The underdog is about the most revered figure, not just in sports, but really in life in general. Overcoming adversity and the odds to best others who have had it better than you is a time-honored story that serves as an inspiration to others who feel as though they have been dealt a similar hand.
So it’s no wonder that so many Pittsburgh Steelers fans were quick to gravitate to rookie undrafted free agent FCS quarterback Devlin Hodges, even before they really knew anything about him at all. He wasn’t even signed as a college free agent, instead invited to a couple of minicamps—first the New York Giants, then Pittsburgh.