Being the Fall Guy and Loving It
The former Ohio State Buckeye was happy to still be around when the
Steelers Drafted in the 2011 NFL Draft
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His draft experience qualified as a bizzaro one, as Heyward actually wanted to
fall in the first round so the Steelers could take him. That is how much he
wants to play in Pittsburgh.
"It's a funny story," Heyward said, "because the (New York) Jets were picking,
and my phone rang, and I knew they had their pick in, and they hadn't
announced the Pittsburgh was going to pick, so I got nervous, and my agent
came up to me (with his phone) and said, 'It's a Pittsburgh number.' I said
'Thank God.' I'm just very thankful."
So are the Steelers.
"I'm not sure whose smile was bigger last night when we drafted him: coach
LeBeau or (defensive line) coach (John) Mitchell," Steelers president Art
Rooney II said. "Obviously, we're excited to have him here."
Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review : Scott Brown
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