For most, getting drafted in the NFL Draft brings a flood of happy emotions. Years of hard work finally rewarded by being drafted into the hardest league in sports. But for former Pittsburgh Steelers punter Craig Colquitt, finding out the Steelers selected him in the third round of the 1978 NFL Draft didn’t bring immediate joy.
“I hated the Steelers,” said Colquitt on the Relatively Famous YouTube channel. “I was a Chicago Bear, Washington Redskin, Dallas Cowboy, Atlanta Falcon guy. That’s all my dad watched, that’s all I watched. And Dallas, my entire year, Gil Brandt sent me a letter a week saying, ‘Looking forward to you being a Dallas Cowboy.