Coming into training camp as an NFL rookie can be very eye-opening for a lot of reasons. From the physicality to the pace to the necessary conditioning needed, it can be a real wake-up call for young players who might think they’re in football shape but not truly in training camp shape.
Fortunately for Pittsburgh Steelers rookie linebacker Payton Wilson, he is prepared.
So much so, in fact, that head coach Mike Tomlin praised Wilson Sunday following Day 4 of training camp at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe.
“He’s highly conditioned. I think it starts there, and it’s showing itself in the form of hustle and finish and sometimes hustle and finish puts you in position to do some of the things that you mentioned,” Tomlin said of Wilson to reporters, according to video via Steelers.