The Cincinnati Bengals just added a familiar face to their ranks when they agreed to allow the defensive coordinator of Florida A&M serve an internship with them this summer. That coordinator’s name is Levon Kirkland, the former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker, where he will be teaching the son of one of his teammates from his rookie season in Hardy Nickerson.
Kirkland, a second-round draft pick of the Steelers in 1992, played for the club through the 1999 season before playing one season in Seattle and then in Philadelphia to wrap up an 11-year career that included two All-Pro seasons (both in Pittsburgh) and a nod on the NFL’s All-Decade Team for the 1990s.