DESK JOB: Levine wants a SportsCenter gig. Courtesy ESPN

Hey, dawg, Aaron Levine is getting some prime-time playing time. The big guy’s gone sideline for ESPN.

(And now in English.)

Levine, a senior history major, was one of 12 contestants chosen from more than 10,000 would-be sportscasters for ESPN’s new reality show, Dream Job. He’s competing to win a one-year contract as an anchor on SportsCenter, the popular highlights show that has become a cultural hangout. Dream Job, broadcast live beginning February 22, features contestants interviewing athletes, summarizing highlight reels and inventing new exclamations about slam dunks. Each week, one of them will be benched until only one remains.

“I’m just doing what every other Stanford senior is doing right now—trying to find a job,” Levine says. After surviving several rounds of casting calls and auditions to reach the finals, he began intensive preparation for the contest in late January. “It’s the best studying I’ve ever done—watching ESPN around the clock.”

Levine’s competition includes students from Brown and the University of Missouri, two attorneys, an actor and an auto supply salesman. Who knows? He ... could ... go ... all ... the ... way.