New Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker Melvin Ingram wore No. 54 the last nine seasons as a member of the Chargers organizations and with that number already be claimed by inside linebacker Ulysses Gilbert III, the South Carolina product and former first round draft pick had to choose a different one. He couldn’t choose No. 6, his college number, however, because that belongs to rookie punter Pressley Harvin III.
“I already knew it [No. 6] was gone as the punter had it, but I would’ve loved to have it,” Ingram said on Saturday. “But I’m eight. I’m eight.