Daniel McCullers is entering his seventh season in the NFL. Over the course of his first seven years, he has watched the Pittsburgh Steelers lose two starting nose tackles in free agency, first Steve McLendon in 2016, and now Javon Hargrave this offseason. Hargrave was a third-round rookie in 2016 when he lapped a third-year McCullers for the top spot on the depth chart that year.
What does the 2020 season hold in store for ‘Shade Tree’, the mammoth 6’7”, 350-pound defensive tackle out of Tennessee? He played in all 16 games for only the second time in his career in 2019, posting his second-most defensive snaps played, registering eight total tackles and a pass defensed.