Pittsburgh passed on Dan Marino in 1983.
They wouldn’t pass on another Pitt quarterback this time around.
Of course, the odds of Kenny Pickett becoming the next Marino are low and it’s a merely an interesting footnote in the Steelers’ selection. Still, in introducing Pickett to the media Friday, Steelers’ Team President Art Rooney II mentioned Pickett’s college accolades.
“It’s also something for me to be able to say that we drafted somebody who broke all of Dan Marino’s records in college is pretty special,” Rooney said in his opening remarks as carried by the team’s YouTube channel.