Thirty years ago, the Pittsburgh Steelers drafted TE Mark Bruener out of the University of Washington. Three decades later, Carson Bruener sat in the same family cabin. He, like his father before him, waited to hear the phone ring.
Not just the same family cabin in Washington, though. Carson Bruener sat in the exact same chair that Mark was in when he got the call. That’s where Carson was when the Steelers called to make him the newest linebacker in Pittsburgh.
“Steelers seventh-round pick Carson Bruener said he’s at his family cabin in Washington sitting in the same exact seat where his dad was drafted by the Steelers 30 years ago,” wrote The Athletic’s Mike DeFabo on X/Twitter.