The Pittsburgh Steelers were lucky to have Joey Porter Jr. available to them at 32nd overall when they were selecting at the top of the second round earlier this year as one of the top cornerback prospects. But that’s not what he had in mind growing up—not at that position, anyway.
“It’s a crazy story. I didn’t want nothing to do with defense”, he said on the Richard Sherman podcast yesterday with the former All-Pro cornerback. “Nothing. I was a wide receiver. I thought I was gonna be the next Odell [Beckham Jr.] or something. I wanted to score”.