It goes without saying that when you’re taking a player toward the end of the draft, he’s coming in with less than stellar odds to make an immediate impact, and possibly even to make a roster. But everybody who gets taken has some type of intriguing quality that attracted NFL scouts, and at least one general manager enough to offer him a spot on their 90-man roster with a four-year contract and guaranteed money.
Sixth-round pick Antoine Brooks, the safety out of Maryland, possesses such qualities, at least in the minds of the Pittsburgh Steelers, with both Mike Tomlin and Kevin Colbert acknowledging that they have been watching his tape for a couple of years now.