When it comes to the NFL Draft, no one truly knows where they’re going to go. Players get told a lot, by fans, by pundits, by teams themselves. But once the first team is on the clock, everything goes out the window. Merril Hoge didn’t know what team he’d be suiting up for. All he knew was the one team who wasn’t going to draft him. The Pittsburgh Steelers. Of course, the Steelers were the team who did and the rest is history.
Hoge explained his drat story on Part Two of Ben Roethlisberger’s Footbahlin’ podcast, which released Monday evening.