For the fourth straight season, the Pittsburgh Steelers have signed at least a pair of tryout players from their rookie minicamp. While that’s not uncommon around the league, it again proves the team philosophy that background doesn’t matter. One player they signed, Damoun Patterson, comes from FCS Youngstown State after bouncing around multiple schools. The other, R.J. Prince came from a much bigger school, North Carolina, where he spent his entire college career.
Of course, they’re still long shots. But both have taken their first step to making an NFL team, getting on the 90 man roster and likely carried into training camp.