The Pittsburgh Steelers have a history of signing players they like during the annual pre-draft process as free agents several years after they were selected by other teams. The history of that is easy to track by past pre-draft visitor lists acquired over the years.
New outside linebacker Melvin Ingram, however, is a recent example of a player the Steelers liked ahead of a draft that they didn’t bring to Pittsburgh for a visit ahead of the annual selection process. At least as far as we know.
On Thursday, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin told the media after training camp practice had ended that he’s been fond of Ingram going all the way back to when he entered the NFL in 2012 as a first-round draft pick out of South Carolina.