LATROBE, Pa. -- Joey Porter Jr.'s nights at the Pittsburgh Steelers' training camp always used to end the same way.
A ball boy during middle school and high school, the cornerback spent three weeks embedded with his dad's former -- and his future -- franchise every August. Being a Steelers ball boy comes with great perks: living in the dorms next to NFL players, taking occasional practice reps against Pro Bowl talent and learning the game from a future Hall of Fame coach. But it also comes with monotonous, unglamorous chores, including scrubbing footballs caked in debris.