Mike Tomlin should’ve listened to us. At the time, we pegged Middle Tennessee State safety Kevin Byard as one of the draft’s sleepers, a ballhawking defensive back at a smaller school who the NFL didn’t seem to pay much mind to. Now, he’s one of the league’s top centerfielders.
Talking with the media Tuesday, Mike Tomlin looked back on Byard’s draft class and laughed at his own expense for missing on him.
“Can’t say enough about [Byard] at safety,” Tomlin said via the Steelers’ YouTube channel. “He was a ball guy when he came out of [Middle Tennessee State].