Entering Year 7 in the NFL, veteran cornerback Anthony Averett never expected to find himself as a tryout player during rookie minicamp with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Yet, there he is, one of the 21 tryout players on the Steelers’ rookie minicamp roster aiming to show the Steelers he can play and offer them some depth at the cornerback position.
It might not be what he expected, but he’s embracing the opportunity.
“I kind of just go. Yeah, I just go. Hey, rookie minicamp? Definitely, I didn’t really expect to be here my seventh year in,” Averett said regarding being a tryout player for the Steelers, according to video via the Tribune-Review’s Chris Adamski on Twitter.