CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Ejuan Price is going to own it. Not the line of scrimmage, though the Pittsburgh defensive end routinely takes command of that moments after the snap on Saturdays.
He owns his short stature, a deviance from the 6-foot-3 defensive end archetype. Some coaches and players will liberally embellish height and weight information, which can make the weigh-in at the NFL combine into its own fact-finding inquiry.
“People call me short because I am short,” said Price, who accepts his 5-foot-11 frame. “I keep it straightforward with people. I’m done growing so I’m just going to own it.