Former Pittsburgh Steelers FB Roosevelt Nix didn’t experience any measure of consistent success until being signed by Pittsburgh ahead of the 2015 season. A defensive lineman at Kent State, he only had one winning season during his college career, going 11-3 in 2012 under Darrell Hazell before he left for the Purdue job. He began his career with the Atlanta Falcons in 2014, a team that went just 6-10. Nix took a job as a substitute teacher, but he signed a futures deal with the Steelers in January 2015, and his career took off from there.
During an interview on The Arthur Moats Experience, Nix said that seeing how hard the guys worked around him helped him develop a winning mentality and made him a better player.