Throughout his entire athletic life, new Pittsburgh Steelers’ wide receiver Calvin Austin III has always been one of the smallest guys on the field.
That’s often led to outside concerns as Austin was a 0-star football recruit out of high school and was likely only going to be able to play football in college through a track scholarship. The Memphis Tigers took a chance on him, offering him a preferred walk-on in both football and track and field, unlocking an elite-level athlete in the Tigers’ Air Raid system.
Despite his production and blazing speed with the football in his hands, concerns remained for Austin, who is a bit undersized for the position overall at 5’7 3/”4″, causing him to slip to No.