When the Baltimore Ravens signed defensive tackle Michael Pierce as an undrafted free agent immediately following the 2016 NFL draft, he was considered to be merely a training camp body, without an honest chance to make it in the NFL.
Pierce was so underrated that information on him from the major scouting publications was widely unavailable, his Samford school record 725-pound squat was his only claim to fame. Victor Ochi and Matt Skura were the most nationally hyped undrafted rookies that the Ravens signed while Patrick Onwuasor and Cavellis Luckett received buzz as players that could potentially help fill the Ravens need for coverage specialist linebackers.