The Pittsburgh Steelers have hired Jay Whitmire to be the team’s analytics intern, according to their team site, which recently showed the position. According to Whitmire’s LinkedIn page, he began working for the team in December.
Whitmire played along the offensive line for Virginia from 2011 to 2015. He was a two-year starter for the Cavaliers, seeing time at right tackle and both guard spots. Undrafted, he was invited to Chicago Bears rookie minicamp though wasn’t signed to a contract. An economics major as an undergrad, he’s spent plenty of time working with data and statistics since then, serving as a digital analytics consultant and completing courses for Datacamp.com, working with…
