Ramon Foster didn’t arrive at the South Side facility in 2009 with any fanfare. An undrafted free agent out of Tennessee, he was going to have a hard enough time just making his way all the way through training camp, let alone earning a spot on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 53-man roster. Among those he had to beat out for a job were 2008 starter Darnell Stapleton and draft pick A.Q. Shipley. And they also had to keep nine linemen, which they did.
Of course he not only made the roster but won the top backup job over third-round pick Kraig Urbik, whom he would beat out for a roster spot altogether in 2010.