After the head coach’s son declared there last year and they hired a coach who worked there, it raised a lot of eyebrows and drew a lot of attention among Pittsburgh Steelers fans when the team drafted not one, but two players from the Maryland Terrapins, who are not exactly a powerhouse school. They currently have four players on the roster to attend that university, and that is after losing former second-round alumnus Sean Davis in free agency.
While multiple personnel acknowledged that to some extent that leaned on what quarterbacks coach Matt Canada could tell them about his direct experiences of working with fourth-round running back Anthony McFarland and sixth-round safety Antoine Brooks, Jr.