Steelers coach Mike Tomlin calls undrafted free agent running back Terrell Watson “Nightmare”, a playful nod to Watson’s alma mater. Watson attended Division II Azusa Pacific, which became famous a generation ago for producing Christian Okoye, the former Kansas City Chiefs running back who became known as the “Nigerian Nightmare”.
Watson plays a little bit like Okoye with his downhill running style, but this “Nightmare” has a story of his own that is worth telling.
Watson was abandoned when he was a few weeks old. His troubled mother left him on the doorstep of a home in Oxnard, Calif.