The fact that Marcus Allen even made it onto the 53-man roster was something of a minor surprise, considering that the rookie fifth-round draft pick missed most of rookie minicamp, OTAs, minicamp, and then much of training camp and the preseason. The Pittsburgh Steelers ended up carrying six safeties into the season, but it wasn’t long before Nat Berhe was placed on injured reserve.
Though he survived the first cut as a rookie, that didn’t help him get onto the field at all. He spent the first 11 games of his rookie season as a healthy scratch until the opportunity arose for him to play on Sunday night against the Los Angeles Chargers.