Casey Hampton was a popular player in his time, to be sure, but I think he may be even more popular now among Pittsburgh Steelers thanks to the way that the game has evolved since Hampton retired. The Pro Bowl nose tackle was once the prototype for the position that is now regarded as an obsolete model.
The Steelers’ new nose tackle is Javon Hargrave, a far different body type with a different skill set. Of course even then there were different sorts of nose tackles. Hampton himself played with a couple of them in Chris Hoke and Steve McLendon.