The Pittsburgh Steelers have long history spanning now over a decade of being very good at developing talent along the offensive line among players without pedigree. You can throw in Kelvin Beachum as a seventh-round pick, but you really don’t even have to include drafted players in order to acknowledge the perhaps unparalleled success the team has had in turning undrafted free agents into starters.
It started in earnest with Ramon Foster, undrafted out of Tennessee in 2009, who ended up leapfrogging third-round pick Kraig Urbik for playing time, and ultimately a roster spot a year later. Urbik would go on to have a successful starting career of his own before retiring in part due to injury, but Foster persisted, retiring on his own terms after 11 years and making 145 starts as a very respected player and person.