks, man. It takes a lot of time to get to ’em on the field and they just sit back there and throw the ball.
Q: Can you see fear in the eyes of the quarterback or offensive lineman sometimes?
A: Yeah, you can. Sometimes they won’t show it, but you know. That’s when you turn it up an extra notch.
Q: Quarterbacks you’re looking forward to sacking?
A: All of ’em. All of ’em. Especially the ones (on teams) I took visits to.
Q: What do you want to show them?
A: There’s gonna be trouble . . . all day.
Q: How big of an impact do you think you can make this year?
A: I think I can make a big impact.
Q: What should Giants fans expect?
A: They have a great player. I’m glad they drafted me and I’m coming there to do my job.
Q: Are they going to like watching you play?
A: They’re gonna love watching me play.
Q: Why is that?
A: I don’t give up. I’m relentless on the field. I go 110 percent. That’s just me.
Q: Once you learn the game, are there any offensive linemen who can stop you?
A: No, I don’t think so.
Q: Defensive ends you like watching?
A: Dwight Freeney; Jason Taylor; Julius Peppers.
Q: Michael Strahan?
A: He was relentless.
Q: He holds the single-season sack record. You should sit down and pick his brain.
A: I might have to do that.
Q: Osi Umenyiora and Mathias Kiwanuka?
A: They’re gonna teach me the game. They’ve been here for a while.
Q: Do you have a number of sacks in mind?
A: I say unlimited sacks.
Q: Why do you say that?
A: Because I want to get them all.
Q: Boyhood idol?
A: Superman.
Q: Did you pretend to be Superman?
A: Yeah.
Q: How?
A: Tie a bedsheet around my neck, run around the house until my mom told me to stop.
Q: Childhood memory?
A: Probably when I first went out to do my backflips.
Q: How old were you?
A: I was like 11 or 12.
Q: Where was it?
A: It was in a ditch . . . with a hill.
Q: Did somebody teach you how to do them?
A: I learned it from a couple of my friends. They knew how to do it already.
Q: The first time you tried it?
A: I landed on my neck. Not a good feeling at all.
Q: The first time you did one?
A: I actually did it perfect. I just said, “Forget about everything — concentrate.”
Q: Did you do backflips in your house?
A: No. The ceiling is too low.
Q: Will you teach your teammates how to do backflips?
A: Nah. I don’t want ’em to get hurt.
Q: But you make it look easy.
A: It ain’t easy at all.
Q: You played high school basketball?
A: I was a beast, man. I was a beast.
Q: Why was Kobe (Bryant)your favorite player?
A: He’s a game-breaker.
Q: Are you going to be a game-breaker?
A: Yes sir.
Q: You played football in the street?
A: It was like football on the road with a tennis ball in my neighborhood where I grew up (Pompano Beach, Fla.).
Q: What position did you play?
A: I was a wide receiver.
Q: Why not a football?
A: A tennis ball is smaller, and we couldn’t find a football.
Q: You were driven by ambulance for an MRI exam during a game playing for Fort Scott Community College (in Kansas).
A: It was muddy, real slippery and stuff. . . . I hit one of their players and knocked him out of the game . . . it was a stinger. We went to the hospital, I told them I wanted to go back to the game and finish the game.
Q: Before or after the MRI exam?
A: Before and after.
Q: Was it scary for you in the ambulance?
A: Nah, it wasn’t scary. I knew nothing was wrong with me.
Q: After one of the teachers took you back to the stadium, what did you tell the trainer to try to get back on the field?
A: “I got the papers right here, sir.” I took it upon myself to go back in and help the team out. I knew they needed me.
Q: How were you able to get back onto the field?
A: The coach told the trainer, “Let him in, let him in, he’s good, he’s good.”
Q: You showed the papers to the coach?
A: Yeah.
Q: The earthquake in Haiti?
A: It was shocking. Who ever thought it would happen?
Q: You have family members there.
A: They just lost a couple of houses.
Q: Have they told you exactly what happened?
A: They don’t want to talk about it.
Q: You’re thankful nothing tragic happened.
A: That’s all I care about.
Q: How did your father being totally blind affect you growing up?
A: My dad worked three jobs, so my mom had to get a job (housekeeper). She’s been holding the family together for a long time now.
Q: Tell me about your dad.
A: He’s a good father figure. Any time I need him, he’s there.
Q: Your mom?
A: She’s a strong lady. She’s independent.
Q: Were there things you wanted but couldn’t have?
A: Yeah. . . . I made it through it. Football got me where I’m at today. I’m gonna continue to do it ’til I die. I love the game — you can hurt somebody, and you won’t get in trouble for it!
Q: You’re different off the field.
A: I like to make people smile, man.
Q: Three dinner guests?
A: The president; LeBron James; Kobe.
Q: You’ve never been to NYC. Do you want to see the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty . . .?
A: Maybe the Statue of Liberty.
Q: Favorite movie?
A: “Bad Boys II.”
Q: Favorite actor?
A: Denzel Washington.
Q: Hobbies?
A: Watching movies and going out to movies.