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Ahmad Gardner Calls Calvin Austin One Of His Toughest Matchups: ‘He Gave Me The Reality Check’

It caught a lot of people by surprise when the Pittsburgh Steelers double-dipped at wide receiver relatively early in the draft, taking Calvin Austin III out of Memphis in the fourth round after having used their second-round pick on Georgia’s George Pickens. Perhaps nobody was more surprised than the Baltimore Ravens, who reportedly were set to draft him with the next pick.

But Austin, standing at all of 5’8”, has made a career out of surprising people, including Ahmad ‘Sauce’ Gardner, one of the top cornerbacks in this draft class who was taken in the top 10 by the New York Jets.