Steelers punter Pressley Harvin III went through the ringer during his first season in the National Football League.
After winning the Ray Guy Award as the best punter in all of college football back in 2020 as a unanimous All-American selection, Pittsburgh selected Harvin in the seventh round of the 2021 NFL Draft. However, that success in college didn’t immediately translate to the NFL as Harvin averaged a meager 42.6 yards per punt as a rookie, struggling at times with directional punting and hangtime to properly flip the field.
However, most of Harvin’s adversity didn’t come on the field, but off it in his first NFL season.