When you are good at what you do, you tend to have others who come after you attempt to emulate you in the hopes of replicating your success. A number of young football players that come out of college today talk about watching some Pittsburgh Steelers players like running back Le’Veon Bell and wide receiver Antonio Brown.
Of course, you don’t have to be in college to draw influence from an NFL player. Washington wide receiver Terrelle Pryor, for example, credits Brown for helping him transition from quarterback to wide receiver after years of refusing to attempt to make the conversion.