Davey spoke to a small gathering at
a local Baton
Rouge restaurant about SIX, Inc., an operation he has founded in
conjunction with The Rohan Davey Foundation, an organization the Miami native has formed to
promote juvenile literacy.
After Davey spoke about SIX, he
spent a few minutes with Tiger Rag and discussed various topics including his
past successes at LSU, his future endeavors in the NFL including where he feels
his future lies – and is that with Nick Saban in his hometown of Miami.
Deville: Now that
you have been gone for three years from LSU, could you reflect back on your time
spent in Baton
Rouge and what your years here mean to you
now?
Davey: Reflecting
back and seeing what we did, the national championship that they won, to see the
guys out there that I helped recruit doing it and playing well, winning the
national championship, that is awesome. Just knowing that we kind of got the
ball rolling in that direction. The coaches and the players took the initiative
after that and ran with it and did great. You never get a chance to reflect on
something while your doing it, or even realize what you are doing at that time.
Like playing in the Super Bowl, you never get a chance to enjoy it until
basically it is over. Like looking back at my year when we won the Sugar Bowl
and that great time we had together and the friendships that you make, that is
what means the most to me.
Deville: At LSU,
you had to sort of wait your time and pick your time to shine. I guess you are
sort of doing that now playing behind Tom Brady with the Patriots. Talk about
your career in the NFL and where you hope it goes.
Davey: Let me tell
you this, the position in which I was fortunate enough to get drafted in and
have the opportunity to go into an organization like the New England Patriots
and have the opportunity to play with one of the greatest people as well as one
of the greatest quarterbacks in Tom and having the opportunity to work with
coach (Bill) Belichick, probably one of the greatest coaches to ever coach the
game. This organization, the Kraft family, what they have put together there and
the team that we have is so similar to the one we had at LSU because it is made
up of guys that are so unselfish, guys that do everything they can to win a
football game. For me to be there and learn from those guys and learn what it is
to be a professional and go about my job and learn my craft and the way I had to
step it up because in the NFL, everybody is good. In college, you can find that
a couple of cornerbacks may be good on a team, but week in and week out, you are
facing the top players at every position. Then for us to make the run that we
did winning the Super Bowls. You have guys out there that wait there entire
career to even make it to a Super Bowl. We had a guy that had been in the league
for 10 years and last year was his first time to ever even be in the playoffs. I
definitely look back and cherish what we have done and what we have accomplished
with the Patriots. Whenever the opportunity comes for myself or just anybody,
when they get a chance to get out there and perform, but you have to wait for
your opportunity.
Deville: With that
said, being behind Tom Brady and he being young, if you are to get an
opportunity, do you feel as if you might have to do that someplace
else?
Davey: The thing
that is so funny about that is that you never know what is going to happen. I am
sure that when Tom was playing and (Drew) Bledsoe was in front of him, he was
probably thinking he might have to make his mark somewhere else. And then
fortunately enough for him, he got the opportunity to get his shot. Wherever
this game, wherever this opportunity takes me, wherever I have the opportunity
to get onto the field and show what I can do, in my career I do want to fulfill
certain goals, not necessarily for myself but when you get into the profession,
like yourself, you want to be the best at it and want the opportunity to show
what you can do and be the best at it. So whenever that opportunity presents
itself, I will jump on it.
Tiger Rag
editor Matt Deville sat down with former LSU
and current
New Engalnd Patriot quarterback Rohan Davey. (MJBrown)
Deville: Coach
(Nick) Saban is in you division now. (Davey laughs.) Have you spoke with coach?
Have you guys chatted about possibly making the move to South Beach?
Davey: I have
spoken to coach Saban but not on any business terms like coming to Miami or anything, just basically congratulating him on his
successes and getting the job in Miami. I have just let him know that I am down
there and my family is down there and if there is anything we could possibly do
for him just to let us know. But not anything on the business aspect –
YET!
Deville: Is it
going to be weird seeing him across the field next season?
Davey: Oh yeah. It
is going to be different. A lot different.
Deville: And what
about your LSU family you have their in New
England? There are quite a few of you guys up there.
Davey: Man yeah,
you mean LSU North? That is probably one of the best things about being up there
is having those guys up there. You know you are with guys that can relate to
Baton Rouge. We
have crawfish boils and get together all the time and hang out. It is like we
have our own little community up there. It is great.
Deville: What was
the best – winning two Super Bowls, winning an NFL Europe championship or
winning the SEC Championship and Sugar Bowl?
Davey: That is
really a tough one. That is tough. But college – winning the SEC Championship
and the Sugar Bowl – is definitely the best time of my life. A great time.
Everything instilled in me, everything I learned came from Baton Rouge; came from
LSU. So I would have to say that.
Deville: And
finally, Boston
has had a great deal of success in terms of sports and winning championships.
What is bigger in Boston, you guys winning two Super Bowls or the
Red Sox winning the World Series?
Davey: Man that isn’t ever close. Those people are crazy
about the Red Sox up there.