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‘Noll Really Loved That:’ Punter Craig Colquitt On Why Steelers Drafted Him

Punter Craig Colquitt had a successful NFL career He spent eight years in the league, and the first seven of those came with the Pittsburgh Steelers, where he was a part of two Super Bowl winning teams. It’s hard enough for punters to make it to the league in general, since it’s not normal practice for teams to keep more than one on their roster.

However, Colquitt had one aspect of his game that Chuck Noll loved, and he says it’s what helped him get drafted to Pittsburgh.

“All of a sudden, I started focusing, totally, on directional punting,” Colquitt said, speaking on the Relatively Famous YouTube channel.