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Steelers rookie QB Hodges wields impressive stats to fight an uphill battle

Can a rookie UDFA QB make a Steelers team that recently invested two mid-round draft picks on quarterbacks?

Steelers rookie QB Devlin Hodges was supposed to be a ‘camp arm’ when he came to Latrobe, i.e., an extra ‘arm’ to throw passes during drills, not a player anyone expected to make the team.

Apparently, no one explained this harsh fact of NFL-life to Hodges.

After seven days of camp, Hodges’ heady play and accurate arm impressed Mike Tomlin enough to earn the rookie three snaps in “Seven Shots,” a two-point conversion drill that opened daily scrimmages throughout camp.