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‘I Was Destined To Be Here’: DeShon Elliott Explains Childhood Connection To Steelers

Despite being drafted by the Baltimore Ravens, new Pittsburgh Steelers S DeShon Elliott said he was always destined to be a Steeler. Elliott is a five-year professional who is coming off the best season of his career with the Miami Dolphins whom Pittsburgh signed to a two-year deal.

Elliott recently sat down with Missi Matthews on Steelers.com and said how the first team he ever played for as a kid was the Steelers and how him signing here was destiny.

“I think that I was destined to be here ’cause my first team when I was a kid playing in Dallas, I played for the Steelers, said Elliott.