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Devin Bush: Mike Tomlin Making Sure ‘My Head Is On Straight’

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The biggest unspoken as it concerns the transition from the college level to the pros is how players deal with becoming an independent adult who is fully responsible not only for their actions, but for their lives. For some, they may never have been asked to be a fully autonomous person before, not to mention paying bills and things like that.

This is obviously most difficult on rookies making that transition, since it’s newest to them. Even when you’re the first-round pick, as is Devin Bush for the Pittsburgh Steelers, which came with it a signing bonus of nearly $12 million.