Hearing your name called on draft day is in itself an unbelievable experience. For second round pick Pat Freiermuth, it was somehow even cooler than that. The man who announced his selection was Hall of Fame RB Franco Harris, a Penn State alum himself. That made the moment that much more special.
In a one-on-one interview with Steelers.com’s Missi Matthews, Freiermuth talked about what that moment was like.
“It was a moment that I’ll remember the rest of my life,” Freiermuth told Matthews via the team’s YouTube channel. “Obviously, him being a hall of Famer and everything like that, but just having that Penn State connection.