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Alejandro Villanueva drives beat-up truck, studies business at Carnegie Mellon

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PITTSBURGH -- Alejandro Villanueva is driving NFL headlines for unintentionally standing alone, hand over heart, during Sunday's national anthem while his team remained in the tunnel. Villanueva's status as a former Army Ranger who toured in Afghanistan has been well-documented this week.

But in the Steelers' locker room, he's known as a "Big Al," an affable 6-foot-9 left tackle who carpools to work.

Time for a new ride: Villanueva drives a brown Ford F-150 with tape around a dented bumper and the number 78 in tape on the rear window.