When the Pittsburgh Steelers entered the 1974 NFL Draft, they knew that they were high on a pair of wide receivers in Lynn Swann and John Stallworth. They also knew that they would have to get Swann, the flashier player out of USC, at the top of the draft.
Stallworth, a product of an underscouted historically black college, wasn’t on as many people’s radar, but they were on Pittsburgh’s, thanks in very large part to the one and only Bill Nunn. Which is why there were able to sit tight and wait until the fourth round to draft a Hall of Fame wide receiver.