Dalvin Cook is ready to change how the public sees him

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State running back Dalvin Cook walks into a nondescript room filled with plastic tables and chairs inside the football facility and sits down. Cook wears a sleeveless Florida State top, his more muscular frame the result of an already intense offseason regimen. His trademark dreadlocks are held back with a rubber band.

He makes eye contact, and briefly smiles hello.

He knows what questions are coming. He is prepared to answer them. Cook does so for the next 30 minutes, his baritone voice remaining the same throughout. Sometimes he leans forward and clasps his hands, but mostly he goes through the interview like it is another item on his to-do list.

He says he…